tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post2472188267921964669..comments2024-01-11T10:58:30.769-05:00Comments on Jesus community: Advent and stressTed M. Gossardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-16152173457354142382007-12-20T09:36:00.000-05:002007-12-20T09:36:00.000-05:00Martin,My mother sent us a wonderful Amish built h...Martin,<BR/>My mother sent us a wonderful Amish built heater. Looks like a mini-fire place. Supposed to take electrical power equivalent to a coffee maker. So we're trying to save money and yet keep warm. So far, so good. But it's plenty cold enough for me. Though I do like some cold season which makes me appreciate Spring all the more. I'd like to have mostly Spring and Autumn with some Winter and Summer sprinkled in between. But I shouldn't complain, and besides, that won't do any good!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-37256293316678349882007-12-20T09:33:00.000-05:002007-12-20T09:33:00.000-05:00Nancy,Yes, relationships are at the heart of why w...Nancy,<BR/>Yes, relationships are at the heart of why we're here and why God became flesh in Jesus. We all need them. Seems like a struggle oftentimes in this world; sometimes it seems rather dark here, and foreboding. I guess Mary and Joseph would identify with that thought in some way, as well.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-52011063849171389012007-12-20T02:23:00.000-05:002007-12-20T02:23:00.000-05:00Are you warm enough Ted, it's freezing here in poo...Are you warm enough Ted, it's freezing here in poor little old England.<BR/><BR/>have a sooooopeer day!Martin Sticklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988964235131249090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-10676723833477987562007-12-20T00:27:00.000-05:002007-12-20T00:27:00.000-05:00yes, i agree that being able to see the stories of...yes, i agree that being able to see the stories of people in the word can help us to have a better perspective in our own story.<BR/><BR/>interesting to think upon the story behind the story of what they must have gone throuth.<BR/><BR/>more angle to the God relationship to be able to realate to this.<BR/><BR/>i was thinking today that a lot of interest and absorbtion of things for me involve being able to relate instead of just do something like listen to a recording of someone talking or a documentary kind of thing. i think that humans need relationship with others and with God...and the stories in the bible are another way for God and humans to relate.<BR/><BR/>i am starting to blab...time to publish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-86811437126634122632007-12-19T13:01:00.000-05:002007-12-19T13:01:00.000-05:00L.L.,Good thought. I've had much more of the forme...L.L.,<BR/>Good thought. I've had much more of the former I'm afraid, in my life, than the latter. Though certainly all in Jesus will experience something of holy stress.<BR/><BR/>The vision and purpose of God should end up hitting all our doings so that what could be our undoing can end up being a growing point along the way. I know I need that kind of hope and faith and assurance.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-35880634336781686452007-12-19T12:32:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:32:00.000-05:00Often, our stress is self-visited. I do see that i...Often, our stress is self-visited. I do see that in these biblical cases, it was a holy stress, accepted for the vision and purpose of God. Makes me think.L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-80836919825874311842007-12-19T09:58:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:58:00.000-05:00I would like to add to this that the heartr of thi...I would like to add to this that the heartr of this help is Jesus with us by the Spirit and in accordance with Hebrews 2 and 4. <BR/><BR/>But also included is ways in which God may work even as he did with Mary and Joseph. God's will is accomplished even though we may not see it in terms of the extraordinary. Yet God still does move in answer to prayer and lead us as we endeavor to walk in faith no matter what we're facing.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.com