Would God mislead us? (pt 3)

January 28, 2011

Hi, all, I’m still at Blissdom, barely keeping up with it all, there have been twists and turns – not just the typical blogging conference – and for me – fire and ice. But I’m learning and growing and that’s never a bad thing. I am reading all your comments – and when I get […]

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In which God sometimes misleads us (pt 2)

January 27, 2011

Thank you for coming back for part two. I’m at Blissdom right now and didn’t have time to find perfect pictures for this post. If they aren’t “just so” who needs ’em. So please enjoy my first picture-less post. Sorry. Part one of the story is here, in case you’d like to peek. The story […]

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In which God sometimes doesn’t tell the truth

January 26, 2011

Would God Ever Mislead Us? There was a time in my life when I was sliding headlong down the wrong course to a destruction almost beyond repair. For those of you who read the fly and the rock posts – that was just about this time. I had a plan. It was the wrong plan. […]

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In which there’s a way up from the bottom of Pride’s Steps

January 25, 2011

So after three or four years on my fly on the rock parable – thank you if you stayed with me through it all. Now I get to finish Bernard of Clairvaux’s Steps of Pride. There are 12 steps down, but what’s the way up? Fortunately the 900 year old French monk has an answer […]

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In which the defiant fly and the rock parable ends

January 24, 2011

Where did we leave off. Oh, the fly, flying away. For those stepping in new here part 1 is here, part 2 is here, part 3 is here. It’ll make much more sense if you catch up. The parable now gives way to real life. Once the person has been defiant, has stood before God […]

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In which defiance in the face of God rarely turns out well (part 3)

January 20, 2011

In which a fly, and a rock, and the God of the Universe speak… OK, it’s not a fly in the picture, but who really wants to see a picture of a fly? This is part three, but in order to get it you really need part one and part two. You’ll like reading them. […]

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In which defiance in the face of God rarely turns out well (part 2)

January 19, 2011

So first the fly just sat on the rock and glared at me. Sure, he did the whole washing thing – kept himself busy – but mostly glared at me and soaked up the rays. I wish I had a picture of the fly. Sorry. But I didn’t know ’till all this was over that […]

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In which defiance in the face of God rarely turns out well

January 18, 2011

Strong and constant breeze. Wide open blue skies – not a puff of white anywhere – except for just over the mountains in the distance. Everything dry, but not all of it brittle. I was thinking about about the Exile – how Israel had messed up so badly that God had to have them evicted […]

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In which it is pitch black at the bottom of the steps

January 17, 2011

Here are the final steps. The darkest ones. The ones that will steal a soul. A quick look back on Bernard of Clairvaux’s Steps of Pride – really, just because I need them. I forget the important stuff too easily. I really despise these steps. I hate more that not a single one is unfamiliar […]

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In which there is good defiance and bad

January 14, 2011

There almost seems to be a good side and a bad side to each of the steps of pride. Too much good is bad – and a little bad can be good. Not evil –  evil is never good. But more like how a little hardship builds wisdom – but too much destroys. This next […]

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