tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392317753154971967.post341450450680173862..comments2018-03-26T17:06:22.870-05:00Comments on Heather's High Points: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now...Heather Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759698799602385671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392317753154971967.post-31726891828615379462010-10-02T12:30:08.722-05:002010-10-02T12:30:08.722-05:00I love these comments and the emails I have receiv...I love these comments and the emails I have received after this post! So well thought out, and it shows me that you really think about what you read. <br /><br />I think I will have to blog a little more from my journal on this topic. So cool! <br /><br />Thanks so much for reading and writing!Heather Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13759698799602385671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392317753154971967.post-12141867997801835152010-10-01T23:43:34.115-05:002010-10-01T23:43:34.115-05:00I think they were meant to head out before Christ ...I think they were meant to head out before Christ got there. How else would we have had that lesson to learn. We have just studied Ephesians, the letter Paul wrote to that fledgling church just starting out and encountering so many problems. I can't help but wonder what the people in Ephesis thought about their situation. I am sure they were feeling bewildered about what was going on. They had to have thought "All we are doing is trying to worship God in the way the Lord would want us to. We are good people. What are we doing wrong?" There is no way they could know they would be the rule and guide for literally thousands of years to come. Their problems have become our blessings. Talk about "all things working for the glory of God". The disciples may have thought it was a bad decision, at the time, to leave without Jesus, but I say it was great that they did. If they hadn't we wouldn't have one of the best bible stories ever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279166894259408026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392317753154971967.post-64345254389937286692010-09-27T20:51:12.957-05:002010-09-27T20:51:12.957-05:00Heather,
Good thoughts as always. One of the cool...Heather,<br /> Good thoughts as always. One of the coolest parts of the story for me is Peter walking on the water. Jesus walking on the water was great but He was God as a man, but Peter was only a man walking with Jesus. <br />Everyone says that well Peter started sinking and Jesus had to save him. I think he has gotten a raw deal in history because he was the ONLY one who got out and actually did it because Jesus said come. We all know that Peter took his eyes off of Jesus and then he started sinking. Just like so many of us have done in our own lives, doing, going, and then we start looking around and I believe, like Peter, we start saying Wow, look at what God is doing, but if we take our eyes off of HIm is when we get fearful.<br />The Bible doesn't say when Peter called out, but I've always had a mental picture that Peter was right there at Jesus and he started sinking and it probably wasn't until he was up to his neck that he called out for help. Just like so many people do. <br />Thanks for reminding us that Jesus is always there, but it's up to us to keep our eyes on Him so that He can help us to not see the wind and waves as we walk toward Him, but only Him and with our focus there everything else all around us falls to the side and pales in the light of Him.daryl brewton.dbimages.photobloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131142010943963074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392317753154971967.post-21609699581813927802010-09-27T19:35:23.609-05:002010-09-27T19:35:23.609-05:00Such a refreshing thought. How often we forget tha...Such a refreshing thought. How often we forget that our God is with us always. In the small decisions every day to the larger decisions of life. Thank you for posting this. It truly made me think and also comforted me. Love you.Chepanoreply@blogger.com