tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post5341370735353798442..comments2023-06-03T08:18:05.926-06:00Comments on Here am i : When the Pendulum SwingsCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317610661817876605noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post-31590433034703535122011-06-02T12:54:27.620-06:002011-06-02T12:54:27.620-06:00i remember being at the mission while a visiting p...i remember being at the mission while a visiting pastor came and told us the same thing...that desease, illness, sight problems were all directly related to sin....and i was really upset and stunned by these words....but like every other christian, i think he is trying to find a logical explination for hurt and suffereing. If you look at it in broader strokes i do believe that most pain and suffering is directly related to sin...but not necissarily at a personal level. God wants to pour out blessings, but as a society...we( as a culture, not as indivduals) are the ones injecting our food with steriods that cause cancer, we are the ones who go to war over things like oil prices and let innocent people die so that our gas is affordable. But in suffering also brings perseverence and faith that God wants something better for us, and that he will come and right the world one day...and untill that day, as Jesus says, BLESSED are the humble, the weak, the poor, the lonley...for thiers is the kingdom of God (extreme paraphrasing i know!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192596811310146051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post-77331490512006637692011-06-02T07:31:43.071-06:002011-06-02T07:31:43.071-06:00Great post!Great post!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975869412555446631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post-21487772803540450012011-06-01T08:56:15.443-06:002011-06-01T08:56:15.443-06:00Powerfully and beautifully written! Truth abounds ...Powerfully and beautifully written! Truth abounds in your words and I pray that they continue to resonate in each of our hearts and in the actions and words we live out each day.carrie churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336712918841968155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post-71744254560553440352011-05-31T22:38:09.916-06:002011-05-31T22:38:09.916-06:00Wow Carla, you are so amazing. I know you think t...Wow Carla, you are so amazing. I know you think that you "ramble" but you have so many wonderful truths to share. I think you could preach.. or write a book. I love your point of view. I sooooooo agree with everything you said in this post!Amberhttp://www.saulyamber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post-56703080114500504752011-05-31T22:19:18.891-06:002011-05-31T22:19:18.891-06:00Oh my! You seriously have me slapping the table a...Oh my! You seriously have me slapping the table and shouting AMEN!! Ok, I am actually mentally doing it because I cannot wake up sleeping children. BUT PREACH IT SISTER!! Words of truth. <br /><br />Hope you don't mind me sharing this 'cause I just did. <br /><br />AMEN!Marcy Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045789034747171870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891983480820728700.post-87579124408388082162011-05-31T18:16:19.355-06:002011-05-31T18:16:19.355-06:00Amen! Thanks for sharing!Amen! Thanks for sharing!Jenn @Treasuring Lifes Blessingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064643472453403394noreply@blogger.com