Comments on: Good Fences And Other Thoughts http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/ pursuing holiness, following politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pursuing Holiness » Blog Archive » “Pain is a magnet for God’s love.” http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-31420 Pursuing Holiness » Blog Archive » “Pain is a magnet for God’s love.” Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:27:34 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-31420 [...] anything. But pain is still a magnet for God’s love. I’ve tried to be very open about my struggles in my walk with God. These last few months have been a dry [...] [...] anything. But pain is still a magnet for God’s love. I’ve tried to be very open about my struggles in my walk with God. These last few months have been a dry [...]

]]> By: Laura http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26532 Laura Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:44:41 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26532 Al, Thank you. Don't be upset about the previous comments on this post, though. They're not really comments, they are trackbacks - other blogs have linked to this post because it is an open trackback post. They did this using Linkfest Haven Deluxe and quite likely never even read this post. It's an easy way to increase your readership - by having these posts, and by linking to other's posts. And it helps with Google, which is a big priority for me because I get referred for several big porn searches (no, <a href="http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/12/12/surfing-for-porn-at-pursuing-holiness/" rel="nofollow">really</a>!) and I refer those searchers <a href="http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com/course/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Naturally I want to keep that up, so even though I don't post much lately, these open trackback posts help make up for it. Your advice is, of course, spot on. I've been down this road before too, and that is what ended it on other occasions. It's very frustrating to me to have this ebb and flow in my Christian life - although over the years it is far less dramatic, and I can see over time how my walk has begun to level out. I'm just not nearly as steady as I would like to be. Well, He who has begun a good work in me will be faithful to complete it. :-) And thanks... your comment was much appreciated. Laura Al,
Thank you. Don’t be upset about the previous comments on this post, though. They’re not really comments, they are trackbacks – other blogs have linked to this post because it is an open trackback post. They did this using Linkfest Haven Deluxe and quite likely never even read this post. It’s an easy way to increase your readership – by having these posts, and by linking to other’s posts. And it helps with Google, which is a big priority for me because I get referred for several big porn searches (no, really!) and I refer those searchers here. Naturally I want to keep that up, so even though I don’t post much lately, these open trackback posts help make up for it.

Your advice is, of course, spot on. I’ve been down this road before too, and that is what ended it on other occasions. It’s very frustrating to me to have this ebb and flow in my Christian life – although over the years it is far less dramatic, and I can see over time how my walk has begun to level out. I’m just not nearly as steady as I would like to be.

Well, He who has begun a good work in me will be faithful to complete it. :-)

And thanks… your comment was much appreciated.
Laura

]]> By: Al http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26523 Al Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:22:10 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26523 As I read through the above 18 responses I was STUNNED that no one picked up on your public cry for help. Are we that insensitive that when a Christian tells her readers that she's struggling with her walk with Christ, all we can do is talk about politics? Good grief! Laura, I'll be praying for you over the next few days. I've been down this road recently, and I'm a pastor -- full-time in God's Word and service. I've found that busy-ness and exhaustion can crowd out my love for God. So can cherished sin. There's only one solution: you have to WANT to be restored, and then you have to pray CONSTANTLY to be restored. You also have to be honest with yourself and God, and confess your sins. Give God no rest until He has filled you with His Spirit again. Pray through Psalm 51 every day: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right (steadfast) spirit within me." Only He can do that -- and with a poverty of spirit you must receive it. Don't forget Isaiah 66:1,2. And I can gaurantee you from my own experiences that when He sees that you're really serious about it, He will draw you close again. Then keep praying that HE will SUSTAIN your spirit. I find I have to pray that prayer every day, or the world starts to pull me back. I have to recognise that without His work in my life I have a poverty of spirit that I despise. Blessings! As I read through the above 18 responses I was STUNNED that no one picked up on your public cry for help. Are we that insensitive that when a Christian tells her readers that she’s struggling with her walk with Christ, all we can do is talk about politics? Good grief!

Laura, I’ll be praying for you over the next few days. I’ve been down this road recently, and I’m a pastor — full-time in God’s Word and service. I’ve found that busy-ness and exhaustion can crowd out my love for God. So can cherished sin.

There’s only one solution: you have to WANT to be restored, and then you have to pray CONSTANTLY to be restored. You also have to be honest with yourself and God, and confess your sins. Give God no rest until He has filled you with His Spirit again. Pray through Psalm 51 every day: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right (steadfast) spirit within me.”

Only He can do that — and with a poverty of spirit you must receive it. Don’t forget Isaiah 66:1,2.

And I can gaurantee you from my own experiences that when He sees that you’re really serious about it, He will draw you close again.

Then keep praying that HE will SUSTAIN your spirit. I find I have to pray that prayer every day, or the world starts to pull me back. I have to recognise that without His work in my life I have a poverty of spirit that I despise.

Blessings!

]]> By: Right Truth http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26519 Right Truth Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:07:01 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26519 <strong>United We Stand, Divided We fall -- Multiculturalism Out, Assimilation In</strong> Multiculturalism isn't working so well for the British. Zia Haider Rahman writes "Diversity will never unite us". He's talking to the Brits and he thinks there is still hope for them: An important and timely study published by the Policy United We Stand, Divided We fall — Multiculturalism Out, Assimilation In

Multiculturalism isn’t working so well for the British. Zia Haider Rahman writes “Diversity will never unite us”. He’s talking to the Brits and he thinks there is still hope for them: An important and timely study published by the Policy

]]> By: Conservative Cat http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26457 Conservative Cat Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:19:04 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26457 <strong>Hillary Clinton and the Wild-Eyed Promise</strong> Yesterday conservative columnist David Limbaugh discussed the scary prospect of a Hillary Clinton Presidency. There is something deeply disturbing about Hillary's announcement , and I think it's in this paragraph. You know, after six years of George ... Hillary Clinton and the Wild-Eyed Promise

Yesterday conservative columnist David Limbaugh discussed the scary prospect of a Hillary Clinton Presidency. There is something deeply disturbing about Hillary’s announcement , and I think it’s in this paragraph. You know, after six years of George …

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26450 Blue Star Chronicles Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:59:37 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26450 <strong>John Edwards and His Six Million Dollar Mansion</strong> The Breck Girl candidate has built himself a 29,000-square-foot mansion. TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET!!!! John Edwards and His Six Million Dollar Mansion

The Breck Girl candidate has built himself a 29,000-square-foot mansion. TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET!!!!

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26447 Blue Star Chronicles Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:47:36 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26447 Battle in Iraq Decimates Jihadist Warrior Cult

This was a significant battle, a huge victory for Iraqi and American Troops and it’s not hardly mentioned in the news.

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26408 Blue Star Chronicles Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:09:38 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26408 Bindi Irwin Likes Snakes Better than the Press

As they say …. from the mouth of babes …..

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26393 Blue Star Chronicles Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:35:07 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26393 The Patriotic Terrorists

The article below is actually on Huffington Post. I had to read it twice to be sure I wasn’t mis-reading and missing the punch line that everything wrong in the world is Bush’s fault.

]]> By: Thoughts on Design » The Graphic Design Relationship http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26360 Thoughts on Design » The Graphic Design Relationship Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:15:26 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26360 [...] Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Mark My Words, The HILL Chronicles, The Random Yak, basil’s blog, Blue Star Chronicles, Planck’s Constant, The Pink Flamingo, High Desert Wanderer, and Pursuing Holiness, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...] [...] Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Mark My Words, The HILL Chronicles, The Random Yak, basil’s blog, Blue Star Chronicles, Planck’s Constant, The Pink Flamingo, High Desert Wanderer, and Pursuing Holiness, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]

]]> By: Thought Alarm http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26343 Thought Alarm Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:18:45 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26343 <strong>Hating Carter, Living with Apartheid</strong> Jimmy Carter has somehow become more despised than one of the worst human rights violations in modern times. Hating Carter, Living with Apartheid

Jimmy Carter has somehow become more despised than one of the worst human rights violations in modern times.

]]> By: Right Voices » Blog Archive » More Problems With Massachusetts’ (Forced) Healthcare http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26318 Right Voices » Blog Archive » More Problems With Massachusetts’ (Forced) Healthcare Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:21:49 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26318 [...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Is It Just Me?, Experimental Wordpress Blog, Perri Nelson’s Website, Mark My Words, Big Dog’s Weblog, DragonLady’s World, Shadowscope, The Amboy Times, Pursuing Holiness, 123 Beta, third world county, The HILL Chronicles, The Uncooperative Blogger ®, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Right Nation, Pirate’s Cove, The Pink Flamingo, Dumb Ox Daily News, Right Pundits, The Random Yak, basil’s blog, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Conservative Cat, Wake Up America, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Planck’s Constant, High Desert Wanderer, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...] [...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Is It Just Me?, Experimental Wordpress Blog, Perri Nelson’s Website, Mark My Words, Big Dog’s Weblog, DragonLady’s World, Shadowscope, The Amboy Times, Pursuing Holiness, 123 Beta, third world county, The HILL Chronicles, The Uncooperative Blogger ®, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Right Nation, Pirate’s Cove, The Pink Flamingo, Dumb Ox Daily News, Right Pundits, The Random Yak, basil’s blog, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Conservative Cat, Wake Up America, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Planck’s Constant, High Desert Wanderer, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]

]]> By: Perri Nelson's Website http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26169 Perri Nelson's Website Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:10:20 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26169 <strong>A few observations</strong> If there's an anti-American cause being championed anywhere in the U.S., it's almost a sure bet that eventually one of their posters will end up stuck to a telephone pole somewhere on Seattle's Capitol Hill. A few observations

If there’s an anti-American cause being championed anywhere in the U.S., it’s almost a sure bet that eventually one of their posters will end up stuck to a telephone pole somewhere on Seattle’s Capitol Hill.

]]> By: Perri Nelson's Website http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26061 Perri Nelson's Website Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:28:19 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26061 <strong>Getting a vote on the viaduct is a challenge</strong> It just never seems to end. It's not enough that so much time has been wasted with no work actually being done to fix the viaduct. Now they want to risk public safety by moving funds from one repair job to another. Getting a vote on the viaduct is a challenge

It just never seems to end. It’s not enough that so much time has been wasted with no work actually being done to fix the viaduct. Now they want to risk public safety by moving funds from one repair job to another.

]]> By: Diary of the Mad Pigeon http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-26060 Diary of the Mad Pigeon Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-26060 <strong>Some notes on Political Correctness</strong> Below is an excerpt and link from one of my students; I probably cribbed too much, but these opening paragraphs really capture the point of the article. I think the student sent me the link base on one of my Some notes on Political Correctness

Below is an excerpt and link from one of my students; I probably cribbed too much, but these opening paragraphs really capture the point of the article. I think the student sent me the link base on one of my

]]> By: Pirate's Cove http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-25991 Pirate's Cove Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:23:40 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-25991 <strong>Al Qaeda In Iraq Getting Waxed</strong> So, what have the Coalition forces done in Iraq over the past week? (from DefenseLink News) Coalition troops nabbed 21 suspected terrorists, including a senior al Qaeda in Iraq courier, an improvised-explosive- device cell leader, and a foreign-fighte... Al Qaeda In Iraq Getting Waxed

So, what have the Coalition forces done in Iraq over the past week? (from DefenseLink News)

Coalition troops nabbed 21 suspected terrorists, including a senior al Qaeda in Iraq courier, an improvised-explosive- device cell leader, and a foreign-fighte…

]]> By: Wake up America> http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-25976 Wake up America> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:14:22 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-25976 <strong>Because WE ARE AT WAR!!!</strong> As recently as August 2006, our enemies, the terrorists planned to blow up more planes coming from London to the US in an attack that would have killed more people than the 9/11 attack did. Because WE ARE AT WAR!!!

As recently as August 2006, our enemies, the terrorists planned to blow up more planes coming from London to the US in an attack that would have killed more people than the 9/11 attack did.

]]> By: Woman Honor Thyself http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-25975 Woman Honor Thyself Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:02:52 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-25975 <strong>MorE CartoonS UpsettinG You know Who</strong> This just in. Breaking News. Aladdin is insulting Muzlims everywhere! MorE CartoonS UpsettinG You know Who

This just in.
Breaking News.
Aladdin is insulting Muzlims everywhere!

]]> By: The Random Yak http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-25971 The Random Yak Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:12:31 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-25971 Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

After careful consideration, I’m not altogether sure IÂ understand enough to observe this one properly.Â
For example:
1. Is popping bubble wrap a sign of appreciation? (I don’t think I’d appreciate someone stomping on me.)
2. Am …

]]> By: The HILL Chronicles http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-25970 The HILL Chronicles Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:02:35 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2007/01/29/good-fences-and-other-thoughts/#comment-25970 <strong>Hollywood sinks to a new low</strong> I had previously written about the 207 Sundance Film Festival in Utah prefacing a sick documentary named "Zoo." "Zoo," is about a man having "unnatural" relations with a horse. (That is as graphic as I am willing to get in this post.) I had writt... Hollywood sinks to a new low

I had previously written about the 207 Sundance Film Festival in Utah prefacing a sick documentary named “Zoo.” “Zoo,” is about a man having “unnatural” relations with a horse. (That is as graphic as I am willing to get in this post.) I had writt…

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