tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post7763209781841500582..comments2024-02-14T23:28:11.026-08:00Comments on FORGOTTEN PROPHETS: A ViewJack Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599425185005999225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-6677103332201939762008-09-19T17:44:00.000-07:002008-09-19T17:44:00.000-07:00No worries. Thanks for the effort. I really must...No worries. Thanks for the effort. I really must be more careful. I only survive because I'm so crafty. :-)<BR/><BR/>JJack Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599425185005999225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-70092026598346000712008-09-19T04:47:00.000-07:002008-09-19T04:47:00.000-07:00I'm afraid in the process of trying to honor your ...I'm afraid in the process of trying to honor your follow up request on your comment, I inadvertently eliminated it.<BR/><BR/>Key word here is inadvertently.<BR/><BR/>Sorry. Try again?Ms.Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183086089026772805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-22235081133834914832008-09-19T02:35:00.000-07:002008-09-19T02:35:00.000-07:00Left a comment.Left a comment.Jack Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599425185005999225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-10115402540116795502008-09-18T20:39:00.000-07:002008-09-18T20:39:00.000-07:00Again, your post was very though provoking. It in...Again, your post was very though provoking. It inspired me to write this.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://noblather.blogspot.com/2008/09/do-i-love-god.html" REL="nofollow">Do I Love God?</A><BR/><BR/>It would please me if you would read it.Ms.Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183086089026772805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-75275678249278455272008-09-18T19:25:00.000-07:002008-09-18T19:25:00.000-07:00I'm more apt to drop the mask here than anywhere. ...I'm more apt to drop the mask here than anywhere. Well, not mask. Maybe come out from the shadows more. So, no, I didn't think about it going in. I'm not a *jump into the deep end* guy. But sometimes you find yourself in deep water. Spirituality, too. <BR/><BR/>We're lucky, though. I can't think of anyplace it says we'd *better* love God. Commandments are something different. Our is a religion founded on disobedience. God gets that. Sometimes even our spirit is unwilling, let alone our flesh. We can leave the perfection to God, though. There's only one thing we MUST do.Jack Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599425185005999225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-3595554628996621902008-09-18T18:40:00.000-07:002008-09-18T18:40:00.000-07:00Jack, I've been a Christian for 9 nine years. I've...Jack, I've been a Christian for 9 nine years. I've thoroughly enjoyed getting to know God through His Word and through His people. But I often have the sneaking suspicion that though His Word has become very intimate to me, I don't know that I really love Him. I'm intimate with Him, but I don't think that I really love Him. Does that make sense? I want to, but I don't know if I'm capable of loving God. It seems like a huge mismatch. This was a very thought provoking post. One of your best in my opinion. Bet you didn't think about that going into it.<BR/><BR/>I told my husband recently that I didn't think I loved God. His mouth dropped. I ask him if he loved God, and he said emphatically YES!!! So maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm not capable of loving God. The great part about it though is that He loves me anyway whether I reciprocate or not. Come to think of it...that's enough to make me want to love Him even if I can't.Ms.Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183086089026772805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-11284051871739672272008-09-18T14:38:00.000-07:002008-09-18T14:38:00.000-07:00We have to be complete people. For all our isolat...We have to be complete people. For all our isolation, we must be honest. <BR/><BR/>The only posts I delete are those that may be unfair. Fairness, again. It's not a law of nature or of God. Why does it seem so important?Jack Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599425185005999225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936712.post-27438340732365610652008-09-18T14:23:00.000-07:002008-09-18T14:23:00.000-07:00"Being a father was the thing I did best. Now it's..."Being a father was the thing I did best. Now it's done."<BR/><BR/>Why? It doesn't have to be so. You could be a father again, as you're certainly healthy enough to go through that again, no? Meet the right girl...etc.<BR/><BR/>There's foster care and adoption but maybe that opens old wounds.<BR/><BR/>For that matter, don't you think we are a little like your children in some small way?<BR/>We may be children who are smartasses that talk back and give you grief (and joy), but isn't that like the real thing. :)<BR/><BR/>You should probably delete this post after some time...I don't like taking away from your work. I try to find a balance in giving you some small ounce of support without distracting other readers with my nonsense. But your last paragraph was just heartbreaking. I have asked myself similiar questions. I even find myself praying that I would love God. Can He help us do that? I hope we can without having to go through the anguish that C.S. Lewis spoke of when he said "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com