What do you do...
What if you long for something, but you have a spiritual conviction not to pursue that something... but you see other Christians pursuing it and validating their reasons.... and you feel your reasons look foolish to them, and you feel foolish for standing in what you believe to be true... yet you know you still cannot pursue it, because you have no doubt it is wrong? How does anyone make a stand anymore in this world? There are compromises right and left and people rushing to validate their reasons, and ready to shout "don't you dare judge me!" When I'm not judging, just stating my own stand. If they feel hurt... "socked in the stomach"... isn't it perhaps because the Spirit is convicting them? If there is no truth to my stance, why should it phase them? We are usually hurt most by the truth, when we are not standing in it, but our spirit knows we should be. If someone says "your daughter is a brat" and you know she is not, it doesn...
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Dot
P.S. How are you feeling?
Hope you've made it back home before the storms roll in on the coast.
The pictures were taken on the west coast. :)
That view is just stunning!
That is just gorgeous!
It isn't Christmas town, but WOW, I wouldn't mind going there! :D
Love,
Chas
Absolutely gorgeous. I hope you guys had a wonderful time and that 2008 brings you blessings packed down and flowing over!
Lisa