tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post8165881833367321045..comments2024-03-06T01:00:34.570-05:00Comments on Whatever He Says: A Willing CaptiveBelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-73424652217182322142008-02-22T18:12:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:12:00.000-05:00That IS my favourite hymn.. :o)That IS my favourite hymn.. :o)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527926041729913404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-43055067090127414692008-02-21T23:08:00.000-05:002008-02-21T23:08:00.000-05:00"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing." One of my fav..."Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing." One of my favourite hymns!Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-57401219166251474652008-02-21T22:40:00.000-05:002008-02-21T22:40:00.000-05:00"Let Your goodness like a fetter, bind my wanderin..."Let Your goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-43179747179683432742008-02-21T19:58:00.000-05:002008-02-21T19:58:00.000-05:00Belinda, I also like a "willing captive", God will...Belinda, <BR/><BR/>I also like a "willing captive", God will take no less.<BR/><BR/>Our faith, our trust, our devotion is ours to give and "give" we must, to receive the abundant life that He offers.<BR/><BR/>We shall know the "truth" and the truth will set us free, it may make us miserable first - as we wrestle, deny, mutter, and grumble and face (usually the ugliness of our own flesh and humanity), but even freedom, has a cost.<BR/><BR/>I am glad to see this blog and the comments, too. After last one, I was a little unsettled - not knowing all persons, and not wanting to offend. I'm glad so many are o.k. with a difference of opinion or sharing contradictions in understanding. Sometimes, it's harder to know if someone is hurt or if you've communicated clearly in written form. However on the flip side, it provides a forum to think and anonymously react before you try to write with clarity. Writing often gives understanding to the one whose writing. For me, I realize my own truth sometimes when I express what it is I think or feel - I have on occasion been shocked.<BR/><BR/>Anyways glad we have a respect and this is a place where we can be honest and sort things out. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, I feel so privileged to be on this journey with each and every one of you, some I don't even know by name "Night Owl" and some who I know of but have never called friend, Dave, and yet in my heart, I view you as sisters and brothers of God's precious family.<BR/><BR/>So thanks to God for each of you!Joyful Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808201481346874191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-89202846889055646732008-02-21T10:26:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:26:00.000-05:00I agree all ... but I'm guessing that if you are t...I agree all ... but I'm guessing that if you are truly friends going in ... you'll be friends coming out. I actually like the process of disagreement and discussion - if everyone listens, respectfully - then growth happens. Even though I was the 'disagreer' here, I found that I really learned from reading the comments. This is why ... no matter what the votes said ... this is my number one Canadian faith blog!!Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-25937939063463935042008-02-21T08:41:00.000-05:002008-02-21T08:41:00.000-05:00That's right. Our chains are gone, we've been set...That's right. Our chains are gone, we've been set free... <BR/><BR/>Jesus is Lord, but he doesn't lord it over me. It's completely and utterly my choice to stay. No whips, no chains, no locks, no bars. <BR/><BR/>I loved this whole discussion thread - how it was okay to disagree and tease apart an issue, grapple with ideas that didn't necessarily converge - and all come out friends on the other end. I loved it!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527926041729913404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-54123836410708501012008-02-21T08:34:00.000-05:002008-02-21T08:34:00.000-05:00Hooray! We are agreed then. Praise God. All is wel...Hooray! We are agreed then. Praise God. All is well. We don't have to agree on everything, but talking through to understanding on this feels very, very, good.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30458926.post-41337754647914871442008-02-21T06:41:00.000-05:002008-02-21T06:41:00.000-05:00You see, I just love the idea of a 'willing captiv...You see, I just love the idea of a 'willing captive' ... it makes so much sense to me. It can refer to our relationship to God, our relationship to a spouse, our relationship to a cause. I am a 'willing captive' of my faith. Susan was right, I can leave, but I don't. I have doubts, I have fits of anger, I even admit to times of jealousy (why does God listen to their prayers and not mine?)but I don't leave. I can, but I don't. Not because of my love for Him but because I am unwilling to walk away from His love of me.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.com