tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post112536123251544223..comments2023-08-06T02:37:46.598-07:00Comments on History Repeats, Pendulums Swing, there has to be Another Option: I think I would have like Thomas JeffersonDavid Malouf --http://www.blogger.com/profile/13756209137101502564noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1126628255214991382005-09-13T09:17:00.000-07:002005-09-13T09:17:00.000-07:00David -I do enjoy how your mind works. I look forw...David -<BR/><BR/>I do enjoy how your mind works. I look forward to reading more.<BR/><BR/>:DAvianaBleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893984644991858352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1126496487008566462005-09-11T20:41:00.000-07:002005-09-11T20:41:00.000-07:00My hope is in my Savior not situations, circumstan...My hope is in my Savior not situations, circumstances, or outcomes. My sadness is because of the unrepentant hearts all around be. They coexist, at least in my life. By God's grace hope tends to win out. To not be sad is to be non-real! To not have hope is to not believe? No?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208815852551080687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1126451924233991502005-09-11T08:18:00.000-07:002005-09-11T08:18:00.000-07:00And when God does NOT change people? Do we stop b...And when God does NOT change people? Do we stop being sad, do we re-write God's plans, do we just ignore it? My hope cannot be in the outcome of God's working - it must lie in Him (Himself). If my desires for particular circumstances never change, then to not be sad is to be non-real, no?David Malouf --https://www.blogger.com/profile/13756209137101502564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1126413241257735952005-09-10T21:34:00.000-07:002005-09-10T21:34:00.000-07:00I was not saying I knew he was a deist but that if...I was not saying I knew he was a deist but that if he was and if he believe God was essentially absent then their was no reason to hope and every reason to die sad. <BR/><BR/> I to am sad about this world, society my life and the sin that entangles. I could fully lose it if that was all there was. But...<BR/><BR/> I also have hope in my savior. He entered to give hope to the hopeless, lost and weary. That is my only real reason to keep running because I believe. <BR/><BR/>I am not prevented from being sad but I don't stay there. May be I am just a stupid optimist. <BR/><BR/>I hope not!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208815852551080687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1126241890133744932005-09-08T21:58:00.000-07:002005-09-08T21:58:00.000-07:00Ah, the Diest thing. Reminds me of those that sta...Ah, the Diest thing. Reminds me of those that state C.S. Lewis was not a Christian. Most of what I've read on these two people comes from those not allowing for a temporal vocabulary change/evolution and/or a focus on a few documents to the exclusion of others.<BR/><BR/>As to God's will and timing - how does that prevent me from being sad? Jeremiah (the "weeping prophet"), Jesus (as He weeps, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem!"), Isaiah (Your people are like beaten sheep) - not loss of sadness in them, no?<BR/><BR/>Could it not be stated that if someone cares at all for people and desires to love those God loves, that such a person MUST be marked, scared, and/or impacted by sadness?<BR/><BR/>I trust that running (for exercise) will make me healthier, but I am no less sad by my having to do it!!David Malouf --https://www.blogger.com/profile/13756209137101502564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720805.post-1126199626779434122005-09-08T10:13:00.000-07:002005-09-08T10:13:00.000-07:00I like Thomas as well but I think one of the major...I like Thomas as well but I think one of the major differences between you and me and Jefferson (if my history is right) is that he had a very differnt view of how God worked since he was a Deist. To have a change in a country or chruch culture will take God moving in hearts. If you don't believe that he does that then you have every reason to die sad because it is about you and what you can accomplish not trusting what God is and will do in His timing.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208815852551080687noreply@blogger.com