tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post112221716614978969..comments2023-08-06T02:37:46.598-07:00Comments on History Repeats, Pendulums Swing, there has to be Another Option: Worship #2David Malouf --http://www.blogger.com/profile/13756209137101502564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1123275064901561442005-08-05T13:51:00.000-07:002005-08-05T13:51:00.000-07:00I like your analogy, "so intertwined as to make a ...I like your analogy, "so intertwined as to make a single thread." That's cool... & full of neat & powerful implications that challenge my own approach to relationships. (sorry - a bit off topic from your original post)John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323168351574011376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1122618236860287892005-07-28T23:23:00.000-07:002005-07-28T23:23:00.000-07:00For the record, any posting out of my brain in reg...For the record, any posting out of my brain in regards to "needing" others needs to be qualified.<BR/><BR/>I am one who can VERY quickly find my SIGNIFICANCE in my connection and/or status with/in others. This is what I am speaking to, not connection in general. It is an issue of trusting God for the foundational (not foundationalism, btw) levels of my life, as I consider them (what makes my life bearable, what makes my life livable, what makes my life worthwhile, what makes my life enjoyable, what I want "out of life").<BR/><BR/>I am VERY, VERY, VERY much in favor of having connections with others that are labeled "vital" (a word I got from the apostle Paul) - not causual, not nice, not just deep. Necessary, vital, so intertwined as to make a single thread.<BR/><BR/>Contrary to my wife's opinion (actually, she's partly correct), I DO put myself into relationships that are what I call "vital." And not just with Him and her. But that is not what the idea of trust is about. Trust and need are NOT the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Finally, as to Brett's statemenat from Paul "with a clear conscience." I don't think I'll ever have one of those. Imagine a ball or plane made of fishing line - it's clear! but when strung around like crazy it becomes less clear by it's crossing. That's my brain. Clear thoughts so numerous that they cloud :-)David Malouf --https://www.blogger.com/profile/13756209137101502564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1122505418189074512005-07-27T16:03:00.000-07:002005-07-27T16:03:00.000-07:00I wonder what it would look like if we allowed our...I wonder what it would look like if we allowed ourselves not only to need God, but also to need each other. And then what if we allowed others to need us without considering them weak? Wouldn't that be something?John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323168351574011376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1122251111269880882005-07-24T17:25:00.000-07:002005-07-24T17:25:00.000-07:00I like this post. It is very thought provoking. ...I like this post. It is very thought provoking. <BR/><BR/>One question stated in diferently: What does it mean to trust God versus others? What does trusting God look like?<BR/><BR/>The reason I ask, is because I wonder if we (and I say we and not you for a reason) sometimes make life more complicated than it is. That trusting God is making decisions in faith. "Lord, I believe this what I am supposed to do, so I am doing it." I think of Paul saying whether you drink or don't drink it doesn't matter to me, just do it with a clear conscience. But I don't know how or if that applies to this.Brett Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003366143208563349noreply@blogger.com