tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post8848625846243374058..comments2023-05-28T07:55:08.896-05:00Comments on Be About Your Fathers Business: Kindness Vs EnvySherri Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14881063773709539588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-70776670277262874442009-04-27T17:04:00.000-05:002009-04-27T17:04:00.000-05:00Thanks everyone for your comments.
Bob,
I under...Thanks everyone for your comments.<br /><br />Bob, <br /><br />I understand some of where you are coming from but I believe the major point to God is not whether we live up to his ideals but that we put our faith where it belongs. The jewish law was given to prove that we could not live up to the ideals that were expected from God. Which is exactly why we needed a savior in the first place. We will never completely live up to the ideals recommended by Christ but we must try to live as much of a surrendered life as possible. Failing often of course, but God expects that because of our human condition. We are not going to live perfect this side of heaven but we can certainly live each day trying to do as He would direct without feeling condemned when we fail. As it says in Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. <br /><br />God Bless You and thanks for the comment!Sherri Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881063773709539588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-27512220469197313282009-04-27T16:09:00.000-05:002009-04-27T16:09:00.000-05:00Great lesson - simple to learn, but a lifetime to ...Great lesson - simple to learn, but a lifetime to master. It's so often that I want to forego kindness in order to indulge my own feelings of jealousy against another person. We are so quick to compare ourselves to people who have it better than we do, and not people who don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-78690009000035522312009-04-24T22:03:00.000-05:002009-04-24T22:03:00.000-05:00Hi! Sherri,
Tomorrow, i'm speaking at my Church a...Hi! Sherri,<br /><br />Tomorrow, i'm speaking at my Church about 'the fathers business' and the implication of this, your website name has been most helpful.After reading your 'blog name' a few times it occured to me that this is a great ideal, but at the same time hard to live out longterm, now this is not a criticism of your site, but more a passing observation. Our language is still steeped in modernity and dualism, we have a tendency to catergorize things, eg: spiritual, non- spiritual, and even worse; saved, non-saved, etc, i'm sure you are familiar with this thinking. <br /><br />So whats my point? My point it this; Hebrew spirituality(lets face it he was a jew)sees things differently, rather than hellinstic thinking, where things are viewed in 'black and white' absolutes, Judiasm sees life as a compleat picture a 'whole' now I think( and i could be wrong here) that God is much bigger than a single page ideal, what happens if we dont live up to this ideal? have we now failed? and is God limited to me living or failing to live out this ideal? I find these ideals almost impossible to live out in the longterm.Hebrew spirituality has its focus almost exclusively on what is possible from Gods perspective. <br /><br />its not dependend on my 'surrendering fully to Christ' and how do we know when we have 'fully' surrendered? is there someway of measuring it? A wholistic view (unfortunatly the new age have taken this word hostage!)is not concerned with measuring things, its sees Christ as the centre, this is called 'centered set' things that can only be measured are 'bounded set' Sherri, this in no way is a criticism of you, or your website, but an observation, please feel free to respond.You have a great website, truth be told, i'm a little envious, its my prayer that you may continue to do amazing things. <br /><br />Finally, holistic thinking has its emphasis more on that of direction; eg: is my life drawn to the centre or away from it? this in real terms, is much harder to measure, and it also takes the pressure of me, to live up to difficult ideals.<br /><br />Ps: I live in Australia, i will be a regular to your site, keep up the great work, Godbless you and you family.<br /><br />Kind Regards Bob Garbett.www.viewfromaroom.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-25551817475010098632009-04-24T17:48:00.000-05:002009-04-24T17:48:00.000-05:00Very good article. We can't teach enough about env...Very good article. We can't teach enough about envy ... it is one of the truly insidious and destructive manifestations of evil. It was for envy that evil men killed Jesus. This is one thing we need to always search to identify in our hearts.<br /><br />I linked here from another site. You write good stuff.Warren Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956713921509659993noreply@blogger.com