Topic: this helps sometimes
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Mon 10/06/08 10:30 PM
I read this somewhere awhile ago and I like to think about it whenever I feel like stuff just doesn't make sense.

"God doesn't give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need: to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you into the person you were meant to be."

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Mon 10/06/08 10:33 PM
Edited by GeniuSxBoY on Mon 10/06/08 10:36 PM
That is a BEAUTIFUL quote. I will keep that with me forever.

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Mon 10/06/08 11:06 PM

I read this somewhere awhile ago and I like to think about it whenever I feel like stuff just doesn't make sense.

"God doesn't give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need: to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you into the person you were meant to be."
ya well he already did that!! Im tired.............*sigh* give me a break will ya???ohwell

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Tue 10/07/08 07:55 AM
Or maybe he's not even there at all, and everything is just a bunch of stuff that happens for no reason. That's my philosophy.


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Tue 10/07/08 08:15 AM
Edited by LibraryDragonfly on Tue 10/07/08 08:15 AM
At this point I'm wavering between thinking he/she is a kid with a magnifying glass and I'm the ant and I'm the book that has fallen behind the shelf.

Mimx's photo
Tue 10/07/08 08:18 PM
I think its funny that no one accepts personal responsibility for what happens to them in life. Yeah I do agree that God gives us obstacles in life to help mold us, but did you ever stop and think that the choices made up to a certain point are completely up to us? Or am I the only one who believes in free will?

Its like when a person keeps on having unsuccessful relationships and always wonders, "why does this keep happening to me?" You have some that would say "He/she wasn't good enough for you", "Its their loss not yours", or "God has something else planned for you"

While all this is well and good and helps get over the loss, doesn't actually address the problem.

At some point in time he/she made some poor choices in the type of guy/girl they wanted to be with. Instead of learning something from each failed attempt they keep lying to themselves and keep repeating. God plays a part, but we still have to make the choice.

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Tue 10/07/08 08:20 PM

I read this somewhere awhile ago and I like to think about it whenever I feel like stuff just doesn't make sense.

"God doesn't give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need: to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you into the person you were meant to be."


Ya .. He's been giving me double doses of all the above. I truly believe everyone is in our lives for a reason. :wink:

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Tue 10/07/08 08:40 PM

I read this somewhere awhile ago and I like to think about it whenever I feel like stuff just doesn't make sense.

"God doesn't give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need: to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you into the person you were meant to be."


This is really nice...

I also remember that God has a terrific sense of humor (have you LOOKED at the human race?)

Another great quote is that "He doesn't give you more than you can handle" but honestly, sometimes I wish God didn't have such a high opinion of my ability because I STRUGGLE!

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Tue 10/07/08 08:42 PM
my god doesn't "give" me anything....except free will

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Tue 10/07/08 09:09 PM
Yep and everything in the past has made you into the person you need to be in this moment

this moment,

this moment,

this moment.

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Tue 10/07/08 09:17 PM


I read this somewhere awhile ago and I like to think about it whenever I feel like stuff just doesn't make sense.

"God doesn't give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need: to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you into the person you were meant to be."


Ya .. He's been giving me double doses of all the above. I truly believe everyone is in our lives for a reason. :wink: