Re: About Ed

Rainy, these very heartfelt posts you do always humble me. :)

You said it best in that last round that went down before this one. You said we all come from different backgrounds and understandings and things would be difficult because of that, but that you thought we could learn from another. I hope I didn't butcher that, just remembering off the top of my head since I'm too tired right now to look your post up.
I don't know the answers to us all coming together with our different beliefs and trying to make that work. But I do know that I do care for all of you so much, and I hope our love for Christ and each other could be what makes this work somehow. I know we all know this is a free forum, and I think we all sincerely want to share what we believe is true, and maybe the key too is not feeling like just because someone posts something that we don't believe, that it is a reflection on each of us. I don't know if that even makes sense or not, just thinking out loud here. I know for me, I do enjoy sharing what I share and I haven't found anywhere else that I feel as free to do that than here, and so that's hard for me to let go. But then I go through feeling uncomfortable when I'm seeing posts on here that I don't agree with. So I go back and forth not knowing what to do. :) I have a feeling I'm not the only one that has gone through that.

I know this too, that I do have peace that it's God that leads all his children to all truth, and that he does that in his perfect timing, and that none of us have all of that perfect truth yet. We are all still learning. But I feel peace too knowing that it's not up to me to be anyone's teacher or corrector, or whatever. I have stood up and debated against what I saw as deceptions, as ya'll all know at times, and I don't regret doing that either, but just regret not handling all of it in all the ways I should have. But for now, I would just like to lay low, that's all my life at this time will allow anyway, and post the things that move me, and let everyone else do the same, considering this is a free forum and just let it all be what it is. I don't know if that is the best way to deal with all this or not, but it's what I'm thinking right now I guess. Or we could make a separate forum, one for the more controversial beliefs, etc??? I don't know, and I don't even know if the Webmaster would go for that. Anyone else have any ideas?

I love you too Rainy! Everyone loves you here! :)
Thank you for your forgiveness over that statement I made, and thank you for all your sweet words!