tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post113773901087253361..comments2023-07-11T08:11:27.571-04:00Comments on Ragamuffin Ramblings: My place in the heavenly realm...Steve F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138385927529665842006-01-27T13:18:00.000-05:002006-01-27T13:18:00.000-05:00Incredible and inspiring, Brother. I am incredibl...Incredible and inspiring, Brother. I am incredibly moved by how honest you are when you post. Thanks for your leading and guiding example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138374017637112692006-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:002006-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:00One wonders how Eli and the pastor handled the sto...One wonders how Eli and the pastor handled the story of the Pharisee and the publican <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2018:9-14" REL="nofollow">Luke 8:9-14</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138281059256868472006-01-26T08:10:00.000-05:002006-01-26T08:10:00.000-05:00Hey Steve man, great post, but I feel the need to ...Hey Steve man, great post, but I feel the need to add one little thing: while none of us "deserve" heaven (Grace is a gift, like sobriety, right?) and we therefore can't "earn" it as such, I'd have to say in your case that that year of sobriety, with all its struggle and gnashing of teeth and growly thoughts and what have you, is Your participation in your redemption, Your saying "yes", no matterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052081819882002321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138252843596504602006-01-26T00:20:00.000-05:002006-01-26T00:20:00.000-05:00Thanks - I'm glad I've met you as we trudge...Thanks - I'm glad I've met you as we trudge...dudeheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854380404674274303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138237048787964172006-01-25T19:57:00.000-05:002006-01-25T19:57:00.000-05:00If that's what heaven's really like, then I wanna ...If that's what heaven's <I>really</I> like, then I wanna go to Cleveland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138236030307379072006-01-25T19:40:00.000-05:002006-01-25T19:40:00.000-05:00Well said.Well said.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106718028421755149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138228988885421952006-01-25T17:43:00.000-05:002006-01-25T17:43:00.000-05:00If we ever get to the point of expecting more than...If we ever get to the point of expecting more than a shack, then we likely are not seeing where we can grow. Luke 14 says "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted.” If we think we are were we need to be, we are certainly not in the right mindset.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04914605579645532512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138215414305598132006-01-25T13:56:00.000-05:002006-01-25T13:56:00.000-05:00Where do people come up with this crap!I do not pr...Where do people come up with this crap!<BR/><BR/>I do not profess to be a biblical scholar by any means, but I do not recall anywhere that Jesus claims any social structure in Heaven. Class status is an earthly thing born from man. If anything he discouraged the class structures by interacting with all people, even though they may have been “socially unacceptable” at the time. He always referred Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138206972922542612006-01-25T11:36:00.000-05:002006-01-25T11:36:00.000-05:00Amen, brother! This one struck me. Especially yo...Amen, brother! This one struck me. Especially your response...and yet our Father slaughters the fatted calf in celebration of our return (regardless where we are coming back from).<BR/><BR/>This is an issue I have with Christian radio: not all the theology is as tight as the melody and rhythm. While it might get your body moving to its funky beat, it gets your mind reciting lyrical doctrine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138201532008027132006-01-25T10:05:00.000-05:002006-01-25T10:05:00.000-05:00Thank you, thank you for this honest post. Your c...Thank you, thank you for this honest post. Your comments at that Bible study is exactly the kind of thing I heard at AA - gut honest - the kind of comment I just could never make around the tables. I sometimes wonder this many years later if I can today. I admire it when I see/hear it and it never fails to make me look hard at the impostor who lives within me. I can write it all down honestly Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1138199512849534092006-01-25T09:31:00.000-05:002006-01-25T09:31:00.000-05:00You know, I think I'm hoping for the shack next do...You know, I think I'm hoping for the shack next door to yours. Seems to me that would be a great neighborhood.Jane Ellen+https://www.blogger.com/profile/07930706962327994732noreply@blogger.com