tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post4434439147646079472..comments2023-02-14T06:23:54.154-05:00Comments on A Former Leader's Journey: Republishing Grace and the Building of Boats - Part IBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-23492070099318815552008-10-09T04:55:00.000-04:002008-10-09T04:55:00.000-04:00Barb, wow, this one got me emotional! I thought I ...Barb, wow, this one got me emotional! I thought I had the perfect boat. I was best friends with the pastor's wife.. so my boat looked spectacular because I fitted in perfectly. I had every kind of tool for my boat. <BR/><BR/>It took the grace of God to leave me ship wrecked. I had to lose the boat completely to find out what truly matters. <BR/><BR/>You are a special encouragement! Thank you!getting therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130016276289922604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-85439973054133428832008-10-08T19:30:00.000-04:002008-10-08T19:30:00.000-04:00Heather, I never mind someone posting their thoug...Heather, I never mind someone posting their thoughts. I think that is what blogging is all about. I seldom have a thought that is not sparked by someone else!<BR/><BR/>My next post in the series will be up tonight. My 4th one is my very favorite.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-57744834726408934602008-10-08T17:35:00.000-04:002008-10-08T17:35:00.000-04:00I was thinking, my comment needs to be cross-poste...I was thinking, my comment needs to be cross-posted. Do you mind if I put it (with a link to your blog) on my blog?<BR/><BR/>HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-15189406477322732382008-10-08T17:29:00.000-04:002008-10-08T17:29:00.000-04:00Wow, I've never heard it put quite that way before...Wow, I've never heard it put quite that way before. It makes so much sense!<BR/><BR/>I hope you don't mind me filling up your comments section, but this is how I see my own boats:<BR/><BR/>My old "boat" was as destructive but as gleaming as yours. <BR/>Unfortunately I spent most of my time hiding my Real Self down in the cabin with a big lock on the door. Most of the time I forgot she was even there.<BR/><BR/>My boat was comfortable and peaceful. I was always in control of it. Letting my Real Self out would have been allowing disaster - you see, she was a little bit crazy and probably would have destroyed some of my boat. Or at least messed it up a bit.<BR/><BR/>So I left her there, feeding her as little as possible, while I made sure my boat looked gleaming and shiny from the outside. I didn't realise she had company down there - the Holy Spirit spent a lot of time with her.<BR/><BR/>Then one day I let her out, the Holy Spirit with her, and between them they began to pull my boat apart bit by bit.<BR/><BR/>When we were all floating on a single piece of wood from the wreckage we decided together to build a brand new boat. So we did. This one seems to be full of leaks and held together by who knows what, but it floats. My boat is full of a huge mixture of wonderful people - I let them in now with little regard for the mess they might make and we talk and eat and laugh and have celebrations late into the night. Thankfully, when my little overcrowded boat springs a leak there are people with me who see the leaks often before I do and help to bail out the water and patch the holes up again.<BR/><BR/>And my Real Self sits proudly on the deck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246437973827092428.post-16234724840436980662008-10-08T10:35:00.000-04:002008-10-08T10:35:00.000-04:00Hi Barb, you are an encouragement to all of us :)G...Hi Barb, you are an encouragement to all of us :)<BR/><BR/>God blessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com