tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post759513054969177206..comments2024-03-18T03:18:23.620-04:00Comments on Memoirs for my children: Warm fuzzies?ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-32495718744089629962010-01-11T14:22:22.504-05:002010-01-11T14:22:22.504-05:00Sorry it took me so long to get these comments mod...Sorry it took me so long to get these comments moderated. I am in the process of changing over email addresses, and the email address associated with this blog is no longer functional, but I can't figure out how to connect the blog to a different email address. So... I don't receive notifications.ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-52607046934052384662010-01-09T18:43:34.819-05:002010-01-09T18:43:34.819-05:00Thats a lovely, lovely post Ruth. Very uplifting ...Thats a lovely, lovely post Ruth. Very uplifting and hopeful.Ruth MacChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591616568622752136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-85232340863928528112010-01-02T15:09:48.380-05:002010-01-02T15:09:48.380-05:00It is interesting and a bit baffling to me that I ...It is interesting and a bit baffling to me that I often hear people speak of Bible verses like this one as if they were addressed to individuals. Someone even went so far as to tell me to insert my name into one of the verses as if God was speaking to me. It was clearly a reference to Israel as a nation and the person was surprised that I rejected the warm fuzzies offering themselves if I would just insert my name and believe that God was speaking to me personally. <br />In the Jeremiah verse, God HAD to be speaking to a nation and not individuals since in seventy years, all but the youngest would be dead. I appreciate you pointing out that example which I had not noticed before. I am not sure that our culture can comprehend the collective nature of the culture in Biblical times and how extremely UNimportant individuals were. Those people were working for a future that they would never see but in which they had to believe for the sake of their offspring.Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.com