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The website now works in IE 6. I had a bug in the CSS for the menu navigation that caused the length of the div to be bigger than the container and IE 6 didn't know how to handle it.

I'll be praying for both you and your wife. May God bless and heal her body.

This isn't entirely related to the 2009 Godbit Dinner but I have a Southwest Airlines round trip flight credit that expires in a couple of months. I'm not going to have a chance to use the free round-trip ticket to anywhere Southwest flies before it expires. I don't want it to go to waste so I'm trying to sell it to someone who needs to save some money on a flight. I'm sure I can beat the cost of a last minute ticket. If anyone is interested, send me an email through the forum. It could be a cheaper way to get to SXSW.

Hi MrMasks99, what you have described is a very deep life struggle and what happened with your roommate receiving the position you thought was yours would be difficult for anyone to bear. I must say that I'm very proud that you have essentially overcome your homosexual desires with the help of God and have been actively involved in a local church. That in and of itself is a real accomplishment. Being able to recognize your weaknesses (we all have too many to count) is a great first step as is wanting to avoid the victim mentality.

You have no reason to prove your worth to yourself. However, I think you already recognize this but recognition does not necessarily mean that your feelings match what you think. I agree with what bccarlso said about living for God. If you continue to follow His will then you should have peace though struggles will always persist. Following Jesus is not the easy way of life.

I will pray for you and don't know what kind of advice to offer other than to let you know that God loves you was willing to send His Son to die on the cross for your sins. That fact really exemplifies how much worth you have in God's eyes.  Recognizing this should help you feel more confident in yourself.

Hope my thoughts were clear and that this helps. My prayers are with you.

Thank you Deborah!

I think it is important to read the with a prayerful heart, asking God to open our eyes to see the truth God is communicating with us. It is also imperative we read the Bible in context. For example the "100 Scriptural Proofs That Jesus Christ Will Save All Mankind" are taken completely out of context. Remember, the devil quoted scripture when tempting Jesus in Matthew 4:6.

You are correct that God wills (i.e., wants / desires) that all mankind be saved. No one can argue that God desires all to be saved. Why else would He have sent His one and only Son to die an excruciating death on the cross for sin? At the same time, why would He send His one and only son to to die if it were not required to save those who would believe in Him? So what this says to me is that it is God's desire that we be saved and that He's done everything possible to save us, excluding forcing Himself on us and providing absolute undeniable proof because that is not love and would not require faith which is the basis for salvation. The problem is we haven't done our part to come to God. He didn't leave us, we left Him when we ALL sinned. Therefore, He made it possible for us ALL to be saved. Unfortunately we're not all going to accept His plan for saving us and some will spend eternity in Hell.

Second, God doesn't owe us anything. Never has, never will. But because of His love He gives us stuff we do not deserve. Who are we to question the one who made us? Check out Romans 9:19-21

Third, I think we humans often have a misconception of God. God is holy, loving, and just. Because of God's holiness, He can not (i.e., not will not but can not) tolerate sin. Thus sin must be punished; it's why all of us deserve to go to Hell. However, God's love provided a way out through His sinless Child who came to Earth as a human and suffered the penalty for our sin. In order for us to avoid Hell, we must accept that salvation (i.e., it is not automatically granted to all of us). Romans 10:9 tells us, "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

I suggest reading the following articles carefully and also the versus mentioned in the above posts in context using several Bible translations (e.g., NIV, KJV, ESV, and NASB).

How can a God of love send anybody to Hell?

Will all mankind eventually be saved?

Is God biased? Is it fair to save only some?

Salvation Through Christ: A Matter of FAITH

Finally, check out the "The Problem of Pain" book by the gifted C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis has an intriguing life story.

Tell her congrats on getting published. I'm sure she's excited. I used to look at the magazine some and always thought it was neat (I think my Grandma had a subscription).

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Thanks Robert. I truly appreciate and they all really need some prayers right now.