tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post5635412502270982935..comments2024-01-07T07:39:13.010-06:00Comments on simple felicity: it mattersHappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-22255796482737603702008-01-08T00:20:00.000-06:002008-01-08T00:20:00.000-06:00thanks, Rob. You believed I could do this long be...thanks, Rob. You believed I could do this long before I'd even think about someday admitting that it was even a slight possibility that God maybe might someday sort of possibly call me to something kind of like this....<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>and no, I don't think I want *his* job. :) i like having superiors. in the great words of Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and that other chick that I can never remember her name... in White Christmas' "Gee, I Wish I Was Back In The Army" - "there's always someone higher up where you can pass the buck." No, I'll take assistant chaplain any day. :) And the privilege of getting weird songs stuck in your head.<BR/><BR/>Mississippi Squirrel Revival's up on YouTube now, did Sara tell you? :)Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-10691579349074292422008-01-07T21:08:00.000-06:002008-01-07T21:08:00.000-06:00Yeah, it matters alright--good for you to step up ...Yeah, it matters alright--good for you to step up and do it.<BR/><BR/>And fwiw, that chaplain at Snow Mountain is long gone (and so's his successor, actually; I don't think you could get <I>that</I> job back, but you might have a shot at <I>his</I> . . . :) )Rob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744370123241743193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-80199064884045937072008-01-06T21:18:00.000-06:002008-01-06T21:18:00.000-06:00and to think i almost didn't post this... yay, con...and to think i almost didn't post this... yay, conversation. :) lol...<BR/><BR/>Heather, faintnot - thank you so much for your prayers and wise thoughts over the past few weeks. i am so grateful for the friendships we've been forging this year. you are both such incredible blessings from the Lord in my life!<BR/><BR/>Mike - you're so right. when i tell someone "it doesn't matter", it really doesn't matter to me, either. I hope I don't say it to people about important things! (and if i have, i'm now extremely sorry...)! thanks for the encouragement. :) I have felt God's leading, and I'm excited to see what comes as I follow. I'm definitely taking Rachel's words about Caleb to heart. God's given me a mountain to claim, and I'm going after it! :) This is going to be fun. :)<BR/><BR/>Wayne - hi! So glad to hear from you. No, not once, do I ever recall you encouraging me to think that something didn't matter. Even in the silly things that really didn't, you were always there to listen. unless Rush was on the radio. then it was just a lost cause, and I knew better than to expect you to listen to anything i said...<BR/><BR/>Praying for you, for wisdom and guidance, justice where it's needed, and for the strength of heart and character to exercise Christ-like compassion and mercy even in those moments when you wish you could throw your degree out the window and swear up a bloody storm in a fit of sudden heathenism. May 2008 be a blessed year, full of every break-through you need, and at least 10 - no 12 (one for each month)- amazing surprises. (Start a list somewhere you will see it every day, so you will remember the happy things on days that are less so.) love you, brother. hang in there. better days are coming...<BR/><BR/>Wait on the Lord. Be strong, and take heart, and wait on the Lord. - Psalm 27:14Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-80534955042567662792008-01-06T20:29:00.000-06:002008-01-06T20:29:00.000-06:00Hi Sister, Long time no talk. I am happy for you t...Hi Sister, <BR/><BR/>Long time no talk. I am happy for you that God seems to be really allowing some dreams you've had for a long time to become reality. <BR/><BR/>I also want to affirm that yes, it matters. It matters whether we listen to God or not. Not all choices are equal, and God has a preference and offers guidance if we will be but look to the Scriptures and listen for His response in prayer. Even in the small things, like what to eat (Do you not think God would want you to eat what will NOT give you heart disease, make you overweight, etc.? Do I think God cares about how much fast food I eat, and all the excuses about being too busy, and it being convenient when I'm rushing around "serving" Him? Of course I do; I am His child)<BR/><BR/>In the midst of what I am currently going through, I know without a doubt that there is a right path and a wrong path. I sometimes hate the fact that the way forward sometimes seems so foggy, but I trust God to lift the fog with His light in His timing. It just takes discipline to listen and to watch and to bring it all back to the Father for His take on things. Not that I always get it right, but that I realize that my life is not my own, and that God really does has a plan to prosper me and not to harm me, and that may not mean anything that I can see or imagine in only my human understanding. I choose to try to go forward in God's way because I refuse to be destructive to myself or others simply because I refused to listen for a response or refused to obey what I've been told. (How many problems would I avoid if only I could always, as the old hymn goes, "trust and obey"?) With my limited human understanding and perspective I desperately need God to be working in my heart and the hearts of everyone else I interact with; God needs to do things behind the scenes and make things happen. I have been amazed yet again recently at how God can cause things to happen for good, even, and especially, those things that others meant for harm. <BR/><BR/>It Matters. And if I have ever given you the impression otherwise, may God and you forgive me.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I am trying to be more faithful to my blogging. Check out http://waynepaulbarrett.blogspot.com/The Rev. Wayne Paul Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368147102718684499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-65642978885819252872008-01-06T19:35:00.000-06:002008-01-06T19:35:00.000-06:00I am so glad you chose God over the voices of othe...I am so glad you chose God over the voices of others...It will be exciting to see what is birthed out of all this...<BR/>Lindafaintnothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09908528929679300814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-2107414538720783962008-01-06T18:55:00.000-06:002008-01-06T18:55:00.000-06:00Great Choice Hap!! I am glad you chose the way of...Great Choice Hap!! I am glad you chose the way of God. It's like this. When I tell someone "it doesn't matter", the truth is that it doesn't matter to me. <BR/><BR/>What you said is the first thing I thought. No matter what choice you make, God will bless it? I don't think so. Especially if you feel him leading you a direction.<BR/><BR/>Hope your choice is fruitful and blessed!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283586290804985847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-23129888156066150962008-01-06T17:13:00.000-06:002008-01-06T17:13:00.000-06:00I'm so glad for you, Happy. Not only have you mad...I'm so glad for you, Happy. Not only have you made a decision you're excited about, you've learnt something in the process. I love that! Keep us updated on how it goes.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09032691538301396112noreply@blogger.com