tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post2443173014993849251..comments2023-02-14T06:23:54.154-05:00Comments on A Former Leader's Journey: Come and See What God Has Done!!!Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-38262350799626257512008-12-20T12:58:00.000-05:002008-12-20T12:58:00.000-05:00Barb,I completely understand what you're saying. ...Barb,<BR/><BR/>I completely understand what you're saying. I believed in this, too. People told my husband for years that he walked in God's favor. It sure looked like it many times, but that thinking sets people up for a near crisis of faith when bad/difficult/stressful times come to them. Also, what are the people to do when they don't seem to walk in the same "favor"? They spend so much energy trying to figure out what they need to do to "get" that same favor instead of just resting in the Father's love. Thanks for posting.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210237440245609870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-68642225454118826302008-12-20T12:08:00.000-05:002008-12-20T12:08:00.000-05:00'We give praise to God for his favor on our lives ...'We give praise to God for his favor on our lives this year. Husband's new office, the beauty of it, it’s prime location and everything. He is so good to us. We have sowed and are now reaping God’s blessing in our lives. Praise Him.'<BR/><BR/>I became a Christian, 5 years later lost my husband the love of my life to mental illness and eventually divorce. <BR/><BR/>7 years later I entered into a relationship with a well respected church leader in my church. He abused me and my daughter over a period of 5 years. When I told the Pastor he called me a liar and threw me and my children out of our church - the only place of safety we thought we had. <BR/><BR/>Following this we lost all our christian friends (the pastor told everyone not to speak to me as I was a liar) we then lost our home and had to start again in a new city alone on the edge of my sanity and homeless. My daughter then became anorexic/bulimic and over the past 9 years I've nearly lost her on many occasions. This christmas the 1st for many years she's on the mend and may eat dinner with us....<BR/><BR/>I love Jesus and so does she - he died for us and loves us. Myself and my children are strong in him - and I'm so grateful for all he let me go through to be where I am today. <BR/><BR/>look what God has done!<BR/><BR/>He's amazing. But not in the way most christians would understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-1246356223028695422008-12-20T12:05:00.000-05:002008-12-20T12:05:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-85790526311166110022008-12-20T10:17:00.000-05:002008-12-20T10:17:00.000-05:00Co-Heir, I love your take you Look at what God has...Co-Heir, I love your take you Look at what God has done! I think that is what he is wanting to show each of us.<BR/><BR/>Anony, Sounds like you know what I was saying. Yes, all the Testimony times made me feel like I was sub par if God had not done something in my life that week that would make me feel better. I cringe at what I shared that made everyone else feel inadequate.<BR/><BR/>Mark, we always equated our home with our giving. It truly was a gift from God at that time in our lives. But I'm uncomfortable now at saying it was because of our giving or obedience. I really struggle with this because we felt like we did obey God and he rewarded us for that. But to share this causes everyone else to question why their obedience did not result in the same. Husband and I were discussing this the other day at length.<BR/><BR/>Spankie, thanks for commenting. It is truly at the cross that we need to stay and be thankful. It changed everything.<BR/><BR/>Woman, Thank you for also being open. I have enjoyed getting to know you today as I read your blog. Your willingness to walk openly the path that you have been given is truly wonderful. Blessings.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-36206972695343568242008-12-19T06:39:00.000-05:002008-12-19T06:39:00.000-05:00THANK YOU for being brave enough to write the trut...THANK YOU for being brave enough to write the truth. I'm finding as my head comes up out of the sand that most "unchurched" people see right through all those platitudes anyway. Seems silly to direct them toward the circus of circumstance rather than just be real about our loving Father in the first place. But I suppose, first we must come to a point where we see through the platitudes ourselves.Rebecca Jeffries-Hymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599070850203715554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-71355701804844362002008-12-18T07:31:00.000-05:002008-12-18T07:31:00.000-05:00I am a recovering addict and violent man. almost t...I am a recovering addict and violent man. almost twenty years ago i came to know the Lord and changed my life. <BR/><BR/>After cleaning up, serving God in ministry etc... being a good citizen.. my wife left me and took my kids...i lost everything, home, business, family...<BR/><BR/>my statement was.. look what God has done, and I walked away...<BR/><BR/>I was so angry, pissed off, how come i never had a problem before i met Him. <BR/><BR/>I am back now, God did not do it.. Sin did. I look now at the cross with wonder, shame and thanksgiving... then bow my head in the shadow of the crucified Lord and say..<BR/><BR/>LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE>>><BR/><BR/>SELAH<BR/><BR/>Frankie GBrother Frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081661623967845655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-44920883611372921942008-12-18T00:01:00.000-05:002008-12-18T00:01:00.000-05:00Great post. I can relate to this so much. Not on...Great post. I can relate to this so much. Not only was I once part of that scene myself. I have watched it play out before my eyes recently. <BR/><BR/>Some relatives of mine recently bought a very nice and very big new home. The wife is constantly talking about how God has blessed them and had favor on them because they go to church, pay their tithes. She is fond of saying that they could have never afforded such a nice house without God.<BR/><BR/>I think it actually offends her husband some. He isn't from that type of background. He works long, hard, and lonely hours to make the money to afford such a home. I see the looks on his face when she consistently says these things without ever acknowledging all the hard work he has put in.<BR/><BR/>Of course as for me I don't think God really cares that they have a big, new, shiny home.Mark Mainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456466254003176393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-30257196739083160992008-12-17T21:17:00.000-05:002008-12-17T21:17:00.000-05:00husband and i left our controlling, "covering" chu...husband and i left our controlling, "covering" church end of 2007 and know they were thinking we would be "cursed" for it. 2008 has been the best year yet! and yes, our relationship with Him is more real and stronger.<BR/>The Look what God has Done services always had the feel that He did it for that person because they were faithful serving in the church or being loyal to Pastor. 2008 was a year of discovering we were worshipping and serving man, and Pastor became our Holy Spirit for us at times. Well look what God has done for us in 2008, just because He loves us. period. thank you for your blog. i relate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-34292295184876817922008-12-17T13:51:00.000-05:002008-12-17T13:51:00.000-05:00In 2005 I lost my job and spent a couple of months...In 2005 I lost my job and spent a couple of months looking for work, and then a couple of months at a really crappy job. In 2006 I started a good job, but my mom went in the nursing home due to Alzheimer's. She died later that year, followed by my dad a month later.<BR/><BR/>Those were the two worst years of my life, and I don't think anyone would say that God was showing me "favor". I really hope I wasn't reaping what I had sowed. :) I can honestly say that the Father has brought me closer and shown me how much he loves me.<BR/><BR/>So, I guess you could say, "Look at what God has done." :)Fred Shopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993039629949819266noreply@blogger.com