tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post4718481485334189318..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: We're All Adam and EveGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-12668202630195182852010-11-06T15:56:43.069-05:002010-11-06T15:56:43.069-05:00The truth hurts and Ya right YOu don't!The truth hurts and Ya right YOu don't!Whitesnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681488364720396274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-15677896135605365972010-11-05T11:15:21.497-05:002010-11-05T11:15:21.497-05:00This was a really interesting take on business, fa...This was a really interesting take on business, faith, and personal integrity, Glynn. <br /><br />"It's a bunch of crock... " Saying it's just business & not personal is being used carte blanche to throw conscience out the window.<br /><br />And then, you took it from there straight into our hearts in matters of faith.<br /><br />Thank you for another insightful response to this week's topic of guilt!Bonnie Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331275947237285245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-4546592969886793992010-11-05T11:05:02.916-05:002010-11-05T11:05:02.916-05:00"It’s business, not personal.” What a crock. ..."It’s business, not personal.” What a crock. Of course it’s personal. If it happens to people, it’s personal." True true true.<br /><br />Guilt can't be shaken - agreed. <br />We're all guilty in His sight. Thanks be to God His blood removes all the guilt and shame. When we allow the conviction of His Holy Spirit to cleanse us from all the guilt and shame. <br /><br />Guilt - bad<br />Conviction - good.<br /><br />This post - good. very.<br /><br />Thanks Glynn.Doug Spurlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825232706173567935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-7123668863874685482010-11-04T22:13:33.755-05:002010-11-04T22:13:33.755-05:00“If it happens to people, it’s personal.” Excellen...“If it happens to people, it’s personal.” Excellent. And we can’t get rid of our guilt by passing it off on someone else. It’s too easy to blame others, but it doesn’t eliminate the guilt. It’s God’s grace who relieves it or nothing.Lisa notes...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07103364395238899215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-57748031181054191032010-11-04T17:31:32.712-05:002010-11-04T17:31:32.712-05:00Ha! I liked your ending. :) I agree, we don't ...Ha! I liked your ending. :) I agree, we don't shake it off. God's grace washes it off of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-84031182964870431642010-11-04T15:45:48.875-05:002010-11-04T15:45:48.875-05:00It's always personal. So true!It's always personal. So true!Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890906422736657495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-9489926311182291132010-11-04T11:47:55.083-05:002010-11-04T11:47:55.083-05:00Wait-I just read Maureen. I agree. There is a wast...Wait-I just read Maureen. I agree. There is a wasted guilt that is actually self centered and true remorse that brings about change. Big difference. Great discussion happening here.Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-77810038737705674492010-11-04T11:45:15.113-05:002010-11-04T11:45:15.113-05:00Guilt has a bad rap in our culture. But it simply ...Guilt has a bad rap in our culture. But it simply shows when our conscience is in good working order. This is a good thing....a working conscience! :)Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-75395334656094938582010-11-04T00:40:33.236-05:002010-11-04T00:40:33.236-05:00I agree! Great write up and amazing photo!
thank ...I agree! Great write up and amazing photo!<br /><br />thank youHopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423174840229628807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-59160873766404233132010-11-03T23:47:13.163-05:002010-11-03T23:47:13.163-05:00Strikes straight to the heart!Very true.No matter ...Strikes straight to the heart!Very true.No matter how much you decorate the action with icings of excuses,a wrong done is a wrong done!<br /><br />Guilt I guess something one can deal but not escape!<br /><br />Very powerful work!June_Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400867257051822555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-4723786255564352422010-11-03T21:03:40.314-05:002010-11-03T21:03:40.314-05:00wow, well said...food for thought.wow, well said...food for thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-77094156522213988322010-11-03T20:47:22.019-05:002010-11-03T20:47:22.019-05:00"If it happens to people, it's personal.&..."If it happens to people, it's personal."<br /><br />Yes. The way we treat each other matters, no matter what setting we are in. I just finished Scott Cairn's The End of Suffering and his take on restoring the Body of Christ has me sensitive to this right now. <br /><br />As for guilt...hmmm. How did Adam and Eve get over it?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-36871871838128167742010-11-03T20:39:32.110-05:002010-11-03T20:39:32.110-05:00Margaret Wheatley looks at guilt in her little boo...Margaret Wheatley looks at guilt in her little book "Perseverance" and offers something I think is important to share. Drawing a distinction between guilt and regret, she writes:<br /><br />"... Guilt turns us inward, creating a cauldron of self-hatred that destroys us. People never act wisely from guilt - the intensity of emotions prevents discernment and right action.<br />"Regret... does not disable us. It gives us the capacity to see clearly, to clarify our future, to change. We can vow to not repeat our mistakes, we can pay attention to what we've learned, we can focus our heart and mind on not causing harm again. We can develop greater insight into who we are, and move forward to become who we'd like to be.<br />"If guilt and shame are driving us inward, hopefully we can notice this direction and choose... to look outward. . . We can use this time of feeling badly. . . to get beyond our self, and connect with all those other humans with whom we share this dark kinship. If our hearts open to them, what enters us is not more darkness, but the light of compassion."Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-9421457838728918832010-11-03T20:15:16.480-05:002010-11-03T20:15:16.480-05:00no amount of shaking will dono amount of shaking will doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-5660456758354801222010-11-03T15:41:08.918-05:002010-11-03T15:41:08.918-05:00Guilt's useful only if you use it as a jump st...Guilt's useful only if you use it as a jump start to better behavior. Otherwise it's an exercise in futility.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-39388134913928412782010-11-03T13:53:56.393-05:002010-11-03T13:53:56.393-05:00I agree. You don't.I agree. You don't.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-664302873114454162010-11-03T10:22:26.745-05:002010-11-03T10:22:26.745-05:00Oh so true. My boys got in trouble for playing in...Oh so true. My boys got in trouble for playing in the drainage ditch that borders our yard this weekend. I heard Corey say to them, "You have this entire giant yard to play in and the only thing I asked you not to do was go in that ditch." So, of course, the ditch is where they want to be.<br /><br />How predictable are we?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630459404574301299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-5194831474121235902010-11-03T09:39:09.999-05:002010-11-03T09:39:09.999-05:00You don't shake it. I agree.
I read somewhere...You don't shake it. I agree.<br /><br />I read somewhere that "guilt is a useless emotion." I wrote it down because I wished to think about that statement.<br /><br />I know that I have wasting some time feeling guilty, but is it useless?<br /><br />Glynn, you make me crazy! You're making me think too much.<br /><br />I would hate to know someone who didn't know guilt.<br /><br />That would be scary.H. Gillhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866823621648796335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-30170190544998192852010-11-03T07:05:04.118-05:002010-11-03T07:05:04.118-05:00I agree with Jofindia. Uncomfortably thought-provo...I agree with Jofindia. Uncomfortably thought-provoking.<br /><br />And an excellent post.<br /><br />Thanks GlynnLouise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-68580830945530647102010-11-03T06:05:20.215-05:002010-11-03T06:05:20.215-05:00I have learnt to cope with guilt by trying to avoi...I have learnt to cope with guilt by trying to avoid certain trips to the past. I often succeed. But I know the guilt still lies there, bleeding...<br /><br />Thanks for the posting. It is uncomfortably thought-provoking.JofIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091187070268922483noreply@blogger.com