Comments for ...// thoughtscrashing //... http://thoughtscrashing.com Ex cineribus Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Answers by Dale http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=434&cpage=1#comment-42743 Dale Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:30:39 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=434#comment-42743 Just read it again today....I think it is my favorite CS Lewis book....though not the easiest to measure myself by. Just read it again today….I think it is my favorite CS Lewis book….though not the easiest to measure myself by.

]]> Comment on Answers by Jess http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=434&cpage=1#comment-42742 Jess Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:40:48 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=434#comment-42742 I love this book. I need to read it again. Thanks for the inspiration! I love this book. I need to read it again. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> Comment on Out of the Depths by Mike Harris http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404&cpage=1#comment-42154 Mike Harris Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:40:20 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404#comment-42154 Hey Dale. good post. What is your email address? Hey Dale. good post.
What is your email address?

]]> Comment on Out of the Depths by jess http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404&cpage=1#comment-41723 jess Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404#comment-41723 I can relate to the watchman too. Good stuff, Dale. I can relate to the watchman too. Good stuff, Dale.

]]> Comment on Out of the Depths by Mom http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404&cpage=1#comment-41663 Mom Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:35:18 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404#comment-41663 Keep watching, Watchman, the morning will break and you will see the Son. Keep watching, Watchman, the morning will break and you will see the Son.

]]> Comment on Out of the Depths by jen http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404&cpage=1#comment-41662 jen Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:33:24 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=404#comment-41662 ...i agree with a lot of this, but unfortunately if we want to worship collectively, i suppose we have to choose a "religion"? ...why do some people drive so far just to worship collectively? why can't we go to the church on the corner? ...i think everyone wants to find a group to identify with, in all areas of their lives, not just spiritually... thinking out loud....love ya.... thanks for writing....i like when you post... …i agree with a lot of this, but unfortunately if we want to worship collectively, i suppose we have to choose a “religion”?
…why do some people drive so far just to worship collectively? why can’t we go to the church on the corner?
…i think everyone wants to find a group to identify with, in all areas of their lives, not just spiritually…

thinking out loud….love ya….
thanks for writing….i like when you post…

]]> Comment on Dying to Know by Rita Smith http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=215&cpage=1#comment-41311 Rita Smith Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:28:52 +0000 http://thoughtscrashing.com/?p=215#comment-41311 I'm glad to see that you are back to writing on the computer on a more regular basis. I've missed reading what you have to write. I agree that it isn't an on/off switch, and sometimes we just end up trying to get through the day and all the pain we are feeling. Matthew West sings that song about "I don't want to go through the motions..." but sometimes that's the best we can do. I think that it helps to remember that the suffering has a point, even if we have no idea why. It helps when I don't want to get out of bed in the morning and I feel like I'm just existing, not really living. You may not feel the same as I do...you have multiple reasons to get out of bed...Dale,Jr. and Emily and Gwen and Audrey and Jen! But for me, the only one who cares if I don't get up is my little dog, and he only cares because he wants to go to the bathroom and get fed. I sometimes feel like life just bypassed me. Thankfully God sometimes gives me times of refreshing, or I would probably just give up hope. I have to keep reminding myself that God does have a reason. There really is some purpose and plan. I have to get up and do something even if it isn't exactly what I want to be doing. Some days are much harder than others. When I worked at the factory I used to tell myself that it didn't matter how I felt, I had to get up and go to work. Besides, staying home wasn't going to make it better, and if I didn't work, I wouldn't get paid. So life would still suck, but I would be poorer (and trust me I was poor enough!) Back then "going through the motions" took every ounce of strength I had. Most days I really just wanted to end my life, but I wasn't sure if God would still let me into heaven if I killed myself. I just kept telling myself that I was God's masterpiece. The Mona Lisa is a masterpiece, and it is just a painting of a human being. If God says that we are His masterpiece, the crowning work, the pinnacle of His achievements, what does that say about us? Would I take a knife and slash through the Mona Lisa? No, I wouldn't. Why not? Because it is the crowning work of a very gifted artist, and it doesn't belong to me. God said that we are not our own, we are bought with a price. We don't really have a right to kill ourselves because we belong to Him, He made us, we are His masterpiece, and if that were not enough, He then laid down His very life to purchase us back from our slavery to sin. I guess telling myself that worked...I'm still here. The consequences of knowing that information is that I still have to get up and go to work, no matter how bad things seem, and no matter how much I hurt. It's kind of funny; when I get up and go to work, forcing myself to go through the motions simply because I know that that is what God wants me to do, I usually end up with joy in my heart, and I find that the day wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I hope that whatever pain you have had will be lighter and easier to carry with each passing day, and that God would show you the reason you had to go through it, and the comfort which God gives you, you would be able to give to others who are also suffering. Tell Jen I love her and I miss all of you! I’m glad to see that you are back to writing on the computer on a more regular basis. I’ve missed reading what you have to write. I agree that it isn’t an on/off switch, and sometimes we just end up trying to get through the day and all the pain we are feeling. Matthew West sings that song about “I don’t want to go through the motions…” but sometimes that’s the best we can do. I think that it helps to remember that the suffering has a point, even if we have no idea why. It helps when I don’t want to get out of bed in the morning and I feel like I’m just existing, not really living. You may not feel the same as I do…you have multiple reasons to get out of bed…Dale,Jr. and Emily and Gwen and Audrey and Jen! But for me, the only one who cares if I don’t get up is my little dog, and he only cares because he wants to go to the bathroom and get fed. I sometimes feel like life just bypassed me. Thankfully God sometimes gives me times of refreshing, or I would probably just give up hope. I have to keep reminding myself that God does have a reason. There really is some purpose and plan. I have to get up and do something even if it isn’t exactly what I want to be doing. Some days are much harder than others. When I worked at the factory I used to tell myself that it didn’t matter how I felt, I had to get up and go to work. Besides, staying home wasn’t going to make it better, and if I didn’t work, I wouldn’t get paid. So life would still suck, but I would be poorer (and trust me I was poor enough!) Back then “going through the motions” took every ounce of strength I had. Most days I really just wanted to end my life, but I wasn’t sure if God would still let me into heaven if I killed myself. I just kept telling myself that I was God’s masterpiece. The Mona Lisa is a masterpiece, and it is just a painting of a human being. If God says that we are His masterpiece, the crowning work, the pinnacle of His achievements, what does that say about us? Would I take a knife and slash through the Mona Lisa? No, I wouldn’t. Why not? Because it is the crowning work of a very gifted artist, and it doesn’t belong to me. God said that we are not our own, we are bought with a price. We don’t really have a right to kill ourselves because we belong to Him, He made us, we are His masterpiece, and if that were not enough, He then laid down His very life to purchase us back from our slavery to sin. I guess telling myself that worked…I’m still here. The consequences of knowing that information is that I still have to get up and go to work, no matter how bad things seem, and no matter how much I hurt. It’s kind of funny; when I get up and go to work, forcing myself to go through the motions simply because I know that that is what God wants me to do, I usually end up with joy in my heart, and I find that the day wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I hope that whatever pain you have had will be lighter and easier to carry with each passing day, and that God would show you the reason you had to go through it, and the comfort which God gives you, you would be able to give to others who are also suffering. Tell Jen I love her and I miss all of you!

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