Zone1 Ever have a moment of stress and then you just sense that G-d is there for you and has your back?

[Meriweather]

Again, I don’t believe in love. My wife and I have a marriage build almost exclusively on our ability to meet each others needs and nothing more.

As for appreciation… I show far more than the vast majority of people in my life deserve. Even more so what I do is attempt NOT to berate them for their incompetence and shortcomings related to major parts of life.

Love is working for, and desiring, the good of the other.

You have spoken of your father. Do you believe his love for you, and yours for him, died upon his death? I can picture his prayers for you.

St. Monica, was in great distress over the lack of conversion in her son's (St. Augustine) life. She prayed, she wept, she begged priests to speak with him. A wise priest told her he would not speak to Augustine as Augustine was not ready to hear him. And Monica had a dream....that Augustine actually was on the same road as she. God was working in both their lives. She told Augustine of the dream and Augustine responded that what the dream actually meant that Monica was on his road, one away from belief in Christ.

I am thinking, in the end, your love for God may surpass my own, and that you will treasure it the more greatly.

 

[DennisPTate]

Not a feeling I have had often or of late. Tonight though it just rushed over me. I was not in the middle of a dream, I was simply reading and it struck me.

It is really unique. Suddenly I felt extremely assured, confident. Protected even.

Sorry if it sounds peculiar, it was a sudden experience I felt like sharing to solicit other experiences from those who may have had similar experiences.

Yes, I have had something like that happen several times in my life. I am truly glad for you ShockedCanadian. One of those times was in August and September of 2000 and my life has been pretty awesome since then.

I just thought of an extreme example of faith about an extremely difficult situation that was given to an Atheist who became an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi.

www.AlonAnava.com/

It is the story about his situation at the time of his near death experience that is so shocking. He gave a talk on that in Las Vegas last year. His wife tells him that what happened to him in the months and years after his seven minute brush with death is even more miraculous than his NDE itself.

Rabbi Alon Anava is live!​

 

[frigidweirdo]

Not a feeling I have had often or of late. Tonight though it just rushed over me. I was not in the middle of a dream, I was simply reading and it struck me.

It is really unique. Suddenly I felt extremely assured, confident. Protected even.

Sorry if it sounds peculiar, it was a sudden experience I felt like sharing to solicit other experiences from those who may have had similar experiences.

No, if he were there for you, you wouldn't have the stress in the first damn place.