AAA Christian Encouragement and Fellowship Community Group
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Prayer request to help know how to help my coworkers and those watching, to be encouraged. Last week our coworker left for lunch and never returned. Missing persons signs, searchs and stressed then this afternoon her body was found in woods nearby. I know my father in heaven works all things for His good but they don't. What can I say? Please pray for the Holy Spirit to minister to the hearts of all who are involved. Ambers death left two daughters a four year old and her baby girl that turned one during this tragic murder please pray for God to protect and guide their future. Please give me Lord what I can say, pray and show just as I need it..God you are mighty to save...they'll want to know why you didn't. Please help me help myself understand so I can help others understand. Thank you! And any advice would be appreciated. Toni
Here is my opinion. Anybody can disagree. This is just how I see things. With that said. God gave us free will. He gave us the power to guide our lives. To have full control over our actions. Thats why people get murdered. Thats why people get shot. Thats why people get abused, torchured, and raped. All those things are nasty. They are hard for us to get a handle on. Those are things that don't fit into mainstream society. They seem to be things only seen in creations from Holly Wood.
Now there is this portion which we don't want to admit. Holly wood makes movies that represent things that sometimes happen in life. When they happen in life they are tragic. They are real. They are viseral. They make us hurt really bad. These things should never happen. Well they do. People with problems do bad things daily. People without problems do bad things for reasons we will never understand. Not a court in the land can get the real reason why crimes are committed. They get a filtered lawyer version. Sometimes all they get is I'm not guilty. In those cases it is all harder to understand and frustrating.
Lord has an ever changing plan for us. Him seeing the past the present and the future at once. He makes constant corrections on our future based on our reactions to what we encounter on a daily basis. We are ever growing and evolving. Thats hard to understand. Because us as adults mighty feel we are not growing or evolving. None of that is physical. It is all mental. With every bit of new information we take in daily it changes the way we think. It may not be a major change. We may try not to let something change us. It will anyhow.
Life here on earth is not peaceful. Things go wrong. Things get bad. Why? Because it is earth not heaven. Humans rule this domain. We have faith in God and pray to make our lives better. Not everybody does this. I had a separation from God. Roger brought me back. During the separation life was a struggle. Along with all my depression and other diseases made me see the world through a much different window. It was a struggle. As I look back on it now after returning to God. It wouldn't have been a struggle if I only had faith in God. That is the puzzle piece in life that changes almost everything.
There is one thing I take into effect when I hear of tragic things. Like me. People have different mental issues. If my meds don't work I become full of rage. I pray it does not happen. I have mental issues out of my control. If I wasn't getting treatment you might see me on the news for a tragic thing. The big difference in me is I got medical help. I don't plot a murder or a bombing for pleasure. I still enjoy watching violent things in movies. That satisfies that part of me that is in treatment.
Those are my reasons why bad things happen. I hope in some way I have helped you. Loosing a person close to you is hard. We can't un-do the done. Do I ever wish we could.
My heart goes out to you Toni. I am going to pray for you. My prayer follows.....
Oh Lord all mighty, all seeing, all knowing, none more powerful Lord. Please guide Toni and her co-workers down a peaceful path to healing. Please give them words to put understanding or resolution to the tragic event that happened to there co-worker. Please help take the fear they could have away. Please help everybody in there time of need right now. AMEN.
I can only hope I have helped. These are my opinions. That is what I have. I always feel the need to try to help another in need. I don't claim to know it all. I only can bring my experiences to people in need. I then hope that helps them. I am sorry if I didn't help. I'm praying i offered up some kind of help.
Jim
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
THE SECOND AND HARDEST VERSE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT IS THIS ONE. ALSO, I BELIVE IT IS THE HARDEST TO UNDERSTANDAND ACCEPT.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
WHEN I FIRST READ THIS VERSE I SAID HOW CAN I GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR TAKING MY SON?
BUT THAT WAS WHAT THE VERSE SAYS TO DO - GIVE THANKS IN EVERY THING.
THEN AFTER MUCH THINKING ON THIS VERSE I GAINED A NEW UNDERSTANDING. FOUR WORDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VERSE CHANGED MY THINKING. "THE WILL OF GOD"
I NOW BELIEVE WE ARE TO GIVE THANKS IN EVERY THING THAT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR US.
THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS VERSE. WE ARE TO GIVE THANKS IN EVERY THING THAT IS THE WILL OF GOD CONCERNING US.
ALSO, THIS VERSE WAS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE CHURCH AT THESSALONOICA.
PAUL WAS TALKING TO THE BELIEVERS. I GUESS SOME OF THEM WONDERED WHY THEIR FELLOW BELIEVERS HAD BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO THEM.
I DO AGREE WITH JIM. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE; ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW TERRIBLE THINGS TO HAPPEN TO HIS CHILDREN?
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
WE AS BELIEVERS ARE SILVER IN THE ROUGH. AS FIRE IS USED TO REMOVE THE OUTSIDE METAL TO GET TO THE SILVER; SO DOES GOD PUT US THROUGH THE FIRE TO REMOVE THOSE THINGS THAT PREVENT US AS BEING SILVER BEFORE GOD.
You are all in my prayers. Your co-workers, all the loved ones and friends of the victim of this tragedy.
A lot of times we don't understand WHY things happen as they do, but that is when our FAITH steps in and we know that God loves us all and we put our faith in him that all will be okay.
My deepest sympathies to all of you in this very sad time.
May God bless and comfort all of you.
Gentle hugs, Rach