Interesting questions. I'm not sure what I am seeking. I am lacking something spiritual in my life, but I'm not sure I buy into the whole bible thing. I love the Native American teachings. I'm struggling with the idea that the "Creator" is "God" as in the bible. I will not be complete until my spiritual self is in tact.
My experience with "God" is that he left me when I needed him most. I in turn turned my back on God. I need spiritual fulfillment and I'm looking for where I belong in this big picture.
2007-01-10 03:34:49
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answer #1
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answered by Starla_C 7
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When I was three years old I layed on the grass and looked up at the sky and watched the clouds move. I noticed the beauyty of the sky, it's color and the color of the clouds with the shapes an form. Then I noticed the trees and the grass and everything around me. In my three year old heart I knew that some Great Master, Creator, Scientist, Designer, Artist must have made the world and beyond. I felt very overwhelmed by His greatness and I knew at that moment that I was to be an artist. I knew that I had to show people this feeling I was feeling, like I had a destiny to show others the beauty and wonder of The Artist, God's work.
And God gave me the talent to do it, for emmedietly I set out to do it and emmedietly the adults began to notice and encourage it.
Later on in life as a teenager My life was extremely difficult and confused and I suffered deep depression. I explored the occult and other avenues in a search to find my purpose, the reason why I was born, and the reason why God made all of this. The art was just a part of it, there was something more and so I asked the Creator to show me Who He was and what was the purpose of the world's exsistance.
Years passed, and I searched, but nothing gave me the answers . In my heart there was still something missing and empty. I developed an illness and then my quality of life went downhill and I felt angry and confused and wondered why God allowed such things as death and misery.
One day someone gave me a book to read. It was Christy, by Catherine Marshall. As I read that book it was as though God lifted a viel off of my eyes, as though my heart suddenly recognized that God was saying Here I Am, I Am He, The One you have been seeking. He revealed Himself to me in a way that I could see and understand. That was the moment I knew that He was Who He said He was. And at that moment I had feeling of a tremendous wieght bieng lifted off of me and that I was floating as I accepted Him, through Jesus My Savior.
After that I experienced many miracles and signs and wonders from God as I believe He was showing me that it was truly Him and to build up my faith.
Since then my life became a journey and sometimes I slip and fall, wondering off the path a bit, but He always brings me back to the foot of the cross, which is like a landmark to me. Then I am able to continue again.
There is nothing in the world that could convince me that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit is not the Creator. Because it was a very personal and intimate experience that I had, alone with God without any human bieng telling me or coaching me.
I found that everything He has taught me, He teaches me first in a literal way and then He confirms it with His Word in the bible.
I now know my purpose and my heart is filled with the fullness of His Spirit and with His joy and peace, even when life is hard and cruel. He is the center of my exsistance.
2007-01-10 04:24:19
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answered by Anonymous
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That is a good question. Honestly, I seek myself. I felt like there was something missing, something more than this every day boring life. I felt that I had not found a part of me that was waiting to be discovered. I found that when I became Wiccan. In the Charge of the Goddess there is a line that says "And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not, unless thou knowest the mystery; that if which thou seekest, thou findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee. For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning; and I am that which is attained at the end of desire." This did it for me. While searching for religion and a connection to the greater power/god/goddess/all that is, I found myself. Because I have always had that connection, and I have always had the love that I was searching for. It was inside me all along, just waiting to be found. I found what was missing, my connection to the human race, and to my heart. I found it through a Goddess and accepted it within my myself. I am whole. It is a strength that has carried me through the harshest, and kindest moments of my life. And I am at peace, both within myself and my religion.
I hope I answered the question, lol, I got a little side tracked there.
2007-01-10 03:41:45
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answered by SilverRiverWind 1
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Inner peace.
I have always felt inner turmoil and suffer from depression. I mean SUFFER from it. I'm trying to find a cure in the Bible. I believe in God and Jesus, I believe the teachings in the Bible were passed down from prophets, I believe many of life's answers were written by the prophets. I believe that someday, I may find the inner peace that I am searching for. I don't believe that anyone else can help me or cure me. This is something that I can only do or find, myself. I have had money, power and admiration from many, but none of these ever gave me inner peace.
2007-01-10 05:28:16
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answered by Cyndi 3
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i am a spiritualist , i believe in life after death and spirit communications
this was through my own personal experiences with spirit
i seek to learn as much as i can about spirit , learning facts from fiction and dispelling any myths
i also seek to learn about others and what they believe and why .... and also to see how i can incorperate some of their teachings to my own faith
as i believe we all hold wonderful truths
i am where i am today through experience ... through learning ... through being open and yet skeptical ( i always look for evidence even in my own work and beliefs )
i hope that through all of this i can make small differences to peoples lives ... spread love and help people smile
2007-01-10 03:33:45
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answered by Peace 7
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I think the agony and pain of this present life make us always look for something that is better. The image of God hidden within each one of us, makes us always feel that the "Truth is out there". So, unless we find this Truth we are not satisfied and remain in agony in pain (spiritually), even if we console ourselves with passions.
2007-01-10 03:30:56
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answered by Kalistrat 4
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If you want an answer "apart" from religion or philosphy, why did you post your question on this page? I seek the kingdom of Jesus the Christ on earth. I pray He returns soon. YBIC
2007-01-10 03:31:02
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm looking for the truth even though I know it can never be found. Like the holy grail, it's not the grail that's important, it's the journey.
2007-01-10 03:31:18
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answered by Anonymous
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The only thing I truly believe in and have faith in is God. That's my honest answer.It has taken me many years to get here but that's where I am.
2007-01-10 03:30:32
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answered by B"Quotes 6
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hm...i guess i'm pursuing my religion because it brings me happiness and peace. my religion is based on helping other people and harming none. i don't really wish for knowledge, i don't think i'd want it...i see my deity within the forests, rivers, deserts, and oceans.
2007-01-10 03:30:30
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answered by asphyxia derailed 3
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