tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11187376.post114659188903170022..comments2023-07-06T09:34:41.235-06:00Comments on To Know and Believe: Luxury, Rottweilers and Broken Gate OpenersJaclynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563398572239008621noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11187376.post-1146759923009886972006-05-04T10:25:00.000-06:002006-05-04T10:25:00.000-06:00Trin,You know what one of my prayers has been late...Trin,<BR/>You know what one of my prayers has been lately? "God, help me not desire Your good gifts over You. Teach me the balance between thankfulness FOR the good things You give and my dependence on them." At any time, all the things I hold dear could be gone... and am I steadfast enough to answer as Job did, "Blessed be the name of the Lord!" ?Jaclynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563398572239008621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11187376.post-1146759702097486542006-05-04T10:21:00.000-06:002006-05-04T10:21:00.000-06:00I am thrilled that there are people who feel "call...I am thrilled that there are people who feel "called" to the wealthy. I told my mom this a couple weeks ago, "Mom, maybe I should be a missionary to the rich-talk about stretching me!" (Since I am Miss-shop-at-the-dollar-store-and-goodwill-girl!) The rich need people dedicated to sharing the gospel with them just as much as the poor. They are all souls lost and in need of redemption! Then once those with wealth become Christians they can fund the missionaries who are serving the destitute! Sounds like a plan to me... ;-)Jaclynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563398572239008621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11187376.post-1146635011331619052006-05-02T23:43:00.000-06:002006-05-02T23:43:00.000-06:00Oh glory. Sounds like you've had an adventure to s...Oh glory. Sounds like you've had an adventure to say the least! i find it so interesitng how God has wired His people to reach the world... you look at your current surroundings and long for the destitute, and I see those types of surroundings and my heart yearns for the hearts of the "owners of everything". Not that I don't yearn for the hearts of the destitute as well... I wonder how people that live lavishly cannot feel the same concern for those with less worldly value than they, but yet, somehow, the Lord directs my attention to those who are rich in material things, but not yet rich in spirit. amazing how God bends His children's hearts to cover all societies and classes of humanity.<BR/>Hey, maybe I should come visit your mansion this week so we can get caught up on life ;) ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11187376.post-1146597708005865062006-05-02T13:21:00.000-06:002006-05-02T13:21:00.000-06:00I've been thinking a lot of late about all the thi...I've been thinking a lot of late about all the <I>things</I> I treasure - those things that alone have no real meaning neither positive or negative. But as I treasure them, I set them up as gods before God. The quest for God produces a real joy, not that imitation stuff offered by the frivolous things of the world :).Trinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048042721320434551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11187376.post-1146595064385975262006-05-02T12:37:00.000-06:002006-05-02T12:37:00.000-06:00I love that Hebrews passage because of way those t...I love that Hebrews passage because of way those two thoughts are linked<BR/><BR/>"be content"<BR/>BECAUSE<BR/>"I will never leave nor forsake you"<BR/><BR/>Like all of God's commands, He wants us to count the cost of obedience. And, as He Himself tells us, He is willing to give us in HIMSELF and our relationship with HIM far more than we will ever lose by the momentary "sacrifices" required to live a life of contentment.<BR/><BR/>That verse has always been such a comfort to me in seasons of loneliness. God never asks us to be content with less than we desire, if He doesn't want to satisfy our souls in a deeper more ultimately fulfilling way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com