Re: Why did I get back in?

February 2, 2012

I believe salvation is both more complex and simple than all of that. each of us

will get exactly what we deserve. and God will decide what that is. we are not

all held to the same standard. it is hard to have family members who are living

self-destructive lives. you only need to live up to your own standard of

Christ-like and you are not the one who sets her standard.

I personally believe that all illness physical and mental is cured at death.

it is so hard for me because I am comfortable in my faith,but I grew up with a

self-righteous mother. her ideas of what are sins are so twisted.

God will decide about her. you are not God you can't save her. you need to work

on yourself.

Meikjn

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> I was doing so well! Finally,I was at peace with myself and just going to

visit her when I was feeling strong enough to handle it. I had almost forgotten

how nasty she really is. There is not a day that goes by that she doesn't say

that she 'HATES' somebody. Usually three or four times a day. Whether it is

someone in the family (usually an in-law) or someone on tv. Being a Christian,it

makes me feel so (?),, I don't know how to describe it..sad?...dirty? She will

sit and read a King book all day but wouldn't crack a Bible if her life

depended on it.

> She's 85 and I worry if she is truly saved. She says she is, that she was

babtized when she was 16, but you sure couldn't tell it by the way she acts. But

who am I to judge? I've asked her time and again for years to go to church with

me but she won't. I can only recall twice my whole life of her being inside a

church and that was at the funerals of her parents. I just keep telling

myself, " God knows she is sick. "

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