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Well as some of you may or may not know I have had some real struggles the last few weeks. Really really depressed. Scared about what all is going on in the world and how little time we have left. The EQ in Japan just heightened those feelings of doom and gloom.

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I don't know what triggered it but I got the most amazing sense of peace, happiness, and comfort. I actually came awake - I was not dreaming, I did not have a vision, and yet I felt such a good benevolent presence. I eventually went to sleep but I slept so amazingly well and although I did wake up a couple of times during the night, that slightly euphoric feeling was with me the entire night. I honestly wondered if I was dying, and if that was what we will feel in Paradise - and I'll admit even though I love my wife and two sons, I was ready and willing to go. If the high you get from drugs approach the feeling, I completely understand how addiction happens. It felt like nothing I have ever experienced.

Anyway, I din;t get any insights, nothing to pass along. I'm not going to say don;t be concerned about what is going on in the world - I think part of the reason we are here is to be concerned and working to help right what is wrong with the world. I guess what I would say is - do what you can do, but at that point don't let your heart be troubled, take JOY in that you are one of the one's chosen to help with the great and marvelous work that is coming.

Wow, I just realized something! My oldest son was stressing big time yesterday, because he was sick for a week, and he is an outstanding student and he was freaking out because he had so much work to do. And I put my arm around him and just said "Do what you can do, do your best, and don't worry about possibly getting a B or a C." And I realize that Heavenly Father may have been doing the same for me last night... :ymhug: :)

Maybe I get a little too worked up on the "Mitt Romney" and similar topics. Maybe it is best if I do what I can to learn from others, raise a voice of warning where I see the need and then just let it go...continue to discuss where appropriate but the bottom line is, if I ahve delivered the message to the best of my ability, the other person still has the right to accept or reject, and there is nothing to be gained by building up animosity and enmity by hammering away on the same points...I'll try harder to be respectful to those with whom I disagree. I do get angry at what I see as willful ignorance, and that has to stop.

I love you all, even those of you that I have strong disagreements with. I am sorry to Janadele and ChemtrailWatcher for giving offense, and for in some cases being intentionally offensive. I'm not sorry for what I have said, but I am sorry for how I said it.

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Original_Intent wrote:Well as some of you may or may not know I have had some real struggles the last few weeks. Really really depressed. Scared about what all is going on in the world and how little time we have left. The EQ in Japan just heightened those feelings of doom and gloom.

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I don't know what triggered it but I got the most amazing sense of peace, happiness, and comfort. I actually came awake - I was not dreaming, I did not have a vision, and yet I felt such a good benevolent presence. I eventually went to sleep but I slept so amazingly well and although I did wake up a couple of times during the night, that slightly euphoric feeling was with me the entire night. I honestly wondered if I was dying, and if that was what we will feel in Paradise - and I'll admit even though I love my wife and two sons, I was ready and willing to go. If the high you get from drugs approach the feeling, I completely understand how addiction happens. It felt like nothing I have ever experienced.

Anyway, I din;t get any insights, nothing to pass along. I'm not going to say don;t be concerned about what is going on in the world - I think part of the reason we are here is to be concerned and working to help right what is wrong with the world. I guess what I would say is - do what you can do, but at that point don't let your heart be troubled, take JOY in that you are one of the one's chosen to help with the great and marvelous work that is coming.

Wow, I just realized something! My oldest son was stressing big time yesterday, because he was sick for a week, and he is an outstanding student and he was freaking out because he had so much work to do. And I put my arm around him and just said "Do what you can do, do your best, and don't worry about possibly getting a B or a C." And I realize that Heavenly Father may have been doing the same for me last night... :ymhug: :)

Maybe I get a little too worked up on the "Mitt Romney" and similar topics. Maybe it is best if I do what I can to learn from others, raise a voice of warning where I see the need and then just let it go...continue to discuss where appropriate but the bottom line is, if I ahve delivered the message to the best of my ability, the other person still has the right to accept or reject, and there is nothing to be gained by building up animosity and enmity by hammering away on the same points...I'll try harder to be respectful to those with whom I disagree. I do get angry at what I see as willful ignorance, and that has to stop.

I love you all, even those of you that I have strong disagreements with. I am sorry to Janadele and ChemtrailWatcher for giving offense, and for in some cases being intentionally offensive. I'm not sorry for what I have said, but I am sorry for how I said it.
Awwwww! That is wonderful! O:-) Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I have been aware of your struggles through your posts. I am grateful that Father in Heaven gave you that experience and you felt you could share it with the rest of us...Thank you OI!! :ymhug:

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I'm with Songbird. Thanks for sharing OI! It is wonderful to know that the Lord knows our concerns and is ready to assuage them when we are ready for it.

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I think I am one of those people that maybe needs to learn to keep some things to myself. It is so hard not to share wonderful things, especially when I know how burdened we can get with the negative.

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Original_Intent wrote:I think I am one of those people that maybe needs to learn to keep some things to myself. It is so hard not to share wonderful things, especially when I know how burdened we can get with the negative.
Now don't go and ruin it all by throwing yourself into a guilt trip. It is a wonderful thing for you....Steady as she goes they say.... :D

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OI, it is great for you to share. I have had similar anxieties, and I know now how to find the peace and comfort promised us. I have a great friend and neighbor who has to work to help provide for her family. They are living paycheck to paycheck, but saved up to go to their son's college baseball game in AZ (they live in utah). I thought that was wise use of saved money, but now that trip has morphed into going to disneyland. I know they have little by way of food storage, but I had to let it go. She knows how I feel, and I know she shares my anxieties. I love her, and try not to judge. We thought about taking our tax refund and goin on a trip, but I feel I cannot without great guilt. I have to finish my preparations.

You are doing the right thing...a gentle voice of warning, and still loving those that are too blind to see, or refuse to see. It's all about the love.

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I think it is wonderful to hear a story of someone calmed through the Spirit.

These are highly charged times and one cannot help but feel anxiety. I know I do, that is part of what brought me here, to talk about that and share with those who are feeling the same.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

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Thanks OI... I definitely felt the spirit in your message and I can apply it to my life as well. Thanks again.

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The wheat and tares can't stay together forever, that in and of itself is cause for great rejoicing!

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Thank you for sharing your post OI...I love that you were able to feel the comfort of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost...

Many times I live in depression, lamenting the secret combinations and the state of the world, plus that my life feels to have been on 43-year-long FUBAR (screwed up beyond all recognition)...many times praying to be called home, but be able to leave my parent's and (separated)wife in good hands and conditions. Haven't yet felt the Peace you felt...but still trying...

Time to go immerse myself in scriptures, and in Middle-earth... O:-) :YMPRAY:

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Thank you for sharing. It is nice to hear something positive, when you are being comforted by the Spirit. Otherwise things just get too heavy. By you sharing your experience, you lift and edify us all.


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OI thanks for sharing. You express yourself quite well also.

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Thank you for sharing OI, it touched my heart :)

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