Late Night Thread...

[farouk]

Very cool here this morning... like really cool... like... my apartment is cool... LOL

I don't know why I started this puzzle... GREEN trees.... I hate doing green trees...all the pieces blend together..
1000 piece puzzle... 600 pieces are GREEN trees.... and then I get that competitive rush go through me... where I have to
keep plucking away at it... instead of just calling it quits and putting everything back in the box... LOL
This is the second time I have done this puzzle... and it is magnificent when it is finished.

Hi @Addy Don't you think that the principle of revelation in Scripture is a little like a jigsaw puzzle...? in the sense that piece by piece, painstakingly read and meditated upon, the need to spend time and effort on building up the big picture is essential and it's only for the patient and determined - by God's grace - but when it is complete, the sheer panorama is glorious as the Person and Work of Christ are shown in all their wonder.

Of course, at some stage the comparison breaks down because we never cease to need to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ".

 

[Addy]

Hi @Addy Don't you think that the principle of revelation in Scripture is a little like a jigsaw puzzle...? in the sense that piece by piece, painstakingly read and meditated upon, the need to spend time and effort on building up the big picture is essential and it's only for the patient and determined - by God's grace - but when it is complete, the sheer panorama is glorious as the Person and Work of Christ are shown in all their wonder.

Of course, at some stage the comparison breaks down because we never cease to need to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ".

Good morning Dearest Farouk.... What a lovely little post you have made here...
I have not studied revelation... so to speak... I am a gal who likes surprises... the only reason I am good at jigsaw puzzles is because the pieces are all there... so I guess you are correct... in that revelation is indeed like a puzzle... but not one that I am wise enough to figure out... I also don't have an opinion on how the world is going to end... pre-trib... mid-trib... post-trib. These are not things that interest me I guess... I am a simple creature... Just give me Jesus... and let God do all the sorting out of things.... I'm good with that.

 

[Addy]

00:47 Saturday, September 4th, 2021
I am AWAKE... about to take a sip of my tea.

I actually completed a good portion of my puzzle yesterday... which is not very much when it comes to 1000 pieces... but I would say 1/4 done. Need to turn it upside down today and start from the bottom. The green trees.... oh those green trees... enough to make a person mad... LOL

Up for the night shift... Quiet in here.

 

[Truman]

00:47 Saturday, September 4th, 2021
I am AWAKE... about to take a sip of my tea.

I actually completed a good portion of my puzzle yesterday... which is not very much when it comes to 1000 pieces... but I would say 1/4 done. Need to turn it upside down today and start from the bottom. The green trees.... oh those green trees... enough to make a person mad... LOL

Up for the night shift... Quiet in here.

Hi, Addy. I can't sleep. I used to do a lot of puzzles on my computer but I think I overdid it. So I play my guitar and dream of a day when I'll lead a congregation again into God's presence. God and I have great times here.

 

[Addy]

Hi, Addy. I can't sleep. I used to do a lot of puzzles on my computer but I think I overdid it. So I play my guitar and dream of a day when I'll lead a congregation again into God's presence. God and I have great times here.

I used to do on-line puzzles but the CLICK of on-line is not as satisfying as the click of physically putting a puzzle together... I started my puzzle venture last winter... and found out I enjoy it. I usually play Worship music while I'm doing it... Now that I have found the Father's Heart series (which are all on Youtube )... I have enough music to last for months on end.

I usually day dream about being in the Throne Room... never mind my mansion... I just want to stay in the Throne room and Worship... I also want to worship with King David... that is the number one person I want to meet when I get HOME.

I did sleep... I sleep when most people are awake...and I wake up when most people are asleep... I've kept these strange hours for several years now... Works for me.

 

[Truman]

I used to do on-line puzzles but the CLICK of on-line is not as satisfying as the click of physically putting a puzzle together... I started my puzzle venture last winter... and found out I enjoy it. I usually play Worship music while I'm doing it... Now that I have found the Father's Heart series (which are all on Youtube )... I have enough music to last for months on end.

I usually day dream about being in the Throne Room... never mind my mansion... I just want to stay in the Throne room and Worship... I also want to worship with King David... that is the number one person I want to meet when I get HOME.

I did sleep... I sleep when most people are awake...and I wake up when most people are asleep... I've kept these strange hours for several years now... Works for me.

For years, living online was enough for me. Lately, I just want to have a life again. But I've come to realize that I live in a closed circuit and the only thing that my efforts to get out of it have done is frustrate me.
So I've accepted that if God wants me out, He'll get me out. If not, I'm glad I have this group. - I'm glad you like the Father's Heart series. It used to be all I'd listen to.

 

[Addy]

Covid has hit people in different ways... For me... it has taken all the guilt out of my solitary life. I have lived alone for the last 12 years... that is how long it's been since my daughter left home... She was 18...

I came to where I am living now... 9 years ago originally.... I have family here... I stayed 3 months living in my aunt's basement suite... and then went back to London... I wasn't ready to cut the apron strings from my daughter... stayed in London a year... and then returned up North... I stayed with my legalistic aunt for 3 months and felt like I was CHOKING from her judgemental attitude... so I moved into a crappy bachelor... froze all winter and finally found this beautiful place where I am living now.

By the time I moved here... I was SPENT... and totally DEFEATED by every sense of the word... and I went into a coma like state for 5 years... I thought I was going to die from all the despair I was feeling... I finally went NUMB and stayed that way for over 5 years...

Last year I began to wake up... just as covid was becoming a thing... and this summer was my summer of GREAT JOY.

Everything has come together for me... Because of my severe trust issues... I have accepted that I will probably NEVER be able to survive in this cold cruel world... so... I have given myself permission to withdraw... and live like the happy little hermit that I am. I figure God knows everything about me... and as long as I work on my relationship with HIM... I'm good to go.

It took a lot of changing my thoughts to understand that not everyone is called to be a social butterfly. I did my time being social.

I want to finish my life by getting as close to GOD as I can.

 

[Truman]

At the end of October it'll be 9 years since I've been where I now am. I live with my son, though we live separate lives. He has a wife and daughter, friends and they all smoke weed all the time. Sigh.
I live in my room. I have no friends. My church friends walked away after I got sick. My old friends I grew up with got in touch a half-dozen years back. They wanted me to come live the old days...sex, drugs, rock'n'roll, but this time with money and a mansion. All I had to do was show up. No thank You, I have something far better...even in isolation.
So I just existed until God finished doing some heart work with me and then I joined Christianity Board last July 31. The light of fellowship came on. Last September He did a few powerful things with me and last November I picked up my guitar and started singing to Him again...and writing songs again! It hasn't been easy but I've had a revival in my room ever since!
He's not finished with me here but I'm ready to go anytime. This life has been a painful time for me. From the top of my head to the souls of my feet, I hurt. But He gets me through.

 

[Addy]

That is a beautiful testimony... I think I might have joined a few months before you... I think it was June... and as you know... I am not the patient type... LOL.... Fellowship was what I came here for... and I have given up on that thought... you are the only one I really talk to in any kind of depth.

Too much of the forums is not a good thing for me... opinions are overwhelming to me... and bad attitudes are something that just plain TICK me off.... so on this last bout of me being back... I have decided to say what I have to say... and walk away.

It is what it is.... I love being alone.

 

[Truman]

I know what you mean. I believe what I believe. I put it forth, not to argue, but because I have just as much right to my opinion as anyone else. If anyone tries to condemn me with their theology, I know it's not God, and if they push it, well, I need to respond how God wants me to. Some have religious spirits...demons. Sometimes I tell them that. If I want them to go way, talking about the ten tribes seems to work pretty good. Lol My future...I'd like to be part of a small fellowship, lead worship some and perhaps work things out with my ex. Get to know my grandkids and be gathered to my forefathers, whatever that means! Lol

 

[Addy]

It took the forums to show me why I hate opinions so much... It's because instead of people just giving theirs...they push theirs on others.
In my world... I think how I think and others have the same right... I don't tell anyone what to think or what to believe... and I don't take kindly to being corrected by others.

My landlords found this out the hard way when one of them informed me that it was my duty to get vaccinated... That went over like a ton of bricks.

I sound grumpy... but I am really not... I am funny... I get along with others... I'm kind...I just don't do rude or attitude is all... and I'm not afraid to stand up to a bully.

Anyways... it's good and I'm good.

I'm sorry that you are stuck in a room... that would be difficult... I live in a converted garage... Not sure what the square footage is but it is small... and I like it.... It has everything I need.

 

[Truman]

I don't think you're grumpy. I actually think you're funny. You just don't take B.S. Like me. That's too much about your landlord! Some people like to have power over others. To me, it's too much responsibility. I have a hard enough time running my own life. I like helping people. I'm getting old and life has broken me. The world around me is starting to look like I feel, like it's past the point of no return. I don't think there's any going back to how things were. I really think the Great Tribulation is on deck. In a month, we could be in the mark of the beast system. We're just about at the end of this age. Then Messiah comes! Yahoo! Pre-mid-post, people don't know. They just like arguing. I don't. He comes when He comes. He's coming soon, though. How many years, I don't know. I saw Him on His horse, with a bunch of angels, in a vision last winter, I think it was. It was really cool! He's beautiful!

 

[Addy]

LOL.... so glad that you see me as I am... As for my landlords... they need much compassion.... The one who is transgender is very angry and very miserable... I live in a very confused household... they are Catholic by title... the one that is male has been studying with the Jehovah Witnesses for almost 2 years... he used to go to mass one Sunday and then to the Kingdom Hall the next Sunday... When covid shut the churches... he went on line with the Jehovah Witnesses and I suspect he has joined them now... One of the family dogs died this summer... and that just seemed to really do them in. So... YEAH.... I was offended by their "thought" that it was my duty to get vaccinated but it was not done with a CRUEL heart... they really feel that people need to listen to the government.

I have never ever wanted to be here.... and so I separated myself from this world a long time ago... AT one time... that is all I looked to God for... was to take me home... I moped... I sulked... I had hissy fits... I begged... I bargained... and I'm still here... This summer was the first that I did not focus on wanting to die... I have been an unwilling participant in this thing called life.

I have never voted in my life... never been into politics... I am an anomaly.

Like you... I have enough trouble taking care of my own life... I allow others the dignity and respect to live according to their own beliefs.

This is why I have such a hard time with many Christians... they are busy bodies... judging everyone around them... and using the name of Christ to do so.... NOT my cup of tea.

I have never had a vision... but all my eggs are in the basket of JESUS being VICTORIOUS.

Anyways....

 

[Truman]

He is Victorious! I've seen Him a few times...once actually in a spiritual realm, on His horse. A window of heaven had opened up then. It closed, and then the weight of His presence caused me to fall over backwards. It took 15 seconds to fall. It was a physical miracle! Then a tongue of fire came out of nowhere and flew into my chest and then I spoke in tongues for the first time! You think you're odd? Lol People here think all kinds of things about me. I don't care. I think I'm what you might call the chosen elect. God's choosing, not mine. I think someone like me can't lose their salvation. Perhaps no one can, I don't know. I don't think about it too much. 4,000 denominations and they all think they're right. Technically, I don't think that I'm actually part of the church. Some Jews accept me, but most don't...yet. The revealing of the north is just starting. Anyway, it's wa-a-ay past my bedtime. It's been great talking with you. Take it easy, eh? Ron.

 

[Addy]

Good night.... sweet sleep...

 

[Addy]

My devotional for today... Jesus Lives by Sarah Young

MY KINGDOM CANNOT BE SHAKEN! This present world seems to be shaking more and more, leaving you off balance much of the time. As you worship Me, however, your perspective changes and you regain your balance. To worship Me acceptably with reverence and awe, thankfulness is essential. I designed you to be thankful on a daily, moment by moment basis. You need to resist the temptation to grumble when things do not go as you would like. Remember that I, your God, am an all consuming fire. If you saw Me in all My Glory, you would be much too awestruck to venture even the tiniest complaint.

My unshakeable kingdom is for all people who love Me, who know Me as Saviour. This everlasting kingdom consists of things that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived. I have prepared infinite, wondrous delights for those who love Me. Moreover, at the end of the age, I will come back and take you to be with Me, so that you may be where I am. Let these precious promises ignite your thankfulness, till you are aglow with My Living Presence---shining brightly in this dark world.

 

[Wynona]

Am up early for once

 

[Pathfinder7]

Good morning, CB coffee/tea drinkers.
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5:45 am
East Coast
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High 78F (26C)
Partly Cloudy
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Having the second cup of coffee..
- & toast.
Today..not 'bagel' day!
Lol.

 

[Addy]

LOL @Pathfinder7 on confessing that it is NOT a bagel day.... God BLESS toast!!! the reliable standby. LOL

 

[Raccoon1010]

Good morning everyone, I'm just waking up and getting some coffee, Hope everyone is well!