Comments on: Let There be Light… and Darkness http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/ with Mart De Haan and Friends Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: poohpity http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10744 poohpity Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:49:56 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10744 Fluer, That was my favorite dog's name. It was a two year old's rendition of poor pretty thing, pooh pity sing was what she said. I use it because you have to find a name not already used and nobody uses it, lol. I wonder why, lol. Love Deborah Fluer,

That was my favorite dog’s name. It was a two year old’s rendition of poor pretty thing, pooh pity sing was what she said. I use it because you have to find a name not already used and nobody uses it, lol. I wonder why, lol.

Love Deborah

]]> By: fluer http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10741 fluer Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:35:32 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10741 Happy Veterans Day :) :( I feel like it is a day filled with many different emotions at once such as elation, gratitude ,happiness, joy, and deep sorrow. May the fallen be enjoying God's amazing presence in heaven, and may the living seek and feel God's healing touch and abundant grace. Hisgirl4life- when u write i feel such a warm flow of God's love and amazing grace. Thank u for your warmth and compassion. Poohpity-(where did u get that name from? Lol!) Seriously though, thank u sweet friend. It's such a powerful thing when we walk in God's 2nd commandment,I felt our Father through your words.Thank u. Daisymarygoldr- I love you too! Ha. Thanks sister. Xavier-Appreciate your input when I see your posts. Would love to hear more from ya! Bob and Steve- Your manship is precious.It is nice to see 2 God fearing men :) Happy Veterans Day :) :(
I feel like it is a day filled with many different emotions at once such as elation, gratitude ,happiness, joy, and deep sorrow. May the fallen be enjoying God’s amazing presence in heaven, and may the living seek and feel God’s healing touch and abundant grace.

Hisgirl4life- when u write i feel such a warm flow of God’s love and amazing grace. Thank u for your warmth and compassion.

Poohpity-(where did u get that name from? Lol!) Seriously though, thank u sweet friend. It’s such a powerful thing when we walk in God’s 2nd commandment,I felt our Father through your words.Thank u.

Daisymarygoldr- I love you too! Ha. Thanks sister.

Xavier-Appreciate your input when I see your posts. Would love to hear more from ya!

Bob and Steve- Your manship is precious.It is nice to see 2 God fearing men :)

]]> By: pegramsdell http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10740 pegramsdell Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:01:35 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10740 DMG, you are welcome. Glad I could help you out. Have a great day. Also....printed a copy of the history of "Taps". The story and the song. Very interesting reading. I read it to a few of our veterans here at work, and it brought tears to my eyes. I am so very thankful for all the veterans for their sacrifice and service. :) DMG, you are welcome. Glad I could help you out. Have a great day.

Also….printed a copy of the history of “Taps”. The story and the song. Very interesting reading. I read it to a few of our veterans here at work, and it brought tears to my eyes. I am so very thankful for all the veterans for their sacrifice and service. :)

]]> By: Elisha http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10737 Elisha Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:43:53 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10737 Oh, Fluer I’m so glad you didn’t feel judged. I wanted to let you know that, but I couldn’t come up with a sentence to describe it. From my own personal experience, we all sin, but that’s when we forget God’s love and doubt his power. It’s when we grow sleepy (not physically but spiritually) so we should watch and pray(Matthew 26:41-42).Why do we love God, isn’t it because we know He loves us much more? His great love for us is our weapon when we are weak, remember His love, and remember that Jesus laid down His life for us. You won’t go against God’s will and make him sad as long as you remember His love. As for passages from Matthew which I mentioned, I think if tree is the man then what he does is the fruit of the tree. Since it’s a parable there are so many ways to look at it. Yes, it’s hard to continue in our faith when we see all the bad things happening around us. But that’s because we don’t look at the whole picture. We humans trend to concentrate more on negative side than the positive side. Yes, David, Peter and many other good people in the bible did something bad at a moment or another but look how many bad things they have avoided. Talking of David, in 1 Kings 1:1-5 it says that he didn’t repeat his sin. I guess remembering The Beatitudes in Matthew 5 will help us in our difficult times. ” Do not be afraid” is one of my favorite phrases too. Oh, Fluer I’m so glad you didn’t feel judged. I wanted to let you know that, but I couldn’t come up with a sentence to describe it. From my own personal experience, we all sin, but that’s when we forget God’s love and doubt his power. It’s when we grow sleepy (not physically but spiritually) so we should watch and pray(Matthew 26:41-42).Why do we love God, isn’t it because we know He loves us much more? His great love for us is our weapon when we are weak, remember His love, and remember that Jesus laid down His life for us. You won’t go against God’s will and make him sad as long as you remember His love.
As for passages from Matthew which I mentioned, I think if tree is the man then what he does is the fruit of the tree. Since it’s a parable there are so many ways to look at it.
Yes, it’s hard to continue in our faith when we see all the bad things happening around us. But that’s because we don’t look at the whole picture. We humans trend to concentrate more on negative side than the positive side. Yes, David, Peter and many other good people in the bible did something bad at a moment or another but look how many bad things they have avoided. Talking of David, in 1 Kings 1:1-5 it says that he didn’t repeat his sin.
I guess remembering The Beatitudes in Matthew 5 will help us in our difficult times.
” Do not be afraid” is one of my favorite phrases too.

]]> By: SFDBWV http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10736 SFDBWV Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:47:24 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10736 This morning is Veterans Day, I would like for everyone to remember the soldiers, sailors and airmen that sacrifice and witness the horrors they do on our behalfs. Also remember the public servants who stand in the gap for us, the police, the firemen, the people who do for us all so that we may sleep peacefully and in safety. This is a good group, you all do well in showing the face of Christ. Steve This morning is Veterans Day, I would like for everyone to remember the soldiers, sailors and airmen that sacrifice and witness the horrors they do on our behalfs.
Also remember the public servants who stand in the gap for us, the police, the firemen, the people who do for us all so that we may sleep peacefully and in safety.

This is a good group, you all do well in showing the face of Christ.

Steve

]]> By: Bob in Cornwall England http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10735 Bob in Cornwall England Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:04:25 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10735 Steve Just read all that has been happening! I am about to go for a long walk and will pray and lift This family to God. So much is happening to you at this time? May The Holy Spirit strengthen you and your family. God Bless You! :-) Bob Steve

Just read all that has been happening!

I am about to go for a long walk and will pray and lift This family to God.
So much is happening to you at this time?
May The Holy Spirit strengthen you and your family.
God Bless You! :-)

Bob

]]> By: SFDBWV http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10734 SFDBWV Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:48:52 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10734 The Reel family is overwhelmed and thankful for all of your compassion and prayers on their behalf. Thank you all Steve The Reel family is overwhelmed and thankful for all of your compassion and prayers on their behalf.

Thank you all

Steve

]]> By: daisymarygoldr http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10733 daisymarygoldr Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:15:11 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10733 fluer, This is my prayer for you that God’s light will shine through all of that heavy junk in your life and to lift up your spirit by the peace that is possible only in the fulfilling presence of Christ. Keep sharing your love…you are much loved in the Lord! Frank, God is so good and worthy to be praised. Jim is very much in our prayers… pegramsdell, it was actually your comment in the last blog that set me thinking about light vs. darkness. Thank you for Is 60! Hisgirl4life, you are right, we are called to have compassion! Just like the Good Samaritan. If we only had compassion and empathy to love our neighbors as ourselves… our neighbors namely: our parents, our siblings, our spouses, our children and our brothers and sisters in Christ… … then our families will not split but will stay strong, our unconditional love will not cause our marriages to break as we will not give up on our spouses to jump from one to the other, our mercy will not allow us to passively see our children being crushed to death in the claws of sex, alcohol, drugs and porn… our forgiving grace will prevent our churches to divide as we will not encourage bitterness against brothers and sisters who have hurt us. If we only walk in His light to love, then His light in us will surely overcome the darkest darkness existing right within our homes and church communities. Elisha, when I read your first comment on this page, it reminded me of the following verse: “Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky. Those who lead many others ‘to do what is right’ will be like the stars for ever and ever. (Dan 12:3 NIRV). Keep doing good…you are much loved in the Lord! “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven” (Matt 5:16) fluer, This is my prayer for you that God’s light will shine through all of that heavy junk in your life and to lift up your spirit by the peace that is possible only in the fulfilling presence of Christ. Keep sharing your love…you are much loved in the Lord!

Frank, God is so good and worthy to be praised. Jim is very much in our prayers…

pegramsdell, it was actually your comment in the last blog that set me thinking about light vs. darkness. Thank you for Is 60!

Hisgirl4life, you are right, we are called to have compassion! Just like the Good Samaritan. If we only had compassion and empathy to love our neighbors as ourselves… our neighbors namely: our parents, our siblings, our spouses, our children and our brothers and sisters in Christ…

… then our families will not split but will stay strong, our unconditional love will not cause our marriages to break as we will not give up on our spouses to jump from one to the other, our mercy will not allow us to passively see our children being crushed to death in the claws of sex, alcohol, drugs and porn… our forgiving grace will prevent our churches to divide as we will not encourage bitterness against brothers and sisters who have hurt us.

If we only walk in His light to love, then His light in us will surely overcome the darkest darkness existing right within our homes and church communities.

Elisha, when I read your first comment on this page, it reminded me of the following verse: “Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky. Those who lead many others ‘to do what is right’ will be like the stars for ever and ever. (Dan 12:3 NIRV). Keep doing good…you are much loved in the Lord!

“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven” (Matt 5:16)

]]> By: poohpity http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10732 poohpity Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:04:58 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10732 fluer, I am very sorry to learn of your struggles and trust me many of us are right there with you. Hopefully we can be an encouragement to you on your journey to understand how much you are loved and wanted here. I know that sometimes one may feel like everything is against them but those times really help our faith grow because the Lord wants to be your sole provider for all comfort and peace. I will ask Him to let you know without a doubt you are right there within His Love. fluer,

I am very sorry to learn of your struggles and trust me many of us are right there with you. Hopefully we can be an encouragement to you on your journey to understand how much you are loved and wanted here. I know that sometimes one may feel like everything is against them but those times really help our faith grow because the Lord wants to be your sole provider for all comfort and peace. I will ask Him to let you know without a doubt you are right there within His Love.

]]> By: Hisgirl4life http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/11/07/let-there-be-light-and-darkness/#comment-10731 Hisgirl4life Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:50:46 +0000 http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=7485#comment-10731 Fluer, it is in the valleys of life you hear about each day, (our darkest times) that God stretches our faith, grows us up, gives us emphathy and compassion for other and draws us deeper to Himself. We all have seasons of our lives when we never want to come down from the mountain experiences of life; but eventually each of us journey through the valleys (those times that may even leave us questioning God). God is big enough to understand our heavy spirits, our grief and pain. God is at work, ALWAYS, in our lives and the lives of every life he created. The Bible tells us the "joy of the Lord is our strength," but we are all human, and not immune to suffering. Even Job sat in the ashes picking at his wounds. For awhile, his friends sat quietly near him, a quiet and a comforting presence to him. As the story goes on, Job felt very much alone and in deep despair. Fluer, may God continue to give you strength in Him to sit in the ashes with those that are hurting (we are all called to have compassion), and may He bless you for the compassion you show others. Fluer, it is in the valleys of life you hear about each day, (our darkest times) that God stretches our faith, grows us up, gives us emphathy and compassion for other and draws us deeper to Himself. We all have seasons of our lives when we never want to come down from the mountain experiences of life; but eventually each of us journey through the valleys (those times that may even leave us questioning God). God is big enough to understand our heavy spirits, our grief and pain. God is at work, ALWAYS, in our lives and the lives of every life he created. The Bible tells us the “joy of the Lord is our strength,” but we are all human, and not immune to suffering. Even Job sat in the ashes picking at his wounds. For awhile, his friends sat quietly near him, a quiet and a comforting presence to him. As the story goes on, Job felt very much alone and in deep despair. Fluer, may God continue to give you strength in Him to sit in the ashes with those that are hurting (we are all called to have compassion), and may He bless you for the compassion you show others.

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