tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718959.post5619614022159714026..comments2023-07-17T10:12:19.076-05:00Comments on God is good: Beginning with God 6, my answersLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308801368752261658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718959.post-18250034057136656082009-09-21T10:32:06.280-05:002009-09-21T10:32:06.280-05:00Agreed. I still remember when I discovered the pr...Agreed. I still remember when I discovered the prophets in the OT. I'd been immersed in the NT from early days and had read the history books in the OT, but somehow the prophets just skipped over me.<br /><br />The passion of this God for his people -- the weeping bridegroom -- the estranged husband -- the adoptive father. How did I miss this God?<br /><br />We're very good at talking about the reconciliation that Jesus provided, but somehow I missed out on whom I was being reconciled to. <br /><br />It all begins with knowing God and knowing his great love.lisa bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536003464536361540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718959.post-10316864722529337672009-09-20T19:52:14.135-05:002009-09-20T19:52:14.135-05:00I think we may make this harder than it needs to b...I think we may make this harder than it needs to be. When you think of a person who is holy, and who has shown they love you greatly, who has accepted you knowing your sin, the natural response is to want to love them back and honor their way of life.<br /><br />I think of the bishop and Jean Valjean.<br /><br />I think of Jeff, my spiritual director.<br /><br />I think of Father Stevens.<br /><br />When I think of them, I want very much to live righteously.<br /><br />God is like that person times a million. I'm concerned that a lot of Christians don't really know Him very well at all as a person, not just an idea.<br /><br />I'm really glad you're reading and writing these things and sorry my life has been such that I haven't been very regular in reading. Maybe that will change now that the majority of our kitchen work is done.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.com