tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post3641793399707972110..comments2023-03-25T08:46:07.069-07:00Comments on Runaway Pastor: A gushy Lenten love notedavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05727663487337030803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-77798954784368018562010-03-30T14:45:08.247-07:002010-03-30T14:45:08.247-07:00Yes, Mark. Me too. And thanks Zee. I'm heading...Yes, Mark. Me too. And thanks Zee. I'm heading to your blog now!davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727663487337030803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-34055822043187237542010-03-30T14:23:42.869-07:002010-03-30T14:23:42.869-07:00Sure :) here it is:
love: a choice or a feeling?Sure :) here it is:<br /><br /><a href="http://nazareneblogs.org/zenichka/2010/03/31/love-a-choice-or-a-feeling/" rel="nofollow"><b>love: a choice or a feeling?</b></a>Zeehttp://nazareneblogs.org/zenichkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-19860080261385969472010-03-30T11:42:25.013-07:002010-03-30T11:42:25.013-07:00You can't say it any better than you did David...You can't say it any better than you did David. I sure hope it is a feeling and not just a commitment we make, because God sure gave me a heart and mind full of emotions and feelings. I'm with you and pondering a deeper love each and ever day now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985080244893508460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-81961307875099219132010-03-30T09:37:06.825-07:002010-03-30T09:37:06.825-07:00Zee, thanks for your words here, and I'll look...Zee, thanks for your words here, and I'll look forward to reading what you write. Would you please link it here as a comment?<br />Anonymous, thank you as well. I am sorry for your "tough stretch." And this is interesting, I have had many laymen express that they too were burned-out. They say things like: "You should write a series and have titles like The Runaway ___________. Each time, they fill in their own professional <i>occupation</i>. BUT never have I had a laymen suggest in response to my book that they are burned out on church, or we that I should write "The Runaway Laymen." Pardon my assumption here, but I think many are, but are as afraid to express that to me, as I was afraid to publish a book with such a theme!<br />Kind of rambling here, but, I'll say as I've fallen for Jesus again, I've also found a renewed love for the church...warts and all (mine the worst). However, I've also had to be pretty painfully honest about what the church IS NOT, and what she cannot do for my soul...without a humble dependence on her Founder.<br />Don't know. I'm in a good place for now, and will pray for you to find yours. And while I'm here, I can witness to the fact that He is a good place to be.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727663487337030803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-38497823736979928992010-03-30T09:11:32.531-07:002010-03-30T09:11:32.531-07:00Read with interest you blog post from this morning...Read with interest you blog post from this morning. I resonated with it. Been such a tough stretch for me for whatever reason and I feel rather trapped in "church" rather than the Lord and love for Him of late. I haven't had a chance to read your book but I am wondering if the same runaway instincts can surface for long term, deeply involved laymen. I suspect such is part of my problem. Any others out there verbalizing that sort of thing to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-71642345667816731812010-03-30T08:04:16.427-07:002010-03-30T08:04:16.427-07:00i'm with you, brother!
pastor Vova kept menti...i'm with you, brother!<br /><br />pastor Vova kept mentioning the talk that Peter and Jesus had after Jesus' resurrection, when Peter was asked "Do you love me, Peter?" and that was it that made me really think about the balance between the feeling and commitment. <br /><br />i like what you wrote in the next-to-last paragraph. i guess lately i have heard too much about love being a choice that you have to make and too little about the FEELING in love... <br /><br />hm, tempted to write about it.<br /><br />*hugs* great post, David!Zeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178305447387543918noreply@blogger.com