tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post111750156417849274..comments2023-08-06T06:52:33.301-05:00Comments on Tent Pegs: How Much Will You Take For It?PatrickMeadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00741720069221746106noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1125763644661725992005-09-03T11:07:00.000-05:002005-09-03T11:07:00.000-05:00Patrick- Great BLOG. Just stumbled accross it from...Patrick- Great BLOG. Just stumbled accross it from another one. I listend to your teaching from the Richland Hills mens retreat- it was encouraging.<BR/><BR/>Great insight on the cost of decisions. It convicted me of the ever greater need to be "led by the Spirit" in every situation.<BR/><BR/>I would like to add that when we do blow it-- we need to let God have the last word. Grace.<BR/>Concerning the loss of witness when we "loose it" and show ourselves rather than Christ. I have found that humbling myself and coming back to that person, asking for forgiveness and admiting fault, does much to restore witness and the validity of Christianity being about grace and second chances. The thing that is most repulsive to God in scripture seems to tie in with one of the greatest repulsions that non-believers have with Christians: the inability to be humble and admit our need for grace. <BR/><BR/>God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Lord, keep me humble.<BR/>Have a Great Day!!!Lovell's Lookouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104152239449581995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1117887974101837532005-06-04T07:26:00.000-05:002005-06-04T07:26:00.000-05:00Your story reminds me of one of the most powerful ...Your story reminds me of one of the most powerful lessons learned from my father. He owned a shoe store where all of us (6) kids worked. I clearly remember walking into his office as he was doing bookwork. I asked him something to the effect of "wouldn't it be really easy for a person to write in the wrong numbers on purpose?"<BR/><BR/>He looked up from his books and said that it would, indeed, be easy to cheat. But then added, "But a Christian never cheats. Never" and went back to his books.<BR/><BR/>I was profoundly impacted and his words have come back to me many times in my own years as a business-woman. There've been opportunities to cheat, "but a Christian never cheat. Never" still rings true in my heart.Cheetah, the cheetahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971204182299112369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1117754777955159942005-06-02T18:26:00.000-05:002005-06-02T18:26:00.000-05:00But isn't it a little extreme to say that any form...But isn't it a little extreme to say that any form of discipline short of just simply learning and moving on is throwing away a relationship? I agree with what you're saying about winning the battle but losing the soul. However, eliminating punishment or scolding isn't always going to get the lesson across. (Note: I'm not disagreeing with the story about the car.) I'm not exactly a grown up, and I'm not ready to pretend to be one yet, but I think that the relationship between parent and child is created through those times where you get yelled at for using play-doh on the carpet, or get a spanking for running into the street. Because along with those times, there are far many more instances where there are zoos, family dinners, and family camping trips. <BR/>I think that knowing we shouldn't argue and fight and trade our Christianity isn't going to make us stop doing it. Because making mistakes is inevitable. But I think it's important that we have to remember that God is on our side, and when we own up to our actions he will forgive us and keep showing his love. I think it's easier for him to to because he's God. And we're not.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583369854584253863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1117721225675872252005-06-02T09:07:00.000-05:002005-06-02T09:07:00.000-05:00Patrick,Great post.It looks like we live about 90 ...Patrick,<BR/><BR/>Great post.<BR/><BR/>It looks like we live about 90 miles from each other. I'm living and working near Lansing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Ray <BR/>(aka C. S. Bunyan)Ray Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13746766023049865275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1117680940422461632005-06-01T21:55:00.000-05:002005-06-01T21:55:00.000-05:00whew!!! Great post,you have me convicted brother. ...whew!!! Great post,you have me convicted brother. Guilty I am. Patrick, you need come back to the Pitman church in New JerseyJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682007915158940095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1117587050788606552005-05-31T19:50:00.000-05:002005-05-31T19:50:00.000-05:00Thanks Patrick. I quoted this post on my blog toda...Thanks Patrick. I quoted this post on my blog today.Jared Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665647940543562091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1117548875916461672005-05-31T09:14:00.000-05:002005-05-31T09:14:00.000-05:00Now that is some powerful post! I wish I could ha...Now that is some powerful post! I wish I could have read this BEFORE I raised my two boys! :) Everybody needs this message, and I hope to let as many people as I can know about it. <BR/><BR/>PLEASE....PLEASE keep posting meat like this, Patrick!<BR/><BR/>Your brother,<BR/>DavidDavid Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087224962012899721noreply@blogger.com