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RachLeigh13
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Is there anyone you are close to or someone you can confide in? I don't like the idea of cutting, but I know that's how some people cope with things. I think your best bet is to talk to someone you can trust. As a Christian, I've been asked what I think of piercings and stuff, and I always say its "decorating the temple" ( i have a nose piercing) however, you should do what you personally feel convicted of. Is God really tugging at your heart to stop? Medically, you should because you run risk of getting infections or scarring. What is God telling you though? What really seems to be your gut feeling when you think of cutting? Have you thought of doing a tattoo instead? Tattoos are a bit safer and can be done in a more hygienic setting. Also, I'm sure you'll get a different kind of rush having it done. Post edited at 9:19 pm on July 5, 2009 by RachLeigh13
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I feel like that's on the list of bad ideas...
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Quote: from RachLeigh13 at 7:16 am on July 6, 2009
 Is there anyone you are close to or someone you can confide in? I don't like the idea of cutting, but I know that's how some people cope with things. I think your best bet is to talk to someone you can trust. As a Christian, I've been asked what I think of piercings and stuff, and I always say its "decorating the temple" ( i have a nose piercing) however, you should do what you personally feel convicted of. Is God really tugging at your heart to stop? Medically, you should because you run risk of getting infections or scarring. What is God telling you though? What really seems to be your gut feeling when you think of cutting? 
My Pastor and I have talked numerous times on the subject. I stand in Faith that He will bring me away from this, as long as I surrender to Him. So far He hasn't guided me away.
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Quote: from Anonymous at 12:19 am on July 6, 2009
Quote: from RachLeigh13 at 7:16 am on July 6, 2009
Is there anyone you are close to or someone you can confide in? I don't like the idea of cutting, but I know that's how some people cope with things. I think your best bet is to talk to someone you can trust. As a Christian, I've been asked what I think of piercings and stuff, and I always say its "decorating the temple" ( i have a nose piercing) however, you should do what you personally feel convicted of. Is God really tugging at your heart to stop? Medically, you should because you run risk of getting infections or scarring. What is God telling you though? What really seems to be your gut feeling when you think of cutting?
My Pastor and I have talked numerous times on the subject. I stand in Faith that He will bring me away from this, as long as I surrender to Him. So far He hasn't guided me away.
I edited that right as you quoted, I just added that you should consider a tattoo instead of cutting if you really want a cross.
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I don't think that cutting a cross into yourself is a great idea. I think if you really like crosses you could just wear one, or possibly get a cross tattoo. I know cutting is a process, and it will take some time to get to where you don't feel the need to do it all the time, and while it may end up in the back of your mind, hold on and things will get better. Try to set up a support network, your priest can be there to help, but you may need more help than he alone can give to help you through all this, if you have friends or family members who know and are sympathetic, ask for their help.
I truly wish you the best with your recovery.
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They say the lord gives only what he believes we can handle,
I just wish he didn't trust me soo much. :'(
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Quote: from Anonymous at 11:19 pm on July 5, 2009
My Pastor and I have talked numerous times on the subject. I stand in Faith that He will bring me away from this, as long as I surrender to Him. So far He hasn't guided me away.
Surrender in the context of the Christian faith has largely to do with subsuming your will under God's will. That doesn't mean that God wills for you, but that you conform your will to that of God. In other words, God isn't going to act on an otherwise passive object. He doesn't possess us and overwrite our will, even if we ask Him to. If you want to be guided away, surrender yourself to Him in the sense that you choose to do what you know is consistent with what He wants instead of what you want. You must take initiative. That having been said, cutting a cross into yourself is no better or worse than cutting anything else into yourself. The intersecting lines that form what we traditionally think of as a cross have no special power. You could cut a division sign into yourself and it would be no different. The point is not what you cut into yourself but that you cut into yourself. Your very life, and the body in which you live that life, are possessed by you through the grace of God. He crafted it in His image, and when you disgrace it in the way you're describing it is tantamount to desecrating the very image of God Himself. That doesn't change no matter what you're cutting into it. Continue in the process, but realize that it is a struggle. Sitting back and expecting God to compel you to do what is right misunderstands His will for you. He wants you to do what is right.
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