I've always been more about fellowship and love between siblings in Christ..... how are y'all?

I personally get tired of the theological debates and political talk..... it's hard to have real fellowship with others when you focus mostly on that, I think. At least, on forums. Surely there is a time and place for it, and I'm not criticizing. But yeah. I've always shied away from it, aside from stuff I feel especially strong about I guess, and wanted to instead build more amiable connections with others.

Anyways..... tell me about your day.

It's okay to shy away from topics. We don't all have the same likes/dislikes.

Today was all right. Had some BBQ over at a friend's and it was fun, but it makes me ponder some things.

How are you doing?

The problem with fellowship on a chat site is we are limited. No one can come over and help or comfort the other. We can’t invite them to dinner. One has to be careful about the details of one’s life if one is wise. So fellowship is an illusion.

I can answer your question with the required, “it’s great” but what does that tell you? Do we have fellowship now? What if my day isn’t great? How much should I share? There are those here who openly don’t like others and call them nasty names or insult their character. They’d love to read that the object of their dislike is having a bad day and might put a “like” on it.

Having said all of that, if you want a superficial “we’re all doing grrrreat” time, you might get a bit of one. Not sure how satisfying that is. At least one can pretty much say anything personal about oneself and it won’t be deleted for deviating from the OP. That has some merit.

Dorothy Mae said:

The problem with fellowship on a chat site is we are limited. No one can come over and help or comfort the other. We can’t invite them to dinner. One has to be careful about the details of one’s life if one is wise. So fellowship is an illusion.

I can answer your question with the required, “it’s great” but what does that tell you? Do we have fellowship now? What if my day isn’t great? How much should I share? There are those here who openly don’t like others and call them nasty names or insult their character. They’d love to read that the object of their dislike is having a bad day and might put a “like” on it.

Having said all of that, if you want a superficial “we’re all doing grrrreat” time, you might get a bit of one. Not sure how satisfying that is. At least one can pretty much say anything personal about oneself and it won’t be deleted for deviating from the OP. That has some merit.

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Oh I mastered hiding my mood swings in church .smile a bit while mad.

People do act fake in church .sometimes they are found out .most don't get PTSD and wouldn't get my dark humor and or the wierdness .

I do have a few ,one in my church that has it and insomnia and brings his service dog . Usually we text jokes .Marines,I even brought him a box of crayons for his eating pleasure as a payback for a joke .

Luminous_Rose said:

It's okay to shy away from topics. We don't all have the same likes/dislikes.

Today was all right. Had some BBQ over at a friend's and it was fun, but it makes me ponder some things.

How are you doing?

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I'm ok. Stayed up too late last night.

evenifigoalone said:

I'm ok. Stayed up too late last night.

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I hear you. I shouldn't do that again tonight, either >_<

evenifigoalone said:

tell me about your day

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More to the point, what was your church service like?

We had our harvest festival and a challenging gospel sermon illistrated with, you've got a new car, a head turning car, untill you have an accident. Your car still runs, but it is no longer a head turning car, so you reluctantly take it in to be fixed and restored once again to a head turning car.
Our lives are like that, they've gone from being so amazing that people want to watch to a barely functioning wreck, but God has stepped in to restore that wreck of a life into something amazing.

In the evening service we continued in Malachi with Gods disappointment with his priests and the challenge, who are Gods priests, are we also a disappointment?

We had great fellowship packing up the harvest ready to be taken to the charities we support with the produce.

Our daughter attended a wedding this past weekend and her husband was out of state so we had our two grand daughters visit for the weekend. The oldest is 2 years and the youngest is 2 months. The 2-year old has a great sense of humor and she is fun to have around. Of course the youngest needs much attention when she's awake. Both of them require much of our time. My back was tired from carrying the older one around to see our horses, the kitties, the birds, our garden, the colorful trees, and so forth. But hey, they're only young once.

Here are a couple photos of me with them.

Who Me said:

More to the point, what was your church service like?

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Going to church has pretty much been vital to my mental health lately. It gives my morale a boost.

WIP said:

Our daughter attended a wedding this past weekend and her husband was out of state so we had our two grand daughters visit for the weekend. The oldest is 2 years and the youngest is 2 months. The 2-year old has a great sense of humor and she is fun to have around. Of course the youngest needs much attention when she's awake. Both of them require much of our time. My back was tired from carrying the older one around to see our horses, the kitties, the birds, our garden, the colorful trees, and so forth. But hey, they're only young once.

Here are a couple photos of me with them.

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Aawww!

Dorothy Mae said:

The problem with fellowship on a chat site is we are limited. No one can come over and help or comfort the other. We can’t invite them to dinner. One has to be careful about the details of one’s life if one is wise. So fellowship is an illusion.

I can answer your question with the required, “it’s great” but what does that tell you? Do we have fellowship now? What if my day isn’t great? How much should I share? There are those here who openly don’t like others and call them nasty names or insult their character. They’d love to read that the object of their dislike is having a bad day and might put a “like” on it.

Having said all of that, if you want a superficial “we’re all doing grrrreat” time, you might get a bit of one. Not sure how satisfying that is. At least one can pretty much say anything personal about oneself and it won’t be deleted for deviating from the OP. That has some merit.

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Dorothy Mae, your experience may be there as the result of the fact that you have a way of stepping on people's toes.

Not saying that that's necessarily a bad thing...

evenifigoalone said:

Going to church has pretty much been vital to my mental health lately. It gives my morale a boost.

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Hopefully more than just your morale.

WIP said:

Our daughter attended a wedding this past weekend and her husband was out of state so we had our two grand daughters visit for the weekend. The oldest is 2 years and the youngest is 2 months. The 2-year old has a great sense of humor and she is fun to have around. Of course the youngest needs much attention when she's awake. Both of them require much of our time. My back was tired from carrying the older one around to see our horses, the kitties, the birds, our garden, the colorful trees, and so forth. But hey, they're only young once.

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Precocious moments, what cuties they are

Hi evenifigoalone

Everyday is pretty much the same with me as I am pretty much a home body and as you can tell pretty much in here all day which I so enjoy being a part of the family of God in here as we do fellowship and share the word of God with each other and help each other in times of need.

We usually go see friends and his brother on the weekends and always have a good time. My family is all back in PA and we did get a chance to go visit a few weeks ago. Everyday is a new beginning and we try to make the most of the day.

Still waiting for hubby to heal after his car accident in March in which we don't know if he will ever return back to work again, but thanks be to God He is seeing us through everything and making away where there seems to be no way at times.

Praying all is well with everyone

Online fellowship is pretty much all I have, so don't underestimate the value of online communities.

Hi, I absolutely love this thread.

Yes it's important to have fellowship with church friends and regard them as part of your big family. I used to be a Buddhist. I do not dislike Buddhist's scriptures and stuff but I just do not feel any deep connection to the people who are also Buddhists.

Maybe I got lucky but I joined a church and the church emphasizes on community and fellowship so we help one another and treat everyone as family. Joining a church and being close to God are the best things to have happened to me.

DanielinPersia said:

Online fellowship is pretty much all I have, so don't underestimate the value of online communities.

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Welcome to CF DanielinPersia

My reason for joining Christian boards is to help teach the word of God and sharing with others as they share the word with me. It gives us a platform to take the Gospel message out into all the world on a global scale. Online fellowship connects us to other Christians as we get to know each other, not face to face, but in the unity of love for one another as we are gathered together within the topics and replies to each other.

Since the Church is the body of Christ with He being the head of the body without four walls or a named fixed on the outside of the building I consider this forum as my Church since I do not attend any particular church even though many disagree with that. I do have friends outside of these forums that my husband and I visit and fellowship with face to face. I have learned more in these forums then I have ever learned in going to a church. I'm not saying going to a church is bad, but I am all about learning and sharing what I learn. Many do not always agree with each other, but if we approach our differences in a mature loving manner sharing the scriptures in how we understand them then we have gained much.

God bless

Jasongab said:

Hi, I absolutely love this thread.

Yes it's important to have fellowship with church friends and regard them as part of your big family. I used to be a Buddhist. I do not dislike Buddhist's scriptures and stuff but I just do not feel any deep connection to the people who are also Buddhists.

Maybe I got lucky but I joined a church and the church emphasizes on community and fellowship so we help one another and treat everyone as family. Joining a church and being close to God are the best things to have happened to me.

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Hi Jasongab and welcome to CF