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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/5/2008 2:32:55 PM
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AngelInWaiting1983
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Why ya got a hangover?
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/5/2008 4:26:41 PM
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Hellooo Tinkness!! How you be?
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/5/2008 4:54:32 PM
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Hey girlfriend!!! *huggles*
I be good. How be you???? Big plans this weekend?????
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 8:52:58 PM
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AngelInWaiting1983
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Hmmm...Tink seems to be MIA!
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 10:19:47 PM
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AngelInWaiting1983
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Praying Tink!
The best advice I can give you is Matthew 6:25-34.
I'm sure you knew that already though.
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 10:30:13 PM
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WOW Tink, I do not know what to say! I do know that we reap what we sow, and I wonder about that myself, even as being a Christian for a long while too. All I can think of is:
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 11:01:28 PM
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Tinkerbell_
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I don't know what to say either...just keep praying for all of us. Especially wisdom for me.
*huggles*
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 11:16:06 PM
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Praying for you Tink...
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 11:33:01 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Hey Jeannie, maybe you oughta get signed into Yahoo Messenger or something. 
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/6/2008 11:41:47 PM
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(((Tink)))
Continuing to pray for you and the boys. I don't really know what to say, but two things come to mind. Proverbs 30:8-9, where Agur asks for "neither poverty nor riches", and Luke 12:15 where Jesus says to "beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Also, not sure but Hebrews 11 might have something, particularly the last few verses.
Dunno if any of that will help, but I hope it does. You take care,
-Robb
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/7/2008 2:21:31 AM
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Also Tink, God does not hold our past sins against us. Once He forgives us in Christ, they are gone. Psalm 103:12 - "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." Isaiah 43:25 - "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins." God will never dig up a sin He's already forgiven us for and throw it in our faces, because as far as He's concerned it doesn't exist.
Yes, sin can have lasting temporal consequences. But those will be fairly directly connected, even obvious. But God is not going to randomly punish you for past sins that have already been laid on Jesus.
Through Jesus, God is our Father, and we His sons and daughters. So let me ask you... do you repeatedly punish your kids for something they did years ago and repented of, just to remind them about it? Then why would God do it to you?
Yes God may chastise us, but it is always for some current sin that we've not dealt with, and it is for the purpose of correction, not punishment. (Hebrews 12:10 - He does it for our profit.)
From what I can see, God is doing a wonderful work in your life, molding you and growing you into a truly beautiful Christian woman. What He allows into your life will further that goal, not punish you for the past (Romans 8:28).
I truly hope you find this encouraging, and may God bless both you and the boys.
-Robb
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/7/2008 7:04:15 AM
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Whoa, Robb.
I'm awed.
You should post more stuff like that.
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/7/2008 1:50:49 PM
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I"m not into that whole "health and wealth" "Name it claim it" thinking. There are serious holes in that theology. If that theology is true, then why are there nations in poverty? If they came to know Christ would their suffering then cease? What about illness? My seminary professor, who has not only lived his life for God, but has taken excellent care of his health--- is dying of cancer. That doesn't make sense either, does it?
I think the whole issue of following God and the size of your bank account are two completely unrelated issues. Yes, we are to be responsible with what we are given and make wise decisions through saving and spending and tithing. But just because we follow Christ or make those wise decisions doesn't mean we're going to be able to afford a Lexus or a nice house. God blesses in many other ways than financial. You have two kids who are both healthy and smart. You've done a good job to raise them and they love you and thing 2 obviously wants great things for you. (You didn't mention Thing 1 in this post...)
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/7/2008 3:39:32 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Jesus promises to meet all our needs, now meeting our wants on the other hand...
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/7/2008 3:41:16 PM
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I'll be back after the subject lightens up a bit.
Love y'all, but...
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RE: Don't even TINK about it! aka...Welcome to Andalasia! - 9/8/2008 2:18:28 PM
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Thing 2 is starting to question blessings and why some Christians are more blessed than others; he was noticing my parents more than anything. My parents are very wealthy and Thing 2 sees this. He knows we're all Christians and thinks God is holding blessings from he and I and doesn't understand why.
My thoughts are: Do we reap what we sow? Are the past 12 years coming back to haunt me? Or should I say the last 20 years? Because I was such a horrible person until probably a year ago is God making sure I don't forget it and reap what I sowed? Is this my fault that we struggle now and will probably always struggle?
To answer the question "are you reaping what you've sown?": In all reality, yes. And I say that in the same boat you are. We made unwise choices and now we and our children are reaping the fruits of those choices. We didn’t go to college and therefore struggle to provide financially. We married unwisely and thankfully have been released from the slavery and death those marriages were but now we struggle under the burden of single parenthood and our children with us. It is a Biblical teaching – and therefore the Word of an unchanging God – that on this earth, we will always reap what we sow.
But you and I can stand up, our shoulders back, chins up, bathing our faces in the warm rays of the Son and know full peace and joy because we have a Daddy God. And just as we know that we are reaping what we have sown, we know other things too. Things like He will not leave us or forsake us. He who has begun a good work in us will carry it on until the day of completion. He knows the plans He has for us and they are plans for good and not for evil, plans to give us a future and a hope. And my favorite of all – He can work it all for good. The old man is gone, we are new creations in Christ Jesus. Praise His holy name!!!! ^_^
And as far as Thing 2....he is a good boy and he has Jesus in his heart and the Holy Spirit at his side. He'll be alright. What he needs from you is to see you walking in joy and peace. And maybe a few specific words to quiet his confusion. Maybe tonight when you sit down to eat, you not only say "thanks for the food" you say "thank You, Daddy God, that You supply all our needs. thank You for beds and a roof overhead, thank You for food to eat and clothes to wear. Help us to remember that all over the world and even here in our little town, there are people with far less. Help us to hold the things of this world with loose fingers and a heart ready to share with anyone in need."
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