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Church, I am on travel and have bad connectivity. Your story moved me greatly. And nothing in life is more important than supporting each others as brothers and sisters “in arms”. Our battlefields are different, yet our casualties are just as real. Losing a daughter resonated very hard with me: but for the grace of god go I–we were on suicide watch after suicide watch until my daughter finally came out. It was very close–and as close as that was, my heart goes out to you so much… The 2nd biggest casualty is our loss of innocence and child-like faith.
We are here for each other. We need your stories, your experience, strength, and hope.
God bless.
Church, it’s a pleasure to meet you and we’re glad to have you on the forum. I’m sorry about your divorce and your daughter’s suicide. I’ve never been married, so I don’t know what’s it like to be divorced. I don’t have children, but I do know what’s it’s like to have a family member commit suicide. I am 35 year old now and I lost one of my female cousins when I was a sophomore or junior in high school to suicide. She was hit by a train in my small town. I do have a friends that has PTSD as well. He got back from Afghanistan a few years. He is with the National Guard. We were extremely close as children. I’ve come to realize that in my faith crisis that nobody (even people of our church) can have the perfect answers to all of life’s situations. That can only come between you, Heavenly Father, and the Holy Spirit. We’re all here for you. Again, welcome to our forum. I’m looking to hearing more from you. church0333 wrote:“Would you want them to see and experience what you’ve seen and experienced?”
The answer would be maybe. Other guys saw the same things I did and it did not bother them much at all and some didn’t care as long it wasn’t them. Even though it was really bad for me, it helped shape who I am and I think it has made me look at the world in a different way. I really don’t regret having most of my life experiences, both good and bad. It has helped me grow and maybe I can love and care more than I could before. I don’t want to wish anyone pain but pain can make us grow. Maybe I want the guys at church to figure out that one can’t always answer some of life’s toughest questions with simple answers. We cheer Captain Moroni(if he’s real) and the title of liberty but the guys he kill were some mother’s son and they were fighting for some king because he forced them to fight. I don’t know the answers but now I at least think about the questions.
Several things like this, that you’ve written have touched my heart.I don’t know you, but my impression of how you’ve intepreted & responded to what you’ve experienced is encouraging.
I also have realized that not only is the church not what I thought it was, but so is the US government.
They say that evil isn’t really evil – as strange as that sounds… because we are all partly evil – perfectly imperfect.
True evil is denying evil – like one of the symboiic theives crucified on one side of Jesus’ cross expressed.
And I also realize we all deny evil – because we are not all knowing – “line upon line” is about all we can handle at a time – if that.
To me, it is an expression of triumphant courage, to be acknowledging & making the most from both the good & bad of our lives, as you are.
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