tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post6109670970125036489..comments2024-02-10T21:04:22.822-05:00Comments on The Familyhood Church: Idols? They're a Personal ThingKevin Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-15700489649728782142012-07-05T10:55:08.888-04:002012-07-05T10:55:08.888-04:00As I have probably said ad nauseum :)
... the jour...As I have probably said ad nauseum :)<br />... the journey of these last few years has been one of trusting my redeemed innermost being and rejecting the idolatry of my mind. For years I idolized my theology and boxed God out with (so called) intellectual rationalizations. Life changed when I began to trust God working in my innermost being.<br /><br />Thanks for removing captcha. Since I disallowed anonymous comments years ago I get virtually no spam or hateful comments on any of my blogs. I think that I have had to delete one or two in the past year.<br /><br />Hope you are enjoying the day dear friend. Say hi to your lovely wife for me.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-11291707929681057172012-07-04T19:36:12.092-04:002012-07-04T19:36:12.092-04:00Head vs. Heart. Trusted idols vs. lusted idols. I&...Head vs. Heart. Trusted idols vs. lusted idols. I'm sure it's all very fuzzy, and I have no firm answers. I praise the Lord He seems to make a lot of room for us to be who we are as we make our way through to Him. <br /><br />Paul says some make idols of their bellies, but I'm not sure he would have understood that quite so literally as I once took it. Either way, trusting the invisible God is harder than I wish it were. <br /><br />Like trusting Him with some of the hateful stuff that gets left on this blog when moderation and captcha are off. :-D<br /><br />Blogger upgraded and made my settings maximally conservative. I was glad for it when I'd not posted in months and it auto-moderated some pretty ugly things. Per your hint, I've loosened the settings considerably and turned off captcha. I'm not sure I'll post out here any time soon again, but when I do you'll hopefully be able to comment more easily. Thanks, Bob.Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-12954082715483231152012-07-04T16:28:28.580-04:002012-07-04T16:28:28.580-04:00Sounds like a great discussion Kevin. I sometimes ...Sounds like a great discussion Kevin. I sometimes wonder what it really means to trust God in America these days. <br /><br />For me trusting often means trusting his presence in my heart rather than using the "smart" thinking in my head (ala Prov 3). It is really difficult to do because my heart often does not make sense to my head.<br /><br />A few weeks ago I sensed my head really fighting me when my heart spoke to me about giving something much more than I planned to a friend in need. In a sense our mind is all about the idolatry of things but our redeemed heart is able to see past the idols and to the essence of the issue.<br /><br />Thanks for listening and for the opportunity to think out loud a bit. :)<br /><br />Hope you 4th is/was great!<br /><br />Blessings, Bob<br /><br />PS: Captcha plus moderation?kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.com