No, that wasn't what lead me to faith.
if all of this was just to lead you to faith
God has been working with me for over 15 years, but I was a staunch Atheist.
I can fully elaborate, but essentially I emigrated to another country because if I had remained in my own country, in my entirely HOPELESS state;
- I would have committed suicide
- Would have elected to never work a day in my life again
- comitted terrorism.
Instead I drove my car from one european nation into another, abandoning despair, chosing hope, love, justice over injustice chaos and darkness..
And then I kept running into people over and over and over, I met someone in stavanger who knew someone in kristiansand whose canoe I lent and just then as I landed it back on the shore in a hidden nook, a man was also there who'd been sent there by the Holy Ghost, Jesus, he felt there was someone who needed help. 2 minutes earlier or later he'd never have met me, and it was a hidden place...
And all the things I suffered, the loneliness and hopelessness, he told me it was all in the Bible... In Norwegian.. a language I barely could speak after traveling in Norway for a few months. I had no clue how much the Christian faith aligned with my thoughts, ideals, dreams.
And God undertook so incredibly much effort to make sure I knew I was not alone. God proved to me that he exists and he is real.
God works not just in mysterious ways, but orchestrates and plans decades ahead, with an intellect far beyond ours, moves us as pawns if we listen and heed, and brings us into his light. God works through all of us.
Another thing, that started me on this path over 15 years ago, is when as a stupid teenager I asked, in my mind's voice:
Is anything out there? Are there spirits? Is there a God?, I want to know, I won't be afraid!
I heard nothing, but a word appeared in my head. "Elvira" It meant nothing to me. I Googled it, and it was some weird Hollywood actress? I forgot about it.
A week later I heard from my sister, that precisely one week earlier, I heard a girl had been killed by a drunk driver not 2 kilometres from my house, named Elvira.
God is real, God is listen. God has a plan. God has incredibly intellect, compassion and love for us. God proved to me that there is life after death.
The most terrible tragedies bring people to God. We also have to realize that both the drunken driver incident and Covid are situations that mankind caused as a result of terrible sin! ... but God has used it to bring those who abide by justice and strive to uphold his laws into his flock.
Jesus loves you, u/Kek_The_World , even as you're hurting, like we all are right now.
If this is so, then I need not be ashamed to be a European, far from the USA.. never fired a gun in my life, never prayed until a few months back... but I have used this weapon by God's grace many times already, mostly for causes such as these.
God speed. May God help the United States remain a free and just country, protecting its constitution. God bless all of you.
Do you think God is mowing? What about that experimental vaccine that involves not properly tested genetic modification that is being handed out to a large portion of the world's population?
And if you think you failed the test... then why are you still in the room where the test is taking place, planet earth.
Hello? You've not failed, we've not failed... and during this test, as you call it.. I became a Christian.
God is reaping, reaping what he sowed, and so are individuals in mankind.
God bless you, u/Barthaneous , but neither you nor I are done being tested.
I am so heartbroken!
And I would be too, but I was sober about this, I'm a European, so it's further from ome for me.
But november 3, I offered condolances to all Americans who voted.. and in December I was already talking about the riots of january in the US as if it was a fact.
Riots are extremly powerful things, and when your population is so well armed, the government doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell against the patriots.
God speed, may God and your fellow patriots mend your broken heart soon.
I think the other option that is available is a convention of the states. You may need to read up on that. I never heard of it until 2 years ago, when a good friend from NC told me about it, and told me a lot about the US constitution...
That good friend is a reason that I am now also a Christian.
Regards from Europe, the world is watching, waiting and hoping for the US to rise from the ashes of a broken nation as a united nation, under God once more.
I feel your sentiments.. I just emigrated the Netherlands to move to Norway.. really I am just running.. but as I do so.. I am gaining time, insight.. faith, I was an atheist.
Many Americans who never previously were, will be reborn as patriots. And many of them will find God. And you will conquer back your government and if necessary overthrow them, as one nation, under God.
Don't fucking give up. You're not allowed to.
By me. I won't let you give up hope. Have you never seen what happens to people who despair? Have you never seen what hope can do for people? Have some hope, pede, we will prevail. Regards from Europe.
Well, if someone brings their pedophillia and you bring your guns, I think that the guns kind of win out.
Sorry, I am going off-tangent below, just trying to wrap my head around what you just said. I could delete it, but maybe it gives someone a laugh or insight.
I dunno man, it feels to me like they think in a wrong way, taking sayings and intrepreting them as laws of nature, like "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and then consider pedophilia and guns with that statement as though it's a divine law or law of nature.. and the conclusion is then that one of these things makes you stronger and the other doesn't.
We think about things, we take responsibility and we understand that we have to live with the consequences.. they... make everyone live with the consequences and try to minimize their own impact. It's plainly put.. inethical and immoral what they do. You reap what you sow..
No, you're wrong, Trump is always accusing his opposition of exactly what he is doing himself! /s
Actually, funnily, there is this riddle.
You encounter two brothers, one always lies, and one always tells the truth.
You may only ask one question.
How do you know which is which?
You ask them about something you know is true... we all know fraud happened, but consistently the democrats, Biden, lie about everything. Problem is Biden is so senile he sometimes accidentally even speaks the truth.
Problem is media is covering up so much that some people don't even realize that they are pretty consistently lying about everything and often accuse Trump of the very same thing that is about to be revealed of them, so that it appears Trump also consistently lies.
Bottom line; you can't solve the riddle unless you are the one asking the questions.
Same here.. but I'm not an American. I'm a Dutchman. And for at least 25 years of my 35 on this planet, New York was my definition of dystopia.
Even other parts of the US to me are. It's not the capitalism I have a problem with; it's the lack of humanity, morality, decency. Communism is even worse in that regard.
Trump has alleviated all of these things and increased the economy.. well... I wanna say it was him, and sure, he did that, but I believe he did it, but God managed it.
I left the EU as well. But still, moving to Norway, just like the UK also knows.. the EU is still a big influence and calls many shots and surrounding countries have little but to accept some of these things.
Better than the countries surrounding Russia and China though... and the EU.. well.. it actually does concede to many points of China and Russia... and to be entirely fair; yes, also some US concessions... as does the UK now.. chlorinated chicken may be on the menu in the UK soon, after having been banned for 50 years.
Life isn't black and white, but we can make the grey a little closer to white.
Every reliious leader who starts following and bowing to a lesser authority forfeits his leadership...
When we follow and advocate for true justice, freedom, peace... we are leaders in our own right. When we defy those who would condemn us for striving for these things, we shape our path and inspire others.
Leadership is not a fixed title, it's manifest in actions, inspiration and hope. When leadership takes a different form, it tends to be dictatorship or governance at best instead.
Dutchman here. My distance to the matter is physically and emotionally a lot greater... as a result, I was able to consider this.
In my mind had two scenario's, and I pray to God that I have missed many options.. but:
May God help the people of the USA in the time to come.