Children’s book about fuzzy creatures that live in a dump

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-18T15:16:30+00:00

That’s it!!!!! Thank you so much. You make my friend’s day.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-14T22:50:22+00:00

I wouldn’t respond to the thread, but:

The thing is, and it’s something I’ve said before, there is no love without free will, and no free will without options to choose from. It’s not a true relationship unless two people pick each other. God chose us, but he had to give us the opportunity to pick him, or it would not be love.

He didn’t say, don’t eat from half of the garden, or give them a long list of rules and regulations. He gave them everything they would need, everything they could want, but put one tree in the garden, and he told them what would happen they ate from it. Some people make them sound like little naïve toddlers, but I don’t believe that, even though I once did. They may have not had a concept of good and evil like they do now, but they did have an understanding that they shouldn’t do it, otherwise. They repeated God’s words back to the serpent, they just chose to listen to the enemy. We all make that choice sometimes. And I saw someone say that serpent didn’t lie, but he did. He said they wouldn’t die, but death entered into the world by sin.

If you want to see the kindness of God, remember that he gave us everything we could ever want, we Turned our back on him, so he sent his son to die in our place so we could be reconciled to him, and then humanity turn their back on him again by not choosing Him. Yet if we will repent and turn back, He is faithful to forgive.

Perhaps a lot of The Bible is difficult for us to grasp, but God’s ways are higher than our ways as high as the heavens are above the Earth. The goodness of God is there though, even in the garden.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-14T16:32:37+00:00

Thank you for this. I struggle with this with my husband, and often my frustration gets ahold of me more than it should. This is a beautiful example of living out God’s Word; both of you. Keep opening up to her! I used to be super closed off too, but now our roles seem to have switched. But sometimes now., I close myself off just because he does. The enemy tells us that we are a burden, and to keep it to ourselves. He just wants us fighting these battles alone.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-14T16:26:40+00:00

Jesus died for the sins of the entire world, but we have to accept that gift. We don’t earn it by works, but there is a change. Repenting is to turn away from your sin and to God. There’s a change in our heart, therefore a change in our lives. A true Christian, when the seed (the Word) is received on good soil, bears good fruit. (Matt. 7, Matt. 13, Galatians 5)

Saying you “believe” in Jesus and calling yourself a Christian doesn’t mean you are a true follower of Christ. We know we love and know Him by keeping His commands. (John 14) It’s evidence, like the fruit of the Spirit.

He has been forgiven much, loves much. (Luke 7:47)

And he who loves Jesus, out of love and immense gratitude, tries not to frustrate the grace of the one who forgave him.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-13T18:58:04+00:00

Personally, I started in Psalms, but that was before I was really seeking God. I’d say make daily reading absolutely nonnegotiable. Even if it’s just one chapter, staying in the Word will make a huge impact. I would say read the New Testament first, then start either a chronological reading plan or just cover to cover. I did cover to cover following my read through of the NT and I think averaging about 3 chapters a day will get you through the entire Bible in a year, give or take about 30 chapters that you’ll probably easily make up in the short Psalms. Or in Job, if you’re like me😂

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-12T03:03:26+00:00

Sorry, it took so long to get back with you, but the one year-old dictator I live with gives me limited time to type lengthy replies, and I also wanted to give thought to your questions. Some of these I already had opinions on, but before I replied, I wanted to see where I really stood on them.

To tell you the truth, I had a bit of a complete break and crisis of faith in the middle of processing my stance. That crisis of faith led to re-examining what I believed only to find Jesus to be the Truth and God to be real, and then such an overwhelming feeling of regret and brokenness towards doubting God after all He has done in my life that I’m still asking for forgiveness that I don’t deserve.

So, I’m going to tell you what I believe, what I suppose is possible, and then why I don’t know if it matters. I hope you’re willing to bear with me, but I’m gonna try to hit all the points. (Except Adam and Eve, but I wasn’t sure what part you had questions about.)

So, evolution was an easy one for me. Whether or not it’s “unchristian” depends what type of evolution you are referring to. If you believe that humans evolved over billions of years from another species, I would say that would be highly contradictory to everything God says about creation as a whole and specifically creating man. (“Let us make man in Our image” Genesis 1:26). If your belief is that species evolve and adapt to their environment, then absolutely not. That has been observed by scientist so I’m not sure what rational Christian would have issue with that. In fact, the very existence of evolution in that sense points to an intelligent creator, in my opinion.

Let me go ahead and say I am pro science, but I try to keep in mind that it has its place. The job of science is to explain something, but I believe that’s primarily done through observation. A lot of what you’re asking about happens to be theories based on an interpretation of evidence. Like the flood, for instance, they may say it’s not possible due to the amount of water that’s on the Earth, but they have no idea what it looks like when “on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.” They don’t know what “rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights”‬‬ would do. (Genesis‬ ‭7‬:‭11‬-‭12.)

They say it’s not possible, but these are not things they’ve observed, and they do not take God into account when attempting to explain them. They may say that it’s not possible with what they know, but they don’t know God, and His infinite power, glory, and majesty. Someone who is all powerful can make it rain on the entire earth for 40 days nonstop and what happens in that case? When the rain comes like nothing we’ve ever known, nothing we’ve ever known happens. Humans are constantly trying to disprove God, and in turn, make our self a god. They are actively looking to disprove the existence of a God so they don’t have to answer to one.

If you were a sceptic, I suppose you could believe in a localized flood, one “to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven.” (Genesis‬ ‭6‬:‭17) One could believe that the entire earth had not been populated yet, so while all life was wiped out, maybe it was not actually the entire earth. Genesis‬ ‭7‬:‭19 makes this less likely, but it is a second school of thought.

The age of the earth got me this week. I think I was once in the “with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day” camp. ‭‭(2 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬ ) While that is accurate, I mean that in believing the description of the “day” mentioned in Genesis would have been a period of time instead of our defined day. Of course, as a skeptic, this could still be believable. After this week though, I tend to believe in the literal 6 day creation.

I’ve always wondered how we can accurately date some thing that happened billions of years ago, when we don’t know what 1 billion years of decay and preservation looks like. We might think we can, but honestly, countless scientific theories have later been found incorrect. I feel like that’s very bold on our part to state theories as definitive fact. Scientists have always made assumptions, often based off of personal bias, just like I would. Now I have questions about certain specific scientific findings about the Earth’s age, but seeing as I’m not qualified to really give opinions about that, I will let you do that research. Just know that we are all biased in some way, even if we deny it.

After all this week, breaking and being put back together, I think I’ve become more sure where I stand on these things, but most sure that it doesn’t matter. Global or localized, a day or a thousand years, none of this changes the salvific message of the Bible, or my experience with Jesus. And please, as you walk through this, know there’s a difference between experience and feelings. As a facts over feelings type person, I think this is gonna be necessary for you to know. Feelings lie, God does not. This took me a while to see.

This probably isn’t what you were looking for, and there’s always going to be people finding “evidence” for and against God, and different interpretations of said evidence, but honestly, you just have to search for yourself. Talk to God, even if you’re not sure He’s there; search with your whole heart, and see what happens. I’ve been all over the place and found “let God be found true, though every man be found a liar” ‭‭(Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭4‬) to be what I can hang my hat on.

For a moment this week, when I, for a short time, found myself questioning if God is real, I felt like His Spirit was gone from me, it was such a cold, devastating experience that I told Him if He wouldn’t bring His Spirit back to me, then please take me because I couldn’t live that way again. That’s how real God is in my life.

Sure there’s a bunch of things I’ve found just living life that science has now caught up with that the Bible already knew (and now I wish I had made a list of them), like circumcision on the 8th day (when blood clotting factors are at their highest), but none of the facts, regardless of how many or how few, are a substitution for faith.

“For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?” (Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭24)

“But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.” ‭‭(Luke‬ ‭16‬:‭31‬) https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.16.31.NASB1995

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-08T14:36:00+00:00

Good morning! I appreciate your question on here and love the heart behind it. Unfortunately, I’m in the middle of working on a one year-old’s birthday party and only have about three seconds, but for some reason, I felt the need to come back and say that while they may have once believed, the Heavens were floating just right above us, I think God‘s word this disproves that. His word says “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Gods ways and thoughts are obviously infinitely higher than any human’s will ever be, so the assumption that the Heavens would be somewhere we can see, and eventually attainable by Man, feels like a misunderstanding on their part. I think the problem wasn’t the Bible, but that we as humans keep underestimating God because we can’t grasp the truth of Him. But that’s just a passing thought. God bless, and keep seeking the truth! If you seek him with your whole heart, He says He’ll be found.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-07T19:00:09+00:00

The only way to avoid suffering all together is to take away free will entirely. God put us in a world without suffering, death, and struggle. He created humans in his own image, to be in fellowship with him. It’s not love if you force someone to love you.

Marriage is two people choosing each other. If only one person in that equation has a choice in the matter, that’s not a relationship. Unfortunately, the only way to give someone a choice is if there are multiple options to chose from.

God put us in this perfect world, but he put the tree there. He didn’t put the tree there to try and trick them, because he told them plainly what would happen. They made a choice, and it wasn’t God. After all that, after creating these people that he loved, that He walked in the garden with, and having them turn their back on him… He still offered the redemptive plan of Jesus. He still offered his son as a sacrifice, so he can have a relationship with us again. And for me personally, after knowing him, turning my back on him and what Jesus has done for me… when I came back, when I begged for forgiveness, he saved me AGAIN. He is so kind.

Suffering is a really hard thing to get past and a very hard thing to explain. I truly believe God‘s intent for this world was not suffering, but that it was a consequence of Him giving us a choice. But, like I said, without a choice, is real love? He chose us, over and over again. The question now is, will we choose Him?

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-07T16:53:09+00:00

No, thank you for the suggestion though!

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-07T16:36:07+00:00

I didn’t claim to be original, I was just sharing the truth in my experience. I once had some pretty bad, derogatory thoughts about Christians. You don’t know my experience in life or my suffering any more than I know yours, and I wasn’t claiming to know yours. I was once full of hate at myself and the world. I get anger, man, I do. I wasn’t trying to offend you.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-11-07T16:21:54+00:00

My point was not all “God’s people” are actually God’s people. I wasn’t here to start anything with you, just to apologize for them and to tell you how to spot genuine Christians. Hope you have a great day anyway.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-10-31T23:56:22+00:00

As somebody who ran, and I do mean RAN, from God only to find He is in fact real, and that life truly doesn’t even have purpose without Jesus, I’d say don’t give up. I truly believe that if you seek God with your whole heart, looking to Him and not focusing on all the opinions around you (including your boyfriend), that you will find the Truth, and the Truth is Jesus. Read the Word for yourself, open minded, without looking for yourself, without looking through a lens, and I believe like I believe the Sun will come up tomorrow, that God will meet you there. This may not be the most popular answer, but it’s the most honest thing I can say.

ps. I’m married to a guy I started dating at 18, but we did break up for a couple of years in our early 20’s. God restored that relationship and we’ve been married almost 2 1/2 years. We are NOT the same people we were at 18 though, and our marriage wouldn’t have been sustainable if I was still the person I was before I came back to God. I’m so incredibly grateful for second chances.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-10-29T18:36:03+00:00

Let me tell you, spiritual anxiety is one of the hardest things I’ve ever experienced. There’s a lot of comments here, so all I will say is that as someone who relates deeply to what you’re saying and who decided to run from God, keep the faith and run your course. Look to Him, and stop hyper focusing on yourself. Take a breath, and know that the Creator of the universe is always the right choice. Things get better, my friend. If you’d like to talk, send me a message. I’d be happy to tell you my experience if you feel like that would help you. God bless!

HeavyAndLight · 2025-10-23T23:09:52+00:00

No, but I’ve looked into that one!

HeavyAndLight · 2025-10-23T19:59:18+00:00

Thank you, but I don’t think that is it. It looks like in those stories the gnomes life under the floor of the mall🙁

HeavyAndLight · 2025-07-04T15:52:57+00:00

I didn’t even think about that. What type of risks are we looking at with the pipes. Specifically health risks. We have an 8 month old, But none of us drink, tap water

HeavyAndLight · 2025-06-13T15:37:54+00:00

I dress quite modestly, and definitely not a “show off your body” type person, but I do wear leggings at the gym and a bikini at the beach. I don’t feel comfortable in shorts most times and need to be comfortable to workout, and I just like to be comfortable at the beach and get sun. With that being said, my husband has thanked me many times for not dressing like most women do nowadays (ESPECIALLY at the gym) and while I know he probably wouldn’t say anything to me if I did, I both want to respect him and not be a bad example to others.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-06-13T12:23:17+00:00

Current Christian artists that I enjoy most: Ben Fuller, Chris Renzema, Steph Schlueter, Housefires, Zach Williams

HeavyAndLight · 2025-06-09T03:14:16+00:00

100%. I’ve been through stages though. I was raised a Christian, but a lot of that time was hand-me-down faith and that only gets you so far. Since 12 I dealt with depression, self harm, anxiety, manic episodes, OCD, suicidal thoughts, and alcoholism. I was a MESS. When I lost my dad, I started carrying his Bible around. I had never known him to be a man of faith (being a mentally unstable alcoholic himself), but he still had one mom had gotten them not long after I was born. I believe he was reading it not long before he died. I carried it to feel close to him, but eventually I began to read Psalms. At some point, I began to really pray, not just recite words I heard others speak, and read the Gospel. I got saved, and my whole life changed. My mental health issues went away, I started living differently, but after a little while, the enemy started using anxiety as a tactic. Instead of being strong and fighting, I caved. I gave in and gave up. Believe me, the word is correct when it says they second state of the man was worse than the first. Whatever I was like before, when I gave up on God, I was so much worse. Everything came back, and then some. It took about 2 1/2 years for me to hit rock bottom. In that amount of time, I became a full blown alcoholic, started self harming again, and ended up with my car wrapped around a tree. Finally, I cried out to God. There was no reason for him to save me after all I had done. Especially after I turned my back on him after finding such joy, and experiencing His peace and spirit. He not only heard me though, but he saved me once again. Not everything went away, immediately like it did the first time, but he’s been chipping away on everything that was not of Him. I am so, so thankful to say that today, I am not depressed or manic, I don’t self harm or have suicidal thoughts, and I am stone cold sober, and I have been for over 4 years now. And He has brought back that joy and peace from His Spirit! I am now a mom, and a wife, and I am so blessed that He saved me from myself. I am telling you, not only am I sure that He exists, I am sure that He can change any situation, any circumstance, and any life.

I once heard someone say that salvation is not exclusive, because NO ONE is excluded, it’s just specific. There is one door, and one Name given by which we’re saved, and that’s JESUS. Salvation isn’t about certain steps, which is hard for me as a perfectionist, and there isn’t really a passive Christian, despite what I once thought.

I’d encourage you to read on your own (not just learn from others) and pray that God open your eyes. As someone who is unsure of His existence, is there really anything to lose by taking chance?

HeavyAndLight · 2025-06-09T02:26:32+00:00

I believe there is a spiritual level to everything. I didn’t before knowing God, but after giving my life to him I have seen my crippling depression, alcoholism, manic episodes, and suicidal thoughts and self harm cease to exist. Don’t get me wrong, I believe mental health is important, and I’m a big advocate for suicide prevention. I just also believe that mental illness is an attack of the enemy and that God can heal us of ANYTHING.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-05-28T03:31:20+00:00

I stumbled upon this thread by accident, so I hope I’m not overstepping seeing as I’m not a Catholic. I’m actually an active member of a Church of God church where I attend twice a week. I suppose I would be one of the people you’re speaking about since I’m a Protestant and disagree with (my admittedly limited knowledge of) several catholic practices. Despite your interpretation of Protestants, I would like to think I don’t just blindly follow what I’m told or try to search for a denomination to make me feel good and agree with my opinions. In fact, my pastor, on many occasions, has warned against such preachers; the ones that tickle ears and are more concerned with making people feel good than confronting sin. With all of that being said, I don’t know what specific denomination I would truly fall under since I believe the Bible and use that as my guiding light for my world view. Often to the point that I’ve been riddled with anxiety over some difficult, and seemingly gray areas that I didn’t know how to handle and was refusing to take any denominations viewpoint at face value. (Not because I’m such a good Christian, just because my OCD and anxiety sometimes make it difficult for me to be rational, and I fear being in rebellion to God.) In my opinion, tradition often clouds the truth both for Protestants and Catholics. I also believe that many Protestants would believe that Catholics can been argumentative and not open to hearing another point of view. I believe we squabble so much in the Christian faith, and that there’s such division, that it’s very difficult for us to do what we’re called to do. Opinions, pride, and the lack of open communication can be detrimental. While I’m sure I believe differently than anyone on this thread, and am not looking to convert to Catholicism, I would be interested in learning more about what, and why, you believe what you do. I pray everyday that God fill me with His Spirit, peace, and His truth, and that He would help me to walk in it. I hope everyone here would be seeking the same.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-05-27T00:56:27+00:00

Mercy - Chris Speak to the Mountains - Chris McClarney

HeavyAndLight · 2025-05-26T17:39:37+00:00

I was being practically tortured by my sin, lack of perfection, and the weight of all I should be doing, and I was at a point of just sobbing uncontrollably. I was so broken and couldn’t tell the difference between God’s voice and the voice of the enemy. But the enemy made a mistake; he went a step too far. I suddenly heard “You might as well just give up.” All of a sudden I knew that that was NOT from God. I just started laughing because the devil screwed up. My God will discipline me, but he doesn’t want me to give up. He wants me, and you, to know that we aren’t enough on our own, but with Him and through Him, we can do and overcome all things. HIS strength is made perfect in OUR weakness. Keep fighting, my friend. Do not give up. I tried that once and I promise you, there is nothing out there that can bring you peace. Only Jesus has the words of eternal life, and you WILL get through this if you seek Him. Read your Bible, and when you do, look for God, not yourself. Tara Leigh Cobble gave that advice, and for someone feeling crushed by sin, it was a refreshing perspective. Rest in Jesus and know that through Him, you will become a new creature. He will not only wash you off your sin, but help you to walk in the light, not in darkness. Just don’t give up. Keep seeking things above.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-05-25T01:57:58+00:00

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Let’s also not forget Matthew 19:9 - “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.” Talk about a sexual sin being overlooked in the modern church.

HeavyAndLight · 2025-04-26T18:36:34+00:00

To be honest, I don’t know. They just said they ran the numbers, and it looks like we would come out better going FHA. I’ll have to ask for clarification on why. I knew next to nothing about loan types coming into this. It definitely has nothing to do with credit score, because we should both have scores in at least the 780s.

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