Comments on: the hunt

By: Mary R Snyder

Mary R Snyder — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:35:18 +0000

Incredible post.

As one who works with the abused children and their families, I’ve learned that the abusers are just as much victims as the abused.

We, the church, has turned away — we don’t want to help the ugly people. We only want to fix those who need the quick fix, not the long haul projects. We don’t want to invest too much of our time or ourselves into ‘those’ people.

It breaks my heart. It makes me scream and makes me cry.

Your post spoke to my heart.

By: mrs lasky

mrs lasky — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:24:06 +0000

excellent post…i can’t say enough about how much i enjoyed reading and meditating on it. <3

By: TheNorEaster

TheNorEaster — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:52:09 +0000

“Who can walk with the whores of sin, earning trust and making friends, in order to find the stolen lives?”

A Misfit.

http://thenoreaster.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/the-church-of-misfits-through-the-narrow-gate/

By: Serena Woods

Serena Woods — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:58:52 +0000

It’s hard not to be judgmental in a situation like that. Therein lies Satan’s attack on you. This is the tempter seeing what you’re going to do.

In exploring the unbridled thought process of any believing human being: She’s so wrong! Pick out a good stone and make it count…

Then hear Jesus give the opportunity to throw it if you have no sin.

Now that the playing field is leveled…(which is where you are) you can love her (not give up on her, etc 1 Corinthians 13).

So, you have that down. Affirm her honesty in recognizing her error. It’s the one thing that Love can latch onto in this particular spot. Know and trust that God never leaves his lambs unfinished. She will, eventually, face these consequences and find that she cannot pay. Her only choice is to put her faith in what Jesus did. Once that surrender has taken place, she will be supernaturally tranformed and will know the truth.

This is your chance to put what you’re learning about grace and purpose in EVERYTHING to the test and reject the temptation to be used by the enemy to call her dead before the game is over.

By: A.

A. — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:12:02 +0000

wondering the best way to respond with grace… a friend and I were talking. She, a believer. She flat out told me in a conversation… “I know I am living in sin, but I am okay with that. I will just suffer the consequences.” I didn’t say much and even thought to myself she must not be a christian then, to feel that way…. but then remembered many times when I felt the same way, just didn’t say so outloud. I felt I wanted to “give up on my friend”… God has changed my judgemental heart. We cannot give up on each other. Even when someone is blatantly aware of sin and not repentant…. any thoughts?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:34:50 +0000

There’s so much truth in your post it’s hard to know which part to say “that really hits home” because it all hits home.

By: Sisterlisa

Sisterlisa — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:43:48 +0000

So meaty! Thank you for this perspective, Serena. So many times I see the religious so afraid of sin that they fail to help those lost in it. They don’t’ walk in faith that Jesus will protect them while they reach those in need of Him. The last part about being wise as serpents but innocent as doves really got me. I need to think about that a little more and seek Him to reveal that to me more. I get caught up a bit in it, not sure how it applies to my situation.