Posted by rayww on October 18, 2008, at 11:46:08
In reply to Re: I replied on Admin..Thank you..a reason.... » 10derHeart, posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on October 13, 2008, at 23:35:57
> > I'm glad you found the posts, Jay. I'm sorry if this was extra distressing for you.
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> > It's the last thing I meant to happen.
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> Thank you kindly. To give you some context....My Dad's Mom, who of course would have been my grandmother, died just a year or so after my Dad was born because she couldn't afford some very basic treatment for a simple illness, at around age 22.(I don't know the specifics. Dad's real father was an alcoholic, and this was during the Depression, so he just gave the kids away to an orphanage. My Dad to this day still hasn't seen what his real Mother looked like, at 71 years old.) This is partly why poverty greatly disturbs me, and so does the decadence of greed and the rich. My Dad is part of my heart and soul. I really, really feel his pain. That is why I am working to change things.
> All's I seem to get is resistance.
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> Jay
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>I'm sorry for your pain and for what you have witnessed with regards to your Grandfather. Do you think life is over when it ends? Do you think a loving God would put us here to suffer, and then drop out of the picture? Home is where the heart is my friend. In my imagination, when we go home at the end of life, we continue on. I would imagine that all those precious little babies that are killed in abortions will have their chance to grow up. They will belong to a family, just like your Dad will belong to his. If God has said that our minds aren't capable of imagining how wonderful it will be hereafter, I feel free to imagine the greatest that I can. What harm does it do to hang onto that kind of hope? Don't despair. Imagine the most wonderful eternity, and while clinging to that hope, endure whatever you have to now. That's how I made it through having and raising 8 kids. That's how I make it through the day. Imagine that it will only get better, that all those poor suffering people all over the world will have their chance after they endure whatever pain they've been placed in now. It's like being born with no arms, or going to war, giving your all, then coming home to suffer even more. This life is not all there is. It's all here for a purpose. Feel free to imagine what purpose that might be. Remember that no matter how big your imagined picture is, it won't even come close to the reality of what will be. Endure and make the best of your situation whatever it is. Don't despair. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, love God. http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_cor/2/9#9
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