http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/09/preview-and-input-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preview-and-input-9 Learning to be Present to God, Connected to One Another, and Engaged in Serving the World Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:11:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/09/preview-and-input-9/#comment-513 Bonnie Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:14 +0000 http://www.allgather.org/?p=1773#comment-513 God is not afraid of who we are. whew... good stuff. I know it is hard, scary, and can just feel like literally wrestling with an angel, but it always better to get things in the light. Lord help me! God is not afraid of who we are. whew… good stuff. I know it is hard, scary, and can just feel like literally wrestling with an angel, but it always better to get things in the light. Lord help me!

]]> http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/09/preview-and-input-9/#comment-509 Karen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:31 +0000 http://www.allgather.org/?p=1773#comment-509 I like that God put in His Word that "we have fellowship , one with another, and the blood of Christ cleanseth us of unrighteousness."   I see that if I am fellowshipping with another member of the Body, we are partnering, participating, having communion, and if they see my fear or my failure and love me anyway, they are forgiving me, and I am forgiven.  They see me and see Christ, enabling me to look at myself, too....and see Christ, if only at first, through their eyes.  He has everything set up for us.  This helps me see #2, "Be present to one another." I like that God put in His Word that "we have fellowship , one with another, and the blood of Christ cleanseth us of unrighteousness."   I see that if I am fellowshipping with another member of the Body, we are partnering, participating, having communion, and if they see my fear or my failure and love me anyway, they are forgiving me, and I am forgiven.  They see me and see Christ, enabling me to look at myself, too….and see Christ, if only at first, through their eyes.  He has everything set up for us.  This helps me see #2, "Be present to one another."

]]> http://www.allgather.org/2010/03/09/preview-and-input-9/#comment-508 Bob Higgins Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.allgather.org/?p=1773#comment-508 Mark, you have just given a powerful description of intimacy.  My sermon this week is on the intimacy Christ won for us with Himself.  As I struggled to define intimacy, I saw your post.  Intimacy and honesty are very similar things that hold a great deal in common, both requiring non-condemning love that is costly and perfect.  How little I really know of intimacy.  Perhaps it is because I know so little about honesty.  Mark, you have just given a powerful description of intimacy.  My sermon this week is on the intimacy Christ won for us with Himself.  As I struggled to define intimacy, I saw your post.  Intimacy and honesty are very similar things that hold a great deal in common, both requiring non-condemning love that is costly and perfect.  How little I really know of intimacy.  Perhaps it is because I know so little about honesty. 

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