Orangeslice13, a blessing to those around him…..Again

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Orangeslice13 said:
F them.





My Bucket list

Statue of Liberty. (Done) 5/22

Tuna fishing Montauk

Grand Canyon

Niagara Falls

Fishing the flats of Key West

Moab

Yellowstone

MT Rushmore

Alaska

Ireland

Scotland

Mexico
-Cancun (done)

Costa Rica again

Jamaica again

Mammoth cave Kentucky

Israel (again)
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Be careful when going to Israel again
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
F them.





My Bucket list

Statue of Liberty. (Done) 5/22

Tuna fishing Montauk (Done) 8/24

Grand Canyon

Niagara Falls

Fishing the flats of Key West

Moab

Yellowstone

MT Rushmore

Alaska

Ireland

Scotland

Mexico
-Cancun (done)

Costa Rica again

Jamaica again

Mammoth cave Kentucky

Israel (again)
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I will be annoying and tell you what you should do on a couple of these.

Moab. Take enough time for all of Southern Utah. Drive from Moab to Zion and hit all the National Parks and National Monuments in between. Provided we still have those by then.

Yellowstone. Spend time in the Tetons. Some amazing hikes there. And the Beartooth Hwy is a beautiful drive.
 
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@PB&J

Faith without works is death.
The red woman….AKA Ginger has survived liver cancer. She came out of the experience with a severely damaged liver. On the fibroses scan she was a 2.8 3.0 means transplant. She has taken everything in life as someone who wants to live does. Eats right, exercises, doesn’t take Tylenol, doesn’t drink. And we pray for G-Ds will. I lay hands on her in prayer when she sleeps. A little over a year ago we go in for the report on her scan and they sent us to be scanned again. We’re scared because that usually means bad things. It didn’t. Her liver had healed itself to a .6. Normal function. The Drs couldn’t believe it. This doesn’t happen. They still talk to us about how this doesn’t happen.
Ginger had faith. She took action on that faith by doing the best she could and leaving the rest to G-d. G-d didn’t have to heal her and I don’t speak for G-d but I don’t believe He would have rewarded her faith had it not been for her works.
I believe James was saying that if you have faith that your actions should reflect that faith. You should look like you believe what you say you believe.

I enjoyed messing with you back in the day but I always believed you were correct in your assertions.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
@PB&J

Faith without works is death.
The red woman….AKA Ginger has survived liver cancer. She came out of the experience with a severely damaged liver. On the fibroses scan she was a 2.8 3.0 means transplant. She has taken everything in life as someone who wants to live does. Eats right, exercises, doesn’t take Tylenol, doesn’t drink. And we pray for G-Ds will. I lay hands on her in prayer when she sleeps. A little over a year ago we go in for the report on her scan and they sent us to be scanned again. We’re scared because that usually means bad things. It didn’t. Her liver had healed itself to a .6. Normal function. The Drs couldn’t believe it. This doesn’t happen. They still talk to us about how this doesn’t happen.
Ginger had faith. She took action on that faith by doing the best she could and leaving the rest to G-d. G-d didn’t have to heal her and I don’t speak for G-d but I don’t believe He would have rewarded her faith had it not been for her works.
I believe James was saying that if you have faith that your actions should reflect that faith. You should look like you believe what you say you believe.

I enjoyed messing with you back in the day but I always believed you were correct in your assertions.
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“I believe James was saying that if you have faith that your actions should reflect that faith. You should look like you believe what you say you believe.”

Honestly, that’s about as good as anyone can say it.

The absolute belief in the power of faith is mind boggling and y’all’s journey is just one of many to point to.

The past 3.5 years for me has been an absolute roller coaster of over confidence, self doubt and frankly hating God.

That pesky question and reality of faith though……. Mmmmm.
 
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PB&J said:
“I believe James was saying that if you have faith that your actions should reflect that faith. You should look like you believe what you say you believe.”

Honestly, that’s about as good as anyone can say it.

The absolute belief in the power of faith is mind boggling and y’all’s journey is just one of many to point to.

The past 3.5 years for me has been an absolute roller coaster of over confidence, self doubt and frankly hating God.

That pesky question and reality of faith though……. Mmmmm.
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Don't mean to intrude in your conversation, but I do understand. In about the same time frame you mentioned, I've watched my wife almost die twice. There's a thread about her, but I haven't really said much recently about how bad she is right now. I'm at the point of, and hate saying this, praying she makes it to see our baby girl graduate high school this year. Between infection, heart, and now sugar, I'm afraid her body is just had all it can take. I understand doubting, questioning, all of that, but even though feelings play an important factor in our lives, I've learned something. We're guilty of allowing feelings, and I know it hurts bad sometimes, control how we view faith, which they shouldn't. It's easy to blame, or get angry towards God when things are bad, because naturally our flesh doesn't like anything bad. We assume because of something bad happening, that means God doesn't care, but that's not what the truth is. The truth is that even in the bad, there is a peace we can find. Doesn't mean it won't hurt, but there is comfort we can find in his truth. Ephesians 6 helped me more than anything. All my life I'd heard, even read, about "putting on the armor of God ", but in the middle of my hurt he opened my heart to it like I'd never seen. My focus in reading it was always the shield of faith, but if you read it, the very first thing it says about the armor, is "gird your loins with truth" his word. All that to say, each time my faith was rocked, I'd read my Bible. When I felt he didn't care, I'd read "cast all your care on him, for he careth for you:. When I felt alone, "he'll never leave thee", etc, etc. This may not mean anything to you, and I'm not understanding your feelings, believe me I understand. It just really helped me, and I just share occasionally hoping it'll help someone else. I do pray you find peace and comfort for the things you have dealt with.
 
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I totally appreciate the encouragement @joevol33.

Without going too far into it, it’s been a life long journey of breaking and rebuilding.

I do find comfort in scripture but things got a lot harder for me after my mother passed away.

I’ve drawn to Lamentations. I used Lamentations 3:32-33 in my celebration of life speech for my mother. *I’ve also become the celebration of life speaker for my family and it’s a blessing and a curse, I suppose. It literally drains the life out of me.
 
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PB&J said:
I totally appreciate the encouragement @joevol33.

Without going too far into it, it’s been a life long journey of breaking and rebuilding.

I do find comfort in scripture but things got a lot harder for me after my mother passed away.

I’ve drawn to Lamentations. I used Lamentations 3:32-33 in my celebration of life speech for my mother. *I’ve also become the celebration of life speaker for my family and it’s a blessing and a curse, I suppose. It literally drains the life out of me.
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You missed it.
I broke down after my father passed away and did so publicly here so that maybe other victims of childhood trauma might benefit. I found a great Dr to help me. If you’re not talking to someone, I can testify that it helps
 
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