tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178312.post3536974520362171699..comments2023-06-02T01:31:35.123-07:00Comments on Sermon Scripts: Sunday 19 February 2012 - God's Upside-Down TransfigurationPamBGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178312.post-20830682409328520052012-02-21T03:57:27.516-08:002012-02-21T03:57:27.516-08:00No, it doesn't sound strange at all.
Thank yo...No, it doesn't sound strange at all.<br /><br />Thank you for the thanks. Thank you for understanding that it's something that is helpful; a lot of people don't.PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178312.post-17412002815711344302012-02-20T20:02:58.782-08:002012-02-20T20:02:58.782-08:00Hi, Pam. Your post makes me think of Ezra 3:10-13,...Hi, Pam. Your post makes me think of Ezra 3:10-13, in which the cheering and the weeping of the people created a strange sound -- one in which the individual strands (cheering and weeping) could not be distinguished from one another. It seems to me that that's what it sounds like to be the people of God: always rejoicing and mourning at the same time. Even if all is well with us, we know that others are hurting, and we suffer with them even as does our Lord. As we strive to be one with Christ, we too become people of sorrows and acquainted with grief, because the pain of others becomes an ever-present reality to us. But to "know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings" is also the ultimate joy.<br /><br />Especially since you became a chaplain, Pam, you've been participating in that suffering. Although it may be a strange thing to say, I do say it: thank you for sharing that suffering with us.Ron Johnsonhttp://rjmythicadventures2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com