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Hi evreyone:

Thank you for your informative response to my question. I do have many questions that I never dared to ask. I guess the God I've come to know lives very deep inside my mind. In the past years I've been having some very deep discussions with Him. I know I'm giving Him a hard time.
I love going to church on sunday, listening to the hymns, the words spoken. But for some strange reason I can't seem to connect with God is this enviorment. Its always the same thing, a preety ritual. I live on a caribbian Island and when I walk by an empty beach, or I go to the hills and see the sky, the hill-tops, parlm trees, I feel close to God. Its quiet and thats when I can hear Him. We argue alot and sometimes He wont talk to me. I'm sure He has more impoertant things to do that to be chatting with me on a hill-top. Sometimes I feel He is getting away from me.
I forgot to mention that I am legaly blind and I need to use a large font. I will reduce it to #2 before I send the post.
Nice to meet all of you.
Cristina.
 
We are very glad to have you join us.. and

Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
 
Hi, Cristina-

Welcome. :)

I connect with God mostly when I am out in nature, too. Or when I am meditating on my own. I believe that is OK. We don't have to find God in a church to find God. And church can still have a useful function in our religious lives, even if that is not where we find God.

If you do not mind my asking, why do feel that you argue with God? What do you argue about?

I would say, from personal experience, that God's silence does not mean He doesn't love me, or is angry with me, or finds me unimportant. God's silence is an answer and an invitation. Out of God's silence, and my stillness within it, can come peace if I am willing.
 
Namaste Cristina,

Welcome to our sandbox (I love visiting yours by the way...the carib...)

Your connection with spirit, you say in your mind...is that where you think it? or where you feel it?

peace,

wil
 
Hi there,:)
Your post reminds me of this verse in the bible at
ACTS 17;24

It says in that verse


The God that made the world and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples, ACTS 17;24


And also the bible speaks about a time when no one will be blind anymore, .


It will be good when there is no more spiritual blindness ,and also very good when there is no more physical blindness as well.



when Jesus was on the earth he showed on a small scale how easy it was with power from God to heal people .

And the bible promises us that the whole earth will be a paradise in the future ,with no more other sicknesses around




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THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT GOD WILL BRING ABOUT THESE CHANGES ON THE EARTH.​


“He will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.”—Revelation 21:4​




“The lame one will climb up just as a stag does.”—Isaiah 35:6​







“The eyes of the blind ones will be opened.”—Isaiah 35:5​




“All those in the memorial tombs will . . . come out.”—John 5:28, 29​




“No resident will say: ‘I am sick.’”—Isaiah 33:24​





“There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth.”—Psalm 72:16​

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Tthe bible holds out a wonderful hope for the future, and the God of the bible is gathering a GREAT CROWD to go on to inherit the paradise earth​


revelation 7;9-10.
matthew 5;5
psalm 37;29
psalm 37;11​



MEE loves the bible and what it really teaches its great :)​





 
Cristina said:
Hi evreyone:

Thank you for your informative response to my question. I do have many questions that I never dared to ask. I guess the God I've come to know lives very deep inside my mind. In the past years I've been having some very deep discussions with Him. I know I'm giving Him a hard time.
I love going to church on sunday, listening to the hymns, the words spoken. But for some strange reason I can't seem to connect with God is this enviorment. Its always the same thing, a preety ritual. I live on a caribbian Island and when I walk by an empty beach, or I go to the hills and see the sky, the hill-tops, parlm trees, I feel close to God. Its quiet and thats when I can hear Him. We argue alot and sometimes He wont talk to me. I'm sure He has more impoertant things to do that to be chatting with me on a hill-top. Sometimes I feel He is getting away from me.
I forgot to mention that I am legaly blind and I need to use a large font. I will reduce it to #2 before I send the post.
Nice to meet all of you.
Cristina.
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There is nothing strange about it..... In the real world... (nature at it's purest and untainted) There are offerings of peace, serenity... There is sound, but not the usual noise, it is a sound of clarity and it allows you to reflect.

I can understand when you say it brings you close to god.... Your book says right at the start... Genesis 1. That he created this? And he put man and woman right smack in the middle of it... It was built, designed for you.... Church? god didn't make that.... Man made that... Sure your god may pop in there from time to time but, that isn't god's house... his house is the world? Exclusive rights, memberships, locations.... They wouldn't be needed to reach your god. Surley all you would have to do is reach out your hand and he shall reach back?
 
And as JAMES 4;8 says


Draw close to God, and he will draw close to YOU.



and the bible also tells us who the true God is , it tells us in

psalm 83;18
That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah,
You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
psalm 83;18 ​




and Jesus also said, taking in knowledge about the true God and his son Jesus Christ, will lead to everlasting life . ​



it says that in JOHN 17;3​

This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.




the bible tells us many things about God, along with creation around us .

 
For me, when I'm in nature I'm also closer to god because I am surrounded by his creations. I do not attend church regularly because I do not do well in confined places. I'm kind of a modern day hermit. Most importantly though in your comments that attracted my attention was "We argue alot and sometimes He wont talk to me. I'm sure He has more important things to do that to be chatting with me on a hill-top." I've found that to be untrue. He never pulls away from us, but rather we pull away from him and tune him out because he is saying something we would rather not hear. I made a fateful prayer one day that I've come to find hard to follow but will not and can not retract. "I give myself up to you oh lord, do with me as you will." I was wanting him to dispose of me once and for all, but rather he took me up on the arangement and reconstructed my life and soul instead. It has been a very hard process and many a day I've been in tears but as time goes by I learn slowly his wisdom in the more difficult path. "By MY will... not Thine.
So, whenever you feel him pulling away from you, stop and contemplate why you are not in tune with him. He will always be with you, and always answer your prayers... just not in the way you would want, but always in a better way.



Cristina said:
Hi evreyone:

Thank you for your informative response to my question. I do have many questions that I never dared to ask. I guess the God I've come to know lives very deep inside my mind. In the past years I've been having some very deep discussions with Him. I know I'm giving Him a hard time.
I love going to church on sunday, listening to the hymns, the words spoken. But for some strange reason I can't seem to connect with God is this enviorment. Its always the same thing, a preety ritual. I live on a caribbian Island and when I walk by an empty beach, or I go to the hills and see the sky, the hill-tops, parlm trees, I feel close to God. Its quiet and thats when I can hear Him. We argue alot and sometimes He wont talk to me. I'm sure He has more impoertant things to do that to be chatting with me on a hill-top. Sometimes I feel He is getting away from me.
I forgot to mention that I am legaly blind and I need to use a large font. I will reduce it to #2 before I send the post.
Nice to meet all of you.
Cristina.
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Cristina said:
Hi evreyone:


Cristina.
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Hi Cristina and welcome :)
I am a non believer but understand why people are inspired toward god when out in nature. Have you ever heard of Gaia Theory?

And welcome to you too Whizzer :)
 
Welcome,
You know this forum isnt Church pretty. Just like nature though I feel closer to God here when responding to a fellow believer.


Abram heard God talked with Him all the time.. and not the thunder lightning flashing ... but chatted and laughed. The Bible calls him a friend of God... I think you as well have found a friend and like good friends you will have issues with each other that time and love will work out.



Jesus called us friends as well


Welcome to the forum Friend :)

Basstian
 
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