tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post8100376920986382443..comments2023-10-04T10:57:51.940-05:00Comments on Defined: The God BoxNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286219824281974297noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-20540874915966160882007-12-14T16:30:00.000-05:002007-12-14T16:30:00.000-05:00That's a great way to greet people ... yes, I thin...That's a great way to greet people ... yes, I think that is the right thing to do, Jon.Valorosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879571162743027865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-70682793797284034012007-12-12T02:13:00.000-05:002007-12-12T02:13:00.000-05:00i think we go about the relationship far too cereb...i think we go about the relationship far too cerebrally. <BR/><BR/> it is one thing to use our brains for conjecture and processing of the data that gets thrown at us from simply living. (which i, of course, LOVE to do...) but there is a marked difference between <EM>knowing</EM> a person and knowing <EM>about</EM> them. if the only way we know god is to know things "about him" then i don't think we'll ever know him or see him. <BR/><BR/>because he is spirit. he is not in the physical realm. he is behind it. you will never see god. <BR/><BR/>i believe god is <EM>experienced</EM> by everyone. but only <EM>witnessed</EM> by those to whom that reality has been revealed. and it hasn't been revealed to everyone yet.<BR/><BR/>i still think, however, that just because it hasn't been revealed to everyone yet, does not mean that it won't. so i try to approach every person i meet as though they are <EM>already</EM> a brother or sister whether they are currently aware of it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-5388913631790267952007-12-10T19:10:00.000-05:002007-12-10T19:10:00.000-05:00Thanks Linda, I am glad that is spoke to you. Mich...Thanks Linda, <BR/>I am glad that is spoke to you. <BR/><BR/>Michelle,<BR/>God is not unlike people. We have many friends in the world. Each one, we know in our own way. For me, I had golfing buddies, work friends, pool league friends, neighbors, etc. Have you ever found out something about a friend you loved, and said, "in all of the years I have known you, I never knew that about you." God is like that too. We know him in one way, then something else is revealed to us about him. Did you then reject the friend because of what you found out, or did it make you closer? I still find out things about my wife, and we have been together for 17years. My grandfather wrote some memoires, I have known him all my life, and I found out a lot about him. That is what a growing relationship does. God just asks that you get to know him better. That is about it.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286219824281974297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-87027103562605424212007-12-10T10:58:00.000-05:002007-12-10T10:58:00.000-05:00But.... how do you accept someone that you can't r...But.... <BR/>how do you accept someone that you can't really know? You can <I>think</I> that you know him... but isn't that your own version of your box of him?<BR/><BR/><BR/>MichelleOne Voice of Manyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406711453291558817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-72698496434874498282007-12-10T08:53:00.000-05:002007-12-10T08:53:00.000-05:00oops, it is too early for me to be at the keyboard...oops, it is too early for me to be at the keyboard!faintnothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09908528929679300814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-69946264041570129182007-12-10T08:52:00.001-05:002007-12-10T08:52:00.001-05:00Am I willing to accept God as He is...Yes I am, fo...Am I willing to accept God as He is...Yes I am, for no other god went out of his way for me the way the One and Only Living God did...He is Who He is...I am what He is making me...<BR/>Thanks, Nate, for sharing your heart this morning...<BR/>Lindafaintnothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09908528929679300814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-79862654352317139892007-12-10T08:52:00.000-05:002007-12-10T08:52:00.000-05:00Am I willing to accept God as He is...Yes I am, fo...Am I willing to accept God as He is...Yes I am, for no other god went out of his way for me the way the One and Only Living God did...He is Who He is...I am what He is making me...<BR/>Thanks, Nate, for sharing your heart this morning...<BR/>Lindafaintnothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09908528929679300814noreply@blogger.com