Word Is Out

"We who preach and write, do so in a manner different from which the Scriptures have been written. We write while we make progress. We learn something new every day. We speak as we still knock for understanding...If anyone criticizes me when I have said what is right, he does me an injustice. But I would be more angry with the one who praises me and takes what I have written for Gospel truth than I would be with the one who criticizes me unfairly. Augustine
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Mark Hamby

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Monday, June 09, 2008

Wrestling with God

" Unlikely Route To Joy"..."Most assume that trust is quiet, serene, selfless dependence on God.  Though there is an element of truth to that view of trust, more often than not such serene faith is a byproduct  of wanting very little from God.  It is frighteningly easy to appear trusting when in fact one is simply dead ( in denial of wounds, hunger or struggle of the heart.)

Genuine trust  involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives.  For that reason, many who hate, and do battle with God trust Him more deeply than those whose complacent faith permits an abstract and motionless stance before Him.  Those who trust God most are those whose faith permits them to risk wrestling with Him over the deepest questions of life.  Good hearts are captured in a divine wrestling match; fearful, doubting hearts  stay clear of the mat..   

Taken from Wounded Heart by Dr. Dan Allendar

 

posted by Mark Hamby | 5:01 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

...'In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a Son, He learned obedience through the things He suffered...'..


Its interesting how his prayers were heard, but yet they were not answered.....in the flesh....

6/11/2008 6:29 PM  

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