bakura_fan wrote: I'm sorry to be taking up so many prayers....
Don't worry. I don't pay any attention to those quotas.
Also I just wanted to encourage not to really think of it as being whacked by God. I think alot of people wrongly assume that God is up in heaven with some metal bat, and he's just waiting to bash their brains out for their mistakes.
Consider Job. Was God punishing Job? No. It wasn't because of some terrible thing Job had done that such pain came upon him.
Or remember the blind man that Jesus healed. As punishment for whose sin was he blind? Well, it wasn't punishment at all! It was sot hat God could be glorified.
I know that really sounds crappy alot of the time. I have one person in my life who seems to be throwing himself head long into Hell despite the love and prayers of so many Godly family members, and sometimes I just have the most impossible time thinking that there's a reason for this. But there is.
And this pain, too, might not be because God's scowling at you. If you really feel there's some sin that God is having to pull away from you in this painful manner, then you might be right. But then again, it might just be a thorough scrubbing so you'll shine as bright as you can.
Either way, just know that I, God, and everybody here on CAA love you very much! If you ever need a cryin' shoulder or just a friend to talk to, I'd be happy to PM you as would everyone else I'm sure!
I'm praying for you.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill.
Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
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visit the Invisible Children home page.