u/mpatricia_777

After the twin earthquakes I experienced on June 24th, I have been having issues with going to sleep.

I am sleeping and all of a sudden I feel my bed shaking (even when it is not shaking) I wake up, jump out the bed and try to run away, half asleep.

The aftershooks affected me so much, they were so strong, and we had multiple ones every day. More than once they woke me up, and I would wake up in the middle of my room shaking horribly.

Now they have ceased a lot, but if my bed moves a little, or when I feel my heartbeats while resting, I feel my bed is shaking and I can't get rid of my alert mode. It is exhausting.

I find issues sleeping in the night as well.

Advice, thoughts?

Advice from muslim perspective on this matter? Is this accepted in a muslim community?

So, this man was engaged to a woman for a couple of years, but she was refusing to agree on the sexual things he wanted to do to her. Then he got mad and out of revenge, he paid for an arranged marriage with another woman, and he decided to call off the wedding a day before because he didn't like her.

Then, he tried to go back to the first woman. And the second woman started to make his life hell.

Thoughts?

I have been battling with something for months now, if not years.

I feel genuine rejection for evil men, cheaters, adulterers, adultery, abusers, and men in general. I cannot find the answer to this. Regarding their religion, I reject them.

I have been praying for this for a long while now, and I cannot hold it anymore.

This is giving me issues with the topic about "marriage". I know what the bible says, I know how men are the image of God and the head of their wives.

But when I think of men, I just feel deep disgust. I feel it in my stomach and it is terrible.

I am heterosexual. It is not a matter of sexuality.

Each time I read a new story about men doing evil stuff to their wives, it adds a gram of disgust to my disappointment.

I have been praying over this a lot. I feel from the Lord many many times that I should not reject marriage. But I have been rejecting it for years and I don't know how to stop it.

I feel like throwing up when I think of men that like multiple women, in fact I have a HUGE issue with Islam as well. While typing this I want to cry of disgust.

Please help me with this. How do I stop feeling this way? Please pray for me as well. Because I do believe that we cannot hate anyone. And what I feel is beyond my control.

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Edit: on the advices from men that said I need male friends, or married friends:

90% of my male friends in the past, wanted to be romantic with me. For that reason I DON'T have male friends, because if someone develops feelings for me and I cannot reciprocate, it is evil. Cruel. Wrong. We should not be flirting with people just like that, because when you are going to get married, you can get married only ONE.

Song of Songs 2:7 (...)Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases. Which means we should not be putting romantic interest in everyone we met. It is wrong. Apart from that, I have feelings for someone and flirting with someone else, or talking to men feels like cheating.

Same with married men, in the church, who had weird attitudes with me, and once one of them said to me "I like you" while being married and with 4 kids or something like that.

Please, stop. These comments are not helpful at all. If you want to read the good comments, skip these.

Hi everyone, first I want to speak about the situation. I live in a house and I adopted 1 cat around november last year.

After the twin earthquake, I had to adopt a cat mom with his baby last week. And 3 more kittens today. I AM NOT ASKING FOR SUPPORT OR MONEY BTW

I just want to ask about something regarding the kittens.

These kittens were abandoned on a mountain, where there is plenty of vegetation and trees. But they were in a place where the people were treating them badly, The man didn’t want any more cats because he already had plenty, and he used to throw them from the second floor into the garden.

The wife of this man was kind of desperate for these kittens, I didn't want to adopt more kittens, but I could not bear the situation.

Because of the twin earthquakes, there are lots of animals in the shelters. Many people have lost their homes, and everything has collapsed. Lots of people are asking for help to feed the animals and find somewhere to keep them.

These kittens are about two months old; they don’t know how to use the litter tray yet, so what I did was put them in a room with food, water and the litter tray. The room has enough space for them.

I put them all in the room so they don’t pee and poo all over the house.

But I feel very sad because where I live there are no green spaces, and they can’t go outside.

I’ve never taken a cat for a walk before; I don’t know how to do it. Could you give me some tips on how to train them?

I’m looking after them at home temporarily until I find them a decent home where they won’t be mistreated.

Essentially, how can I keep them entertained and treat them with respect in such a small space?

This post is focused on a reality that many pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders face but rarely talk about openly: deep ministry burnout.

Serving full-time is incredibly rewarding, but the constant emotional demands, high expectations, and the pressure to always have it together can leave leaders completely poured out.

For those who have hit this wall but managed to transition to a healthier, more sustainable way of serving, how did you actually find true, restorative rest and recover your energy so you could keep going for the long haul without having to walk away from your calling entirely?

No, I don't want to leave my Lord. I would like to know advice to keep me going, because I feel I should not stop at this moment.

I would like to know what the biblical position is, as Jesus speaks of:

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Matthew 5:32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

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After this, divorce is legal, but what about a woman who has committed adultery? Can she marry the person with whom she committed adultery?

Edit: and if she married him, is this good/legal in front of God?

I’ve been thinking about someone else’s problem, and I haven’t quite got to grips with it because I’m not a man. And I can’t understand what they think about it.

In Christian marriage, when we talk about physical attraction, it’s said that a woman should be physical attractive to her husband.

But what happens when a woman puts on weight and her husband loses sexual interest?

From the perspective of men of God, is this carnality and lust, or is it a man’s need to see his wife as beautiful?

And what about old age? What happens when the husband loses sexual interest when his wife no longer looks young?

Furthermore, what solutions are there to prevent these kinds of problems?

It’s a bit complex because I’ve also seen cases where marriages break down, even when the woman is absolutely beautiful and attractive. That’s why I’m confused.

I’ve been reflecting on the nature of theological study and its reliance on human logic to understand God, and I wanted to get your perspective on this.

Scripture says that God is Spirit, and that only the Spirit of God truly knows the heart, reasons, motivations, and thoughts of God. His ways and thoughts are fundamentally distinct from human ways.

This brings me a question:

1)Given that interpreting the Word without the guidance of the Holy Spirit can lead to flawed conclusions,

Does systematic or academic theology inherently attempt to understand God through purely human logic, at times sidelining the necessary revelation of the Holy Spirit?

I do believe that God's knowledge is beyond our natural comprehension unless explicitly revealed by the Holy Spirit, for this reason, I believe that many who try to read and study the Scriptures cannot understand them fully unless they are guided by the Holy Spirit.

I would love to hear your thoughts, especially from those who balance academic study with a spiritual lifestyle. Thanks!

I’m trying to understand how others would view this situation.

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A person has been speaking with someone new, with emotional closeness, flirting, and even early talk about marriage. However, it later became clear that they are not fully over their ex. They still feel emotionally “linked” to them and have said they will always love their ex, even though the relationship ended several years ago (5+ years history)

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At the same time, they are engaging romantically with someone new without clearly addressing this attachment early on.

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Would you start a relationship in this situation? Can a healthy relationship exist if someone is still emotionally attached to an ex in this way?

The parable clearly speaks of five virgins who had oil in their lamps, and five virgins who did not; to whom the Lord said: ‘I do not know you.’

What does the oil in the lamps, and the lamps represent?

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Here are the Bible verses:

Matthew 25:1-13

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’

Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

“Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!‘ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

I have been dealing with grief for many years now. Since late 2020's.

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In fact I haven't found a safe haven where I can speak freely about my "messianic jewish" identity.

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I met Christ when I was 8 years old. I attended church until I was 13 years old (this was a pentecostal conservative church and I memorized a lot of Scripture and had strong communion with the Lord). Then left the church because I felt abandoned by my family. I fell in an identity crisis, I hated the country where I was born, the people, the traditions, the idolatry, everything. I hated myself and always felt a void that never left me. The void was "I don't have a home". In every way and situation I would feel "this is not my home". This was an existencial problem that I dealt with until I came back to Yeshua on 2019, after so much pain and difficult situations.

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I used feel the Holy Spirit physically since I was a kid. I would feel so much love in my heart that would make me cry and felt this "fire" sensation in my body.

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In 2020, when hearing Hebrew worship songs and hearing the name Adonai I felt something so brutal, but so brutal, that I could not ignore. Even when I was praying, I would sway back and forth like the Jews without even realising it. I only found out much later.

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I would feel His presence like 5 times stronger, and I felt a deep conviction in my heart "this is home".

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Since then, I went deep in messianic jewish things, fast and, like an arrow, cut everything and everyone that would stop me from pursuit my "home".

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I learned Hebrew and adapted my lifestyle as a messianic jewish person. I was also persecuted by my christian family. They mocked me for keeping shabbat and many rejected me. So I moved out alone.

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Why I am telling all these things? Because I feel deeply alone.

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For the jewish, I am not jewish but I need to convert. For the christians, I am a judaizer and I don't need to eat kosher nor keeping shabbat. If I say I am messianic jewish, they instantly want me to start talking about my family and this and that. The solely thought on going back to what I was makes me feel anguish and depressed. I hated my life before. And I am willing to defend my "home" with my life.

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I feel exhausted and sad. I feel rejected and alone in this. I am tired to try to explain myself. I don't even have friends with my same beliefs.

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I cannot deny myself, I cannot deny that this is my home, and I cannot go back. I feel a foreigner in the country where I live and when I see other messianic jewish people existing (which is rare for me) I just cry and ask to the Lord: why.

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I know He is with me. I know He has saved my life and given me an identity. I preach the gospel and try to help as many as possible, but inside I am crying.

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I want to go home or at least be with someone that can make me feel I am not alone in this. In the middle of all this rejection.

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Sometimes I think: I wish I could have a jewish last name or this and that.

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And I am tired of people thinking that I want to be someone I am not, when literaly I have found in jewish traditions and Yeshua, my whole reason of existence.

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I really appreciate your comments about this, and your thoughts.

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שלום.

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I’ve been researching certain church traditions and want to understand the Protestant/Reformed stance on the veneration of relics (specifically first-class relics involving the physical remains of saints). Where does the theological divide on this stem from, and what are the main biblical arguments against this practice?

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While Catholics define this as veneration rather than worship, from a biblical standpoint, many find it concerning. What are the scriptural arguments for and against this practice?

I've been struggling with a matter.

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I feel super sad and powerless. What to do when friends put a wall between you and them?

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They know what Jesus said, (and this is not the first time I have seen christian people holding forgiveness).

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The thing is that it is unbearable and painful for me. I have prayed and I feel so much grief.