Faith

What does that mean?

Unfortunately arwen, many many do...be blessed and have a lovely day..:-) xx

The Bible tells us that Jesus is a stumbling block...some, not all people really get offended/offensive whenever they are confronted with Christians...sad really...but it's just not our problem either..we just expect it and don't worry cause it's not us they are offended by it's who we stand for...love your tolerance..should be more if it in this world..xx

It disgusts me that religious intolerance exists at all in this world.x

you are  in a plus situation in that you have a wonderful 

husband not so easy when you don thave that luxery 

i am sorry for your lot i really am . and i am glad you stand strong in your faith . which must help .

iv had nothing but one sort of pain or another all my life and i am tired of it . if i could just go to sleep and not wake up it would suit me fine . 

thats not saying i want to die i dont.

thats the crazy thing about the statment i am just sick of being judged and not understood just because iv got a condition no one can see.

and that includes my husband and kids . the worst thing in the world is being alone or feeling alone .i am so glad you dont have that feeling .long may it continue 

I'm so sorry that your in such pain mentally and physically, and it's is awful to feel so terribly alone but making the comment about my husband being a plus doesn't mean that I don't suffer pain and loneliness when we are the only people out there with the disabled child.when wherever we go out we get the stares because he's doing something that isn't quite the norm. So what I'm saying is Your not the only one who has a tough time in life. We just have it in a whole different scenario.

The people on this site  wouldn't  be on it if everyone on here didnt have to deal with their own problems.

 I know I'm very fortunate in having great husband, but our little son doesn't even know what time off the day it is and it's heartbreaking He doesn't understand anything. I think you need to walk in my shoes before you can make the comment about my life and my hubbies

 Everyone on this site is getting it tough so you are not alone in that aspect x

I'm so sorry that your in such pain mentally and physically, and it's is awful to feel so terribly alone I wish I cld do something for you.

The comment about my husband being a plus is very true, but doesn't mean our life is any easy one . We just have it in a different painful scenario than you 

 I don't think that anyone can understand till they walk in our shoes the pain we feel or the challenges we go through when your only adored child is disabled and your coping with this FIBRO/ME as well

Wherever we go out we get the stares because he's doing something that isn't quite the norm You try so hard to make your child have an understanding of the normal things like Christmas birthdays but it's just another day

 

Hope you can see Tiswas24537 that our life's not a bed off roses either 

 Everyone on this site is getting it tough so hopefully you don't feel so alone in that aspect and as for our relationship it will continue because we have been totally devoted to each other for many years 

i wouldnt presume that you had it easy hun i didnt mean that at all 

just meant you do have someone who cares deeply for you and your son 

which when the world is tough on you nice to have ,

i have fibro and Aspergers syndrome and my son  whos 24 ,and my middle brother ,also have Aspergers ,so not am i only dealing with me ,i am trying to prop up others as well  just wish i had some support ,thats all i meant

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the world isent very nice to people who are differant ,sometimes it would be nice to have some one in your corner so the rest of the world could just go away .

i do know what its like to be staryed at my son when he was little due to the problems of Aspergers was hard work ,and i had it  to do on my own . i have a friend who had a fully autisc son and when i spent 

a afternoon with her i was so glad that my son was only suffering with a moderate form of autisum not the full blown .but like you say its never easy i am just glad that your little boy has  people who love him

dearly . you must have so many worries about him . 

i am sure he brings much sunshine into your life .

Hiya tiswas, that's why we need each other sooo much on this blog...hope you have a really lovely day..be blessed.:-) xxx

I'm a Christian too Mary...you have had such a rough time..really feeling for you...I must say and have said it before on this blog, that if we my hubby and I didn't get our strength from God, .well I don't know how we would ever cope, for sure.... It's very hard to make people understand that God didn't do any of this to us..but He will use our suffering to not only teach us to endure but to be a megaphone for Him...I could'nt tell you just how many non Christians friends and family have said to me..WHAT ABOUT YOUR GOD NOW..when they have seen us suffer from one thing or another...They just don't understand that God doesn't do it..well some do, in the end..and that's using our suffering as a megaphone for Him..have a lovely day Mary..stay positive..bless you and your family abundantly with His love and a Grace..:-) 

The one thing God has showed me is : I have learned to be very positive..it can be sooo infectious..in anyone's sphere of influence..after all this is only our temporal home..

i dont think people have problems with others having faith in god

its religion most people have a problem with as it seems to cause so much 

trouble in the world ,

well in the hands of man it does .

yes i suppose so but its still hard 

Absolutely right there tiswas..it's religion,  that has always caused sooo much worry...I am not religious at all, but I am a committed a Christian... sooo dislike religion and religios people too...there is such a huge difference..be blessed.... ...:-) xxx

the happy clappy christians iv met have made me very uncomfortable 

one couple wanted to adopt children so they brought a dog 

to make a family atmosphere .but when they said that they would bring the kid up as a christian they were turned down for adoption and they got 

rid of the dog. 

so what does that say . making out that people can walk on injured ankles etc with there mass hysteria praying , bloody stupid careless you could injury someone permenant .doing that . 

we all no people can do amazing things when worked up into a frenzy 

or out of fear .thats not healing .

healing done by spiritulist is done quitley and calmly and can take days 

of pray . . i believe like some  native indians do that are ancestors are our guids . and protectors . . ibut each to there own .thats what i say 

Healing can be noisy or quite, just depends on the person I suppose..I have seen both, but never ever have I witnessed anyone telling people to come off any meds, or try to walk when they can't...shudder!!!!  they usually say..make sure your checked by your doctor..I see healings all the time..and they are healings that have been for life and have green medically diagnosed..that's why it's soooo hard for people to understand why I haven't been healed.of this Fibro...(I have been healed of other health issues though) .it's certainly not a problem for me it's just such a big problem for them but..  Anways it's Friday 9.45am, I had a great sleep in this morning. ..9am...wow.. My husband volunteers running these courses in town for the City Mission ..3 times a week, so he is in town, today so I had a lovely sleep in and the weather is beautiful,18degrees C...lovely day..very sunny..I'm cooking a beef red curry in the slow cooker..yum ...have a lovely day/weekend tiswas..be blessed..:-) xx

iv just put a roast in the bag chicken in the oven 

to hot for me to be cooking it tonight my house gets the sun 

all day round its like a blooming green house . iv got reflective film on the windows and black verticle blinds at the window fans and air cooler and it still gets to hot for me .you wouldnt think so in the uk and in north yorkshire would you .and its only may .

i never said anything about people coming of meds .but going up with injurys and making out there cured . not saying it never  happens that would be stupid .because i know it can .

the christians i knew offered to take my son to a meeting in oxfordshire it was abig gathering people from all over the world

 she knew about his problems .and still she put him in a group with other kids . we turned up as invited just as well , because he was standing by the stage waving a flag crying , because his sensistivty to noise was stressing him up ,i was feeling it to as i also have Aspergers along with fibro , so i got my husband and my son and went home .

no wonder they wont let these types of christians adopt children 

i was so angry .and upset . seeing my son so stressed 

i noticed you didnt mention anything about the mentioned christens getting rid of there dog because they were turned down for adoption. i dont think 

thats very christen to me.

i am glad you can find comfort within that type of community 

but its not for me .

with his Aspergers as she was his home tutor , still

I didn't mention about their dog etc...because there are people like that all over the world...wether their Christian or not....actually tiswas it always amuses me, people do off/funny/different  things everywhere...nearly all the time , but when people know their Christians they put a very different expectation on them...but I guess their human like everyone else is and we all fall short of Gods perfection., it actually tells us that we do in the Bible...

Sad to hear about your experiences with your son and some fundamentalists...very sad, he just wasn't understood at all..shame on them...good you went there, I would too for sure...

Sounds like you have good weather, we do it's 18 degrees Celsius, Saturday 2.20pm..., we have just got home from going out for a late breakfast and visiting some people, feel tired now...just glad I can get out...gotta keep seeing those little positives...there's too many negatives that could rob me of it too..anyway..you have a lovely weekend and be blessed tiswas..:-) xxx

glad you have had a nice start to the day.

i hear what your saying ,that  theres people like that all over the world 

and not all are christians 

but i just think if you say your a practising christen and doing gods work than

you should be as good as you can be , not perfect because thats almost impossiable i know iv tried all my life and failed .

 in spiritulist circles and other faiths there are wrong people . people who do bad things under the name of the maker, thats why i will never belong to any religous group . 

may faith is in spirit . they  are the ones who watch over us and protect us 

in my heart i love everything the maker has made the tiny birds the ants that i once  saw carring a leaf and to this day still find fascinating .

the time i said iv never seen a pidgoen  chick round our church always the adults i wonder why ,

the very next day i walked into town with my daughter in her pram through the church and there between the grave stones was a mother and a her tiny fluffy chick , these things i hold in my heart that are good .

i hate it when i see young drivers going out of there way to run down a bird in the road breaks my heart at the fear that is going through that animals body

, i hate cruelty to anything even creatures that scare me ,because they have feelings and souls .and they are just as important as anyone else to the maker . i know there are to many black hearts on earth . i wish the maker would come back and rid us of all the evil and greed in this beautiful world .the world is not ugly .some people are , 

ever time i listen to that beautiful song its a wonderful world 

i cry because it really is , but theres nothing so ugly as greed 

and that rules the world now . 

may your god bless your days and loved ones always .

Hiya tiswas, I just am in awe of God's creation too.its just beautiful and quite remarkable, isn't it? sooo intricate....and I do agree tiswas that it's always greed.and control that seems to pull this beautiful world and it's people down....it's 3.50pm here, quite nice still...a tad cold...no wind though yet..

just got home from church and out to lunch with friends....just got changed..love hanging out with a sloppy top and leggings on, after being out dressed up....I'm feeling quite tired now, reckon I'll have a cuppa and relax in my chair with a good movie..hope alls well...have a great day..be blessed..:-) xxx

glad youv had a nice day ,iv done abit of hand washing put the bird food out

on the tables

the pet shop stocks bird peanut butter 

that you spread on tree branches and the little birds spend an age nibbling

it of . 

will get some next week . i couldnt afford it this week .after id broughta big bag of seed,and some berry suet .

iv been trying for ages to get hold of a vicki carr song called there goes

my heart and i still cant find it other than on a 45 from 1965 which is 

pretty scratchy . 

thats another of my passions music i dont get from what decade its from 

waht type it is if i lkie it i like it iv always been like it .

if i had to say what my faverite overal genera of music is id probarly 

say motown and blues . but a great song to me is a great song .

my top 5 would be , broken hearted melody ,sarah vaughan

dock of the bay , ottis reading , blue moon ella fitz gerald, what becomes

of the broken hearted al green .

Wow!! Tiswas, peanut butter for birds....what a great idea..my husband is a real bird watcher..we have little feeders everywhere too, we get lots of native birds in as we have heaps of bottle brush...i love blues and mowtown  music too..wow' two great minds think alike..lol...but my favourite song of all time has got to be..Blue Bayou...sung by anyone...I just love  it..I have I reckon everything Otis Redding ever sung..just love him...Norah Jones earlier music is awesome too...we are going down south-Hobart on the weekend of the 30th to see a group of older Australian singers singing who were all pretty famous here singularly, they will be singing all my favourites too..it's at the Casino..so we are staying the night and another night on the way home..it's only a 2 hour drive down there but we are making a weekend if it..love the Hobart area, but, only for visiting...I love it up here-north.the two areas are quite colloquial too..Hope you find Vicky Carr's recording ok..she is a great singer..I loved her voice and many others like her..have you tried iTunes..I buy most of mine off there, then I can play them through our speakers..have a nice day tiswas..be blessed..:-) xxx

blue bayyo is a extremly hard song to sing 

i tried it once when i had singing lessons by teachers request just to hard

.brenda lee has a diffitcult key range as well i can do some of her songs 

i found the album on amazon which said the song i was looking for was on there but when you go to order it another of vickis albums comes 

so stuck now .

i lkie etta james ,id rather go blind , and vicki carrs with pen in hand breaks my heart ,  

ottis and al green are my fav motown male voices i believe al green is now a minister or precher now .

i am so glad your having a few days away its nice when you can have a break .i am hoping to go out tomorrow wont be very exciting 

like yours will be .

i dont like itunes i like hard copy i am old fashioned.

tell you another singer i like for the pure beauty of her voice 

and that is nana mouskari love her crystal clear beautiful voice 

and the fact that she can sing in several languages .

i believe if the story is true that is .

is that she can get those high  notes due to only having one vocal chord

unlike most people with who have two .

Yeah I like Nana M too, lovely voice..my  husband said" it's not blues you love it Soul" ...grr brain fog moment...but I just love Otis Redding's  songs..,sooo meaningful......hope you have a really lovely day out...any day out is good....Helen Shapiro lived near my husband growing up, I love her strong voice too. I remember as a young teen I used to like to listen to Sandy Shaw Lou Lou and Cilla Bkack, O' memories of no pain..when life was soo carefree... Blue Bayou is very hard to sing..I quite like Linda  Ronstadt singing it, I really do like Under the Boardwalk too...don't really mind who sings that either..would you believe I actually bought the best of Queen on disc last month, we were having a coffee in a record shop and they were playing Bohemian  Rapsody...they had me sucked in...just couldn't resist..what a voice...yeah that song Blue Bayou is very very hard...I could do it when I was younger..but definitely not now..lol...like Etta James too. Don't know Al Green...but if he sang on Mowtown I must have heard him.....I'm going to google him...heaps of black singers on Motown were singers in their churches first.,many of them become involved in churches after too, so it doesn't really surprise me.he became a preacher..even Otis Redding started that way too....can't wait to google Al Green now.,O' my what did we ever do without google..have a lovely day..tiswas and be blessed..:-) xxxxxx

my favs of al green's songs are,

so tired of being alone, and lets stay together . i love blues esp ella fitzgerald .

but then i love glen miller to .and frank , dean, 

thats life by frank is bloody brilliant song, but only franks version for me

dean how can you not love deans soft sexy voice .

 

music really is my food of life couldnt live with out it

i liked lulu's early stuff like to sir with love ,and shout ,row the boat

love sandy ,and cilla, petula clark, shirley basssey,

just almost all

helen was a strong voice on such a little person like brenda and lulu 

starnge how such big voices come out of little bodies .  .

 

Al a Green is awesome, I've been listening to him on utube...wiw!! What a singer..I'd heard some of his songs before...just didn't realise or bother to find out who he was,,he's great.,especially. ."Lets Stay Together" mmmmm

sooo smooooooth...I do love music too tiswas...have a lovely day..it's 20 past 10 am, here...nice weather sooo far.,rain this arvo only for an hour

or so.....be blessed....have a lovely day..:-) xxx

in my church i have all the beautiful things in the world 

love ,kindness ,understanding ,honesty ,hope, joy .

music, laughter , 

my church has no walls or a door my church is in my heart 

and although it is a lonley path to walk 

i walk it .because these things are much tougher to give out and rewards are not many , but i can not be any other way . 

if the world dosent like me and people think i am 

weird then they should look upon them self 

because they feel  frightened by someone who cares

what does that say about them 

i would give my last slice of bread away if someone was hungrey

sit all night and hold someones hand without speaking if someone was scared , this and much more i have done ,i have been hurt many times

by people using me , everytime i say i wont do it again 

and every time someone is in need i do 

no greater price was paid than what jesus paid 

for loving us no greater price did the lord pay 

than the sacrifice of his son .

so look into your own soul dont question mine 

is what i say . 

to those who i think i am weird .i mean christine 

i dont mean you hun .it could be read that way .

so i thought i better make that clear 

Tiswas your a very beautiful person..your heart is just soo big...thanks for what you share..it is important...:-) xxxxx

thanks hun.hope your having an ok day .

when i was 12 my baby brother was born 

i took him out in his pram 

and while walking down the street i little chick 

fell from the tree ,my instincts was to protect the bird from the oncoming traffic,and in my panic i let go of the pram .

luckly i realised what i had done and no harm was done to bro .

and the mother bird came down to her chick ,it wasnt there on the way back so i guses all was well with the chick as well

love al green he really feels it when he sings and so do you 

Me too..he's amazing.:-) xx