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IrishRose, on Aug 1 2008, 02:26 PM, said:

Kimi,

Sending you some LOVE, even if it isn't as sparkly as the things you send me! So sad, both yours and Adeline's situations... but you are overcomers, and this Earthly life won't last forever. God SAID so!

(((((KIMI))))) and (((((Al)))))

(((((((((ROSE)))))))))) you are such a precious encourager! I really admire your gift of encouragement and pray I can be as much of a blessing!

God bless you sis and love,
Kim

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Adeline, on Aug 1 2008, 11:48 PM, said:

Hi Kim,

My mother was never a happy person; she was so psychologically frail and it seems that life just kept beating her up! It's a long story that is best told in my testimony, in the section anything else! under the heading of Brokenhearted. When I was 10 years old, I was sick and stayed home from school. I sat in front of the TV watching Mchales Navy. Mom was in her room and called me and told me that it was all her fault as to the reason why I was so sick all the time. Mom went on to say that I would be better off without her. She than told me not to call anyone and said that she took some sleeping pills to end it all. For two minutes I looked down on her face and then in a frantic pace ran as fast as I could across the road to a neighbors house and cried out for help.

My mother died Febuary 14, 2004. Mom wouldn't allow anyone near her including God. God found mom in her terminal illness and supplied her with a "peace that surpasses all understanding." Mom was ready to go home to a home filled with love and acceptance, which seemed to pass her by in this life. Yes, my mother and I feel so bad for the hard life she had lived. My mother lived without God for so long and she only endured life but when God found mom? Mom began to live. So here is the next question? How does one begin to live life while in depths of a terminal illness. Praise the Lord that our GOD found her.

Gods Blessings,

Al

((((((((((AL)))))))))))))
Wow, yes sister! Praise God that she was found..but I'm sorry to hear of your loss! What a tough thing to handle at your tender age of ten. I don't have as much time left here now, but I will go to your thread and respond there too(later today). One of the hardest things I've had to overcome from my past is my guilt. Even though I came to the recognization that I was not the cause for all of my Mom's pain and subsequent suicide, this type of thinking becomes a mindset and can affect you in every aspect of your life. I went through many years of fear over hurting other people (and still struggle with this to a degree), as well as the tendency to blame myself for problems which may be simply out of my control. Have you struggled with those feelings too?

What was your mom's illness, may I ask? The hugest miracle of all is being born again.

God bless you sis! and love,
Kim

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sharon, on Aug 2 2008, 12:57 AM, said:

Your story, as well as Al's are both, a powerful testimony of God's faithfulness and care. I don't need to have physical proof of God's existence, because I've heard so many stories like this, and seen many miracles in peoples lives, including my own. The longer I live in this world, the easier it gets to "make my calling and election sure," and I am now, looking forward to The Morning of Eternity. What a party that's going to be!!!!!

Thanks for sharing these stories with us.

I'll be right there with ya' sister! I can't wait for that day...I try every which way to imagine it, to the point of drooling! LOL! Thanks for the encouraging comments! When and if you have time, I'd love to hear about the miracles you've witnessed in your life (or others). I do love faith building.

God bless you and love,
Kim


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Kim,
I just finished reading your testimony and all that the Lord brought you through, wow, what a testimony and what a real blessing it was to read.

You made it fresh in my mind that God has brought me through so much and I was so blessed by how much you glorifed God in your post.
Thanks for reminding me.

Blessings to you sister.
In Christ alone,
Chris

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SpiritFilledOne, on Aug 23 2008, 09:13 PM, said:

Kim,
I just finished reading your testimony and all that the Lord brought you through, wow, what a testimony and what a real blessing it was to read.

You made it fresh in my mind that God has brought me through so much and I was so blessed by how much you glorifed God in your post.
Thanks for reminding me.

Blessings to you sister.
In Christ alone,
Chris

Thanks so much for your encouragement Chris! Have you shared your testimony here yet? I'd love to read it too.

My favorite story in the bible is the story of Joseph. For so many years, it *seemed* like God had abandoned him; just one heartache and tragedy after another...but then the miracle came...and Joseph was lifted out of the dungeon. I don't believe that Joseph would have had the degree of wisdom he carried had he not endured the sufferings and hardships first. Wisdom is found in the house of mourning (according to Solomon).

It's taken many years for me to overcome the leftover emotions from my past...and I'm still overcoming. I would compare the overcoming to a pitcher which had a large hole in the bottom of it...the more God poured in the water of hope, the more it would drain out the bottom...LOL. It's not that I didn't believe God could or would intervene in any given circumstance; but rather I had a lingering hopelessness...wondering just what exactly I could hope in. I know my pitcher's been fixed...thank God. I don't know if this is speaking to anyone...but the story of Joseph really provided me with many nights of encouragement...when I would notice my pitcher getting ultra-low; I'd run to that story and find the hope I needed...that God will intervene (in His own way and timing too).

God bless you!
Kim

[Miki]

Hi Kim...I just read it too...

I'm reminded that the whole world is a bleeding sore... When we look into our families past and what made them thus and so... it forces forgivness into our hearts...Suicide...yes, l'm aquainted too. It's a devil no doubt... but God has a way of healing us if we let him..

And isn't his grace...mercy and love wonderful. It covers a multitude of sins.