tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post7739569511204820585..comments2024-02-03T01:51:20.266-07:00Comments on A Song Not Scored For Breathing: A Work In ProgressHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-60404424005152501632013-07-04T10:53:51.614-06:002013-07-04T10:53:51.614-06:00Oh, Mary Christine - t hank you for taking the r...Oh, Mary Christine - t hank you for taking the risk - I welcome anything you have to add to the conversation because of how deeply I respect you and your journey.<br /><br />I didn't come to faith until I sobered up and it felt like the biggest risk because I decided God had to be merciful and compassionate otherwise I wouldn't have given Him a chance because I knew how badly I would screw up this journey and if I believed He was a menacing God then I wouldn't have have the courage to jump into His arms. <br /><br />I don't know why the suicide of my friends (and there's been another in the past few weeks) has tilted my world so sideways when it comes to God. I am struggling to find my way back.<br /><br />Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-55249560796028908892013-07-04T06:52:58.301-06:002013-07-04T06:52:58.301-06:00I feel like I am taking a big risk to post this, b...I feel like I am taking a big risk to post this, but I am going to... and please know I am sharing my own experience, not suggesting it would be right for you:<br /><br />I had no idea how God worked until I studied the Bible. I had always thought the Bible, especially the OT, was full of a mean God. But when I came to it as an adult, and really studied it, all I saw was God's compassion and mercy. I hadn't realized how messed up most of the OT "heroes" were. And God was able to work with them, those were the people he chose to do his work! That gives me so much hope. Mary Christinehttp://www.onesobercatholic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-12470680509187467722013-07-03T12:15:44.693-06:002013-07-03T12:15:44.693-06:00When I was at my lowest and felt that everyone had...When I was at my lowest and felt that everyone had abandoned me including myself and my God I did think of Christ.<br /><br />In those final moments when he must have felt alone and abandoned by everyone. This made me think no one is beyond that it is a human condition to question why me.<br /><br />I don't see the Bible as literal like I was taught but as examples to live by. The sacrifice we make and the trials that go with them. <br /><br />The answer I found for myself is there is no answer I have to let go.<br />Grace-WorkinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386539822343069884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-3538785724089439602013-07-03T04:38:51.316-06:002013-07-03T04:38:51.316-06:00Okay. If I wasn't sure yesterday, you have me ...Okay. If I wasn't sure yesterday, you have me convinced. I have got to get a copy of this book. The journey is different for each of us, I think, all of individual in our identity as it has come to us. My own walk with Him has not been so much searching for understanding of Him as it has been a matter of understanding me, dealing with mentality forged from childhood. Christianity, in its "fullness", is learning that He accepts all of us in our "brokenness", meeting us where we are, going with us in the next step. No one is more important to Him than another. All are equally held in His heart.... Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302132941940784968noreply@blogger.com