tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post2149524299201297082..comments2023-10-15T04:07:20.678-04:00Comments on Everyday Ordinary Dawnings: Making HistoryDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14094197945284879330noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-59097696702963912712011-02-23T00:38:10.213-05:002011-02-23T00:38:10.213-05:00I enjoyed reading this! Our church recently went t...I enjoyed reading this! Our church recently went through the Truth Project too and wow, was it interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-29755892257451481962011-02-22T13:47:15.103-05:002011-02-22T13:47:15.103-05:00this was the sentence that moved me... my smaller ...this was the sentence that moved me... my smaller story of me feeds into God's larger story of all time.<br />This side of heaven I don't think we will ever know how our lives impacted others. Good or bad.<br />Beautifully written!Tiffinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658423323731449505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-33742027215764404202011-02-21T15:19:50.716-05:002011-02-21T15:19:50.716-05:00Hebrews chapter eleven always blows my mind. I rea...Hebrews chapter eleven always blows my mind. I read that and I am overwhelmed. Such great faith, indeed!Deidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145504027833176749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-49841985207935431392011-02-21T15:19:50.257-05:002011-02-21T15:19:50.257-05:00Wow and can I just say AMEN and AMEN to what you a...Wow and can I just say AMEN and AMEN to what you and Pastor Mike have to say. I have recently had a disagreement with a sister-in-law (an ordained minister) about the very thing Mike is talking about. It seems to me that those in the church should be teaching Gods word not seeking to change its meaning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463045745660696490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-6901012255848777962011-02-21T14:18:02.495-05:002011-02-21T14:18:02.495-05:00Me too, me too! I want my life to be caught up in ...Me too, me too! I want my life to be caught up in God's larger story. And I long for my story to become His.Amy Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571083038560430815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-64418441798363077832011-02-21T13:42:09.322-05:002011-02-21T13:42:09.322-05:00"If we forget what God says to remember and r..."If we forget what God says to remember and remember what God says to forget, we taint our view of history."...amen...GOD breathed words hereConniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055245047864169568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-7821814644020888302011-02-21T13:10:40.436-05:002011-02-21T13:10:40.436-05:00I'm cracking up...I just clicked over to find ...I'm cracking up...I just clicked over to find out "who this Pastor Mike guy is" (!!) -- didn't realize it was YOUR Mike! Worlds coming together now... :)Michelle DeRushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359712465784943599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-39309538264149400982011-02-21T13:09:08.111-05:002011-02-21T13:09:08.111-05:00Wow, Dawn, I really had to slow way down and take ...Wow, Dawn, I really had to slow way down and take my time reading through this -- there is so much good stuff packed in here! I like the examples you gave of God telling his people when to stop and remember -- isn't that what the Ebenezer stone was for, too? <br /><br />I want to do as you say: to lift my focus from myself and to gaze unobstructed on Him. <br /><br />Seriously great post, Dawn! And thanks so much for linking up...Michelle DeRushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359712465784943599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-62814353903786279962011-02-21T12:25:56.695-05:002011-02-21T12:25:56.695-05:00I see a connection between what I wrote on my post...I see a connection between what I wrote on my post for this meme, too. Remembering the things that people have done to make me angry is actually something that I need to forgot so to find freedom in the forgiveness. But not only to find freedom, but to obey God, too. What if He were to remember my own sins?<br /><br />This post is full of good thoughts!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701362919026534336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-48954936671243935922011-02-21T10:48:45.771-05:002011-02-21T10:48:45.771-05:00Dawn, I love this post. It reinforces some though...Dawn, I love this post. It reinforces some thoughts I was reading on "responsibility" this morning. Thoughts on how what we do today is part of God's plan and we don't need to despise our part. Mike, I like you thoughts too...so true that as a nation we have forgotten truth and this world reels from the effect of it. "We have distorted the Scriptures to our own destruction..." that is such a chilling thought! Thank to both of you for the encouragement to be true to the Lord Jesus right where we are, in our present place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-30720320282639547102011-02-21T09:49:06.769-05:002011-02-21T09:49:06.769-05:00Well said Dawn! I see so much of this today in thi...Well said Dawn! I see so much of this today in this post-modern world, especially in the so-called church who claims to know Christ and yet does not hold to the clear teachings of Scripture. Truth becomes relative and we blur the lines of our morality and justify it by saying it is a new insight or a new way of thinking. But they purposefully forget and suppress the truth in order to fulfill the desires of their flesh. Romans 1:18-32 says, "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness. .For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools. . Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator. .Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. .Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." What amazes me is how many have gone down this road of deception and do not even realize their destruction. Where is the holiness of the church? Where is the honor due this Holy God? We have distorted the Scriptures to our own destruction, which ignorant and unstable people do (2 Peter 3:16). Sorry for the long post, but I see this so clearly -we have forgotten what we should have remembered and we are paying for it today as a nation.Pastor Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861327407028418016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-78637151710391368592011-02-21T00:25:52.316-05:002011-02-21T00:25:52.316-05:00Yes . . . living it out on Monday and all week thr...Yes . . . living it out on Monday and all week through. It sometimes is a tough battle. Your post touched me. Thank you for sharing!Lonihttp://writingcanvas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307129997060496779.post-62658234860609973842011-02-20T21:05:06.710-05:002011-02-20T21:05:06.710-05:00Oh Sweetheart he is writing His story on your hear...Oh Sweetheart he is writing His story on your heart and . . . writing your story. . . And how beautiful it is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077376592641214474noreply@blogger.com