Re: Re: Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/26/07 09:39:15 PM |
Age 20, VA |
if there's any parent who comes on this site and doesn't already know that allowing their daughters to enter into the porn industry or lead a drug filled lifestyle is dangerous, i guess maybe a warning would be good for them. however, this article simply took the time to point out the all good things said about anna nicole smith since her passing are not true. this site gets its kicks off of pointing out how "messed up" everyone else is...and apparently they thought the death of a porn star was just another opportunity to do so. i see your point about this being a warning for young girls....but we all know that this wasn't really about. kid yourself if you want. it's your life.
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/21/07 06:57:59 PM |
Age 63, SC |
I found the article very well written. It very well points out the life of one who lives their life as if God doesn't matter in life. That a person looking for fulfillment without Him is empty, tragic and searching without ever finding "anyone/thing" that brings joy and peace.
I feel sorrow as I reflect on the circumstances that caused ANS's depression. I was unaware of the death of her child. I feel sorrow that she turned inward instead of turning to our all sufficient Savior Jesus Christ.
Liz
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/21/07 02:58:25 PM |
Age 34, IN |
If Only...critics of ANS would have prayed for her soul while she was living instead of condemning her after her death. Christians (yes...I am a Christian) have a responsibility to pray for everyone's souls. The fact that she had multiple sexual partners and was addicted to drugs (both of which were a direct reflection of the physical and sexual abuse she suffered during childhood and the death of her son) should not hinder us from giving grace and mercy. It is extrememly sad that this young woman may have left this earth without knowing the Lord. No need to add fuel to the "Fire" but getting up on our high horses and forgetting what God brought us out of. I know I haven't forgotten.
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Re: Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/20/07 11:56:01 PM |
Age 30, IA |
Maybe you need to not be so judgemental. The article was written for the sake of existing families with young daughters and as a warning. It was not a eulogy.
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/19/07 01:34:28 AM |
Age 20, VA |
sometimes when people die, we have an impulse to remember them more fondly than we ever did when they were alive. we are flooded with delusions of grandeur and we can only focus on the good and none of the bad. and i suppose that's why so many people have said things such as "she was an inspiration" in the last couple of weeks. however, i find it extremely innapropiate that you wrote an article tearing this woman apart just days after she passed away. i don't care what you think of her lifestyle, this was in poor taste. she is dead now. and taking a cue from this website, i would make the judgement that she is most likely in hell now, simply because she always seemed like she was looking for peace. in sex. in drugs. in whatever. and to my knowledge, she never found true peace in Jesus Christ. this is nothing more than a sad reality. she was lost in darkness and never found the light. this is not the time to judge her lifestyle and talk about what a sinner she is. this is a time for mourning. God loved her and wanted so badly to save her. and now she is facing the punishment that He never wanted her or anyone else to have to pay. He died so she wouldn't have to. and she never found Him. this is a tragedy and you are unfathomably insensitve and cruel to treat it as anything else
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/15/07 06:44:02 AM |
Age 49, GA |
Ingrid,
Your article is so on target. T too wrote about this lately in a frequent e mail I share with friends and family. I'll share it with you and your readers. Thanks for your helpful insight.
Anna Nichol Smith just passed away recently. She seemed to be lost on her way to nowhere most of her life. I felt sorry for her on so many levels. Always searching for the happiness that seemed to allude her. She was constantly in the spotlight and yet it seemed that there was a darkness that followed her like a cloud. Money, fame, the love of many wealthy and influential men couldnt quell the restless, unstable heart that beat within her.
She had just given birth to her second child and at almost the same time she lost her first born to a drug overdose. Tragic.
Many men who would have normally wanted their affairs with her kept secret, began to come out of the woodwork claiming that her baby was theirs.
Isnt it odd that they only made these claims after Ms. Smith passed away. That precious little baby will have many men fighting to become her Dad because her estate is worth millions of dollars now that Mom is gone.
Just think, that same baby would possibly end up at Social Services had Ms. Smith died broke.
How do we live contrary to the culture and still dwell among those in a lost world who need our influence? How do we impact the culture and not alienate it at the same time. How many Anna Nichol Smiths are out there needing someone to lovingly guide them out of their own personal hell? (and possibly help them avoid the literal one) I wonder if Ms. Smith had anybody praying for her. Did you? Me neither
We must be involved with the culture and engage those we encounter, not in an aggressive militant sort of way but with love and respect. Jesus spent most of his time with the culturethe Bible calls them publicans and sinnerstax collectors and the like. And it often got him criticized by the elite religious leaders. His reply? It is the sick that need a doctor, not the well.
How did he engage the culture? He loved them. He healed them and fed them. He dialoged with them, told them stories they could relate to but mostly he loved them. He wasnt afraid to touch the unclean, the lepers, the sick and infirm. They loved him back for it. We should do likewise but we must keep in mind that we too will be criticized.
Mother Teresa was contrary to the culture but she never left it for some lofty convent to live out her days in spiritual solitude as she pondered the great truths of God. No, she got her hands dirty and carried out the great truths of God by loving and helping those in dire need. Those she helped saw God in her. Jesus said, When you did it unto one of the least of these, you have done it unto me. He takes it personally. You see, Jesus loves all people. The Bible teaches us that God wishes that all would come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved. He wishes that none should perish. None.
Let us indeed be contrary, but let us live among those who need to see the love of God. The love of God will be seen when we reach out to those we encounter.
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/14/07 04:41:55 PM |
Age 61, TX |
How sad, but true is your article about Anna Smith. You said it so well. What a waste of a precious life on all that this world offers. As Solomon discovered, it is all vanity and the gold & silver and fame never satisfies. I pray for America. What have we become? Surely Jesus will come back soon!!
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/14/07 03:10:41 PM |
Age 29, IA |
Another rolemodel for government girls is Sharon Stone. I heard a sound bite of her last night on Michael Savage where she was speaking at a global environmental peace conference in Germany. She sounded like she was demon-possessed. It's sad.
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/12/07 10:06:18 PM |
Age 43, WI |
Ingrid,
Thank you for your article. I agree with your assessment. I am the mother of a 10 year old daughter (who does NOT know who ANS is....was)and the task of "raising maidens of virtue" is a difficult one in a world where images of women and headlines about sex and all other forms of debauchery are EVERYWHERE. Nothing remains sacred, and so few even know what the word purity means.
I was not surprised to hear of Anna Nicole Smith's death---not after hearing of the life she "lived". You are right..."if only" the grace of God could have touched her life. Now she knows only His wrath.
May God grant us His grace to lead our daughters to crave the Scripture and not the empty morsels of the world. May our daughters find His word sweeter than the honeycomb and more precious than silver.
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/12/07 08:13:24 PM |
Age 54, AC |
Hi Ingrid,
Your comments are good. I find it desperately sad that such a woman has died without the knowledge of Christ. She had been utterly seduced by the devil's lies about what "the good life" looked like. She thought she was pursuing life to the full, but she was pursuing death to the full. I see it as a very great call to Christians to be utterly unashamed of their Christianity, so that the the honour of God and of His Christ should be known as REAL by all the world. Christianity is not a hobby. It is a mission of self-sacrifice for the lost. Sadly Anna Nicole missed out on being rescued. How sad. God bless you Ingrid, Brian Clack
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Re: Anna Nicole Smith: If Only...
| Posted On: 02/12/07 04:08:34 PM |
Age 49, AL |
This was so well put, Ingrid. I know that 'whoremongers and adulterers' God will judge. But I am so glad that the offer of free grace is available to the chiefest of sinners while they live. Whom the Lord chooses to hear it and believe it is His business. My privilege is to proclaim it and try to live it.
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