NOT THE RECIPE BOARD

I WAS POKING AROUND THE SITE TRYING TO FIND WHERE THE RECIPES WERE & I FOUND THIS BOARD INSTEAD (WELL, I DIDN'T STATE WHAT KIND OF "RECIPE" BOARD I WAS LOOKING FOR SO MAYBE GOD DECIDED I SHOULD FIND A BOARD WITH THE "RECIPE" FOR CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIPS & UNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A BOARD JUST FOR CHRISTIANS ... THIS IS WONDERFUL ... ESPECIALLY IN THIS STRESSFUL TIME WHEN IN OUR BELOVED NATION, OUR FAITH IS UNDER SUCH ATTACK DURING THIS HOLY TIME OF YEAR FOR US ... WHAT A BLESSING TO FIND OTHERS OPENLY PRAYING & BELIEVING ... WHILE SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER! NOTHING STOPS ME FROM PROCLAIMING MY FAITH IN OUR LORD, JESUS ... BUT, JUST KNOWING Y'ALL ARE HERE ... THAT JUST EMBOLDENS ME EVEN MORE! I'LL TRY TO DROP IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ... YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME ON THE SC (SOUTH CAROLINA) BOARD MOSTLY ... OCTOBER 2005 & THE LIGHTWEIGHT BOARD AT TIMES ... & THEN, ON THE RAREST OF OCCASSIONS, I POST SOMETHING I FEEL IS SPECIAL ON THE MAIN BOARD. A SPECIAL BLESSINGS TO EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU DAWN & NICK

Hi Dawn & welcome!!! I read a post by you on the main board recently. I forget what it was about but I know that I responded to tell you that my name is Dawn and my husband is Nick too. Our little board isn't many in numbers but we are overflooded with faith and support. Also, we have the same common denominator...we all love the Lord. God bless, Dawn

I REMEMBER YOUR POST, MS DAWN. I CALLED NICK IN TO READ IT & WE LAUGHED ABOUT US HAVING THE SAME NAMES ... NOW, HERE'S THE STORY BEHIND OUR NAMES ... WE BOTH COME FROM DESTRUCTIVE, PAINFUL 30-YEAR MARRIAGES THAT ENDED IN DIVORCE. WHEN I BROKE FROM THAT MARRIAGE, I MADE A DECISION TO "BREAK" FROM MY 1st NAME (DEBORA - OT WOMAN OF POWER - SHE WAS A JUDGE & LEADER OF MEN INTO BATTLE - VERY RARE FOR A WOMEN IN JEWISH LIFE IN THOSE DAYS) & GO BY ONE OF MY MIDDLE NAMES (DAWN) BECAUSE OF THE VISION OF "DAWN" BEING A SYMBOL FOR BRIGHT, NEW BEGINNINGS. I MET NICK ONLINE JUST AFTER HIS MARRIAGE ENDED. (WE HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE EVER SINCE.) ANYWAY, HE IS THE SWEETEST, MOST GENTLE, CARING, FAITHFUL, GIVING MAN ... ONE OF HIS MIDDLE NAMES IS "NICHOLAS" SO, AFTER MEETING HIM AS "DON", I TOLD HIM HE SEEMED MORE LIKE "NICHOLAS" TO ME AFTER THE LOVING, GIVING SPIRIT OF ST NICHOLAS ... PATRON SAINT OF CHILDREN & THE MAN "SANTA CLAUS" IS PATTERNED AFTER. HE HAD NEVER BEEN PRAISED, OR RESPECTED, OR UPLIFTED IN HIS "OTHER" LIFE, SO HE WAS QUITE PLEASED THAT I WANTED TO CALL HIM BY A SPECIAL NAME THAT HAD SUCH MEANING BEHIND IT. SO, IN THIS OUR LIFE TOGETHER, WE ARE DAWN & NICK (NICHOLAS) & GOD COULD NOT HAVE MADE A MORE WONDERFUL UNION ... SUCH A BLESSING AFTER SO MANY DECADES OF PAIN & DISAPPOINTMENT. THE POST WAS ABOUT NOT LEAVING OUR SPOUSES & LOVED ONES BEHIND. IF I CAN FIND IT, I'LL POST IT HERE ... YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THE RESPONSE I'VE HAD TO THAT 1 POST. IT TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE & THEY OPENED UP THEIR LIVES TO ME WITH SUCH HEART-FELT EMOTION. I NEED TO ANSWER EACH & EVERY ONE OF THEM ... I'VE BEEN A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER SO IT'LL TAKE ME A BIT TO CATCH UP, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY ANSWER THEM. I FIND THE BOARDS ON THIS SITE ARE SUCH WONDERFUL PLACES TO SHARE GOD'S LOVE ... TO LIFT UP PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT FOR SO LONG! WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

That's right!!! That is true, all too often you hear of divorce following WLS. But I agree with what some of the other people said: there were other underlying factors and the WLS brought it all to the surface. There is no way a solid marriage can fail simply because of WLS. Out of curiosity, I wonder how many of these failed marriages are Christian couples. Dawn

FROM WHAT I READ, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION I CAME TO AS WELL ABOUT FAILED MARRIAGES AFTER WLS. THE SAD PART IS, MS DAWN, THAT THE OVERALL STATS ON "CHRISTIAN" MARRIAGES ENDING IN DIVORCE ARE ALMOST AS BAD AS THOSE OF NON-CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES. BOTH HAVE SURPASSED 50%. THE ISSUE WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW MANY OF THOSE "CHRISTIAN" MARRIAGES WERE THOSE OF TRUE FAITH. UNTIL I MET & MARRIED NICHOLAS, MY FAITH WAS NOT MATURE (OR MATURING); HIS WAS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. ONE OF THE THINGS BOTH OF US KNEW FOR SURE COMING INTO THIS MARRIAGE WAS THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS MARRIAGES, WE HAD NOTHING IN OUR LIVES THAT WAS "BIGGER" OR "STRONGER" THAN WE WERE SO WHEN WE CAME TO THE END OF OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE & STRENGTH, THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO EXCEPT "OUT". NEITHER OF OUR PREVIOUS SPOUSES WANTED "RELIGION" IN OUR RESPECTIVE MARRIAGES, SO BEFORE WE MARRIED EACH OTHER, WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE HAD TO STAND UNITED IN OUR FAITH SO WE COULD WEATHER THE STORMS OF LIFE & STAY TOGETHER UNTIL THE LORD CALLED US HOME. I THINK THESE ARE THE TYPES OF "CHRISTIAN" MARRIAGES THAT WON'T FAIL UNDER ANY KIND OF PRESSURE. GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

Dawn, Funny thing!! I am enrolled in a biblical counseling course and last night we were discussing forgivness. The topic of divorce came up and the teacher said that the world's divorce rate is at 50% and the church's is at 60%. Pretty sad huh? I guess the key word there would be "church". So many people play "church". They attend every Sunday with a smile on their face and hypocrisy in their hearts; then live out the other 6 days however they want. They are worse off than non-believers. They hear the word come forth and turn a deaf ear to it week after week. Every time that happens their heart gets harder and harder and it becomes easier for them to dismiss God's word. Evidently these folks have a verse missing in their bible: Be ye doers of the word, not hearers only. Love, Dawn

Welcome, there is always room for more! God is so hospitable. Nice to have two "Dawns" in one day, (hahahaha). Smiles and Laughter for my firends~ Sally

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WELCOME, MS SALLY. YES, IT SEEMS THAT MS DAWN & I ARE JOINED BY OUR NAMES & OUR HUSBAND'S NAMES AS WELL! NOW, THAT IS JUST TOO COOL! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

HEY! My name is DAWN and Hubby is NICK TOO!!!!! Blessings, Rosie

OH MY GOODNESS, MS "ROSIE DAWN" ... ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 3 OF US WITH THE SAME NAMES & HUBBY'S NAMES!!!!!!!!!!! WHO WOULD'A "THUNK IT"? WELCOME TO THE "NICK & DAWN ... NICK & DAWN ... &, NICK & ROSIE DAWN" SHOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU SILLY GIRL DAWN & NICK (the originals, of course)