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vaarwel
au revoir
auf Wiedersehen
arrivederci
adeus
I’m finished. My thoughts have been consumed with whether or not you’re offended far too long. It’s over.
acabado
rifinito
fertig
de finition
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- brother_barabbas
- Eldorado, Ohio, United States
- Who am I? It has nothing to do with who I am! I am the one in whom dwells no good thing. I am as the grass of the field, here one day and ground into flour the next. I am the disciple who Jesus loved! Why, not because of who I am, but because of what HE's done! It has everything to do with what HE's done! He sealed my pardon with His blood! He bought me back from the slave auction, by giving His life. He's done it all! He continually intercedes on my behalf to the Father!
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16 comments:
huh? Who are you talking to?
What is over? Posting because you are afraid? Or being afraid?
Don't quit posting. Even though I don't respond often I love reading them.
Heidi
2Ti 1:7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Ok, so I know these are two verses just pulled out...maybe even out of context. But they are what came to my mind when I read your post and comments.
Don't stop posting! I'm hoping that Richard's third question is the reason for your post.
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're done blogging?
If that's so I understand, because I struggle with the same thoughts myself whenever I post anything.
Perhaps it's best for you to stop posting to prevent pride from creeping in. Or, perhaps it's best to keep posting to prevent pride from creeping in? It's between you and God.
i'm sitting here puzzling over this whole thing. i've concluded that you are going to quit blogging because you spend too much time worrying about whether or not you have offended someone.
a blog is a personal diary of your thoughts that reflect your personality. if it were the blogging that was causing the problem than i would think sharing your thoughts outloud would also cause fear of creating offense.
we can't live consumed with worry or fear over whether or not we are offending someone.
keep blogging and give God the glory, brother!
maggie...........you're close! Closest one so far, as a matter of fact.
Both blogging and sharing my thots out loud HAS caused offense. I've spent WAAAYY too much emotional energy consumed with worrying about other people's personal offenses toward my 'personal diary of [my] thoughts that reflect [my] personality'
I can tell when I'm no longer welcomed.
Oh, you just enjoy being Mr. Vague, don't you?????
I just talked to your wife......
Vague? Did you mean 'vogue'?
I thot I spoke clearly! Do you feel 'in the know' now?
I'm not interested in being "in the know". But I am interested in the Body of Christ supporting one another.
Maybe you thought you were clear, however most of us can't read your mind. :)
Prayers for God's continued direction and discernment.....
Maybe it's because there's little there to read...................and the print is SOO small!! ;-P
OK. So who are you saying "Goodbye" to?
"My thoughts have been consumed with whether or not you’re offended far too long."
Who is the "you" in that statement? Surely you don't mean US-- as in those of us who regularly come to Aaron's blog page to read about what has been on our friend Aaron's mind lately. Surely you know that we love you too much to be offended by you without telling you. Your mind needn't be "consumed with whether or not" WE have been offended. Why? Because if we were offended we'd tell you! And we'd tell you because we love you and we'd want to have any offense to be worked through between us so that our friendship with you would continue to grow and flourish.
You are not even capable of offending us, Bro. We love you too much.
oh sam...please, won't you remove that one word that i do NOT want my children reading?? and they DO read the blogs of people i trust.
i will not apologize about the fact that that kind of language coming out of a Christian's mouth greatly disturbs me.
aaron- ultimately it's up to God what He wants you to do, but i seriously don't think giving it up because of the fear of offense is enough of a reason. :)
phhhhht.
There's something to be said about wisdom & words.
A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. Prov 17:27-28
He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity. Prov 21:23
And then there's something to be said about misunderstanding and incorrect assumptions. And you can't oversee or control any assumptions or misunderstandings outside of those which occur in your own mind. God works on those all the others that you have no influence over… He talks about it in the following comment:
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. Do not accuse a man for no reason — when he has done you no harm. Prov 3:29-30
Do I understand the human element of fear and sick-and-tired-of-dealing-with-it[people]? Yes, but just because we both experience that same human element doesn't make it any less human and any more justifiable.
So. I conclude with this charge: you have no excuse for finishing / vanishing. This is based on the assumption that your decision was more about your human element than God’s directive. Of course, my assumption may be wrong, and God truly is the Director of your choice. In which case, my conclusion isn’t finalized, but is pending…
See, I’m putting my neck out on the line because someone will misinterpret my comments to be critical and derogatory against you. I’m posting them anyway, because I’m fighting that aforementioned element, and it’s losing. I’m… clicking… Publish Your Comment! Ha.
:)
I'm sorry Margaret. I guess I could resist the double entendre. Aaron, if you don't mind, could you remove my profane babble? (not this comment, the other one)
The following verse is NOT directed at you Margaret because I understand your concern. I had to say that and I didn't mind because this verse could be misconstrued as another double entendre... This verse has to do with the Original post:
1Co 10:29 But, except for these special cases, I'm not going to walk around on eggshells worrying about what small-minded people might say; I'm going to stride free and easy, knowing what our large-minded Master has already said.
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