tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post8600457014607140546..comments2023-03-30T06:42:07.287-04:00Comments on The Secret Life of a Minister's Wife . . .: The death and poverty gospel.YMinisterswifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199938373104456135noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post-23634200395216768002009-06-18T10:34:52.280-04:002009-06-18T10:34:52.280-04:00I've been in your shoes, Court. I'm so so...I've been in your shoes, Court. I'm so sorry you had that experience. It definitely deepens faith. <br /><br />God be praised for that little life that had so much purpose.YMinisterswifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199938373104456135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post-4911893125530509472009-06-17T12:27:38.516-04:002009-06-17T12:27:38.516-04:001. There's a nail, and you hit it right smack...1. There's a nail, and you hit it right smack on its little nail head.<br /><br />2. I, too, loathe political conversations. There are so many more important things to talk about.<br /><br />3. "Blessed Be Your Name" is one of my favorite songs. I learned it a few weeks after I had a miscarriage--and I learned it in order to sing it with the campaign group. That song is one of the many blessings God used to get me through that summer. Death and poverty gospel in action--and it deepened my faith.thegermanygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03454653430071012654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post-19124363607749524992009-06-05T16:26:13.435-04:002009-06-05T16:26:13.435-04:00Thanks sister and my friends.
This wasn't rea...Thanks sister and my friends.<br /><br />This wasn't really directed at anyone in particular. :-) I wrote this after having a political conversation (I loathe political conversations). Anyhow, I realized then how much our lives are dictated by fear which essentially is a lack of faith. <br /><br />PTTP- I agree there are benefits to faith on earth. Well said. I sure do love and miss you, girl!<br /><br />Oh and yes, Matt Redman also wrote Blessed Be which is another one of my personal favs. <br /><br />Thanks for reading.YMinisterswifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199938373104456135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post-36002229040142289302009-06-05T15:19:31.389-04:002009-06-05T15:19:31.389-04:00I think that you can also be rewarded here on eart...I think that you can also be rewarded here on earth as well if you are living for God. But not in the way we typically think. I'm not disagreeing with your post...I think you're right on. I just wanted to comment that if we're living for Him, even here on earth we can reap benefits...but they are not what are generally thought to be benefits. Philippians 4:7 mentions the "peace of God." This is something I think we can enjoy that gets us through the bad times we endure. I think that we can indeed find the peace of God if we are in communication with Him daily, hourly. We can also enjoy the kindness he brings us through a Christian support system and the love of our close earthly family that helps us endure hardships.<br />We are studying the Beatitudes right now on Sunday morning and Randy pointed out to us that the rewards we reap from following the Beatitudes...teachings of Jesus...are not only for the next life but also, in part, for this one.<br />Your post today comes at a good time for me...it helps me remember that we really CAN rejoice in our sufferings and that the key to that is to keep our focus on God...on the prize. Thanks so much for that, Caryn!<br />By the way, this is the guy who wrote Blessed Be Your Name, too, right? That's also a great song that applies here: <br />"Blessed be Your name<br />When the sun's shining down on me<br />When the world's 'all as it should be'<br />Blessed be Your name<br /><br />Blessed be Your name<br />On the road marked with suffering <br />Though there's pain in the offering <br />Blessed be Your name"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post-17961393058490661452009-06-05T10:34:35.693-04:002009-06-05T10:34:35.693-04:00Wonderful, meaningful, and personally directed to ...Wonderful, meaningful, and personally directed to me -- whether you knew it or not. Keep writing!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108118427561844916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395444088817351529.post-60448518441115320742009-06-04T21:31:37.190-04:002009-06-04T21:31:37.190-04:00well told sister.... well told.well told sister.... well told.cheritanoreply@blogger.com