tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post115846465410171655..comments2024-02-10T21:04:22.822-05:00Comments on The Familyhood Church: Engaging God: Smelling the Answer to GuiltKevin Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158624397750741202006-09-18T20:06:00.000-04:002006-09-18T20:06:00.000-04:00CP,Have you been gazing into my life? This post su...CP,<BR/><BR/>Have you been gazing into my life? This post sure seems to say you are. I need respit. I've been working the equivalent of double-shifts for the last 4 months. It is getting really tiring.<BR/><BR/>I teeter between the lines of feeding my family, being with my family, and providing excelent product in the work. <BR/><BR/>Borrowing from Kansas Bob, 'I pray for God, in His mercy, to get me out' of my workaholic ways.<BR/><BR/>God Bless<BR/>-DougDougALughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335959723414264767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158599906471263912006-09-18T13:18:00.000-04:002006-09-18T13:18:00.000-04:00Good stuff, CP!I am writing a series now about sim...Good stuff, CP!<BR/><BR/>I am writing a series now about similar things. (I actually forgot to tell everyone it was a series, but since I only posted one thing abou....oh nevermind...this is so irrelevant to your post it's just me rambling...)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am one of those who struggles with a guilt over grace personality. I need to know I am doing the right things or "being" the right way in order to "feel" like I am doing well with the Lord. <BR/><BR/>For me, though, I have the opposite of workaholism. I happen to be the laziest person you could ever hope to meet. I don't claim to understand workaholism even in the slightest...but I imagine the side effects are the same as with laziness: BAD. (It has taken me YEARS to get where I am in being motivated to do something.) <BR/><BR/>Tell you what, you give me a portion of your ambition, and I'll give you a portion of my lazies. We might come out a pretty decent human being, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158554857022849072006-09-18T00:47:00.000-04:002006-09-18T00:47:00.000-04:00kansas bob,My sis works for EDS the workload is di...kansas bob,<BR/>My sis works for EDS the workload is difficult. God bless her she spends so much time taking care of us and trying to work lately. It doesn't leave time for her. Even without taking care of us she has very little down time. I’ve been with her when she was on two phones at once. It stinks. Sorry about you job I know they’ve let so many good folks go. It's not just men women fall in it also.Millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676326805474564427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158507942506078222006-09-17T11:45:00.000-04:002006-09-17T11:45:00.000-04:00For starters, it took some pushing of myself to ge...For starters, it took some pushing of myself to get myself into your 30-page long post, LOL. And was blessed that I did :)<BR/><BR/><EM>For some of us, of the pleasing of God, there is no end.</EM><BR/><BR/>So true. I have a friend, when he was attending our church, who without fail would ask "what have we done and not done for God" every Watchnight Service. Whether I am right or wrong, I decided not to do that but to be thankful and move on but still mindful of what I need to do.<BR/><BR/><EM>Imagine that your spouse's adoration of you grew with your service to her. Imagine that by doing more, he or she would love you more.</EM><BR/><BR/>Good observation. It is very human of us to do that. While it is maybe okay to do it with one another, you make me realise it makes no difference to God. His love for us never change. But it is our duty and responsibility to do what he wants us to do because we love him. <BR/><BR/>I hear you on your need to <EM>feel</EM> God. And you are right, we are definitely made to need each other. <BR/><BR/><EM>He is always silent.</EM><BR/><BR/>I am not sure if I agree with that, though I am with you that most of the time, He does seem to be silent. Maybe it is me, who do not want to believe that He is silent. You have covered it - He speaks through His word and through His people. But I agree with you, we read into His word what we should not. It is not easy but that is what He has given us. How else can He speak to us?<BR/><BR/>I dunno what I just wrote! My thoughts are quite jumbled up on this one.<BR/><BR/>God bless,<BR/>Maeghanpearliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142595255771626179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158504640127003072006-09-17T10:50:00.000-04:002006-09-17T10:50:00.000-04:00Thanks for the word, Kevin...very timely for me. I...Thanks for the word, Kevin...very timely for me. I needed it!karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04203594257221430139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158499723769036552006-09-17T09:28:00.000-04:002006-09-17T09:28:00.000-04:00Workaholism is a pit that only God, in His mercy, ...Workaholism is a pit that only God, in His mercy, can get you out of.<BR/><BR/>About six months after I lost my dream job with EDS my wife made this observation as we were chatting one day:<BR/><BR/>"You know, you worked every weekend last year."<BR/><BR/>Her loving words cut me ... she was kindly and lovingly telling me that my priorities had been all jacked up. Her words changed me even though hey weren't meant to.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what it is in men that defines success with such perverted thinking ... maybe it is just pride. I think that ths stuff squeaks its way into our spiritual life and faith becomes all about doing - believing God "for" (this or that) instead of believing "in" God.<BR/><BR/>You know, we can NEVER do enough because Jesus did it all - real faith really believes that.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you Kevin. Thanks for reminding us that we need each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1158499555060723082006-09-17T09:25:00.000-04:002006-09-17T09:25:00.000-04:00We were made to need each other. Yes we were. :-}M...We were made to need each other. <BR/><BR/>Yes we were. :-}<BR/><BR/>Most of us find ourselves looking at our ministry and forgetting God at times. I'm going to copy this for my husband. He needs to read this one.Millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676326805474564427noreply@blogger.com