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  • bluerose
    bluerose Member Posts: 1,104
    #22
    AnneBehymer said:

    Bluerose,
    that is a great
    Bluerose,

    that is a great pic and I like the thought of god watching us and looking out for us. I need to believe this since I am stage four ovarian cancer but after my first three treatments my number have dropped from 2,000 to 14 normal is 0-21 so I know it is god looking after me thanks for the pic

    Anne

    Hi Anne
    I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis but glad to hear that your numbers are coming down. I couldn't have gotten through my cancers without my faith, I know that and in fact I actually experienced a true healing during my last shtick in hospital during treatment a long time ago so that just intensified my beliefs that were already there. I am not a church goer but spiritual but when I had that healing it totally cuaght me by surprise as I was praying for help for sure but sure never expected such an in my face message from The Big Guy. I wish everyone could experience what I did.

    I know that my prayers were always to be allowed to survive so that I could be there for my young family and I really believe that that is the most powerful prayer there is, a Mother's prayer for her children, well one of the most powerful prayers I should say.

    I am glad that picture gave you a sense of being watched over, art is a wonderful thing oftentimes.

    All the best.


    Blessings,

    Bluerose
  • bluerose
    bluerose Member Posts: 1,104
    #23
    mariam_11_09 said:

    For God to be watching us

    For God to be watching us implies that God is outside of us, ie separate from us. What if that is not the case, God is not separate from us and knows us from the inside out so there is nothing for God to watch. I do ask why is it we feel a need to give God human attributes?

    Hi Miriam
    Well I guess the reason we tend to give God human attributes is because human is all we know. We do the same to all kinds of beings like animals as well, we only know the human state and it's feelings and looks. I guess when we talk about compassion and other emotions and look at God as being compassionate in instances we know that emotion so tend to put the same image that goes along with that for humans on God as well.

    Isn't there somewhere in the bible that speaks to God appearing in human form? Didn't he send his son to earth in our form too? He knew we could relate to that form but how God really appears of course no one knows - in his true form - if there is just one

    Many people have also heard of the idea that we were in fact made in God's image, whether that was meant in body or mind or both I don't know, I couldn't recite one bible passage if you paid me. Just speaking of things I have heard in the past.

    It's a big question, Who is God, What does He/She look like, where is He - inside of us or out or both? I personally think of us all as an extention of God, a part of Him but that is my feeling based on what my relationship is with Him and what I have experienced or felt. I don't personally think it matters where He is though, just that He IS. Whatever form makes the most sense to people and how they perceive or see Him is kind of secondary to the main concept - just believing in him.

    All the best.

    Bluerose
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #24
    Hondo said:

    Hi Joe
    To understand the color blue and forgiveness you need to know about the Leviticus law in the Bible. The robe of the Hi-Priest had many different colors and each color was symbolic to the aspect of God love to mankind.

    I know you do not like a lot of posting of Bible stuff here on CSN so I am not going to do that. But if you like I can share some of this with you to give you a better understanding of the symbolism in many of the text from the book of Leviticus. I am not trying to convert you just help you to understand some of the things we believe as Christians.

    Wishing you the best
    Hondo

    Thanks
    I presume that your remarks about Leviticus and the correlation between blue and forgiveness are accurate. Thanks for the lesson.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #25
    bluerose said:

    Hi Miriam
    Well I guess the reason we tend to give God human attributes is because human is all we know. We do the same to all kinds of beings like animals as well, we only know the human state and it's feelings and looks. I guess when we talk about compassion and other emotions and look at God as being compassionate in instances we know that emotion so tend to put the same image that goes along with that for humans on God as well.

    Isn't there somewhere in the bible that speaks to God appearing in human form? Didn't he send his son to earth in our form too? He knew we could relate to that form but how God really appears of course no one knows - in his true form - if there is just one

    Many people have also heard of the idea that we were in fact made in God's image, whether that was meant in body or mind or both I don't know, I couldn't recite one bible passage if you paid me. Just speaking of things I have heard in the past.

    It's a big question, Who is God, What does He/She look like, where is He - inside of us or out or both? I personally think of us all as an extention of God, a part of Him but that is my feeling based on what my relationship is with Him and what I have experienced or felt. I don't personally think it matters where He is though, just that He IS. Whatever form makes the most sense to people and how they perceive or see Him is kind of secondary to the main concept - just believing in him.

    All the best.

    Bluerose

    Part of God
    So very true in what I believe, that is why he calls us his Children

    Hondo
  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #26
    Hondo said:

    Hi Joe

    Sometimes Faith could also be called non sequitur if you look at it only from a mans point of view. But to me Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things I have not yet seen. Without hope what would be the purpose of life, to live just to die without a reason, humm. I rather believe my God is there watching me from above.

    Thanks
    Hondo

    Hondo I agree with you
    Hondo I agree with you totally.
  • mariam_11_09
    mariam_11_09 Member Posts: 691 Member
    #27
    bluerose said:

    Hi Miriam
    Well I guess the reason we tend to give God human attributes is because human is all we know. We do the same to all kinds of beings like animals as well, we only know the human state and it's feelings and looks. I guess when we talk about compassion and other emotions and look at God as being compassionate in instances we know that emotion so tend to put the same image that goes along with that for humans on God as well.

    Isn't there somewhere in the bible that speaks to God appearing in human form? Didn't he send his son to earth in our form too? He knew we could relate to that form but how God really appears of course no one knows - in his true form - if there is just one

    Many people have also heard of the idea that we were in fact made in God's image, whether that was meant in body or mind or both I don't know, I couldn't recite one bible passage if you paid me. Just speaking of things I have heard in the past.

    It's a big question, Who is God, What does He/She look like, where is He - inside of us or out or both? I personally think of us all as an extention of God, a part of Him but that is my feeling based on what my relationship is with Him and what I have experienced or felt. I don't personally think it matters where He is though, just that He IS. Whatever form makes the most sense to people and how they perceive or see Him is kind of secondary to the main concept - just believing in him.

    All the best.

    Bluerose

    I do agree that it is really
    I do agree that it is really about what makes sense to us personally and where we are on our path spiritualy and psychologicaly. I also think it is good to question what it is that we believe and why form time to time, not because it is wrong to believe but because it can help us to become more clear about out path and beliefs.

    In the pyscho-spiritual world work is done around one's perception and relationship with God because many times it is influenced by one's upbringing and one's relationship with one's parents mostly the father as God is perceived by many as a father figure. And of course there are cultural and religous influences. For everyone it is different. It is very interesting to look into this and can be very enlightening.

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