Comments on: Healing my Soul http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/ But by the grace of God, I am what I am. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: MInTheGap http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2082 MInTheGap Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:33:19 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2082 I like what Kristen had to say. The rules are the bottom-- their the boundaries from which you have freedom. They only limit in the way that they help you to be more like God himself. I like what Kristen had to say. The rules are the bottom– their the boundaries from which you have freedom. They only limit in the way that they help you to be more like God himself.

]]> By: Nina http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2066 Nina Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:41:08 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2066 Amanda - I truly appreciate your honesty! Rarely have I found other Christians willing to admit that all is not "perfect" in our little world. But we all have a story to tell, and no matter who you are or where you live . . . we all have struggles and pain. Thanks for not pretending, and for giving the rest of us permission to admit the truth about our own lives. Therein lies healing . . . . facing the truth and accepting the grace, not in striving to "get it right." Bless you, dear! Nina Amanda - I truly appreciate your honesty! Rarely have I found other Christians willing to admit that all is not “perfect” in our little world. But we all have a story to tell, and no matter who you are or where you live . . . we all have struggles and pain. Thanks for not pretending, and for giving the rest of us permission to admit the truth about our own lives. Therein lies healing . . . . facing the truth and accepting the grace, not in striving to “get it right.” Bless you, dear! Nina

]]> By: Kristen http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2063 Kristen Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:50:14 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2063 Timing does a lot, doesn't it? I was thinking of someday in the distant future teaching a course about these sorts of things, and I keep getting reminded that the order I teach it in will matter, and that some people are ready to hear things and some aren't, which is why it's hard to teach this stuff. Everybody needs something different at their particular stage in life to push them towards that healing. I think maybe you have to know someone really well before you can help them along in their spiritual journey. Or you could just put out a best selling book and hope that people read it at the right times. ;) I'm no Rob Bell though! :) Timing does a lot, doesn’t it? I was thinking of someday in the distant future teaching a course about these sorts of things, and I keep getting reminded that the order I teach it in will matter, and that some people are ready to hear things and some aren’t, which is why it’s hard to teach this stuff. Everybody needs something different at their particular stage in life to push them towards that healing.

I think maybe you have to know someone really well before you can help them along in their spiritual journey. Or you could just put out a best selling book and hope that people read it at the right times. ;)

I’m no Rob Bell though! :)

]]> By: Amanda http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2061 Amanda Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:27:44 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2061 I think I underlined nearly the entire book. I'd read it once before, but it didn't affect me nearly like it is now. And if it's possible...Bell's second book is even better! I have at least one more post up my sleeve about all of this...I didn't do it today because I thought I'd posted enough for one day. :) I think I underlined nearly the entire book. I’d read it once before, but it didn’t affect me nearly like it is now. And if it’s possible…Bell’s second book is even better!

I have at least one more post up my sleeve about all of this…I didn’t do it today because I thought I’d posted enough for one day. :)

]]> By: Kristen http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2060 Kristen Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:23:52 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2060 Exactly! All of those rules and regulations, the restrictions, the rewards and punishments...those are just God setting the minimum. That's why I so often say that there is no absolute obligation to go further. God won't punish you if you can't seem to let him heal you. It's not about that. This is sort of the extra credit part, where your life is not focused on the next life and where you'll go then, but on what you can do *right now* to bring yourself closer to God. Being a Christian shouldn't be about defining the minimum requirements to get into heaven. It's about healing. Keep this stuff coming, it's great! I've never actually read Rob Bell, just heard a bunch about him, so I'm glad you're sharing this! Exactly! All of those rules and regulations, the restrictions, the rewards and punishments…those are just God setting the minimum. That’s why I so often say that there is no absolute obligation to go further. God won’t punish you if you can’t seem to let him heal you. It’s not about that.

This is sort of the extra credit part, where your life is not focused on the next life and where you’ll go then, but on what you can do *right now* to bring yourself closer to God. Being a Christian shouldn’t be about defining the minimum requirements to get into heaven. It’s about healing.

Keep this stuff coming, it’s great! I’ve never actually read Rob Bell, just heard a bunch about him, so I’m glad you’re sharing this!

]]> By: TQL http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2058 TQL Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:13:58 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2058 Yay! I'm glad you are back...the essence of you, without SuperMandiKaye! Isn't Rob Bell awesome! Yay! I’m glad you are back…the essence of you, without SuperMandiKaye!

Isn’t Rob Bell awesome!

]]> By: ontheedgeofmyseat http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2057 ontheedgeofmyseat Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:56:30 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/06/29/healing-my-soul/#comment-2057 Yay! Bye, superMandiKaye! Hasta la vista. I'm so excited for you and all the new stuff you're going to come across! Woohoo, God is good! Yay! Bye, superMandiKaye! Hasta la vista. I’m so excited for you and all the new stuff you’re going to come across! Woohoo, God is good!

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