tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214825.post482809906017841805..comments2023-10-12T04:44:01.547-05:00Comments on Save The Phillips: SpectacularPhillips Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14477867770142061901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214825.post-60165963330926642852009-04-29T07:05:00.000-05:002009-04-29T07:05:00.000-05:00I, too, am going to attempt to be "real" in my res...I, too, am going to attempt to be "real" in my response to your blog. Thanks for the invitation, Kelly. <br /><br />I had to take a day and really think about what I wanted to say because your post brought so many thoughts and emotions to the surface. I don't understand prayer and I don't understand God and I'm not naive enough to think I'm supposed to! On my good days I think prayer is a tool to bring us closer to God and on my bad days I think prayer doesn't do anything at all. I'm struggling right now with where I fit into God's recocilliation with the world. His "plan." Am I merely a pawn and what I say and do and think and feel doesn't really matter because God is not concerned with my worries and trivitalities but with a much larger picture? Are the "bad" things just going to happen and my mettle as a Christian based not on what happens to me, but what I choose to do with that? Is our God a God of "letting things happen" and we are here to glorify Him regardless? Does God really have a plan for us or are we just tossed along with whatever big picture He has in mind? <br /><br />When you get some answers, we'd love you share them with us! :) In the meantime, I guess we just duck our head and move on and hope that a little light will be shed on the subject sooner rather than later.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728752951347441758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214825.post-1747914365226224292009-04-29T06:49:00.000-05:002009-04-29T06:49:00.000-05:00Making peace with the unknown... Now I think that ...Making peace with the unknown... Now I think that is profound. God is amazing. There is so much that is unknown. We must just have faith and endure :) Thanks for sharing all your thoughts. They are "spectaculor!"Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260015523855928701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214825.post-51071845019030246302009-04-28T22:45:00.000-05:002009-04-28T22:45:00.000-05:00Great post~ amen! Preach it.Great post~ amen! Preach it.The Speck familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005106192093505614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214825.post-26273853605306205012009-04-28T18:12:00.000-05:002009-04-28T18:12:00.000-05:00Love this part of your comment, Kelly:
I just do...Love this part of your comment, Kelly:<br /><br /> I just don't think it's my job to understand exactly the ins, outs, or whys of it.<br /><br />Amen! I don't think we have the capacity to understand it all and feel frustrated when people attempt to do so by throwing out blanket statements.Phillips Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477867770142061901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214825.post-75284945535791131292009-04-28T16:38:00.000-05:002009-04-28T16:38:00.000-05:00Great post. Wasn't the Esther study great...or sp...Great post. Wasn't the Esther study great...or spectacular? :) I really enjoyed it as well.<br /><br />I'm going to be brave and share my real thoughts. (am also prayng for grace here) <br /><br />In recent years, I have struggled big time with the common Christian phrases of "it's God's will" and "God just knew I needed (whatever)."<br /><br />It may be a small bit of cynic in me, but I find in the context of those conversations a lot of convenience of the person's desire and God's will overlapping.<br /><br />I believe 100% in the soverignty of our Lord and am in complete awe of it. I just don't think it's my job to understand exactly the ins, outs, or whys of it.<br /><br />At the same time, for my personal story, it seems as if the Lord had His hand on some special people helping to guide me to learn about Him. <br /><br />Does that contradict what I said before? I don't know. It's hard stuff to figure out. To make peace with the unknown, I just pray that the Holy Spirit would guide me, and that I will listen to be used and show His love in all that I do.<br /><br />Wow, nothing like some good, hearty spiritual discussion during nap time! :)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987958098391604146noreply@blogger.com