Posted on 09/28/2014 6:24:41 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
Spent the last week with Mom in hospital. A very close friend of Mom's (like an adopted daughter) is a wonderful help, but as a Catholic, is always fearful of her destination.
She says that assuming that she will go to Heaven is beyond her...so she is painfully afraid and spreads that fear to others.
Please help with your opinions.
What should I say to her? She is neurotically fearful of her own future and spreads that fear generously.
:-)
Same. Just substitute Witnessisn, Or Methodism. Or . . . whatever. Only Jesus, only The Crucified Jesus Jehovah saves. Eh?
It’s getting late. 09:21 hours Zulu now. Jesus is still waiting . . .
Yep. It does feel a bit strange to have a Muslim in my house. I was just talking to her a few minutes ago.
...”No one can be sure that Christ in His mercy will allow one into heaven”....
That’s not true...you can Know...and so can she.
Will be praying the “right” individual God will send to her, and give her ears to hear so that she may ‘know’ she has eternal life.... We can all know.
...”she said that her faith told her that she should not assume that she would go to Heaven”....
Ask her “who” she’s put her faith in... if ‘Jesus’... YOU can pray ‘with’ her right at that moment that ‘HE’ will give her the assurance she needs at this time.... He is fully able to reach her heart and mind.
Lord Jesus,
There is one who suffers now not knowing the comfort and assurance of her final destination....That is a fearful place to be Lord...and only you can giver what her need is.
Lord,....You know exactly the individual who can bring her what she needs to have that assurance...and the salvation you offer if she does not yet know you. Bring that individual to her Lord, and make way for the message that you have for her to be heard.
Thank you Lord that it is you who have all things in your control...we all trust you now for her soul..her heart...and her mind...may she truly know your peace very soon.
In Jesus Name, Amen
How is your mom handling being around this woman? If she’s creating dis-comfort for your mom then you need to set some boundaries around how long she’s there....You can limit her visits and do so without offending her. OF course your mom is your first concern.
It’s nice to have help...but sometimes it’s not healthy ...might better have things cluttered etc. then unrest.
Sometimes it’s hard to find a Dale Carnegie moment, eh? :^)
I read your profile. That about sums up our state of affairs perfectly.
Yeah, unfortunately it does. And so with that I’m making my world smaller.... More selective about who I see and where I go...and value my time as never before. Actually life has proven better for doing so!
Luke 15:7
Confession is the answer. Ask her to have a priest pay her a visit.
24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. James 2:24
“Well, to me the text indicates an outside agent snatching someone out of God’s hand. Can’t be done. If you can “snatch” yourself out (and there is sufficient Biblical evidence that you can do so), then you’re right; but no one else can do it to you and that, I believe, was the sense of the passage.”
That’s exactly my point. The problem is that some people look at that verse as saying once you believe in Jesus that’s it, you’re saved and you can never lose your salvation. That is plainly not the case because people can choose to sin, choose to renounce their faith in Christ, or simply push Christ aside and indulge in sin with no desire to repent.
LOL!
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