tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post8758702026031229746..comments2024-03-18T03:18:23.620-04:00Comments on Memoirs for my children: The Beauty of the Churchruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-53905829755993214082011-09-14T17:26:19.962-04:002011-09-14T17:26:19.962-04:00Yes, Hope, it's somewhat perplexing that God g...Yes, Hope, it's somewhat perplexing that God gives us a thirst for something and then wants us to BECOME it rather than find it outside of ourselves.<br /><br />I am reading "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan right now. I love it. I would love it even more if the front cover didn't say, "Over 1,000,000 copies sold." But what can you do?<br /><br />It is astonishing to me how many people can be attracted enough to a viewpoint to go out and buy a book, but after reading it, they still remain virtually unchanged in their inner beings.<br /><br />Ahem. God doesn't want me to judge. He wants me to love Him and seek Him and allow Him to make me a person full of love and grace.<br /><br />So maybe I shouldn't have written that post, and yet, I think it is maybe OK--along the path of longing and painfully (and painfully slowly) becoming--to point out ideals that could be beneficial for others besides myself.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093621296828810512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-16740694871249756032011-09-14T14:28:45.939-04:002011-09-14T14:28:45.939-04:00"...a peaceful beauty that originates in grac..."...a peaceful beauty that originates in grace and is completely unlike anything in the world." <br />I love this and at one time, I thought I could find that in the church. But I didn't. <br />Now I know that I have to find such grace in myself before I look for it in others. I keep forgetting that and searching elsewhere. Thank you for the reminder.Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.com