tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post5982502270670392750..comments2023-04-22T17:33:19.244-07:00Comments on flower sneezing in the spring air: God's Self-Disclosure Through Rebecca Trotterforresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-82816441644763036952013-12-02T15:26:56.328-08:002013-12-02T15:26:56.328-08:00It isn't so simple except when it is! The guid...It isn't so simple except when it is! The guidance one needs -- whether this is to await further instructions or to leap into immediate action -- should be there at any moment. <br /><br />& if one is running in silly circles waving one's hands, that would presumably be what's needed at the time... The anxiety we might be feeling about this -- can serve as an occasion to observe: "You're going to feel a whole lot better when you stop making yourself feel this way!"<br />forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-59919861458468194282013-12-02T14:08:58.137-08:002013-12-02T14:08:58.137-08:00Yeah, it's true that God being on site may mak...Yeah, it's true that God being on site may make us want to leap into action the second we sense a call. I like the tourist booth story. I guess if we have enough faith in the love of God to know that God is willing to knock two or three times, or willing to get specific if we are clueless....then maybe we could try to wait it out until circumstances show us the way? oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764832380830227799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-34027012655209763882013-12-02T12:57:02.628-08:002013-12-02T12:57:02.628-08:00Hmmm, when I'm going through stuff, sometimes ...Hmmm, when I'm going through stuff, sometimes it feels like I know what God wants me to do (and that's what I'm doing) and other times I don't -- but backing off towards that theoretical perspective, it must have been what God wanted to happen. Not "ideal" but at least "the mistake I Was Meant To Make."<br /><br />Your term helps me see Anthony Bloom's remark a little more clearly: his saying that we need to bring God with us. Need to welcome God 'on-site' wherever we are, maybe? <br /><br />"The Kingdom of God is within your reach" was one person's reading of Jesus' habitual message. Certainly, Bloom was recommending that we do something 'together with God' instead of just 'trying to do something with God' (which doesn't seem to work, does it?)<br /><br />Yes, I'm told our desires come from God, that the mistake people take is to read them too quickly as a call to some specific action. One case I read about involved a guy who wished he were a doctor so people could come to him with questions and he'd be able to answer them helpfully. He was too old for medical school, but someone was able to find him a job in a tourist information booth and he was reportedly very happy there!forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-73765404362002120532013-12-02T11:57:19.721-08:002013-12-02T11:57:19.721-08:00Hi Forrest!
I love -- first of all -- this post&#...Hi Forrest!<br /><br />I love -- first of all -- this post's title. I think that's the nature of my comment too. I like your points and relate to them, in my humanity. But all that is further complicated by the fact that God is at work through you and I...BY you and I. <br /><br />I have gotten into thinking of it at "God on site": God in general may seem to say or do or create certain circumstances, but what does God on site say about this?<br /><br />Lately I'm focusing on my own passions and desire as something that has divine purpose.<br /><br />So in this regard, it seems less helpful for us to think that we are "subject to" or "victims of" or "trying to get God to give us something"....and perhaps more theologically profitable to say as you estimate Rebecca is saying -- that "God will simply give her what she needs, whether that happens to be bliss, peace, agony, mental anguish, or indigestion."<br /><br />The reason is that THAT perspective looks like it allows God to do something with her ON SITE -- to be the solution or the love or whatever, via her own actions. <br /><br />We never know, when going through stuff, if that's what God wants to do. But it seems to at least leave open the possibility. <br /><br />I haven't read her article yet but thanks for the link. What do YOU think of these further thoughts?<br /><br />peace,<br />Olivia oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764832380830227799noreply@blogger.com