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Issue 48 |
Guardian Angels OnlineJane LebakSpeculative
Subject: Hi! New Here!!! From: BrightSword Hi, everyone! I've only just started my guardianship. Thomas is a little pumpkin of a baby, and I'm so excited. I think watching God's grace grow in his heart is going to be the best thing that ever happened to me. Looking forward to meeting all of you! xposted to GA-Newbies 15 replies
Subject: Dear Charge From: Gatekeeper Dear LittleGatekeeper: Okay, let's try this again: it is an EVERLASTING ORDINANCE. When you ask God if it's an everlasting ordinance, and I say it's an everlasting ordinance, that means it's an everlasting ordinance. It does not mean you don't have to do it if you don't feel like getting out of bed that day or you haven't figured out exactly what you believe this month or you don't think you happened to sin as much as the other guy. No, you cannot speak to my supervisor because He already said the same thing and isn't about to change His mind. No, you may not call corporate. "Everlasting" means no, it's not going to end. "Ordinance" means--you do it! Period. It does not mean if you ask sixty-two times that God's going to change His mind. What it means is that it's an everlasting ordinance. Thank you. For criminy's sake, you wouldn't believe it over here this week. It's like teaching a class of Junior High School students. "Do we have to do this every day?" "How about tomorrow, do we do it then too?" "What if we don't do it?" "The Baptists didn't have to do this." Get over yourselves! It's in the Bible, people! I'm ready to pull the feathers out of my wings. Please someone else tell me I'm not the only one. 5 comments
Subject: Songs about us! From: MusicBoxAngel How many of you think "Come With Me" by Phil Collins was specifically written about guardian angels? 25 comments
Subject: ADMIN--posting issues From: ArchangelRaguel I'm glad everyone's enjoying the forums since we moved to the new format. I just wanted to remind everyone: -if you're using your charge's computer, please be sure to log off after each session and clear the cache and the history.I'm having a great time on this forum, and I pray for you all every day. God bless! 1 comment
Subject: Goodbye From: SnowAngel Last week my guy was killed in a car crash. It came out of nowhere. He wasn't ready for judgment, and he didn't make it. I'm sorry to say it, but I can't stay on this board. It's just too painful. I know God only does what is fair. I just never thought I would grieve like this. I'll be over at GA-Losses or you can email me at SnowAngel@heavenlyhost.org. Pray for me. And give your guys a hug while you can. 62 comments
Subject: You have got to be kidding me From: YsGuy Remember how in this post I told you my charge felt convicted in his heart, and we prayed for grace against the sin of lust? He was so determined to leave it behind, he prayed and he even talked with his pastor. Well, today he not only turned on MTV but he made plans to see a Hollywood film I don't care to name, and he sang all the lyrics that played on the radio. Then right before bedtime he prayed, and get this: it's, "God, why didn't you help me avoid the sin of lust?" Oh, I'm sure I have no idea why. We're not back to square one, but maybe he needs to avoid the sin, not just mutter a handful of good intentions. 10 comments
Subject: You're gonna love this From: WingedThing Sometimes I lurk over at Demons in order to see what those guys are up to. Well, they're compiling a list of all the things they hate most about humans... ...and it's all the same things we complain about. Go figure. 34 comments
Subject: PAY ATTENTION! From: EvanSeven What drives me nuts is when she asks a question and doesn't pay attention long enough to hear the answer. Yes, the disciples fell asleep in the garden of Gethsemane, but that doesn't give her license to do the same when she should be praying. 2 comments
Subject: A wonderful thing happened today From: RoseGarden I've posted here a few times about how my charge is terrified that these are the End Times. I don't want to resume the previous debate; Jesus told us he'd return like a thief in the night, not like a crazed serial stalker who loves suffering; he said "on guard" and not "in a state of sheer panic." Today she was reading the paper, thinking she saw signs of the apocalypse, and the woman next to her accidentally spilled her coffee. I think the Holy Spirit must have knocked it over (yes, even Starbucks can serve the Lord) because it went all over the newspaper. They ended up talking about the headlines, and they went from there to the Book of Revelation, and this is the best part: the other woman told her she has nothing to fear from Jesus returning. Yes, all the stuff in Revelation is scary to humans because they're so small, and yes the Left Behind people made $878903475809345.43 (to date) by frightening people, but God loves them like crazy. And she pointed out that even if all these calamities are that tremendous, she still has only one thing to worry about: loving God. I've been praying over this issue for years, and I know some of you have been praying with me (Thank you, GateKeeper!) but this was the first time I felt my charge have any kind of peace about what is to come, a sound faith that God loves her and will always protect her. Satan's scare tactics vanished just like that, and all because of a spilled coffee. Edited to add: yes, she did buy the woman a new cup of coffee after they prayed together. 7 comments
First appeared in The Wittenburg Door, May/June 2006, #205
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