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Does anyone know why the colors to the message board changed and things look different?
Gaz has been updating it
Does anyone know why the colors to the message board changed and things look different?
You're right it was by Jacobs mother's urging that he conned his dad but it was in his nature to do wrong. You saw the story about the stew right? They both must have had some serious issues with deception.
FT said:So I wrote, copied and pasted all of that to say this.
1. Be in God's will
2. Don't try to take what's not yours- you may not want it.
3. Seek God
FT said:To love God is to obey Him. That's what Jesus said "if you loved me you would obey my commandments." God honors those that love and obey Him far, far above those who do not.
May I ask for a brief summary about what this thread is about? It seems very interesting. Is it a spiritual thread about one specific thing or more? I heard Michael enjoyed reading this thread.
Oh wow! I am SO busted!!!*waves to post above me* hi allformj. You're up late too hey?
I'm up late like you because it's been the only time that I can get on lately. I'm back to sharing my computer with my youngest son. It is not fun sharing a computer. lol Sometimes I can post during the day, but sure has been hard.Get to bed young lady! ;-) (its 3:27 am here so I guess I'm busted too)
Also... I just love your posts
(to susan now thank you for sharing that. Does your friend mind you sharing them? If not that's great. I liked reading it and I'd imagine that it's just hard for anyone who isn't you and didn't have your experience to be able to know with certainty that who you chatted with was who he seemed to be, so possibly it'll just be a relationship and experience you can cherish forever. It doesn't need validation from anyone else but you and your friend. It was a sweet conversation though and I know it means a lot to you so thank you for sharing. I know how vulnerable it feels to share something close to my heart with others. Especially if no one says anything about it later. I hope this was alright for me to say. Possibly I
Missed your point though so if I did, im sorry.
Well I'd better try to sleep now. Already in bed, just gotta close my eyes.
Oops, I forget the name she uses on here. Sorry. It's not you, another lady in here. For some reason (maybe that it was past 3am) I thought she went by Susan in here but yes it's a different nic she uses.
Oh oops. Not the best with names. Lol yes I was just stalking you, waiting till you logged on and then beat you to the post ;-) . It's fun when stuff like that happens.
AllForMJ;3333431 said:Do you all remember the online chat that MJ took part in back in October of 2001?
There is something that MJ said that I think we should pay attention to. Like when he said, "I've been through hell and back."
Wasn't he still well known all across the globe during the time that he said this? Of course he was? Did his millions of fans disappear from all around him as if they had gone to another planet or something? Of course not. He was still very well known and very much loved during this time. Yet, it did not shield him from the hurt. Why wasn't it enough to shield him? Why wasn't it enough to keep him from going through hell between the 1990's and 2001?
He also said the following during that very same chat, when he was asked what is one thing about his life that he would change if he could change one thing.
"I would like to be able to go out in public and just be normal sometime, without people recognizing who I am, and to get a little bit of a feeling of what it's like to, you know, be of the regular norm. To see how things are done; to learn what people speak about when they're just casually talking. Cause soon as they see it's Michael Jackson, the conversation changes; it all becomes about me and not about the situation -- the moment, that's happening at the moment. That would... I would learn a lot from that. I don't get to see that unless I disguise myself and put on a lot of things, and then they stare at me, then it's even different; it's not the same even then."
Doesn't it seem like, if MJ could meet a regular woman, and be able to interact with her the regular way, that that is something that would make him feel that what he wanted was finally coming true? What would be more refreshing than to have a two-in-one? A regular woman to love, and regular conversations with this regular woman? He would get a real feel of what that is all about on a regular basis, would he not?
Therefore, doesn't it seem like God would send MJ a regular woman to share his love with? Also, if God brought her into MJ's life, then wouldn't the relationship automatically become a marriage?
God does not need man's documents to validate a union between a man and a woman if He Himself has formed the relationship. He is the great I Am. He is Alpha and Omega. He is the creator of the universe. He is the creator of the original laws. No one is above Him. Once He takes the lead in forming the relationship, it is automatically validated by His very presence.
Take a look at the below video. There is something that MJ is going to say at the end of it that reveals how he was feeling back then.
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Did you hear him? He said, "Life is beautiful." That's a huge difference in comparison to what he had said in 2001, isn't it?
Hearing him say life is beautiful means he was happy in 2003.
And get this. He said these words about life being beautiful even though he had just been taken through hell by Martin Bashir’s mocumentary, after receiving all the bad press following the balcony incident, after being ridiculed by all those 2002 primetime programs about his face, and after being forced to go through another court deposition that caused him to have an anxiety attack.
If MJ did not find the type of love that he had been searching for, then, what did he find? What caused him to put out a steady flow of positive love songs between 2003 and 2009? What did he say in "The Way You Love Me?" He said, "I thank the Heavens above that I met you." When did he originally release this song? It was in 2004. And there he was again displaying joy in the midst of turmoil, huh?
There is only one type of love that could cause him to do that—love that was true. If the relationship was formed by God, as MJ has made it clear that it was, then can we expect it to be anything less than true?
MJ did not leave this world without what he had been searching for. He had it. It was showing.
Fabulous post AllforMJ! Thank you very much for posting this!!!!!!!
I'm the someone that asked this FT. And your answer is neglecting the first half of your previous statement:Someone had asked what did Jacob get that he didn't want. He wanted Rachel but he got Leah and had to wait a total of 14 years to be with Rachel.
FT said:Don't try to take what's not yours- you may not want it.
Is it the possible spiritual connection these two have had that makes you feel that in God's eyes, AllForMJ, they were as if married?
I'm the someone that asked this FT. And your answer is neglecting the first half of your previous statement:
Your answer here addresses the second part, that he got something he did not want (Leah), but what did he try and take that was not his in regards to Leah?
Yes, previously he tried to take the birthright away from Esau and God allowed that, for God was apparently displeased with Esau's heart attitude, and instead had favor for Jacob. Unless here you are trying to say that the birthright, which should have gone to Esau is what placed Jacob in the position of being required to marry Leah, since she was the oldest: your theory being she was meant for Esau.
After thinking about their story a little more, I'm not sure there is enough to substantiate the theory that Esau was supposed to have married Leah.
You see Leah is described as one with weak eyes. Maybe she would be called today as someone who is "blind as a bat" or "Miss Four-eyes" and maybe when she meant to walk through a door she'd miss it and her shoulder would hit the doorframe everytime. It is not a stretch to think of her as squinting a lot, and the impression you get is that her desirability was affected by her appearance due to her weak eyes.
This presented a problem for her father, Laban. He was having some trouble unloading her...he couldn't get her married off. Rachel, due to her beauty, he knew he'd have no difficulty in that area, but what what was he gonna to do to get Leah married. Well, being the crafty opportunist he was, he saw his chance with unsuspecting Jacob.
Poor Leah, no man seemed to be able to love her, or want her, for who she was inside. Do you think Esau, with his character, would have wanted her, when no other man did? How shallow has he been depicted as... one who would rather have a hearty bowl of stew than the privileged birthright and the blessing that goes with it?
Laban used the excuse with Jacob by saying in his parts we have to marry our daughters off by order of age...but there was more to it than that. I believe if Leah had been a beauty as well, he would have allowed Jacob to go ahead and marry Rachel, for he knew it would be only a matter of short time someone would snatch up his lovely older daughter as well.
Some people translate the way the story is written that Jacob waited for Rachel seven years, then got to marry her and worked another seven years as further payment for her, but they enjoyed those last seven years as man and wife. Others think he worked seven years for her, and then was told he'd have to work another seven BEFORE he could take her as his wife. Then we have them waiting the full 14 years before they can even be together.
Imagine, Rachel loving Jacob so but, because of the propriety in that culture, she could not touch him or show any affection towards him. And then once he marries her sister, she knows her sister is lying in the arms of the man she loves ever night, when she cannot. She knew she had Jacob's heart, but she could not be with him. And vice-versa.
Who do they remind you of? Based on a lot of what we have talked about in here, isn't it a little like MJ and his LITD girl? She loves him, but cannot touch him , and she hears of him being with all these women over the years that she would, I assume, imagine him "touching".
Hard? I woud think. And how about him, if through the years he's loving her so much but wondering, maybe even discovering, she was at times with another man? You heard his pain in Who Is It. You hear his helplessnes in watching whatever was going down in Serious Effect. You know he is trying to convince her he is the better choice for her than some other guy in songs like Invincible. So both MJ and the LITD girl would have this sadness, I would think, to love someone but not be able to express it through touch.
At least Jacob and Rachel could see each other in the flesh everyday on Laban's property where all these involved lived during those 14 years. They could talk, they could smile at each other...but how much they could show and still be aligning with proper decorum in this situation, I'm not sure.
But it is a story about two lovers that were kept apart for a good amount of time, where the man knew at first site that Rachel would always be the love of his life. And she was. Laban couldn't change that. Leah didn't change that. Having children with three other women didn't change that. The friction and pettiness going on between the two sisters didn't change that. His devotion to his God didn't change that. Her death didn't change that.
Did Jacob and Rachel have a spiritual connection like we have talked about in here that MJ and his lady friend might have had? I don't know. Maybe they didn't require that because they were right there in each others lives being around each other day by day. Maybe God graciously gave that special connection to MJ and the LITD girl (if she exists) because life kept them apart...and it seems for a lot longer than 14 years total.
Is it the possible spiritual connection these two have had that makes you feel that in God's eyes, AllForMJ, they were as if married?
Yes. It is also because MJ said out right in "Beautiful Girl" that he was in love. It is because he said their love is a sacred thing in "The Best of Joy." It is because he thanked the Heavens above that he met her in "The Way You Love Me." And most importantly, it is because God's presence in MJ's life has been totally obvious.
Thank you, AllForMJ, for answering my question!Yes. It is also because MJ said out right in "Beautiful Girl" that he was in love. It is because he said their love is a sacred thing in "The Best of Joy." It is because he thanked the Heavens above that he met her in "The Way You Love Me." And most importantly, it is because God's presence in MJ's life has been totally obvious.
Hey Shila,
I'm sorry for adding what I thought concerning that scripture. I didn't mean to cause any confusion. I'll refrain from expressing beyond what is clearly written beyond this reply to your questions.
Once again, sorry for injecting what I think about certain events that happened in the bible. I'll do my best to try to stick with what can be substantiated.