tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post6347958629706502490..comments2023-04-27T10:25:08.687+01:00Comments on Seek Ye First: Perfection - Part 3Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733972779449071262noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-27569908427941828652009-01-15T15:36:00.000+00:002009-01-15T15:36:00.000+00:00Ditto. If you blog it, it gaves the game away. I...Ditto. If you blog it, it gaves the game away. I think it needs to be a new experience and one you have to do yourself.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264704216611455712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-20149548197886672152009-01-12T16:32:00.000+00:002009-01-12T16:32:00.000+00:00I think that I didn't want to spoil it for anyone,...I think that I didn't want to spoil it for anyone, so have kept schtum, other than just being a walking, talking ad for it!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974327894502196829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-86443036352049948052009-01-12T01:19:00.000+00:002009-01-12T01:19:00.000+00:00In all honesty - I am very surprised nobody has bl...In all honesty - I am very surprised nobody has blogged about it yet the amount I am hearing about it! I have been reading it during my lunch-breaks so haven't been getting all emotional about it - my desk is not the time or place for that. I have a feeling I am going to have to start reading it at home though. I had a wobbly chin moment the other day with it!Kirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418342486142087161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-3437893961539660092009-01-11T22:48:00.000+00:002009-01-11T22:48:00.000+00:00I almost stopped it got so heart-wrenching, but, I...I almost stopped it got so heart-wrenching, but, I picked it up again a couple of hours later and I think part of getting through that part is part of the point of the book. <BR/><BR/>It will be worth it! <BR/><BR/>I was explaining it to my brother-in-law's parents today, and I just ranted for SO long! I must have looked very silly!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264704216611455712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-49331411909771859142009-01-11T21:25:00.000+00:002009-01-11T21:25:00.000+00:00Yep. I have. Its quite sad so far. I am finding it...Yep. I have. Its quite sad so far. I am finding it very very easy to read though. It is engrossing. I have a feeling its about to get even more interesting though!Kirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418342486142087161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-43786925945525956032009-01-10T23:10:00.000+00:002009-01-10T23:10:00.000+00:00HAve you started reading it yet? Liz xHAve you started reading it yet? Liz xLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974327894502196829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-61706882180809301172009-01-05T08:54:00.000+00:002009-01-05T08:54:00.000+00:00Good to have you back Kirsty! And as deep, persona...Good to have you back Kirsty! And as deep, personal and profound as ever.<BR/>Like Liz says, it is because we believe and have hope despite the rubbish that our faith works.<BR/>Hang in there, remembering you in our prayers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-47547982668142719852009-01-03T13:55:00.000+00:002009-01-03T13:55:00.000+00:00I got it for Christmas!!!I got it for Christmas!!!Kirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418342486142087161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-58119535284097895122009-01-03T07:39:00.000+00:002009-01-03T07:39:00.000+00:00Read The Shack Kirsty! I have fallen in love with ...Read The Shack Kirsty! I have fallen in love with Jesus...again....during my reading of it!!!!!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974327894502196829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-2390353980616067512009-01-03T00:09:00.000+00:002009-01-03T00:09:00.000+00:00Liz, thanks, I loved your comment - it was very ap...Liz, thanks, I loved your comment - it was very apt. You said <B><I>"You are saying, ' In spite of the rubbish,I still believe and still want to try and work this stuff our and still KNOW at the end of it all that one day I will see face to face.'"</I></B><BR/>I agree with this. It is something I have been thinking about a lot at the moment. In spite of the rubbish, I do still believe and want to work this stuff out. In fact, the rubbish is giving me a much fuller understanding of the grace of God than I have ever had before, and to be honest, it is blowing me away a bit.<BR/><BR/>It's hard for a non-Christian to understand that though. I explained to him that I didn't become a Christian in order to try to have a better life on earth. I don't think being a Christian saves anyone from hurt or pain or sadness. I don't believe because it 'works' for me, I believe because I believe. I just do. Its hard for him to see that though, and I guess that is mainly because he sees it as an added extra to life like you said. Hmm. Very interesting.<BR/><BR/>Anomynous - no problem. I felt quite courageous when I pressed the 'publish' button! And whilst I find reading about the garden of gethsemane very painful (I get emotional on Jesus' behalf!) I also love it because it shows how human Jesus was. To be honest, I just think that makes him even more incredible - that he felt so incredible awful about it and yet still went through it. Wow! What a guy!!!!Kirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418342486142087161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-42594430292123794552009-01-02T22:18:00.000+00:002009-01-02T22:18:00.000+00:00The Word became flesh and lived among us. He did ...The Word became flesh and lived among us. He did not come to judge us, but to give us a real example to follow. Even Jesus got properly angry, and had times when He wondered if things were going right (the Garden of Gethsemane).<BR/><BR/>Thanks for blogging about something thats been really bugging me, and I've not had the courage to talk about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751080.post-32417189667320053712009-01-02T08:44:00.000+00:002009-01-02T08:44:00.000+00:00I'd like to pick up on what the 'Non Christian' sa...I'd like to pick up on what the 'Non Christian' said....your faith is not working for you....Isn't it funny how faith is percieved as a 'thing', something akin to a mobile phone for example. When you have no signal on your phone, it's not working for you, when you life is in a heap as a Christian, your faith is not working for you.<BR/><BR/>I am putting a thought together here that says some thing like this:<BR/>Our personal faith in God should surely be so integral to us that it becomes part of who WE are as opposed to a thing we carry with us and maybe that's a bit of the issue with people not wanting to come to church - they see the 'add ons' ( faith, membership, commitment maybe) as extra burdens rather than ....um....internal helium balloons that are an outcome of having a realtionship with God.<BR/><BR/>When it appears that our faithis not working for us, because of all the rubbish, surely that's the time when it is, because you are not suddenly denying all God has done for you because of the rubbish. You are saying, ' In spite of the rubbish,I still believe and still want to try and work this stuff our and still KNOW at the end of it all that one day I will see face to face.<BR/><BR/>Be assured that Grace carries weight, is taller than etc in all the ways of measuring up when it comes to actually measuring up. xLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974327894502196829noreply@blogger.com