tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post3362606444396246140..comments2023-12-22T04:08:47.995-06:00Comments on Hey look, a chicken!: Did you believe that I loved you?katdishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210738418270395622noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-37430803676222891512009-04-22T12:29:00.000-05:002009-04-22T12:29:00.000-05:00Koffijah,
You know, I had you specifically in min...Koffijah,<br /><br />You know, I had you specifically in mind when I typed that out. Funny thing is, it's not something that I thought you particularly needed to hear. Based on your your writing and how you have chosen to live your life in response to God's love for you, I assumed that you understood this principle. But you're right. It's one thing to understand it in your mind. Quite another to understand it with your heart. It brings joy to my heart to know that something you read here made the sun shine a little brighter in your corner of the world. I am glad to have been able to return to favor.katdishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210738418270395622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-78774505546794496842009-04-21T22:46:00.000-05:002009-04-21T22:46:00.000-05:00Hi Katdish,
First of all, thank you for typing it...Hi Katdish,<br /><br />First of all, thank you for typing it out. I am in a place where snail mail is faster than this dial-up. I can never watch any videos online. Had you not typed it out, I wouldn't have been blessed by this like I was.<br /><br />Second--thank you. Thank your for sharing this message.<br /><br />If you ask me "Does God love you, Koffijah." I would always answer "Yes" because I know that that is the right answer. But really, that is a "in theory" answer. Or, "according to proper theology" answer. <br /><br />But in my heart, do I really feel that God loves me? <br /><br />I would have to answer, "No, I don't."<br /><br />Then just for a moment... after reading your post... I considered, "What would it be like if I felt that God really did love me?" That was a pretty awesome picture. I instantly became happier. The problems that are dragging me down on a daily basis here seemed not to be a big deal. My appreciation of my wife and my son soared. It even seemed sunnier outside. I'm not kidding.<br /><br />I never thought I had to be perfect for God to love me. I wasn't caught up with that. I just often don't feel like God loves me, even though I know, in theory, that he does.<br /><br />So, thank you.Koffijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466273132799665707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-81191750404432296512009-04-21T18:07:00.000-05:002009-04-21T18:07:00.000-05:00I've been away from my computer most of the day, b...I've been away from my computer most of the day, but I've been able to read your comments via blackberry.<br /><br />Thank you so much for what you've contributed here. I appreciate ya'll sharing so honestly. Different perspectives, but one Truth. I still struggle with that question. I don't want to, I know Jesus loves me. I think that's why it's so important to love others, especially those who seem unlovable, because it gives me a tiny glimpse into how His love overcomes all the bad stuff -- in me and in everyone else.<br /><br />Thanks again.katdishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210738418270395622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-5842398290039359272009-04-21T13:57:00.000-05:002009-04-21T13:57:00.000-05:00I read I read "The Ragamuffin Gospel" a few month...I read I read "The Ragamuffin Gospel" a few months ago. God's doing a great thing in a lot of people's lives-- PTL!<br /><br />I have a similar post about my being in church and not experiencing His love. http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/about/<br /><br />When I discovered He eally loves me a HUGE weight was lifted and I could really experience joy. <br /><br />Thanks for video!Robin @ Heart of Wisdomhttp://heartofwisdom.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-37952336960862842212009-04-21T12:18:00.000-05:002009-04-21T12:18:00.000-05:00Loved this.
(BTW, I actually posted on my long-ne...Loved this. <br />(BTW, I actually posted on my long-neglected Rambling Rose blog today!)Jamie {See Jamie blog}https://www.blogger.com/profile/18212749055211487304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-70469053610573004002009-04-21T10:34:00.000-05:002009-04-21T10:34:00.000-05:00"No one can measure like a believer the depth and ..."No one can measure like a believer the depth and the intensity of God's love." I think that is so dead on. I remember being on the other side of that and thinking God could never love me like people tell me He does. I asked God to show me that and little by little He would reveal things to me that I could absorb and understand. But I was still feeble in my thoughts.<br /><br /><br />Then...for reasons I totally understand and totally don't understand...all at the same time...God allowed my three year old to develop stage III cancer of the kidney and lymph nodes. I would have bet every dollar I've ever made that I would have turned my back on God for letting that happen. Instead, I ran to Him. Or ran AT Him might be more accurate because I had never been more terrified and desperate in my entire life. And He was there. He was there in a way that I will never be able to describe in this life. I had never been so loved, so comforted, so tightly held as in those days. And I get it. I get now how God loves me in a crazy and powerful way that defies logic, words, rationale, understanding and any other word you can insert there. It's amazing. And the best part? I KNOW that isn't even as much as He really loves me. I know I couldn't take it all or I'd be struck dead by it if He directed His full love at me.<br /><br />Days when the kids are cranky, the checkbook is dismal, my husband isn't the most romantic man on the planet or even the days when a I hold the hand of my best friend as she went to live in glory or I hug a sobbing teenager who just found out she's preganant...I remember how much I'm (we) pursued, desired, loved, wanted and used...and in comparison, "whom shall then I fear?" <br /><br />Kat, this was amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917254303905983572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-10550119467478915072009-04-21T10:10:00.000-05:002009-04-21T10:10:00.000-05:00You also type the words for those of us who get wa...You also type the words for those of us who get way more from reading than from listening. (Auditory ADD?)<br /><br />That was definitely great. I'd say I didn't really start believing in God's love until my late 30s. <br /><br />Here's how it worked for me:<br />1. Believed I had to be perfect to be loved.<br />2. Created system wherein I could pretend to be perfect to myself and others.<br />3. Expended all my energy for 35+ years keeping up the illusion.<br />4. Also harbored a lack of forgiveness for others who weren't perfect.<br />5. Experienced clear and obvious failure and finally acknowledged that I was unworthy.<br />6. Saw no difference between self and others and finally forgave.<br />7. Despaired at my inability to be 'good enough.'<br />8. God was still there. He never left. And now he gathered me up.<br /><br />The Manning message is a great reminder of what God has done for me. Thanks!Stephanie Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09856446767908308441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-71148784301720861232009-04-21T08:57:00.000-05:002009-04-21T08:57:00.000-05:00This man's words are compelling- lots to chew on h...This man's words are compelling- lots to chew on here.Sherri Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536108320748561406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-4527030481078126302009-04-21T08:11:00.000-05:002009-04-21T08:11:00.000-05:00God is truly amazing in that He does the impossibl...God is truly amazing in that He does the impossible...He loves us even when we know we are undeserving of love from the inside out. He knows us better than anyone else could ever, and still He loves us so much. Now that is power!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18070555200892952455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-8288386927231546062009-04-21T07:11:00.000-05:002009-04-21T07:11:00.000-05:00What Peter said.
And I went to church for about t...What Peter said.<br /><br />And I went to church for about twenty years before I was baptized. You'd be both amazed and saddened at the number of people who sit in the pew or the chair right in front of you who don't believe that Jesus loves them. We're charged with spreading the Gospel. Sometimes that means spreading it in your place of worship, too.Billy Coffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988347213957444145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-30421988458668476502009-04-21T04:39:00.000-05:002009-04-21T04:39:00.000-05:00Wow, thank you...what a wonderful message to hear ...Wow, thank you...what a wonderful message to hear (and read - good typing there girl) before I hit my pillow.BeckeyZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919894189541800279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-51395048515089310122009-04-21T02:44:00.000-05:002009-04-21T02:44:00.000-05:00Don't ever think He doesn't use you, dear woman. H...Don't ever think He doesn't use you, dear woman. He did tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-67822387531422808732009-04-21T01:38:00.000-05:002009-04-21T01:38:00.000-05:00You're awesome Katdish!You're awesome Katdish!Peter Phttp://blog.hafchurch.org/peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-10572035081296180912009-04-21T00:41:00.000-05:002009-04-21T00:41:00.000-05:00Anthropomorphism- applying human qualities to God....Anthropomorphism- applying human qualities to God. I promise I'm not trying to be an annoying smartie, but I just encountered this word for the first time the other day. It's making God into a wretch like the rest of us (just a stranger on a bus, trying to make His way home- I never understood that song, Oh Joan Osborne, you strange blond lady) Anyways, I think that you're entirely right, that too many people don't fully believe that Jesus loves them like He does. I know I've had my moments. But the great thing is that God isn't a grumpy, flaky ho like the rest of us!JMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153935146315343348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558065865093418290.post-78485872706555315742009-04-21T00:39:00.000-05:002009-04-21T00:39:00.000-05:00You read my post today, I'm right there with you! ...You read my post today, I'm right there with you! I am so hungry for something more, something more substantial than we've known. Thanks for the great post and video.jasonShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420776820764592085noreply@blogger.com