tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post1212400533211774354..comments2023-10-29T03:15:57.291-07:00Comments on By This Still Hearth - Age with Purpose: The Fool Who Follows Him...JoAnne Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-51687232201412256082013-01-22T13:12:38.598-08:002013-01-22T13:12:38.598-08:00Such a sobering post! (Sylvia recommended I read i...Such a sobering post! (Sylvia recommended I read it.) I might add that some of us may not even be that smart, but have the gift of persuasion. Again, something to be prudent in. All of our gifts must be continually surrendered to the Lord. Blessed are the meek... Tereasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702809283384481445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-76795785171680546762013-01-20T12:06:50.086-08:002013-01-20T12:06:50.086-08:00Such, such truth here! We each do have a "va...Such, such truth here! We each do have a "vast capacity for being wrong" - and there's such danger in following other humans too closely! We must constantly check ourselves to ensure that we are following God and not what men tell us about Him. Thank you for sharing this!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-67207820968846083452013-01-18T04:33:06.155-08:002013-01-18T04:33:06.155-08:00As have I Sylvia. Still trying to figure that all...As have I Sylvia. Still trying to figure that all out. Thinking that we have stuck our poor pastors with a church model Christ never intended and almost certainly dooms them to failure and disappointment.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-73756802591482147242013-01-17T18:31:41.072-08:002013-01-17T18:31:41.072-08:00Amen to that, Mrs. P. I've seen the sad conseq...Amen to that, Mrs. P. I've seen the sad consequences of just what you are talking about.Sylvia Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396571481512887302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-91948061845191071012013-01-16T14:34:55.938-08:002013-01-16T14:34:55.938-08:00You are right, Sylvia. Trust and obedience go hand...You are right, Sylvia. Trust and obedience go hand in hand, although obedience only will do in a pinch...<br />As for those we follow and revere in God's place, the most heart-breaking of them all is when we elevate our pastors to that position...and when they encourage us to do it. So hard.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-18678891461067784832013-01-16T14:24:50.600-08:002013-01-16T14:24:50.600-08:00Wow. Terrific post! And you are on the same path I...Wow. Terrific post! And you are on the same path I'm starting out on...<br />I took an email break that led me over here, midway though writing the first of two blog posts on how trust and obedience mesh. The one I'm half done with today is about trusting and obeying God--and our reluctance to do that--because we question it, because we don't trust Him enough. The follow-up post is to warn against trusting others in place of Him! Like those above. Great (and sobering) thoughts here.Sylvia Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396571481512887302noreply@blogger.com