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Comment on Cup of Confidence is Good by sblumer

sblumer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:29:16 +0000

Thanks Cory! I think that’s definitely a cup you drink every day!

Comment on Cup of Confidence is Good by cory

cory — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:40:34 +0000

Amen Steve. Drink that cup every day.

Comment on Who Knows Us Better Than We Do? by sblumer

sblumer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:57:57 +0000

so true Tim. It’s very hard for us to admit that we need advice, even when we do know it.

Comment on Who Knows Us Better Than We Do? by Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:26:32 +0000

Very well said. If only only we would listen to that advice, but then we would have to accept that we don't know better.

Comment on I Had a Heart-Attack But I’m Okay by sblumer

sblumer — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:45:46 +0000

Thank you Steve! You've always been a cheering section to me and many other people. Don't under-estimate the power you have in doing so.

Comment on I Had a Heart-Attack But I’m Okay by steveharrison

steveharrison — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:15:41 +0000

Strong word. Good for me to hear Steve. I appreciate you. Blessings to you & your family in 2012. I pray God’s continued favor will astound you this year. Blessings friend!

Comment on Accountability Makes Me Feel Bad by sblumer

sblumer — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:36:34 +0000

Thanks for the comment Pattie. Glad to hear you are doing well. Glad to hear that my writings help other people figure out life and God in this life. Let me know if you'd be interested in me blogging about anything in particular. I like a good challenge.

Comment on Accountability Makes Me Feel Bad by Pattie Behl

Pattie Behl — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:41:31 +0000

This is soo true, it was like The Lord put you in my thoughts and prayers. I have a friend who had a fight with his best friend from childhood, A verbal discuusion of right and wrong, which he was just being himself and laying it down and may have gone overboard, since is new to faith. He has accepted that he made a mistake, has shown accountability and remorse, but she refuses to forgive him or let him back in her life, and says she is thinkging about it. To witness does not always have the effect we want, but it tells someone how you believe and how they can also have that sense of never being alone, but also being accountable and it's multiple meanings. Repentense, remorse, guilt, sadness can go with accountabilty, so I am going to share this post in hopes that it will lift his spirits and let him know the multiple meanings can be. I always love to read your posts, and enjoy them so, and thank you for friending me. I have told Tina how much I enjoy them.

Comment on Giving God the Benefit of the Doubt by sblumer

sblumer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:11:34 +0000

most excellent reply and finish to the truth. I hadn't connected those dots in my mind. That's a sermon that will preach!

Comment on Giving God the Benefit of the Doubt by outnumberedby5

outnumberedby5 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:21:54 +0000

Gosh, i really like this commentary. i was sitting at a 9/11 remembrance on Sunday and the convocation inspired me to drift to a place i had never gone before. A while back when i was considering the value of knowing it hadn't occurred to me that Jesus himself didn't know many key things. He didn't know the hour of his second coming, he didn't know who touched his cloak, he even professed to not know much of anything unless the Father had told him. At the end of his life there was even a great deal of uncertainty regarding the whole plan of salvation.

So we most certainly do have a Savior who is familiar with our suffering; the anxiety of ignorance and specter of the unknowable. i believe this is the lesson of Job which you've so aptly pointed out: purpose is not solved by knowledge and faith is the answer to uncertainty.