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PSACRAMENTO SAID

Indeed, He has given us MUCH time, perhaps more than we deserve and while there is still time, time is finite.
The hardest thing for many to do, and that is why they put their trust in Man, the leaders of religion, in others that tell them what they should believe, is to listen to The Voice of Our Lord.
To do that puts the responsibility on US and we have NO ONE else to blame or any excuse.
I have heard from Jw's and others, when I question about what they are doing(pointing out how the bible says that contrary) and the say that "it's very confusing " and "hard to understand" and that "they trust those in authority, those that know" and if they are wrong, then it's THEIR ( the leaders) and not their fault.
They say that they trust those that have studied and are learned and so forth.

When I tell them they won't have that excuse, that the HS is speaking to them NOW and all they have to do is listen, I get "how would you know", "what authority do you have", etc and when I tell them NOT to listen to me but to the HS, they just shake their heads...

Pains my heart to see it, truly.

AGUEST SAID




And I feel your pain, dear one... as I often share it. I sometimes can't tell which is worse: the pain that comes when others fail to listen to him for themselves (when it is so possible for them!)... that which comes when they take issue with you for speaking the truth TO them (what else should you do?)... or that which comes from remaining silent when the Spirit directs you all the way down to your bones to speak?

Jeremiah understood and described this last one perfectly, IMHO, even as to one HE had affection for:

"You deceived[a] me, JaHVeH, and I was deceived;
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of JaHVeH has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
But if I say, “I will not mention his word
or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
[Even] my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”


But that's why it's called a "torture" tree/pole, right? So we must gird up our loins... and call upon Christ to carry OUR load... while we carry his.

Wonderful discussion, my dear brother, and I thank you... and others who commented... for your patience with ME here.

Peace to you!

YSSFS of Christ,

SA

OUTLAW SAID



Actually he was asked that Question..
He said "make me one with everything"

It’s a pun (meaning it has 2 meanings):
1) Make me a pizza with everything
2) Make me at harmony with everything (which according to the Buddhist tenet the ultimate goal is to become one with the world and be at peace through meditation)..

The Dali Lama is a Funny Guy..

.......................... ...OUTLAW

WILLIAM SAID

I'll bite.

I don't know. What is the Dalai Lama's favorite pizza?

WILLIAM SAID

too late again...