RobinD69

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  1. I did want to thank you for your most interesting comment above, Rev Al.

    I think Jonah is one of the hardest stories for Christians to believe actually happened...giant fish and all.

    Perhaps we can keep this thread open for any comments on Jonah since I plan on commenting on the entire book.

    Thanks for your interest. Peace.

    RR

    Well I for one have no problem believing it hook line and sinker LOL.

  2. Science is only theories while religion is faith. Scientific thearies are mistakenly called fact and then they learn more and they become obsolete while the Bible and Christianity remains the same just opinions change. I beleive the Bible and Christianity will be prove true while science will once again change.

  3. This is awesome, yesterday I hike half way up a mountain and it felt great. Last night my arm got cold, it is usually cold on its own but I cant feel it but this time I did. I found I have more control of it and it no longer feels numb inside. Praise the Lord.

    Fawzo thank you, you are truly a compassinate freind.

    I love you all,

    Robin Caudle

  4. I thank you all once agian. I slowly gained more control of my hand an am gaining feeling were I dont have none. I have feeling on the exteria but have little or none in the muscles. I am currently typeing with the aide of my right hand an it is slowly getting better.

    Fawzo this has effected my understand but it is not as you would like freind. I have become even more attached to the Bible and the Holy Spirit. I pray that some day you could see it as I do but you have not had the exspreience I have to confirm and strengthen my faith.

    I love you all;

    Robin Caudle

  5. According to this page...

    MONTANA

    Ministers of the gospel of any denomination may perform marriages. --- Ministers must complete and return a marriage certificate to the clerk of the district court within 30 days after the marriage. Also the minister must provide marriage certificates to the bride and groom upon request. ---For questions see the clerk of the district court.

    Edited to add,

    Lots of wedding sites on the interwebs have minister sections. You could also set up a website which details the services you provide. As for charging, depends on why you are doing it. I know many ministers who refuse to charge anything while others charge according to the complexity of the gig...

    I thank you, I was just wondering because of a couple who came into my wifes office and was asking questions about one of us performing weddings. We hadnt even really thought about providing the service before and were just curious.

  6. Do you believe in God testing your faith andwhere you stand on what you believe?

    I do, I believe that one occurred today:

    I stopped by the local boxmart to pick up a couple of things.

    The total was just over $5.00, I put a $10.00 in the self paying teller.

    The change came out, instead of four one dollar bills, I received four $5.00 bills.

    I explained the situation to the cashier, but I was told that she couldn't do anything about.

    So I left the store, filled with self satifaction.

    I passed the Salvation Army beller ringer, I took out the 27 cents and put it in the kettle and kept on going.

    I took 3 steps and heard a voice yell "Your going to fail the test!"

    The people around me must have thought I was nuts, I spun around to see who yelled that, but there was no-one behind me. Then it gentely came to me "God just blessed you with $20.00 and you have the shameful audasity to drop a few cents in a kettle to feed the poor. So I went back and gave 25% of the blessing to the Salvation army.

    As I walked away, I felt this overflowing joy, in so much I began to cry.

    I just felt the need to pass this on...

    That is so awesome :thumbu:

  7. LO, you seem to be equating the hypocrites with the true followers. A true follower of Christ will admitt that they sin because it is an excellent witness that we are not perfect only Christ is perfect. Attacking what you not understand or what you perceive as being presented falsely is giving into the world view or drinking the poisoned koolade as you so elequently shared. Facing the truth can open the door to a love most people do not even realize is out there. I wish you well and only ask that you not judge us all based on a few because none of us are perfect.

  8. What is happiness, SilverRose? I just don't know what it is anymore. It has been a long time since I could say for sure I was happy. Since practically the moment i was self aware, it has been one uphill battle after another. Can I say I am miserable all the time? No. I can't say that I am miserable all the time. Like all of us, I have my moments when I experience what you might call happiness, and like most of us, it is fleeting.

    So you cannot hold onto a happy thought? Maybe you need to work with those who are in even more dire situations than yourself. I feel for you, I do not know all your details, and they are not my business, but I hope you can find something that trully makes you happy.

    I don't know SilverRose...what if you feel you have lost everything that ever mattered to you, maybe what you would call your soul. Is it possible to be truly happy? True, I remind myself there are so many other people that have had it much, much worse then me, but it is cold comfort. I'm not them, and there not me.

    Many of us have lost alot. I cannot say everything because in my situation I still have my wife and kids. But we have lost businesses, homes, vehicles, family members. I can understand that others have been thru worse, and that does give me comfort in the sence that I havent hit rock bottom. I look forward to leaving this world, but I want to stay with my wife and kids. I know that eternity will be better for me because of my beliefs, but I also know the pain it will cause back here for my family if I were to go.

    I don't know..I just don't know. What I want I can not have, because when you lose somethings, no matter how badly you want them back, they are impossible to regain. I would sell my soul to Satan himself (if he existed) if it were possible to regain it. Innocence lost is innocence never regained.

    But there is so much more out there that may be even better than what you lost or at least be a good substitute.

    I didn't become a Sith because I don't care about people or that I am unfeeling. It was for these very reasons I did. This world is a messed up place, built on the suffering, pain, lostness and terror of others. How can you have a heart in a world without one? How can you not become numbed to it, if you want to survive?

    I still believe you would be an ideal candidate for helping others in worse situations than yourself. To see love in even worse situations, to see hope and to find the true heart of this world that has been hidden by the world.

    My father, as you know, committed suicide. Even though I miss him, it made me realize something. as much as I miss him, I wouldn't change places with him. I've seen people I care about literally dying in front of my eyes, and there was nothing I could do about it.

    I lost my father to alcoholism at age 56. That same year we had 911, my grandfather died, I sold a failing business, and my wife got pregnant with our fourth child. The reality to me was that all things happen for a reason, I just could not find that reason, but I believe it was right in front of my face all along and I was feel sorry for myself rather than doing for others.

    Pain and suffering is life, I guess. Even your happiest moments are fleeting. A world built on injustice so deep and all pervasive, where nothing really changes, is a world you have to question if it is fit to live in. I can not change the world, SilverRose. If I could not save those I loved or rescue them from suffering, then I can not do anything for this world.

    But you can change the world, maybe not for the way you want it, but all it takes is one person to start a change. You are more powerful than you think, random acts of kindness may be fleeting but they do bring happiness to others as well as yourself.

    Where there is life, there is hope. Maybe miracles do exist, and someday one will happen to me. I don't know. I do know that I have no other choice but to continue to live, even if many times my heart isn't in it. I have a responsibility to those left behind, and even if from a personal perspective I would as much like not to exist at times, I can not let them down. Like many things, nobody consulted me on this. I have no choice but to continue, for there sake if not mine.

    Sounds like you do have someone who counts on you or who would be hurt by your loss. Maybe this should be more of your focus.

    I'll tell you this, though. When it does come time me to take off this mortal coil, I won't look at it as a terrible thing. When a persons heart dies, the body sooner or later follows suit. My heart died a long time ago, and I have been willing to go for a long time. I have grieved the destruction of all that was good for a long time. If tears and sadness could make things right again, it would have been. Outside a miracle happening, I doubt what has lost can be restored to me.

    If you are willing to share as you have, your heart still has a spark, you just need to find it and nurture it. I still believe you need to reach out to those less fortunate, it can be heartwarming and enlightening.

    I don't know what it is you value, or what is most important to you SilverRose. But whatever it is, if you irrevocably lose it or have lost it, you know that a piece of your heart has been ripped out of your chest. You may live for others, for the sake of friends, family or children, but that doesn't in the end fill the emptiness. All it does is give you a tenuous hold on this world, until all the links that hold you here are severed and your finally released to find eternal peace.

    I am sorry if I have imposed on your conversation, but by reading many of your posts I know there is much more to you and for you than you may believe at such a dire time. If you dont mind, I will keep you in my prayers.

  9. Thats the point. They won't take no for an answer.

    The point is that NONE of you should be bothering me unless I ask you to. If I don't know you, then don't approach me on the street. If I tell you no, then stop bugging me.

    Bother someone else. I am not another notch for you rBible Belt.

    I havent and dont approach you, if you say something I either agree with or dont agree with, I respond. Clumping us all in the same group is wrong for so many reasons. I dont wear special underwear like the Mormons and I dont believe in their book of Mormon. I dont go door to door or approach someone on the street. I have been known to preach in public, but it is your choice to listen or leave. Those I have talked to about the word person to person, are usually those who have asked me first. If not and we are having a conversation I ask them if I can ask them a few questions. i do not seek any notches in my Bible Belt, any notches belong to God.

  10. Well with that reasoning how could I resist. First I must test to see whether it be so that you follow the true path.

    Convert RobinD69 first and I will gladly follow thee to thy Celestial Nursery.

    Thanks alot Fawzo. :kimmy:

    LO, as I said normal evangelicals wouldnt bother you at your home unless you visited their church or an event and left your information. As for on the street, well that is open territory and all you have to say is no. As for Mormons, we have alot of them around here but they have learned to avoid my house.

  11. I was 2, I remember a dinosaur toy set I got for Christmas and remember that Christmas as well my dog. I also have fond memories of playing with my grandfathers CB sets and not being able to walk yet, so my memories could go back a little further but I will stick with 2.

  12. I would like some people to join in prayer with me, regardeless of what your faith is, for the 50 richest people in the world. I don't know exactly who they are, and I don't think that matters. I would like to people join with me in praying that these 50 richest people would have a heart of compassion for the needy in the world, and that they would give according to thier abundance out of love and help resolve some of the hunger and poverty problems.

    There on the list. :thumbu:

  13. It is really none of our business what you serve time for, but your link doesnt work, it send us to a debt consolidation website. I believe you have a great idea, but with jods so hard to come by without a criminal record. I do have a few suggestions, but without knowing what you served for some of these suggestions may be impossible for you at this time. Feel free to PM me if you do not want to discuss publiclly.