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11-13-2007, 09:08 AM
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Please. please i need an advice. I am 23 years old, I am an active member for 7 years (i was baptised when i was 17) A month ago I was diagnosed with HIV (before i joined the church i was doing drugs, that's the only way i could get infected). i really don't know what to do. I haven't told anyone. It was really hard at first but I finally found peace, I am not blaming God or anyone, i am not afraid to die either. My faith is strong. I am really ashamed to tell my bishop, and I don't really see a reason to tell him about it right now. With new medication i think I have another 10 years.
I am really confused, and i feel alone. Please if you have any kind of advice.... 
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11-13-2007, 09:19 AM
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The beauty of the atonement is that your past deeds don't matter. You have repented, and are therefore clean. Your Bishop won't judge you, or condemn you. He will help you. See him and share this burden. That is a big part of his calling.
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That would not be difficult to express. I found most helpful to me was going to my knees thanking my HF for life, for experience, for my family, and then directly asking him to go before my face, to be on my right hand, to be on my left hand, and his spirit in my heart, and his angels round about me to bear me up. --Thomas S. Monson, Feb 4 2008 News conference upon becoming President of the LDS church. Hard work won’t kill you, but why take the chance?? ---Motto of the Democrat Party
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11-13-2007, 09:38 AM
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I hope your faith remains strong, and you are blessed with peace and friends that will fill your life with joy.
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"You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I have found saintliness in avowed atheists." -Rabbi Harold Kushner "A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it." -Brigham Young "It does not prove that a man is not a good man because he errs in doctrine" -Joseph Smith
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11-13-2007, 10:35 AM
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I'm in agreement with six. I think you should talk to your Bishop. Again not to confess because what you did before you were baptized has been erased but to get help with any resources available to you. Also would allow the Bishop to be aware of your special needs and to provide the blessings and spiritual guidance as you go through this.
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"Don't let your worries get the best of you, remember, Moses started out as a basket case" When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. Bob Hope If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope Bob Hope was my hero.
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11-13-2007, 10:58 AM
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my sis and i were looking at profiles on ldspals.com one day and there was this guy on there that was very open about having hiv, knew finding someone on those conditions was not an option, but did want friends, said he did presentations to inform ppl about hiv. this was something he contracted before joining the chruch. i don't remember much more than that other than being very impressed. the point of sharing this is you aren't alone. i wish i could remember more, maybe would be someone that would make a good email pal. someone who has actually been there.
good luck
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11-13-2007, 11:34 AM
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You should talk to your bishop, not as a confession but for guidance and relief. Since you haven't told anyone, it might help your own peace of mind to talk to someone who won't misjudge you. He also has a responsibility to everyone in the ward boundaries for their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Making him aware of your situation, even though you've repented of previous actions, would make it easier for him to help you, and for you to help yourself. Keeping people in the dark will never help.
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11-13-2007, 12:41 PM
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Most churches would rejoice that one who had struggled in sin, could be redeemed so gloriously. There's a beautiful testimony in this.
I remember back in the 1980s. We had a youth leader who fell away from God and the church...and into an alternate lifestyle. He contracted AIDS--which back then was indeed a death sentence. He came back to God and the church. They not only forgave him publically--they restored him to leadership over the youth. That was 20 years ago, and the story still sitrs my faith. :-)
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -- Lord Acton
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11-13-2007, 06:37 PM
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Is there any chance that sharing this information could lead to being ostracized by the other members at Church? If so, I would caution against sharing this information.
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Jesus said, "The first in importance is, love the Lord God.' And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these." Cry Heaven and let loose the Penguins of Peace
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11-13-2007, 09:08 PM
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As Long As I Am Here......It Doesn't Matter Where Here Is..... No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.....Croft M. Pentz One day for Church....6 Days for fun....Odds on going to Heaven....6-1
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11-13-2007, 09:11 PM
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Follow your doctors advice to the letter and the virus may just stay dormant and even if it does progress there is still plenty of things you and your Dr. can do....So, 10 years? no way! The Lord will bless you....have faith. In regards to talking to your Bishop....if it will make you feel better to know he knows then do it. You have nothing to be ashamed about....would you be ashamed to talk to your Bishop if you had some kind of Cancer? Be strong, have faith and fight hard...the Lord WILL bless you. Godspeed.....
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