The Prayer Thread

@DeborahUK

I noticed your username isn't showing up anymore so I just wanted to see if you're doing Ok? I understand it's not a big deal and all but if anything is going on or you need anything we're here to support you!

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I also don't really understanding how that all works on 7cups so if I'm missing something obvious sorry!

Hi again all yous!

My professional support people team is slowly starting to fall back into place, I think. I've been encouraged to think about this one place/person/role very specifically. Why do I go there? Do I get any benefit from it? Do I *want* to continue? My most current person is in process of moving on and actually moving too, out of town. So I have been paired with a new-to-me person in that role. And so far, well from my side anyway, we are SO not a good match! Like very not well matched! Anyway, so I am now in the process of figuring out what to do with this agency - "do I stay or do I go?" (yeah I know - ha ha ha). While not really given to me as an assignment from my therapist, she did say, Platy these would be really good things for you to think about and maybe even to write about them.

So this all to say, would you pray for me in this decision? I will most likely either 1. ask for a different contact person or 2. tell them that I am leaving the agency now. Platy requests wisdom, strength, and bravery (stand up for self-ness!).

"God? Hey. You know this entire situation and how I do not like where it is right now. You know all of time and all of me, so You know even now how this will turn out for me in a month or two. Help me, God. Help me in this decision - that I might do what is best for me and that I might honor You at all times within this deciding time and actual decision. I am so thankful that You are ALWAYS with me. Thank you for that! Love, your child, Platy"

Hebrews 13:5-6

5. Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6. So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

Yes

Verse of the Day

He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 16:15-16 NKJV

Psalm 27:1 New King James Version (NKJV)

"An Exuberant Declaration of Faith"

A Psalm of David.

27 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?

The courage of the early Christians amazes me so much. I can't imagine how much fear and pressure they could have been under. Especially if you were a woman or a trauma survivor or a servant or slave or an outcast in any way.

It's heartbreaking but so beautiful like can you imagine these people, all they have ever been told and all they know if they were Jewish was the old Jewish ways to act to think to live. I'm not saying they were bad I think a lot of the traditions are beautiful I mean that was all they knew.

They may have known there would be a person coming as was prophesied. And then he comes

And everyone, the temple leaders everyone is like nope, He's not it. He's fake. And Judea is under stress enough from Roman occupation. It was really important to stand together as a United Jewish front against them.

But the early Christians were like nah, He's true. I still believe in Him. They and Jesus go through the horror of the crucifixion . And then they're threatened, beaten, banished.

So some of them leave their homes everything they know bc they believe in love they believe in this person who some of them never met.

Can you imagine. Like Mary she is a young girl so young and she's told she's going to give birth and she knows people are going to shun her she's almost stoned to death. And she has no example. Women gave birth to great leaders before but none of them without a human man.

And she does it. My pastor told me she thinks Mary had a choice and I hope so. Despite everything she did it. I don't know for sure what happened but that courage.

It's just beautiful!! Like I think of my mother who I think embodies the best of both worlds. It is so courageous to forgive people who hurt you. And I don't want to misrepresent people that's not fair I don't have much experience in current Jewish worship. But talking about specifically that time. Thousands of years ago when the Old Testament was happening and then those perspectives were passed down to Judea.

Life was violent. You had to be wary to survive. Life was sometimes literally a battle and I love the passion for justice in the Old Testament and in many Jewish faiths. And from my outside pov having being raised Christian and look how I look and what was kept from me for my safety, i still can understand the need to be judgy. Sarah Silverman said something about Jewish mother's show they love you by judging you. And it makes sense if you are constantly wary and constantly afraid bc of the oppression that has followed them for thousands of years, that's gonna stick. And I don't think judging is bad all the time. I get it.

Anyhow so I think my mom embodies lessons in both faiths (she's a proud Christian) as she's very aware, she knows how to survive and she forgives.

It amazes me imagining these people then. When all they knew was something different. Despite all the hurt from their community Just walking, the sun in their face smiling with this love. This new radical forgiving merciful love.

So I'm not sure if it's ok to post this here, but I'd like some advise about christianity.
I was raised christian, but left the church and faith when I was a teenager and no longer going to sunday school. I didn't fit in with the other teenagers, I was outcasted and bullied by some of them. My home situation was not good but my parents were active in the church and when I told someone in the church that there was emotional abuse going on nothing was done and it was as if I never said anything.
I'm not sure if God does exist, but if he does, why did he let it all happen? Why does he let people be hypoctrical christians? Other people I have tried to talk to about this don't understand, they either don't realise that abuse and trauma is real or they tell me that I'm angry at God.

Good day, everyone! Just wanted to say hey to everyone and that I hope we're all doing fine in our Christian walk

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Hey everyone 💜💜💜

Truth be told I've kinda been avoiding this thread because I'm a very anxious person and judgment terrifies me.

But you all have been so kind and accepting idk what I was afraid of. I'm glad to be back.

How beautiful it is that we are all together not just this group but all 7cups putting all our worlds together in support.

And that I believe we go through life all together too I feel everything's connected

My mother and I have always had a strenuous relationship despite how close we are now. I still love her more than almost anything in the world. But there was a time where she didn't accept me or believe me about a lot of things. We hurt eachother a lot. After a very painful fight she somehow finally understood me and put all her (very severe it was not fun) judgement aside and said:

"(My daughter) do you really think God or Jesus loves you any less if you're a lesbian or bisexual? Do you think He loves you any less if someone stole your virginity? Do you think He loves us any less if we gay or Jewish or whatever? Because I don't. He knows what's in your heart."

And that was like a 360 from everything I thought I knew about my mom and I was amazed.

My point in telling this is I think the fear of judgment pulls us back from loving and being together fully. It does for me sometimes.

But we are all God's children. We are all sisters or brothers or siblings to Christ. We shouldn't be afraid.

Peace 💜💜💜