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Forcing things and handing over power
My relationship with God has been sinking for a while now. Nothing dramatic – just more of my usual dread of prayer, and more of a dead feeling when I do try to pray, and less relief of the feeling that there is nothing there. I’ve been somewhat at a loss as to what to …
It’s ok to have children without getting married now, isn’t it?
The title of this post is what someone said to me today, as a pointed accusation that I am secretly intolerant. I changed the subject and felt hurt that they wanted to do this, and now I feel guilty I didn’t respond properly, so I’m going to try and make myself feel better by writing …
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Why do I believe in God?
Because it seems true. Why don’t you believe in God? Because it seems untrue. Where do we go from here?
Time
[Another post from ~] My wrestle with God is about how I find it difficult to do the one thing he asks me to do; Spend time with Him. There are no doubt many reasons for my neglect of God but I just don’t know where one is expected to find the time. And I …
Where do you go when things start falling apart?
[This article was emailed to me by ~] This is my very real question. There are times when you seek family or friends and there is time when you seek God. My question is when you have tried all known routes and still things appear not to work – where do you go then? Is …
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The Soul Painting
There was once an Artist who believed in people. He believed that every single person who lived had within them one great masterpiece, a Soul Painting, and he devoted his life to this creed. As an in demand artist of considerable talent he could have committed himself to his work and lived in fair comfort …
Do you have to ask to be forgiven?
At youth group last night (sadly no longer considered young enough to be one of the youth, but still in denial about that) one question that got raised was whether you have to ask for forgiveness in order to be forgiven. kamagra soft tab order viagra 50mg buy cialis 5mg I realised as we were …
Welcome to Wrestles with God!
Hello all! I’ve relaunched this site (which used to be called Guilty Expression), with a slightly different format, and hopefully some new energy. I want to make it easier for people to contribute, so I’ve changed to a blog format, which allows (some) people to post directly to the front page (without getting any approval), …
What difference does it make?
People often say how, if you become a Christian, God will give you peace and joy in your heart. That just makes me wonder where that peace and joy is, and whether I misunderstand what those words mean. People told me how encouraging it is to keep a prayer diary, because then you don’t just …