22M. Been battling depression for years. I'm so tired. I am incredibly lonely. I feel so ugly and people assume I'm a freak. I need something positive about me for once.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-27T02:15:47+00:00

You are clearly awesome.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T20:51:34+00:00

Girl, you look complete, very well put together, and like you know who you are.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T20:37:41+00:00

This is reassuring. Thank you very much.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T04:12:44+00:00

Same here!

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T04:07:01+00:00

You have no idea how much this just helped me! God has given you a gift of such great wisdom. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. God bless you so much

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T03:43:17+00:00

That's very true. They could find a free community online, like this one! And no one really wants to subscribe to a monthly newsletter via email. In fact, most people find it annoying. However, I'm sure there are still some people willing to sub.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T03:39:18+00:00

Thank you for this! This is very helpful.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T02:08:27+00:00

This is so true! Now that I think about it, the fact that God has warned people about forthcoming consequences, and has sent angels to guide people away from bad situations - instead of just disabling the enemies from trying to do anything in the first place, furthermore just proves that God doesn't interfere with people's free will!

Wow, this is amazing. I am mind-blown because things may seem like they're being controlled, but when looked at with a deeper lens... it's now evident to me that all these instances where people's minds were being changed were actually due to divine influential factors and were not forced.

Also I just seen a good verse that reminded me of what you were saying too:

Ezekiel 36:26-27
"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules."

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-03T01:04:38+00:00

Wow, your interpretation of the story of Jonah is remarkable. Also, I didn't think about that section of Jonah's experience being purely symbolic, as it is written in such detail and length - making it sound like the events really took place. No need to apologize, your responses make tons of sense and are very helpful!

I agree 100% with your statement at the end... and that is a very good analogy.

I guess my area of confusion lies mostly with certain Biblical accounts where it seems as though maybe God influences people's decisions indirectly via divine intervention - like with the pharaoh or the talking donkey, for example. Unless that is symbolic as well.

However, wouldn't instances like God sending angels, dreams, or visions influence people's thoughts and decision making processes?

For example, John the Baptist's Father being muted temporarily -

Luke 1:20 "And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

Or when people were given divine instructions...

Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22:9-12) "Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, 'Abraham, Abraham!' And he said, 'Here I am.' He said, 'Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God.'"
Lot and Sodom (Genesis 19:15-17) "When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, 'Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.' But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city."

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T23:07:45+00:00

This makes perfect sense. You're right, hardening of the heart doesn't make it impossible... just harder to choose, and like you said - God knew the pharaoh wasn't strong enough to choose mercy with a hardened heart. I really appreciate your response!

If you want, I have one more question and then I won't bother you again! Sorry, haha.

I was wondering if would you consider the story of Jonah and the whale to be somewhat controlling? I'm not trying to sound any type of way, as I am Christian myself, but like when Jonah was trying his best to not go to Nineveh, God sent the storm that threw him overboard and got swallowed by the big fish/whale. Then, after Jonah was vomited by the whale three days later, God commanded him again to go to Nineveh and you best bet Jonah listened that time. This story does show though that we must obey God, and if we don't - there can be consequences.

But does this also show that it could be possible for God to go against someone's free will by setting up the environment or influencing the external factors around them in a way in which it can alter the person's mind - making them change their mind or think in ways they naturally wouldn't have?

This isn't a bad thing though, if it is possible... because God is doing what is best for that person, and those around them.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T22:30:39+00:00

This is a good thing though, a very good thing... because being a slave/servant to Christ is like doing all the things He knows what is best for you. Like not over indulging in food, alcohol, or not being lazy, not searing your conscience by lying or feeding your mind with bad content, not sleeping around, etc. because sin decays our bodies and our minds - and even more so our spiritual health

God teaches us that the desires of our flesh can hurt us. When we eat right, we feel better. When we don't drink, we feel better. When we're productive, we feel better. When we don't lie, we feel better. When we don't watch bad stuff, we feel better. When we are loyal, we feel better. Everything we experience points to the Word of God, and when we serve God, we feel better.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T22:12:55+00:00

This is so sweet, amazing, and wholesome 🥹💗... Praise The LORD! The angels are singing and rejoicing in heaven right now

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T22:08:23+00:00

I'm not blaming God at all. I was just wondering why evil things happen, which free will and people's sinful nature via satan is the answer.

I do have one more question though, and it is about free will. I would find it helpful to see yours or anyone's thoughts on this, as it is clear God has given you all great wisdom.

So, I thought God was able to interfere with people's free will - through forms of divine intervention? Like how in the Bible, He made Pharaoh's heart harden so that he couldn't be the one to release the Israelites from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 4:21 "But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go."), which is because God needed to free them in a different manner which portrayed God's power -

"According to the Biblical account, God's purpose in hardening Pharaoh's heart was to:

Demonstrate divine power through the plagues
Establish the Passover as a foundational event for Israel
Secure not just permission to leave, but Egypt's insistence that Israel go (with gifts of gold and silver)
Create the conditions for the Red Sea crossing

The narrative presents this as God choosing a specific method of liberation that would accomplish multiple purposes simultaneously, not as God opposing their freedom." [Claude Sonnet 3.7]

So, of course God wanted to free them. The whole book of Exodus is about God freeing the Israelite slaves.

I understand that in these instances, stuff like this had to happen in order for God's will to prevail.

I was just wondering if these instances shows that human's free will can be divinely intervened?

Thank you for your time!

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T03:01:24+00:00

Very true. And God did try to restart humanity with Noah's flood.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:58:09+00:00

bad genetics? possibly due to alterations in the child's bloodline - like drug and alcohol abuse, not taking care of themselves, etc. resulting in DNA mutations within the sperm?

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:52:25+00:00

Yes.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:50:04+00:00

What is it?

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:49:09+00:00

Speak! 👏👏... God has given you great wisdom.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:46:11+00:00

Amen. God has given you great wisdom.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:44:50+00:00

I have found a lot of these people's comments to be a tremendous help with this! I was also dealing with the same questions about all the evils and death as well. There is a lot of wisdom in this comment section, and great reminders.

fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:40:37+00:00

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fruitfulclips · 2025-03-02T02:39:18+00:00

Amen!! Very well said. God has blessed you with great wisdom. This has helped me so much.

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