tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post1828048831122805218..comments2023-02-14T06:23:54.154-05:00Comments on A Former Leader's Journey: WWJDWTC - Week 7 Threads of GraceBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-86800697321663196852007-12-01T16:04:00.000-05:002007-12-01T16:04:00.000-05:00I have been reading your blog over the last few da...I have been reading your blog over the last few days. Although I am still "in church" I have experienced some of the same things over the years and I am determined not to ever fall back into that same trap of trying to make God more pleased with me by the things I do. I am convinced that grace is just as important in the day-to-day as it is in our salvation.<BR/><BR/>I am thankful that the Father is not in a hurry in forming me into the image of Jesus. Knowing this helps me when I get impatient with myself or with others. I see it as being on a journey, taking the back roads where I can see all the interesting things along the way. Sometimes the road winds, sometimes it's straight, and sometimes it gets so dark I can barely see. But I know that my Abba is with me on this adventure.<BR/><BR/>May the Father bless you on your journey.Fred Shopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993039629949819266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-38639814709156783322007-11-30T22:46:00.000-05:002007-11-30T22:46:00.000-05:00Barb~ Thanks for writing so eloquently on this jo...Barb~ Thanks for writing so eloquently on this journey that so many of us share. It seems like you have been reading my mail!"glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924305177356310590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-29344327397900854592007-11-30T12:25:00.000-05:002007-11-30T12:25:00.000-05:00Tapestry is precisely the way to convey this in my...Tapestry is precisely the way to convey this in my view. When my family and I lived in the Middle East we often had the opportunity of watching weavers make the beautiful Persian carpets. It is a slow and painstaking process of one individual thread at a time. When it begins there is no pattern, there is no color, no depth of imagery, nothing. But over time the weaver turns these individual strands of wool, silk, and cotton into an elaborate and beautiful carpet that has warm colors, a lovely pattern and an almost three dimensional look.<BR/><BR/>I believe our lives are the same. It is the slow weaving of Father, one strand of sorrow along with another strand of joy with yet again another strand of brokenness until ultimately we look like Jesus. Many carpets take years to make, so for humans the process is years long....our life time.<BR/><BR/>Good thoughts on your post. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-4056619299837104732007-11-30T09:15:00.000-05:002007-11-30T09:15:00.000-05:00for those of you who don't subscribe to Wayne's bl...for those of you who don't subscribe to Wayne's blog, Sue was refering to this post: http://lifestream.org/blog/?p=487Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-84525543122020946332007-11-30T08:03:00.000-05:002007-11-30T08:03:00.000-05:00Sue, I had been so busy that I had not gotten to W...Sue, I had been so busy that I had not gotten to Wayne's blog yet. Was kind of saving the best for last last night when the niquil kicked in. Will read it today though. We were talking at the table last night with two good friends about what the great commission means in our lives. How do we go about making disciples. Are we all to be Paul's or does Jesus only call a few Paul's and the rest of us "as we are going" which is the real reading of "Go and make disciples" that Jesus gave the 12? And then what does that really look like when you both work a 40 hour work week and have kids and no church to make it easy? Another blog I think.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-1782248267120458232007-11-30T04:42:00.000-05:002007-11-30T04:42:00.000-05:00Have you read Wayne's blog today? He's talking ab...Have you read Wayne's blog today? He's talking about the slowness of things too. It gets a bit tedious sometimes, doesn't it. Sometimes, when I'm feeling overwhelmed and fed up to the back teeth, and having one of those blow-out kinda moments that take a few hours to recover from (thankfully they don't happen very often anymore), I will shake my fist at God and accuse him of just sitting on his behind and not doing anything. As if he's doing it to annoy me or something :) He just takes so long to do everything sometimes! <BR/><BR/>But it's worth it. But still ... doesn't he know how much in a hurry we are ?? ;)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.com