I love your practical and spiritual theology. You work to avoid the pitfalls of simple answers:
---You don't practice mere "power of positive thinking" because you share the realities of personal pain
---But you also don't remain in the pain alone, you join that reality (of pain) with the other reality of God's goodness, love, and power.
You hold suffering and God's love in the one hand of Hope.
You also freely admit our sin (against God and others) AND you remind of of sins others commit commit against us. (Too many people want to ignore "sin" altogether.)
And you close with the mystery of God: "There is always more" about God that we do not know. Yet!
Thanks, Sam! And I love your encouragement that delineates what I’m doing right. All born out of much wrestling with God over the last fifty years. God has produced good fruit from those battles. And it’s satisfying to share the fruit with others. Blessings on your worship today.
Hi Karen,
I love your practical and spiritual theology. You work to avoid the pitfalls of simple answers:
---You don't practice mere "power of positive thinking" because you share the realities of personal pain
---But you also don't remain in the pain alone, you join that reality (of pain) with the other reality of God's goodness, love, and power.
You hold suffering and God's love in the one hand of Hope.
You also freely admit our sin (against God and others) AND you remind of of sins others commit commit against us. (Too many people want to ignore "sin" altogether.)
And you close with the mystery of God: "There is always more" about God that we do not know. Yet!
Sam
Thanks, Sam! And I love your encouragement that delineates what I’m doing right. All born out of much wrestling with God over the last fifty years. God has produced good fruit from those battles. And it’s satisfying to share the fruit with others. Blessings on your worship today.