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Wow, I am honored that you would come to me and I will certainly do my best to answer you and to help. I guess the first thing I have to say is this; no one deserves God. Romans 3:23 says “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” God is so good and loving and merciful and we are so full of doubt and sin and shame, we can never measure up. But you see, that’s where Jesus comes in. Jesus came for the very purpose as to make it so we could have permanent access to God. Because when he died he took with him all of our doubt and sins, everything that was keeping us from God, right into the grave with him, and when he rose again he left it there. You see when you look at different religions it’s always about you working to get on the good side of what ever higher thing there is (a god, karma, some inner part of yourself), you have to do enough good things, you have to pray enough times a day, you have to work to find nirvana. Thank the Lord we don’t have to live like that!
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*Don't worry about it :)* Jesus did it all for us, because of what he did on the cross we have inexhaustible access to God. And he does not want us just to stay out of trouble and tiptoe around him so that he doesn’t notice us and cause him to shoot lightning at us, no, that’s not what he wants at all! What he wants from us, more than anything else, is just to crawl into his lap and rest our head against his chest and tell him everything. Because it’s not supposed to be to be a religion, he wants to be in a relationship with us. I do understand what you’re going though, I’ve been there myself, in fact most Christians have, I think. But the only advice I can think of is this; cling to Him, and there, in his arms of perfect love, he will erase all the doubt and shame and fear.
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. I want to share something else with you, it’s also from Romans 8:31-39 “What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since God did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all, won’t God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?.... Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer love us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry, or cold, or in danger, (or have doubt, or are lost, or question his existence)? No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God loves you so much, and my words seem so pathetic in trying to express that, but I just want you to know that He is not disappointed in you for anything you have done or for any of your doubt, he is actually thrilled that you are searching and that you want your faith in him back, there is no condemnation for the those who are in Christ Jesus, (you are in him, don’t doubt that for a minute) you want more and that makes him so happy! Also it’s okay to feel the way you do, God is not judging you for it! Anything is possible with God, he can act in any amount of time. If you have more questions or I misunderstood you please keep asking, I’m here for you and I do understand. I am most certainly praying for you.
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not sure how I missed this one! but no, I'm not on twitter yet.
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Thankyou! no I'm not going to college right now, just taking the year off and working. I'm still deciding if I'm going to go next year, if I do it would be at UAF (University of Alaska Fairbanks), but where I really hope to go someday is OCAC (Oregon College of Art and Craft) . wow, that was rather long winded. :)
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:) oh yay! yeah I must admit I'm slightly obsessed with them...
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haha, oh Melee you make me laugh. yes, I think hippos are nice, I haven't really thought that much because it's usually elephants that are on my mind when I'm thinking about those large sorts of animals. but I guess you could say I like hippos, because they are awfuly cute.
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in a small cottage in a deep woods somewhere, anywhere.
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a little bit of country in the car. and that's about it.
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