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3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. 4 In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited. NET



Welcome to the Women's Discussion Room.

Here is the place that we women can come to share our joys and sorrows, triumphs and failures, and the knowledge we have gained as we walk with the Lord. It is also the place where we safely ask questions concerning anything that pertains to our walk so that we may continue to grow.

It is my prayer that those of us who are older (at least in our faith) will be able to assist those of us who are a little younger and share our experiences. Although it is good to learn by making our own mistakes sometimes it is better to learn from someone who has "been there, done that".

With Bible.org's launch of it's new Women's Ministry Super Category I see an increase in the number of Women here at our forums. Please continue to keep this forum and Bible.org in your prayers as we reach the world for Christ.

If you are not already a member of our Women's Forums you will not be able to access the private area for more personal women's discussion. To participate in these forums you will need to join the "Women's Discussion Group" via your User Control Panel, simply select the group and click submit.

Please feel free to start a thread or join in the discussions that are already in place. If you have any suggestions, comments, or problems please do not hesitate to let me know. Feel free to either send me a pm or an e-mail. If you send an e-mail just put "Women's Forum" in the subject line this will prevent it from going to my bulk mail folder!

You may also contact our Women's Ministry Moderator "dcljoy" if you need any assistance.

Any gentlemen while we appreciate the fact that you want to help when reading items in this public area of the garden we would like to request that you please stay on the path and out of the flowers and vegetables. If you have something to add that you think would be beneficial please send a note to Dinah (dcljoy) and she'll think about it. Thanks for your understanding.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:05 pm 
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I am especially hopeful to meet two types of ladies, well, three lets say:) Women my age or older (I'm 60 this last month), women that have strong faith in Christ, and women that have been through some of the things I have. I will not list all my wounds, or sins now. I will as I go along here in the forum.

My heart's desire is to finally make a decision to either believe all the bible teaches, or not. I am sick of going back and forth like that weed being tossed in the wind (something like that). I truly believe I was saved in 93 and was very strong in the "church" for many years. But the last ten have really been traumatic and I feel I am looking for God to do something, change my heart for real, not just feel I am back on track, only to find I am still wandering in the dark.

I don't even think this post makes much sense but maybe someone else out there has felt this way. I know intellectually without hope in Christ, there is nothing left to hope in, not for me. So why doesn't she let go and go with Him? That's a good question. I'm here today though, and maybe I can find some answers about why I have to feel so lost even though the bible says I am not, it says I am in Him and He is in me. I don't feel or hear Him but that is probably because I don't know how to listen for Him.

Enough outa me, I just pray that this forum and site will help me.

Denise


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:59 pm 
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Welcome Denise!

I'm not a moderator and not extremely knowledgeable about the bible so I probably can't help you with specific questions but I'm glad your here! My name is Kristen and I'm 30 years old. I hope we can become friends and grow in Christ :D


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:00 pm 
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Thank you for the welcome Kristen:) I'm sure you have lots to offer in these forums:) God bless you sister, denise

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Welcome Denise!

I'm not a moderator and not extremely knowledgeable about the bible so I probably can't help you with specific questions but I'm glad your here! My name is Kristen and I'm 30 years old. I hope we can become friends and grow in Christ :D


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:25 pm 
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Welcome Denise. There are a few of us that meet your description :D . I am sure we will all benefit as we share together.

I'm just a little older than you, and I think that we are unprepared for the havoc that our hormones can do to our mental health, and sense of well being in our 50s, let alone the changes and increasing health issues that ageing bodies become prone to. It is the time after children have left home but adult children and grandchildren bring their own worries for us, parents pass away and maybe partners and friend too, finances get stretched with no time left to take out mortgages or new loans, jobs end and retirement looms - and as you say, sins raise their heads, even old ones we thought had been dealt with years ago ... no wonder we feel tested. But has God changed? Of course not, we'd all agree ... but it is indeed no easy, rosy path once the realities of this world and this life really make themselves known.

It is hard to hold on there when the head and the emotions are out of kilter. And it would be easier - or so we think - if God just made what he says and wants more clear, more obvious, or kept us happy all the time, and never let us doubt anything. But then, where would faith be? How would we learn anything? The hard bits, I think, are part and parcel of being human ... and to mature in our faith, we have to go through the hard times, face the hard questions, come to some hard decisions, make mistakes and hopefully learn from them ... and hang on to our faith - or rather, trust that the Lord is hanging on to us - even when the way is dark and unclear. I think that is how we become wise in the ways of the Lord.

On another note, it is worth going over some of the threads already here in the Garden or in the wider Forum - pick a likely topic and have a read. There may already be some you could add to ... or start a new one more specific to what you are interested in. Of course, as you have already picked up, here in the Garden is the place for more personal type sharing.

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welcome :D

Ditto everything Avid said !!!! :D

Reading your post a story came to mind about Billy Graham, who I am sure you will remember. When he was a young man and starting on his ministry one of his ministry partners, who was also a friend, lost his faith ... and started talking to Billy about how could he possibly believe anything that is in the Bible etc etc .... it really threw Billy Graham, and his mind was in a turmoil. So he went away by himself to pray and to think .... at the end of this time he made a choice - he knelt down and told God that he believed Him, and that he would stake his life on the God revealed in the pages of the Bible. .... and he did !!!!

For all of us there comes a time when God says to us (audibly or otherwise), what Jesus said to Martha after her brother died, and Jesus told her Lazarus would rise again .... Jesus said bluntly :
"Do you believe this?" (John 11 NIV)

and that is the question, sometimes we have to choose by a sheer act of the will, that the God who reveals Himself in the pages of the Bible, (and in the lives of His people) is who He says He is. ... it is only then that peace usually comes, even though sometimes nothing else changes.

I can just tell you my experience that God is always faithful, even when we walk though "the valley of the shadow"

I look forward to getting to know you

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thank you Dinah and Avid,

I don't know why I didn't get a "notification" that I had replies but I will check and make sure it is set right.

I am still on the fence but I enjoyed hearing what you gals had to say. Please feel free to pray for me because if God is real, I sure need Him.

Denise


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Hi Denise

I'm also in my early 60's -- going through some stuff in extended family. Have been looking for a mature Christian woman to share with. I've been a believer since my mid-teens. Fellowship would be great. :)


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