tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post7326846589794578979..comments2024-01-25T03:56:02.403-08:00Comments on Presbyterian Bloggers: Sunday Sermon: What the World Needs NowMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380861596539183040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-48440479919682318832008-03-10T20:28:00.000-07:002008-03-10T20:28:00.000-07:00Thanks Jim. Much appreciated.Thanks Jim. Much appreciated.Stushiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693178228505134028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-73643246398424909522008-03-03T19:59:00.000-08:002008-03-03T19:59:00.000-08:00ABOVE ALL, LOVE!' {to shorten my comment} http://p...<A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=ABOVE+ALL%2C+LOVE" REL="nofollow">ABOVE ALL, LOVE!</A>' {to shorten my comment} <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=ABOVE+ALL%2C+LOVE" REL="nofollow">http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=ABOVE+ALL%2C+LOVE</A> Dear Pastor Stushie,It is my first visit to this blog, Presbyterian Bloggers - A community For Those Whose Blogging Is Decent And In Order (hoping my comment is both ), and maybe I stay up a little late listening to other forums and talk shows on late night radio stations, but when any of us awake and seek God's word sometimes it just doesn't seem to be found in print; that is that it may be exposed to us later in our day, or to the nature of our concern-exposed in its own way in its time. The post <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/2008/02/sunday-sermon-what-world-needs-now.html" REL="nofollow">"Sunday Sermon-What The World Needs Now"</A> , it caught me right today, as I hope to relate how without deviating from the messages it holds. Especially with being short on time to write. So,..Just when I thought I found a place to comment, and the right timing, it turns out to be on "a sermon instead of a devotional"; at least its still a blog! And here I go with a “A Dear Pastor Stushie,” , AND a “Thanks for the change.” I try to practice (religiously) to "Seek God First And Pray" everyday as I awake and face the world, or the day; in that, of many things I may forget, like just thanking God, or some praise to God for something, or for forgiveness and a little strength to being better the next time,...(I could go on...) This morning the same, and after starting my day, after my chores, I later turned to check my email too; in which was one of those kind of promises on level that offers some sort of sollution for success. Though simply ironic, the presentaion of my recieved email promotion as "Don't just say anything, say the right thing" & offered a course in vocabulary for a "so Many Words Away From Success...””to command” ". Now it happens that I have always felt since being babtized as a child in a Presbyterian church, and continuing for those few years of a start in different Presbyterian chuches as we moved to different areas, that "that made me "a Presbyterian", I guess", or at least always at heart. The purpose in note of that, is that its my closest in the tangent of "labeling"; this again is needed for me to add, to pull together some of the sermon's labels: Labels: Labels: <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Christianity" REL="nofollow">Christianity</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/cosmology" REL="nofollow">cosmology</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Deepak%20Chopra" REL="nofollow">Deepak Chopra</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/dogma" REL="nofollow">dogma</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/eternal%20life" REL="nofollow">eternal life</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/God" REL="nofollow">God</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Gospel%20of%20John" REL="nofollow">Gospel of John</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Hinduism" REL="nofollow">Hinduism</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Historical%20Jesus" REL="nofollow">Historical Jesus</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/junk%20theology" REL="nofollow">junk theology</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/New%20Age" REL="nofollow">New Age</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/religion" REL="nofollow">religion</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Salvation" REL="nofollow">Salvation</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20real%20Jesus" REL="nofollow">the real Jesus</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Third%20Jesus" REL="nofollow">The Third Jesus</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Von%20Daniken" REL="nofollow">Von Daniken</A> (many of which I know little or nothing of). The Presbyterian influence is that I never seemed to fully gather between many denominations, nor as many more wisdoms within the world which I TRY in search(not just the internet) for gain of a degree of the same understanding as my search results imply, to put those wisdoms to the test of God, Christ Jesus, The Bible, the wisdom and stories of the prophets, and the view and applicable to the current world as it is presented; and all in concidering Thy Kingdom Come that will if I had done or if I do or don't. The greatest commandment came to mind; so of the word command and to whatever goal or mission or gain in recieving the word, God I sought and have read your sermon for us and absorb as I ponder as you have said of it, "In other words, they make the connection with Jesus and place their lives and souls into His saving hands. The challenge we face today is this: are we willing to do the same?. " That was yesterday(now the day before), but to close that night, the gospel-talk on the talk-radio show was on topic of Ecclesiastes and very comforting and something as a compliment for me, it seemed to me . Then a little vanity crept in from efforts I made, as a goal, to at least add my comment by Friday, as if Leap Day was giving me an extra day. In all that I’ve mentioned, to point out that on top of what a gift it was to the woman, I give my praise for/to Jesus' working and what grace lent to a siund reason for inclusion of this-"But tired and weary as Jesus was, He wanted to reach out to this woman spiritually". Exausting as it seems now for me to continue any draft after so much time, and many tangents more like a bunch of wind; with my two nights from Ecclesiastes; my third day with scattered thoughts intertwined from passages from Ezekiel, Ezra chapters 7-9, and Danial; and another saturday lead in from Job; I decided to wait and rest on those thoughts before submitting a post, mostly to spare those seeking the newest sermon/devotional from something seemingly stuck in a past. Also there was some wonder if where I might have wondered would end up in some line with the new or current devotional; Connecting so far(I haven't read what the labels link to yet), only by some definition of Labels of <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/Presbyterian%20devotions" REL="nofollow">Presbyterian devotions</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/credibility" REL="nofollow">credibility</A> , <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/dogma" REL="nofollow">dogma</A> .. I would say my comment should also include <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=creation" REL="nofollow">creation</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=poor" REL="nofollow">poor</A> <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=world+cultures" REL="nofollow">world cultures</A> , <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=other+gods" REL="nofollow">other gods</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=work+the+land" REL="nofollow">the land that we work</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=predestination" REL="nofollow">predestination </A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=authority" REL="nofollow">authority</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=genesis" REL="nofollow">genesis</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search/label/cosmology" REL="nofollow">cosmology</A>, <A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/search?q=astronomy" REL="nofollow">astronomy</A> ("Psalm 147:4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.") , and astrology, <A HREF="http://scripturetext.com/psalms/119-25.htm" REL="nofollow">Cleaves to the dust</A>, <A HREF="http://kingjbible.com/psalms/119.htm" REL="nofollow">Psalms 119</A>, <A HREF="http://kingjbible.com/psalms/1.htm" REL="nofollow">Psalm 1</A> OR <A HREF="http://biblos.com/search.htm?cx=001224452697154190994%3Ayztgyfomygq&cof=FORID%3A11&q=PSALMS+1#931" REL="nofollow">Psalms 1</A> , <A HREF="http://nasb.scripturetext.com/exodus/12.htm" REL="nofollow">Exodus 12</A>, and <A HREF="http://biblos.com/search.htm?cx=001224452697154190994%3Ayztgyfomygq&cof=FORID%3A11&q=MOSES+GOLD#931" REL="nofollow">work instructions</A> (which I cant find the exact link I saw..)..., faith, grace Many other things that I should save for a blog of my own, or if it be of more conclusive wonder and concise topic, any further here being sent by email. But just enough to ballance the bearing of my comment with that of the sermon, would include astrology and mythology to the most recent influences to the "New Age" and concientiousness of the conciousness (<A HREF="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/2008/02/sunday-sermon-what-world-needs-now.html" REL="nofollow">what i just see by the letters and words written</A> ) is that it is not selfish of me that I explain it this way, nor am I advocating any tangent more than what scriptures of Jesus, and of Jesus, Our Lord, and also what is given through The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit; of to say whether or how much truth and understanding of those are in these, as Zodiak is related to The Gospel, and our place under the stars <A HREF="http://www.mt.net/~watcher/newun.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.mt.net/~watcher/newun.html</A> ; a King Arthur bloodline that somehow stems from Mary's Uncle Joseph of Arimathea; The ancient "I Ching" of the Tang Dynasty(or more ancient); or of any <A HREF="http://stevenjcamp.blogspot.com/2005/07/peddling-word-of-god-for-profitshould.html" REL="nofollow">peddler</A>, author, or showman, scientist, lawyer, ...(I teed-off with a wedge/post from Steven J Camp from the <A HREF="http://stevenjcamp.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">CampOnThis blog</A>, where <A HREF="http://stevenjcamp.blogspot.com/2005/07/peddling-word-of-god-for-profitshould.html#c5412721230188240126" REL="nofollow">I also commented</A> less the draft and up the coffee) ; these all for some nature of understanding and then a zooming in to come back for a landing, are not to knock the story, the legends, the math, or the truth and spirit, and most important-not to knock the story teller from the same grace and truth we all have to live with in our own environment for as there is truly one truth and many perspectives, the difficulty in finding it and keeping within an orderly manner varries; gee-wiz(ingenious) it is to what notes can be made to building character, specially when delivered by characters.. (I hope that makes sense) . My Finale here is that this was all a result of a keyword search of which - These terms have been highlighted:"whoever drinks water will not thurst listen speak only presbyterian" These Terms only appear to be pointing to this page: "hear" My Conclusion: Characters In Pugh, Feel the love, listen, even when it may not be apparent, yah hear!. Just to let you know I heard and thanks! LOVE was the ingredient it seems to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-33370503601271769472008-02-29T21:21:00.000-08:002008-02-29T21:21:00.000-08:00Excellent sermon. John 4 was an excellent selectio...Excellent sermon. John 4 was an excellent selection to show the complete Jesus. Deepak Oprah must have missed that part.Jim Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456957270007304493noreply@blogger.com