tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872354551426452485.post8510534692790419557..comments2023-04-03T07:01:25.195-07:00Comments on True North: Revolutionary JesusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872354551426452485.post-58185696554448404882010-02-07T12:33:53.903-08:002010-02-07T12:33:53.903-08:00"Strange is our situation here upon earth. Ea..."Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."<br /><br />This Einstein quote seems to align with your eloquent description of the spirituality you're moving toward. You might want to read more about his beliefs. You'll find them provocative, but I know that doesn't scare you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917885981393522930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872354551426452485.post-74582404401057317752010-02-05T00:44:16.042-08:002010-02-05T00:44:16.042-08:00Beautifully written, Melissa.
It does seem that ...Beautifully written, Melissa. <br /> It does seem that one who does <br />nothing for those in need couldn't possibly be a true follower of Jesus. <br /> I loved your descriptions of love in action: "hands [that] are rough and calloused, worn from action, marred with the beauty of beliefs put to use". and that you remind us that Jesus had hands like that. and definitely feet, what with all the walking he did:) <br />I'm loving the new direction your blog is going!rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152722756680889276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872354551426452485.post-88262012746243029442010-02-03T14:26:17.096-08:002010-02-03T14:26:17.096-08:00I can't help but be reminded of a day when I t...I can't help but be reminded of a day when I took from the shelf one of my old bibles, which I had bought right after I became reborn by the Spirit of God. I would make these little notes in the margins and now I can't even remember what I was thinking at the time, but the note is so far from the reality of what the words were actually saying, I had to laugh. And then I was sad. And then I was glad, because I had matured a little further and understood better. Better is a relative term of course. You have shown me a Jesus that I had forgotten about. The hated one. The despised to death one. When the angry crowd before Pilate cried out "His blood be on our hands and on our children..." it's scary to read. That was the Jesus they thought they knew. And Jesus, as you so eloquently alluded to, practicing the kind of non-responsive forgiveness, made it possible for them [me, us] to be his children. <br />Keep pulling the trigger, Melissa. You're a crack shot. A><>Jjkrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919950373347500989noreply@blogger.com