Posted by lou pilder on February 11, 2002, at 6:47:21
In reply to Re: More about the failure to love your neighbor, posted by ST on February 11, 2002, at 4:59:45
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> > > >Have you ever encountered a person that was in need and you did not respond? If so, then you failed that one time. > >
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> Lou,
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> Yes! I remember walking quickly by someone in need and then regretting it later. Their face, asking for money, I think, stayed with me all day. What I did next was this: the next person who needed a hand/money/a kind word did not receive a hesitation from me. I live in a large city and am constantly asked for money every day. (And I know we're not simply discussing the giving of money to the homeless) I can't always give and sometimes I wonder what that particular person will do with my dollar. But I always try to make eye contact and smile. I'll usually say something like: "I'm sorry, I can't right now, but good luck". I notice their face will light up because someone actually acknowledged them. So, in a way, I did help. In the way that I could. Yes, we all fail at times. The hope is not to consider ourselves failures but as struggling to do the right thing. That is a very human struggle.
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> SarahGroup people
As the 2end Gate opened, I saw a ride on a white horse having a crown of pearls. He had a breastplate of pearl. I asked who he was and he said ,"I have been sent by he one that wares many crowns andthe first gate opened and a bridge brought you across the Great Gulf. That Great Gulf separated you from the truth, for the Great Gulf is the lies of the World. Your friends have lied to you. Your relatives have lied to you. Your lover has lied to you. Your teachers lied to you. Yor president has lied to yu. The drug companys have lied to you. Your doctors have lied to you. Yor sports heros have lied to you. Yuor history books have lied to you. The newspapers have lied to you. The people talking on the radio have lied to you. The mgazines hve lied to you. Your people that ware wool have lied to you. It is those lies of te world that you have folllowed that have caused the suffering that you have. And when you forgave and that first gate opened you could then leave the lies of the world. And when you admitted that you have not been as good a person as you could be, then the 2end gate opened and I have been sent to you. For only those thatare perfect can go down this road. Now is the time to goaway from the world of lies for I have been sent to lead you to all truth. Can you follow me or will you turn back?
That is what I experianced as the 2end gate opened. It was real to me and I did not tur back. Will you go with me and follow the rider on the white horse?
Lou
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