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Post by _ on Apr 20, 2018 16:10:03 GMT -6
^ so looks like that focused period was pretty brief. God still deserves praise for being in control and being with me throughout my struggles and not leaving me when I sin.
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Apr 21, 2018 12:09:30 GMT -6
Praise God for giving me the encouragement to get in an INSANE workout today. "Could" have been a lot better, but for my first real workout session in all of 2018, a very good start was made! I am fully convinced that God caused this to happen in some way, and it was NOT of my own doing, conscious OR subconscious - we have all seen by now, what happens when I try to encourage myself rather than lean solely on God's power. You can see it in the various posts I've made here where I complain about wanting to do something but just laying around instead. Overall God has been helping me a lot lately and I thank Him so much for it.
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Post by _ on May 3, 2018 6:48:48 GMT -6
I praise God for His loving sovereignty.
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Post by exo on May 22, 2018 8:15:53 GMT -6
After 2 and a half weeks, the other driver’s insurance FINALLY made us an offer to total the vehicle. It’ll be enough to pay off the remaining auto loan and still have a decent down payment for a new vehicle, which is a tremendous relief. I was afraid we’d have to go back and forth with a lowball offer, rather than something honestly commensurate with what it’d take to get us back in a vehicle comparable to the one that was wrecked.
Now we just have to secure decent financing for whatever we end up with.....
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Post by exo on May 28, 2018 12:51:50 GMT -6
Things worked out nicely.....
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Post by _ on May 28, 2018 14:42:42 GMT -6
Awesome!
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Post by exo on Sept 2, 2018 18:15:14 GMT -6
Just thought I’d swing in and give a “life update”....
May 8, 2018, my life was pretty much upended when Work switched my shift from an overnight 9:30PM-6AM to an “early mornings 4AM-12:30PM shift.
I thought I would HATE it.
Turns out I LOVE IT.
Yeah, this night owl now has to be in bed by 8PM to get sufficient sleep to be up by 3, clocked in at 4.
Yeah, that TOTALLY seems like it would SUCK.
BUT.....
All I was ever doing at 8PM was getting agitated about getting around for work anyway. Going to sleep certainly seems like the better option to me!
As an added bonus.....Everyone here knows the trials i’ve self inflicted re: alcohol over the last 2 years. Never been shy about it, never hid anything.....but I’ve consumed exactly ONE bottle of liquor since May.
I still love to drink, don’t get me wrong.....but it’s 2-3 beers every couple of days, rather than a bottle of vodka or rum every 2-3 days.
As an added bonus, I’d reached an all time high of 191lb shortly after the schedule switch....and as a guy that has carried 160 for the last 15 years, I was feeling it. I am now at 177.5, headed down, and MOST of that is due to the lifestyle change the schedule shift necessitated.
All praise and glory to our Lord and Savior for forcing this change on me.....
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Sept 2, 2018 18:36:43 GMT -6
REALLY glad to hear it, exo!
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Post by Bartimaeus on Nov 2, 2018 15:02:30 GMT -6
I am so thankful for the members of this board, new and old, for creating a Christ-centered community where extreme music serves to enhance the worship of the One True God and His Son, Jesus. You all are amazing. It's a place to just be real/authentic/transparent.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Nov 5, 2018 9:41:00 GMT -6
I am so thankful for the members of this board, new and old, for creating a Christ-centered community where extreme music serves to enhance the worship of the One True God and His Son, Jesus. You all are amazing. It's a place to just be real/authentic/transparent. I'm very thankful for all members here as well. Afterall, if it weren't for you guys here, it would just be me talking to myself.
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Post by anfauglith on Dec 20, 2018 10:57:42 GMT -6
Feeling a whole lot better today makes me wan to thank God for his help!
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Post by anfauglith on Jan 15, 2019 11:21:42 GMT -6
Some things I prayed about really worked wonderful today. Praise to God!
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Jan 15, 2019 20:07:07 GMT -6
Praise God for Christian black metal.
I don't know what I would do, or where I would be, if this scene didn't exist.
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Post by anfauglith on Jan 24, 2019 11:16:42 GMT -6
I want to thank the Lord. Both my blood sugar and blood pressure values where shit these days, I especially struggled with very high blood sugar in the morning. I prayed for some time about it. Yesterday and today got me very fine values for which I am thankful. It helps a lot starting your day right, when you don't feel like all your blood has been replaced with liquid led and you'd just finished a year of heavy partying...
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Post by anfauglith on Mar 10, 2019 9:19:33 GMT -6
Really strange stuff happening. After starting to do some research about my biological family, I decided to contact my brother, whom I have never met and of whom I did not even know if he knows that he has a brother... so I was really nervous when the department here wrote him a letter on my behalf. Other than my biological mother (of whom I found out that she has some really serious issues going... ) he replied. We exchanged some mails during the past weeks and yesterday we had a conversation on the telephone for like two hours. At the moment I am really grateful for having this opportunity. I learned a lot of things about my family and it was somehow strange to see how somebody I have never met had some kind of similiar experiences in life and is in some ways quite similar to me.
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Mar 16, 2019 19:51:31 GMT -6
It seemed we were going to have another medical disaster today. My mother got really sick this afternoon. However, it went away pretty quickly, and she's okay now! As much as I have complained during recent (trials?) I want to be sure that God receives due credit when something good happens as well!
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Post by Bartimaeus on May 18, 2019 19:46:01 GMT -6
Made my final payment on my student loans!
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Post by Bartimaeus on Dec 25, 2019 15:12:52 GMT -6
Merry Christmas!
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Post by avjr on Jul 10, 2020 15:17:07 GMT -6
AudioFeed is fully funded! Praise God! 🙌🏾
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Post by Bartimaeus on Jul 11, 2020 12:32:35 GMT -6
There’s a little boy in India who will be joining our family next year, LORD willing!
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Post by anfauglith on Sept 2, 2020 9:07:23 GMT -6
The people from our diocese accepted my request for rejoining the catholic church (...even if that is mostly just a matter of formality after one talked to a priest or deacon and convinced them about having sincere motives) and on saturday I will be formally re-received into the catholic church.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Mar 20, 2022 8:59:38 GMT -6
15 years to the day since the last time I drank alcohol. God made this possible.
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