Comments on: He Is With You! http://thegodjourney.com/2009/05/01/he-is-with-you/ An ever expanding conversation of those thinking outside the box of organized religion. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Alan Gray http://thegodjourney.com/2009/05/01/he-is-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-9711 Alan Gray Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:32:14 +0000 http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/?p=392#comment-9711 Thanks for this guys. My wife Alyson and I are still somewhat adrift and feeling lost outside the church organization. There are other losses occuring simultaneously in our lives so we listened to this podcast today to have some sense of connection with our Sunday morning ritual of 50+ years. As Fester Koots would say: "preciate it" Alan Thanks for this guys. My wife Alyson and I are still somewhat adrift and feeling lost outside the church organization. There are other losses occuring simultaneously in our lives so we listened to this podcast today to have some sense of connection with our Sunday morning ritual of 50+ years.

As Fester Koots would say: “preciate it”

Alan

]]> By: Michael Creel http://thegodjourney.com/2009/05/01/he-is-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-8617 Michael Creel Sun, 17 May 2009 01:18:03 +0000 http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/?p=392#comment-8617 Dear Wayne & Brad, Thank you for your comments concerning some of the flak you received about Danny Silk's book. I loved what you guys said about "test everything and hold fast to that which is good" & "eat the meat, spit out the bones" in regards to dealing with brothers and sisters who are operating in a slightly different paradigm that we may not understand or totally agree with. As I like to paraphrase "The Shack"; It's about loving people without agend, regardless whether they are "in box, out of box . . . in system,. out of system . . . pro-revival . . . what ever". I would add that it's about being perfected in Love, which may be paraphrased as "Living Loved & Loving others" . . . None of us have got the complete picture nor are any of our "pet doctrines" (time for some sacred-cow tipping!) spot-on other. It's about walking in Love & Grace. So thank you both for your gracious response! Dear Wayne & Brad,
Thank you for your comments concerning some of the flak you received about Danny Silk’s book.
I loved what you guys said about “test everything and hold fast to that which is good” & “eat the meat, spit out the bones” in regards to dealing with brothers and sisters who are operating in a slightly different paradigm that we may not understand or totally agree with. As I like to paraphrase “The Shack”; It’s about loving people without agend, regardless whether they are “in box, out of box . . . in system,. out of system . . . pro-revival . . . what ever”. I would add that it’s about being perfected in Love, which may be paraphrased as “Living Loved & Loving others” . . .
None of us have got the complete picture nor are any of our “pet doctrines” (time for some sacred-cow tipping!) spot-on other. It’s about walking in Love & Grace. So thank you both for your gracious response!

]]> By: Pat http://thegodjourney.com/2009/05/01/he-is-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-8605 Pat Sun, 03 May 2009 12:36:14 +0000 http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/?p=392#comment-8605 Re: Wanting to be like him: reminds me of a scripture I ran across this week and it jumped off the pages to me. I was so surprised I had not registered this one before: Luke 6:35 & 36 KJV: But love ye your enimies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shalll be great, and ye shall be the children of the HIghest: FOR HE IS KIND UNTO THE UNTHANKFUL AND TO THE EVIL (my emphasis); Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." In my religious days, I probably thought those unthankful/evil people were those ones "out there" who weren't as perfect as me. Now I understand I have occassionally been in that "unthankful" and "evil" category, and good news, God has been kind to me anyway. So it's very comforting to experience God's kindness and mercy. And with that, it's natural to desire to be like him in extending that mercy and to others. Re: Wanting to be like him: reminds me of a scripture I ran across this week and it jumped off the pages to me. I was so surprised I had not registered this one before: Luke 6:35 & 36 KJV: But love ye your enimies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shalll be great, and ye shall be the children of the HIghest: FOR HE IS KIND UNTO THE UNTHANKFUL AND TO THE EVIL (my emphasis); Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.”

In my religious days, I probably thought those unthankful/evil people were those ones “out there” who weren’t as perfect as me. Now I understand I have occassionally been in that “unthankful” and “evil” category, and good news, God has been kind to me anyway. So it’s very comforting to experience God’s kindness and mercy. And with that, it’s natural to desire to be like him in extending that mercy and to others.

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