tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578595981424253854.post5225227981097759531..comments2023-09-19T04:44:58.904-07:00Comments on Musings from a Theo-Geek: What God Told Me on the Way to Work TodayMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411152395819469453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578595981424253854.post-52730768895235897022009-05-29T05:29:50.435-07:002009-05-29T05:29:50.435-07:00Hi Jos!
You definitely have the right perspective...Hi Jos!<br /><br />You definitely have the right perspective. That's exactly how it should be - individual, with no thoughts on "performing". It really isn't about 'experience' - I learned that the hard way a few years ago - but drawing near to God in your heart (as you stated).<br /><br />@ Daniel,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by ~ I just clicked on your blog and the first thing that caught my eye were your sermon notes on "Hollowness vs. Holiness". That was definitely what I needed to read this week - thanks for posting the series!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411152395819469453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578595981424253854.post-40591980919157804452009-05-29T01:49:37.875-07:002009-05-29T01:49:37.875-07:00Your experience really inspired me! It was so refr...Your experience really inspired me! It was so refreshing to hear that there are believers out there who engage with God in such a way. <br /><br />Reading your post I realized that the woman doing the praying was not at church and yet she acted very much like a person would at church. <br /><br />I have been doing a lot of writing lately on the topic of legalism. As believers, we neatly pacakge prayer and create appropriate ways of praying. We forget that prayer can and should be done anywhere and at any time. <br /><br />Praying in the car, and especially for a stranger in an ambulance, definitely forces us to step outside ourselves. <br /><br />Among other things, this story challenged my legalistic approach to prayer even more. It gave me yet another reason why I should not place God in a box, especially when I pray.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580155756661465475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578595981424253854.post-21973008046438749252009-05-28T19:10:33.994-07:002009-05-28T19:10:33.994-07:00Thanks for stopping by again...loved this post.
...Thanks for stopping by again...loved this post. <br /><br />I attend a Pentecostal church here at the Gold Coast. Yes, big on hand raising, jumping, you name it. Not everyone does it. And that is perfectly fine. Thing is, when you said in your previous post that it can make someone else feel inferior, like they're less holy, that kinda caught my attention. It is very easy to fake it til you make it. Sometimes I think people who visit for the first time try to do what everyone else is doing so as to seem like they're fitting in. I want to tell them they can just relax and be themselves. <br /><br />It's not about us all looking the part or acting in unison (jumping at the same time, clapping all in beat). There are times I just stop. I stop singing and I stop moving and I just close my eyes and talk with God. I know when I am not 'making a connection', if you like....not truly worshipping but simply going with the motion. <br /><br />I can say though, it was pretty liberating in a way to be able to express worship by raising my hands or even kneeling. I used to simply stand around and observe other people. I still get self conscious when I catch people staring at me when I do raise my hands or move about but I think as long as I'm not being a distraction to everyone else or acting in some crazy inappropriate fashion like randomly yelling things or grabbing others and making them dance when clearly they're focused on worshipping, then it boils down to God and me and what He knows to be my real heart condition. <br /><br />At the end of the day, you'll know in your heart if you are really drawing closer with God and bringing Him glory. Doesn't matter so much what the form is. Thing is, I really do believe that God speaks to us all the time and sometimes it can be through things like this (as in what you saw on your way to work)...it's just whether we notice. He knows exactly how to get our attention and when.<br /><br />Yes, not a big fan on swimsuits either! Part body image, part modesty...beaches are good if you really have to go into the water...you can go in with board shorts (whatever length you prefer) and a top over your swimsuit. Alternatively I sneak into the pool where we live when no one else is around and it's just my husband and me.Room to Thinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09135145682858036400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578595981424253854.post-26966191655841076972009-05-28T11:44:38.128-07:002009-05-28T11:44:38.128-07:00Well, you sure got my attention with that title!
...Well, you sure got my attention with that title!<br /><br />I'd say that even in the Bible Belt, the kind of thing you witnessed is pretty rare. It seems you must be right in assuming that the woman's prayer was meant to accomplish more than she could have realized.<br /><br />And by the way, I hate bathing suit shopping too. Like, I think the 7th level of hell is going to be a bunch of horrid overhead florescent greenish lights hanging over endless changing rooms full of women agonizing over terrible bathing suits. And the bathing suits all cost $200 to boot. You may have successfully conquered your body issues and moved on to ONLY worrying about modesty, but I still haven't! I get to deal with both when I shop.<br /><br />OK, seriously I try not to worry about body image too much, but bathing suit shopping is ga-raun-teed to stir it up.Hadassahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809388943561834992noreply@blogger.com