I want to borrow from kisstheson here --- kts, hope you don't mind. I'm feeling some strong emotions, and really really need to borrow from you. Here goes:
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Hello dear ones, beloved in Christ,
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I need to say that those of us that escaped that place, that system, owe such a huge debt to God for saving us and bringing us to a new life. And now, here on the forum, we find others who have passed through and are finding freedom and joy and acceptance in Him. And so we have this in common, this is what we share.
And I need to say that I am glad you are here, I am glad I cyber-know all of you. I appreciate you all, as we struggle to find the path and then to stay on the path that He has for us.
As CMW said
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Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them..
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Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
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So before I get really very mooshy, let me just say this: I really like/love all of you in God. I do. We have a bond. Imagine the people who lived through the plane crashing in the Hudson River -- they have a bond, always. Well, they ain't seen nothing, huh? A floating plane in the freezing river, or a Perfecting Training? Ummm -- Both have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder waiting in the wings --- I could be wrong, but were any of those guys floating in that plane for oh, say Thirty Years? (See CMW's thread about how long we each were there).
So we have a bond.
Thanks for being here, one and all.
fpo
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