tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post2971179197549477974..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: The Book of Joshua: Understanding What We Don’t LikeGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-21399375824094635772019-01-23T11:54:14.500-06:002019-01-23T11:54:14.500-06:00Thanks, Glynn. Your good word about hard times bri...Thanks, Glynn. Your good word about hard times brings a couple of things to mind: 1.) The popular "prosperity only" thinking might give people what they want to hear, but it doesn't prepare them to get deeply rooted to withstand tough times that inevitably come to us all. 2.) Someone (I forgot who) wanted to send me a "new" Bible to review - an edition that has removed all of the troubling passages, leaving only sweetness and light. (I passed.) We need God's Word in full to see the truth of living, with and without a decision to invite the Lord into our lives.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-78305722982743335272019-01-23T06:28:18.232-06:002019-01-23T06:28:18.232-06:00If we were spared the full and horrible story, how...If we were spared the full and horrible story, how would we cope with today's world?<br />Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702620069148109246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-70561716401089219172019-01-22T10:22:31.741-06:002019-01-22T10:22:31.741-06:00Here is how I see it. The words "Love God wit...Here is how I see it. The words "Love God with all your..." is an invitation instruction for relationship with God. It is the gift beyond what we are, and where we are going. "To relate with this Love that is God," when we sincerely take this in, relate Love to God. We are then told to Love others. How this happens in each life is variable. We can not judge what is happening within another person or what God is doing with that person, we can not say. We do not know. But, like you said, we are not spared from anything on earth. <br />But we are given a gift of a relationship that goes on with our spirit, as well as through whatever God chooses to use. We are given things moment by moment to sustain us. It promotes that moment by moment relating. Otherwise we get distracted to no end. God knows.<br /><br />❤nancy marie davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110059144296946148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-53755317745819267532019-01-22T07:49:55.462-06:002019-01-22T07:49:55.462-06:00Very well said Glynn. I have had trouble with what...Very well said Glynn. I have had trouble with what Andy has said but have chosen to allow others much more knowledgeable than me to deal with it. are there troubling part? yes. But there are also those in the NT as well. Thanks for the very wise comments. Bill (cycleguy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09082407231475058958noreply@blogger.com