Subject: Endorsing the TNIV, how can this be? |
Bible Note: Hank:-( Ug! Well not about your good health, that's really good to hear! You sound tired and discouraged and your burden sounds heavy, brother. Moses was attempting to do so much he almost blew it. Moses was told from an unlikkely person to share the burdens or he would be crushed under it all. I am not sure self evaluation was quite what would have helped Moses find a solution to his being spred so thin. I honestly don't know why I came up with the thoughts about Moses. However the Forum is a lot like the people Moses was trying to push. What seems rather silly is Moses was not given the position of pusher. Moses was God's chosen to be the leader. I find it's a lot easier on the back to just walk and let others follow than push a wagon full of Missouri potatoes (rocks) up a Missouri hill. I am reminded that when the load is more than we can carry, perhaps it's because we are not yoked with someone to help carry the burden. Hank, I know you are a kind, warm, caring, Christian gentleman. You have the qualities that few Christian men have, and it did not come without devotion to the Lord Jesus, and a deep abiding faith. True faith is hard work! Walking by faith is not achieved overnight, it takes a lifetime to develope ones walk. I know you already are keenly aware of this. You and I in our faith developement need to keep bringing others to maturity in Christ, so they can replace us as we eventually will go home. Perhaps, and I sure don't pretend to know, you need to ask the Holy Father if you should be training someone to share the joy of the Forum with you. I do not expect anything near even close to perfection in you or anyone else. I can say fro certian that there will always be animosity, bickering, backbighting, bitterness, anger, fighting, and unChrist like behavior by Christians until, and only when, Christ comes will it then stop. I am not responsible for anyone else but me on the Fourm. Brother Hank I know you have a lot of you invested in the Forum, I know how deeply you care for those who are in it as well. But dear brother, the Forum is the Lords, and we just serve each other in it. Thhis forum will pass you are very right. But, don't for one second forget we are the Lords and Galations 5:6 "...the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." What ever else we may say or do, only whats done for others through us because we are allowing Christ to show love through us is worth anything at all. Everything else is wasted and gone forever. Only one life will be soon be past; only what's done for Christ will last. This is not my orignal saying, I don't know where it comes from. Brother in Christ, Hank I encourage to look up for the Lord is near, He will not allow you to carry more than you are able, not one inch more! I believe that with all my heart. I ask you to overlook my poor spelling and English grammer, I continue to make more of an effort to improve. God Bless you Hank. Justme, Mike, your brother in Christ always! |