if you had the chance to see God's plan for your life (like, before you lived it) -the good, bad, your highest and lowest points- would you still follow it thru
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Re: I'm so tired
anonymous
January 25 2005, 11:29:52 UTC
K well....quiet frankly im tired of moms too. im sorry. but....we are not babys. and honestly....im scared for all the kids that havent been exposed to the world. imagine what its going to be like for them when they get to college. er...if they're going to a christian college....imagine whats its going to be like when they get out. they're going to be in for a RUDE AWAKENING. and...from what i hear, lauren does have to pay bills. she has to pay for a car, insurance, gas, cell phone. thats a lot of responsabilities for a 16 year old and as far as i can tell, she's doing pretty well. you can't blame us for getting tired of parents. teenagers want their privacy. and just because they want that doesnt mean they're into anything bad. i mean can you honestly say that when you were a teenager, your mom and dad knew about everything that happened in your life? can you honestly say that you wanted your parents to know everything that went on in your life? all the kids want is some freedom from their parents. can you really blame us??? have faith in us for once. we all do. we all have faith in Christ and we believe that His work is going to shine through everything we do. we are all believers and yeah we're going to go through rough times. everyone suffers. Christ promised us that our walk with Him wouldnt be easy. so ofcourse we're going to go through really tough times. who doesnt?? so when we post a certain thing on our journals, you cant jump to the conclusion that we're spoiled or ungrateful or that we just want attention. we just want to have fun. you can only be a teenager once. ....none of us want to look back and regret our teenage years. "All your parents ask is for you to be honest, obey the rules and have fun"....we are being honest. (and you got mad) we are obeying the rules (y'all should know that....there's enough of y'all around.
Re: I'm so tired
anonymous
January 25 2005, 14:10:35 UTC
From Mom, I guess I am just saying that when we had a bad day, we didn't "vent" the way you do now. We didn't have that privelege. Back in the old day's we were limited to 15 minute phone calls. There wasn't call waiting or voice mail. You couldn't tie the phone line up. And when I vented, I did it without out those "R" rated words. You need to thank God that your parents take the responsibility that God gave them to protect you from Satan's attacks and to teach you how to handle them for yourselves. To ask your parents to do less would be asking them to ignore the task that God gave them and you would be calling your parents into disobedience to God. Do you want that on your shoulders???? Your parents' authority is not bondage, it's protection. If you could recognize that now, it would greatfully benefit your relationship with your parents and then maybe you could "vent" to them instead of "on-line". What do you want? Do you want your parents to look at you and say, "I give up." "Do whatever you want." "As long as I never find out, I don't care." "As long as your happy." ??????
Re: I'm so tiredjeremy0548January 26 2005, 16:39:35 UTC
haha i find all these posts very amusing.
why is everyone posting anonymously btw??? moms can sign there names if they like, i wont think any less of them for there own opionions. anonymous teenagers can sign there name or post from there lj....... the way i look at it is, if i get looked down on becasue of my opionion i either have something to learn, or the other person does. i just dont let how people think of me effect me at all. i'm not saying anyone should have to sign there name, and i can understand not doing it i have my ideas on who all these people are. but whos to say for sure
guess I am just saying that when we had a bad day, we didn't "vent" the way you do now. We didn't have that privelege. Back in the old day's we were limited to 15 minute phone calls. There wasn't call waiting or voice mail. You couldn't tie the phone line up. those rules didnt go for every house hold in the "old days"...... my point being we have the same type rules for computer and things now, but i would agree that we have more in the ways of technology now, more ways to express yourself.
And when I vented, I did it without out those "R" rated words. and so do i, however i cant say i'v never said one or several, seemed that everyone was arguing/discussing over the constant use of "r rated words", not that either is right, but i think its safe to say that everyone has used profanity before.
You need to thank God that your parents take the responsibility that God gave them to protect you from Satan's attacks and to teach you how to handle them for yourselves. agreed i have amazing parents who have done more for me then i can ever repay, but i guess thats part of being a parent, you would know better than me about that. I believe part of Gods calling to parents is preparing us for the real world, which my parents have done, but that is also up to us as well, i'd disagree with the anonymous teenager when they say things like, "we are not babys" quit frankly were all God's children, and i dont by any means consider myself at all grown in a spiritual or material sence. i'm 17......i'm stupid, a stupid kid with alot to learn. however i dont believe in my parents putting me in some kind of box and sheltering me and i dont believe in them just letting me do whatever i want.......theres a balance of the 2, i like to call that balance good parenting.
i think the teenagers here are trying to defend there freedom and the mom or moms are defnding there control. i'm defnding a mix, i'm guessing yall all agree with that.
To ask your parents to do less would be asking them to ignore the task that God gave them and you would be calling your parents into disobedience to God. Do you want that on your shoulders???? true man can lead man to be sinful, but each man is ultimatly responsible for his/her own actions.
If you could recognize that now, it would greatfully benefit your relationship with your parents and then maybe you could "vent" to them instead of "on-line". I agree that being able to talk to your parents is nice, but you still just dont feel comfortable talkin with them about some things, although i know there always there for me.......and i have nothing against posting your thoghts on livejournal, as long as you dont care who reads them....cuz after all this is the internet. but again i have a different opionion then both of these, id rather vent to God, cause then my problems dont bother me at all. but i'v vented on lj before and i'v vented to my parents and to friends.....
Re: I'm so tiredmore_thansoccerJanuary 27 2005, 07:29:31 UTC
"R" rated words? hm....a mom with little kids posting online. i still can't get over this! ITS CARAZY! :-P
k...so what i dont get is why moms are here telling us what to do and what not do when when we do everything you tell us to do or what not to do when we're actually WITH you. its like a twilight zone where we cant get away from our parents. ITS A MAD MAD WORLD. i agree with pyro. life being a teen is a balance between the two. having a little freedom doesn't mean youre a bad kid...it means that your parents trust you. you know how hard certain kids have to work to get trust from their parents? now, sometimes kids get rebellious and want to do their own thing...but can you honestly tell me that you didn't wanna get away and do your own thing when you were our age? i dont think you can say that you didn't want to. everyone does. its part of our sinful and independent nature to want to do things on our own. not even in a disrespectful way! just to be able to figure things out without mommy or daddy standing right next to us, pointing their fingers in our face. God uses you guys as our teachers and our guides when we're young until we're old. its when we get to that certain age of having to become an adult, that we want to see if we can make it on our own. i think that's ok cause if we mess up, we still have you guys (parents) there for us to help us next time. if we were sheltered our whole teen years and never did anything on our own, then went off to college, and had to face something on our own...but have NEVER done that before because you guys wouldn't let us...how do you think we'd feel then? like our parents betrayed us. "they never told me about this" do you know how many "R" rated words we'll hear? do you know how many different people we'll meet and have to stand up to and question our faith and so many other things???? you should know. so you should prepare us. start by giving a little leeway and maybe letting us choose a few different things on our own. its called independence, and sometimes its scary. for both parts. life is scary though. we have to face it. God prepared all of us for life, and now you have to let us experience that. --i wonder if the moms know who we are by our lj names
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I guess I am just saying that when we had a bad day, we didn't "vent" the way you do now. We didn't have that privelege. Back in the old day's we were limited to 15 minute phone calls. There wasn't call waiting or voice mail. You couldn't tie the phone line up. And when I vented, I did it without out those "R" rated words. You need to thank God that your parents take the responsibility that God gave them to protect you from Satan's attacks and to teach you how to handle them for yourselves. To ask your parents to do less would be asking them to ignore the task that God gave them and you would be calling your parents into disobedience to God. Do you want that on your shoulders???? Your parents' authority is not bondage, it's protection. If you could recognize that now, it would greatfully benefit your relationship with your parents and then maybe you could "vent" to them instead of "on-line". What do you want? Do you want your parents to look at you and say, "I give up." "Do whatever you want." "As long as I never find out, I don't care." "As long as your happy." ??????
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why is everyone posting anonymously btw??? moms can sign there names if they like, i wont think any less of them for there own opionions.
anonymous teenagers can sign there name or post from there lj.......
the way i look at it is, if i get looked down on becasue of my opionion i either have something to learn, or the other person does. i just dont let how people think of me effect me at all.
i'm not saying anyone should have to sign there name, and i can understand not doing it
i have my ideas on who all these people are. but whos to say for sure
guess I am just saying that when we had a bad day, we didn't "vent" the way you do now. We didn't have that privelege. Back in the old day's we were limited to 15 minute phone calls. There wasn't call waiting or voice mail. You couldn't tie the phone line up.
those rules didnt go for every house hold in the "old days"...... my point being we have the same type rules for computer and things now, but i would agree that we have more in the ways of technology now, more ways to express yourself.
And when I vented, I did it without out those "R" rated words. and so do i, however i cant say i'v never said one or several, seemed that everyone was arguing/discussing over the constant use of "r rated words", not that either is right, but i think its safe to say that everyone has used profanity before.
You need to thank God that your parents take the responsibility that God gave them to protect you from Satan's attacks and to teach you how to handle them for yourselves.
agreed i have amazing parents who have done more for me then i can ever repay, but i guess thats part of being a parent, you would know better than me about that.
I believe part of Gods calling to parents is preparing us for the real world, which my parents have done, but that is also up to us as well, i'd disagree with the anonymous teenager when they say things like, "we are not babys" quit frankly were all God's children, and i dont by any means consider myself at all grown in a spiritual or material sence. i'm 17......i'm stupid, a stupid kid with alot to learn.
however i dont believe in my parents putting me in some kind of box and sheltering me and i dont believe in them just letting me do whatever i want.......theres a balance of the 2, i like to call that balance good parenting.
i think the teenagers here are trying to defend there freedom and the mom or moms are defnding there control.
i'm defnding a mix, i'm guessing yall all agree with that.
To ask your parents to do less would be asking them to ignore the task that God gave them and you would be calling your parents into disobedience to God. Do you want that on your shoulders????
true man can lead man to be sinful, but each man is ultimatly responsible for his/her own actions.
If you could recognize that now, it would greatfully benefit your relationship with your parents and then maybe you could "vent" to them instead of "on-line".
I agree that being able to talk to your parents is nice, but you still just dont feel comfortable talkin with them about some things, although i know there always there for me.......and i have nothing against posting your thoghts on livejournal, as long as you dont care who reads them....cuz after all this is the internet. but again i have a different opionion then both of these, id rather vent to God, cause then my problems dont bother me at all.
but i'v vented on lj before and i'v vented to my parents and to friends.....
ok ya i'm done
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k...so what i dont get is why moms are here telling us what to do and what not do when when we do everything you tell us to do or what not to do when we're actually WITH you. its like a twilight zone where we cant get away from our parents. ITS A MAD MAD WORLD. i agree with pyro. life being a teen is a balance between the two. having a little freedom doesn't mean youre a bad kid...it means that your parents trust you. you know how hard certain kids have to work to get trust from their parents? now, sometimes kids get rebellious and want to do their own thing...but can you honestly tell me that you didn't wanna get away and do your own thing when you were our age? i dont think you can say that you didn't want to. everyone does. its part of our sinful and independent nature to want to do things on our own. not even in a disrespectful way! just to be able to figure things out without mommy or daddy standing right next to us, pointing their fingers in our face. God uses you guys as our teachers and our guides when we're young until we're old. its when we get to that certain age of having to become an adult, that we want to see if we can make it on our own. i think that's ok cause if we mess up, we still have you guys (parents) there for us to help us next time. if we were sheltered our whole teen years and never did anything on our own, then went off to college, and had to face something on our own...but have NEVER done that before because you guys wouldn't let us...how do you think we'd feel then? like our parents betrayed us. "they never told me about this" do you know how many "R" rated words we'll hear? do you know how many different people we'll meet and have to stand up to and question our faith and so many other things???? you should know. so you should prepare us. start by giving a little leeway and maybe letting us choose a few different things on our own. its called independence, and sometimes its scary. for both parts. life is scary though. we have to face it. God prepared all of us for life, and now you have to let us experience that. --i wonder if the moms know who we are by our lj names
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