Comments on Decompressing Faith: Promise of a New Day IV

PW - Thinking is good... :)

2009-05-07T06:53:00.000-07:00

PW - Thinking is good... :)

hmm...you've got me thinking...

2009-05-06T16:47:00.000-07:00

hmm...you've got me thinking...

I agree with you Ruth. Seeing the life-giving in o...

2009-05-01T06:43:00.000-07:00

I agree with you Ruth. Seeing the life-giving in other people is the best gauge...especially when we so often tend to label people before we really know them.

I'm training for the "Mother of all Relays"

The label thing and who I identify with has defini...

2009-04-29T20:49:00.000-07:00

The label thing and who I identify with has definitely played a big part in my psyche over the years. However, I think that these days I lean more towards finding my own identity and recognizing fruit in myself and others as a gage.

What are you training for Erin? Sounds like you are working hard.

You know Gary...it's funny, but when I write less ...

2009-04-28T21:09:00.000-07:00

You know Gary...it's funny, but when I write less often, I get less traffic. And things do get quiet around here. :)

Thanks for popping in, nonetheless.

Hi Robert. Choosing to love moment to moment is so...

2009-04-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Robert. Choosing to love moment to moment is something I'm trying to be conscious of. There is good, and therefore God in almost anyone if we take the time to look. When we do, we can avoid mislabeling others.

Sue - Yes, overdependent on other for our identity...

2009-04-28T21:05:00.000-07:00

Sue - Yes, overdependent on other for our identity. I dealt with this for 15 years...at least. No one likes being misjudged, but like you said, freedom is being able to deal with it.

Well said.

It's really gotten quiet. I was... wait, did you h...

2009-04-28T20:57:00.000-07:00

It's really gotten quiet. I was... wait, did you hear that?

"plink"

English subtitles for
the hearing impaired:

(sound of pin dropping)

Good stuff erin as per usual :) I think getting do...

2009-04-27T01:56:00.000-07:00

Good stuff erin as per usual :) I think getting down to the root wanting to love and finding how often we struggle to love is a huge thing in itself. I find it very ironic Jesus declared that He came with a new commandment- *love one another* Humanity existed for how long before His public appearance and He says loving eacxh other is new?? Adam and eve, cain and abel show we have had a hard time loving from the very beginning.Your post just stirred my thinking along these lines, how we can cut to the chase and just choose to love moment by moment??? I think grace and forgiveness are closely related in Gods character just because He knows all too well how badly we need both, messed up humans that we are. Thanks for sharing your continued steps along the way.

Extra energy, having to be disciplined to sit down...

2009-04-26T17:33:00.000-07:00

Extra energy, having to be disciplined to sit down to write because you've got so much energy?

Oh, wow, that's fantastic :) I really need to get out and exercise more. It's so difficult to get going.

I guess it doesn't really matter what label we have, people are going to judge and categorise and box if they can't be bothered getting to know us. It's a hard one to cope with (especially in our world, where there seems to be so many people who are overdependent on the opinions of others for their own identity, and I include myself in some instances in that summation).

True freedom is being able to be misjudged without it fluffing your feathers too much, huh.