skuba steve Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 :P :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReformationNow Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Exactly Anna, exactly. Raven and Clover show more love, and they are pagan! What about me? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolye Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 You see, Robyn, to us, remaining Protestant is saying, "Sorry Christ, the Church YOU founded just isn't good enough for me...Not enough fun, not enough excitement...I can't glorify myself there, where you humble YOURSELF so much to take on the appearance of Bread, just so that You can share Yourself and nourish your flock. You see, Lord, I wanna feel the breeze in my hair and dream dreams and follow my own aspirations...your Holy Spirit will be my spirit guide as I do what I please... But thanks for establishing a Church for those other slobs who aren't open to the Holy Spirit themselves " So, you see Robyn, your remarks just seem very prideful from a Catholic perspective. Jesus did not promise good times. He said, "If you love Me, pick up your cross daily, and come, follow Me." This is what we Catholics endeavor to do. Wow, you've got things a little bit wrong there. Being protestant is not saying, "Sorry Christ, the Church YOU founded just isn't good enough for me...Not enough fun, not enough excitement...I can't glorify myself there, where you humble YOURSELF so much to take on the appearance of Bread, just so that You can share Yourself and nourish your flock. You see, Lord, I wanna feel the breeze in my hair and dream dreams and follow my own aspirations...your Holy Spirit will be my spirit guide as I do what I please... But thanks for establishing a Church for those other slobs who aren't open to the Holy Spirit themselves " We do not go to church where we can be glorified. We seek to glorify God. We don't have the idea that the Holy Spirit is our spirit guide as we do what we please. We seek to do what God wants us to do as revealed by the Holy Spirit. Sometimes that is not what we want to do. If I were doing what I really wanted to do, I would not be where I am just now, I would be in Scotland. That is my selfish desire, but I know that I am exactly where God wants me and there are times that I struggle and want to leave, but when it comes to the crunch, I know that God wants me here, and regardless of what I want to do, I must do what God wants me to do. And I know it is the same for Robyn. The Holy Spirit doesn't always guide us to do the things we want to do, he guides us to do the things God wants us to do. We don't do what we want and ask for the Holy Spirit to guide us as we do that. We ask what does God want us to do (which the Holy Spirit may reveal to us) and do that in the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus did not promise good times. Boy do I know all about that! Life could be a lot easier if I left this town and did what I want. He said, "If you love Me, pick up your cross daily, and come, follow Me." This is what we Catholics endeavor to do. That's what we endeavour to do too! That verse is Mark 8:34. Yep, we believe the Word of God and do our best to obey it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 hehe...I am asked a question, I ignore it...it's repeated, again I ignore it....it's asked again and again I ignore it...it's asked again....and I unbite my tongue... YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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