tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post112324480109772046..comments2023-07-11T08:11:27.571-04:00Comments on Ragamuffin Ramblings: To comfort, or to clobber?Steve F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123528248205339612005-08-08T15:10:00.000-04:002005-08-08T15:10:00.000-04:00Oh Lord, how long will we Christians carry on caus...Oh Lord, how long will we Christians carry on causing such pain in your name? For all of you, priests and lay people alike, I am so sorry that you have been hurt by thoughtless words at the death of your loved ones :(<BR/><BR/>We are saved by faith, not by meeting other people's criteria. I don't think heaven is a g&t swilling country club (as one friend of mine recently put it) where we hang outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123289860911690312005-08-05T20:57:00.000-04:002005-08-05T20:57:00.000-04:00One more item.My first child died at three and a h...One more item.<BR/><BR/>My first child died at three and a half months old. I am certain he is in heaven. Folks can argue salvation all they like, but there are many things that have no proof.<BR/><BR/>It is faith.Curious Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564580536911743558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123289697420069272005-08-05T20:54:00.000-04:002005-08-05T20:54:00.000-04:00I'm sorry to hear about the judgemental folks. I ...I'm sorry to hear about the judgemental folks. I believe salvation is much simpler than that.<BR/><BR/>The "living in sin" thing is silly. We are ALL LIVING IN SIN.<BR/><BR/>Every time we put anything before God we are sinning. When we are proud, when we act superior, when we boast, and strive for attention, and cheat on our taxes (even a little), and allow others to shoulder burdens that are Curious Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564580536911743558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123271722555265312005-08-05T15:55:00.000-04:002005-08-05T15:55:00.000-04:00The first person I was with when she died was my g...The first person I was with when she died was my grandmother, my mother's mother and a woman who meant a lot to me. I had been ordained a priest just three months earlier, and when the medical team rushed into her hospital room to try to revive her, they let me stay when I told them I was her grandson and a priest. All I could do was stand out of their way in a corner, tell her we loved her, Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123270951022800642005-08-05T15:42:00.000-04:002005-08-05T15:42:00.000-04:00The first funeral I ever did as a pastor was my mo...The first funeral I ever did as a pastor was my mother's memorial service. I spoke of her being with the Lord.<BR/><BR/>Afterward, some women from her "support group" actually came up to me and said "How do you know she's in heaven? We tried to talk to her about being born again."<BR/><BR/>Frankly, they didn't deserve to know (first time I've ever had that thought).<BR/><BR/>What they didn't knowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18137990962239475938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123255460236954592005-08-05T11:24:00.000-04:002005-08-05T11:24:00.000-04:00Stuff like this makes me crazy in the head.....can...Stuff like this makes me crazy in the head.....can't have morphine because then he wouldn't be sober? Are they nuts? I just spent a week sitting at the bedside of a dying friend. My God, I cannot imagine the pain she would have been in had she not had morphine. Even with it, it was almost too much to bear witness to. If my sobriety hinges on no pain meds at the time of my death then I guess IHopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1123249202111793842005-08-05T09:40:00.000-04:002005-08-05T09:40:00.000-04:00The dead, God be praised, no longer have to listen...The dead, God be praised, no longer have to listen to the yapping.Tom Scharbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397752812367691354noreply@blogger.com