FORGIVE ME [DESPERATE PLEA FROM A VERY RATTLED TERRORIST]

Salem Voice, Baseelia, Devalokam, INDIA ^ | 19 SEP 2002 INDIA TIME | Hussain Alrafeeqi

[fabian]

I thought it was pretty amazing and encouraging, but it didn't cause any movement in my soul. It's good to hear that there is hope for even the most wretched people,often I feel fairly wretched myself.

[Mr. Mojo]

I don't know about this story.....

I think this dude all of a sudden became convinced that rather than meeting up with 72 virgins in Heaven, his rendezvous will instead be in 72 Hanan Ashwaris in Hell.

[Quix]

Have you found it sometimes a tricky tension to . . .

Avoid the black holes of despair . . .

Be authentically humble and contrite . . .

Note authentically that there's a reality to "such a worm as I" yet conscious of MADE IN HIS IMAGE . . .

Rejoice that the joy of The Lord is our strength . . .

Avoid self-condemnation, unearned guilt and self-flogging . . .

Rejoice in The Lord always . . .

Avoid pride and arrogance . . .

Stop striving . . .

Rest in The Lord . . .

Experience that His yoke is easy and His burden light . . .

Abide in Him . . .

Be touched with the infirmities of those around us without being drug down by them . . .

etc.?

And still let go and let God ! Wheee.

Glad He's the author and finisher of my faith. 'Tis clearly quite beyond me. Often all I can do to feebly cooperate.

[Quix]

You don't know what about this story?

Yeah, I think he had a Road-to-Damascus revelation of just WHO he was fighting and decided someone else was bigger than the moon god allah.

[Quix]

ACTUALLY,

I think it was different than that. . . .

I think he was overwhelmed with God's Love for even such a wretched man as he . . . and ashamed that he'd persecuted those loved by The Man of The Hand dripping with Blood he'd caused in some existential sense.

[patriciaruth]

GET YOUR TICKET NOW!

"I've got a TICKET to ride..." (not exactly a hymn, but God has a sense of humor)

[Quix]

YES! HE SURE DOES HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR . . .

looking in the mirror . . . and at some others of my brothers and sisters and a few not . . .

He definitely has a sense of humor . . . Sometimes I wonder if He hasn't been watching too many Monte Python or some such. [joke, group, just a joke].

[Steve0113]

Sometimes I wonder if He hasn't been watching too many Monte Python

Just think... He CREATED Monte Python.

[Quix]

Oh, dear!

That's true. He created Monty Python. . . at least the raw material. . . perhaps we could say the very raw material.

Goodness. . . what are the existential implications of God creating Monty Python. . .

Rather not think of THAT!

I think I'll stick with that He created the raw material, the very raw material.

[fabian]

Thank you, that was nice of you to share that. I realize that my anger towards the world and even God who shows me my failings is keeping me in despair. I need to trully forgive myself first so I will be free to forgive others.

[Quix]

I've been in such a state a number of different times.

Am touched, humbled and blessed by your kind msg.

God's best to you.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

Thanks for the info...