Thank you so much for these thoughts. Church is family and sometimes family disagree. I like that you stand behind family. I'm often very disturbed by those who walk away from church and throw stones back at it. Thank you for your positives on disagreement. May the Lord bless your family in this new walk.
Always sooo good to read the words and thoughts of your mind, and, yes, your words are quite true, Jennifer.
Unity, as I believe many of us envision it, is about working to get others to think and act alike with us. The truth of my experiences has revealed to me that there is a much greater dynamic and liveliness to be enjoyed, both in the persons and the disagreements between them. Here' one example.
I've often wondered about the LORD God watching as Eve contemplated eating the forbidden fruit. Then she offered the fruit to Adam. Will he take it and eat with her and stay with her or will he reject the fruit which his wife offered him?
I believe (ALERT: huge, wide open door for disagreement here!) it pleased the LORD God when Adam made his choice to stay in company and fellowship with his wife whom the LORD God had given him. It pleased the LORD God, not that they sinned, a matter which he was quite well prepared and willing to handle for Adam and Eve and all the children who would come from them. For Adam to have abandoned Eve would have been a heartbreak for her to be alone, and an even bigger heartbreak for the LORD God.
I am often amazed and chalenged by what you write but this just hit the spot. The balance Jesus had and we are invited to live- loving the man but hating the sin- is jjst what I have been thinking about lately. You put it so well- there are some tables to flip and some to sit at! Thank you for this chalenge
The apostle Paul said that some circumstances demand that we not sit at the table with someone (1 Corinthians 5).
Thank you so much for these thoughts. Church is family and sometimes family disagree. I like that you stand behind family. I'm often very disturbed by those who walk away from church and throw stones back at it. Thank you for your positives on disagreement. May the Lord bless your family in this new walk.
Always sooo good to read the words and thoughts of your mind, and, yes, your words are quite true, Jennifer.
Unity, as I believe many of us envision it, is about working to get others to think and act alike with us. The truth of my experiences has revealed to me that there is a much greater dynamic and liveliness to be enjoyed, both in the persons and the disagreements between them. Here' one example.
I've often wondered about the LORD God watching as Eve contemplated eating the forbidden fruit. Then she offered the fruit to Adam. Will he take it and eat with her and stay with her or will he reject the fruit which his wife offered him?
I believe (ALERT: huge, wide open door for disagreement here!) it pleased the LORD God when Adam made his choice to stay in company and fellowship with his wife whom the LORD God had given him. It pleased the LORD God, not that they sinned, a matter which he was quite well prepared and willing to handle for Adam and Eve and all the children who would come from them. For Adam to have abandoned Eve would have been a heartbreak for her to be alone, and an even bigger heartbreak for the LORD God.
I am often amazed and chalenged by what you write but this just hit the spot. The balance Jesus had and we are invited to live- loving the man but hating the sin- is jjst what I have been thinking about lately. You put it so well- there are some tables to flip and some to sit at! Thank you for this chalenge