Comments on: No One Talks About This

By: RC of strangeculture

RC of strangeculture — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:33:26 +0000

This is a beautiful post…

I love the fertilizer metaphore (i’m not really a metaphore person)...but I’m going to hold onto that tomorrow and who knows how long.

thanks for sharing this post.

By: Grovesfan

Grovesfan — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:34:47 +0000

My dad was one of these “unsung” heros. He never passed a car that was pulled over. He always stopped to make sure they were OK. He changed countless flat tires, fixed engines, provided fuel, or whatever. There was a blind woman who lived near us that used to ride the bus to/from work each day with her seeing-eye dog. My dad would always stop and pick her up if he saw her waiting for the bus; especially if it was raining or cold. Her dog was a big black lab. She was always very appreciative as not many seemed to even notice her, much less give her and her dog a ride somewhere. When I was home for my father’s funeral, I saw her waiting for the bus one day so I stopped. I’d not met her previously but my dad told me about her and her dog. When I stopped, I introduced myself and told her that my father had passed away a few days before. She began to cry softly and said she “knew” something must’ve happened because it had rained one day last week and he didn’t offer her a ride. She told me that he treated her like a “normal” person and he always treated her with respect. My dad’s greatest joy was telling others about Christ. Passing out Bibles on street corners with Gideons, serving communion, running the sound board at church or whatever else needed doing.

Beth

By: Abby

Abby — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:30:53 +0000

I have known William, Suzie, and Olivia for almost 16 years now. Suzie is one of the dearest people to me in the world. Thank you for letting everyone see them the way God sees them… as amazing and unique creations with individual purposes.
They are quirky and fun and beautiful. I am so blessed to call them friends!

By: Kattie Priebe

Kattie Priebe — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:40:54 +0000

Wow! thanks for the reminder!

By: steven

steven — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:16:00 +0000

i could learn a lot from all of those people.

thanks for the post.

By: kyle

kyle — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:01:03 +0000

My step-father Tony is an amazing man. he lives everyday in such extreme back pain that doctors offered to sever his spinal cord. yes he wouldn’t be able to walk but he wouldn’t be in pain. He could easily live his life full of bitter selfishness, but instead he is always willing to help anybody who he has the means to help, no matter the situation. As well he travels to California Youth Authority (basically juvenille hall) to minister to the kids most people have given up on.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:57:17 +0000

What a great post! So much truth in those lines…

By: Aims

Aims — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:38:42 +0000

My boss that I’m working under right now…Wow. He’s amazing! He started out as a farrier for horses and now he goes to different rodeo’s all around the US and does chapels for large rodeo events. One that he helped start was in California the rodeo invited him and he said not unless there’s a chapel service on Sunday they said okay and 2,000 people attended it so they’ve been doing it ever since. Right now he’s the head Wrangler at this camp that I work at and boy is he just one of the greatest men of God I have ever met.

By: Katherine Coble

Katherine Coble — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:30:35 +0000

Oftentimes the people who are part of what’s wrong with the church/music biz/et al. are also the people who are right and worth celebrating.

No one person is either all good or all bad, truly, and that also feeds into their contribution to the world around them.

I’ve got people in my church who are gossipers, who come late to Sunday School or not at all, who don’t like homosexuals or Democrats.

They’re the same people who give hours a week to clothe and feed the homeless, who have brought meals to the sick and needy in our church, who give money to our church and various charities around the world, who pack Christmas boxes for Franklin Graham’s charity, who give of themselves to teach Bible School, children’s Sunday School, etc.

I think that as we strive to be more like Christ, as we live our very long lives on this earth, we see the old stuff gradually falling away, making room for the new.

It’s easy to get frustrated with the bad, but it’s wonderful to honour the good that comes through Christ.