tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37854254.post652972141721117839..comments2023-05-23T03:41:10.372-07:00Comments on God is nice and he likes me: my testimonyAlliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11125437682195078847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37854254.post-51545181996794155062009-02-07T16:16:00.000-08:002009-02-07T16:16:00.000-08:00Holy guacamole! This is wonderful. I wish I coul...Holy guacamole! This is wonderful. I wish I could hug you. Thank you for opening up and being raw and real with me (or us). I don't know where you are with this right now. But I'm going to start praying on this. Because you've stood in the gap for ME. I will now do the same for you. I love what you said - "that God has been fighting for me and it wasn't just me on my own versus the devil." Amen, sister.<BR/><BR/>When my will failed me during my recent hell, I didn't beat myself up too much about it. I mean, I did, but one of the voices in my head told me not to. Because sometimes we just CAN'T do it. Which is why God has given us wonderful people like your old Sunday school teacher. And for me, it's a lot of my blogger chicks. We all hold each other up.<BR/><BR/>You are in my prayers.<BR/><BR/>I have to tell you this, though: when you said, "Everyone I know seems to have such a joyful, exemplary Christian life whereas I am a failure," man I hear that. I have felt that way so often. Everyone seems to have "it". And I never felt like I was anywhere close to the right path. But as I talked to some of my spiritual "heroes", I was struck by how often each one was shocked that I would think them so right on. Because most of them felt the same way - they were a mess and everyone else was right on. So the punch line here is, you are one of the people I think of as "right on". And before you laugh, I don't think I'm wrong. The fact that you had this whole dilemma shows that you CARE. Being in touch with God doesn't mean perfection. The biggest spiritual pillars in my life are completely fallible and willing to admit it. But what sets them apart from others in my life is, when they trip up on The Path, they get back up and turn themselves to point back toward The Path.<BR/><BR/>You have my offline email. If I can do anything for you, please let me know.<BR/><BR/>Love you tons!LEstes65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15963146455105319876noreply@blogger.com