tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344358652298488850.post6163974454973517215..comments2015-10-15T23:05:17.484-04:00Comments on Remnant of Grace: Friend of SinnersTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808674825863044909noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344358652298488850.post-32977771901537982062013-03-28T18:24:27.190-04:002013-03-28T18:24:27.190-04:00Practical atheism. So true. Practically speaking, ...Practical atheism. So true. Practically speaking, I struggle with what it looks like, too. But, we are jumping in! We started with supporting others' special needs adoptions. Then, we adopted a son with Down syndrome. This week, we're assembling Easter bags to give to the homeless downtown. (Because everyone deserves a Cadbury egg for Easter!) This summer, I will make the effort to not just tolerate, but welcome the annoying neighbor girl from down the street whose mother is an absentee addict. (effort, indeed!) I am certain that we'll do a lot of dumb, misguided things, but we're praying about it a lot and asking Him to show us need, to see people with His eyes, to break our hearts with what breaks His.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808674825863044909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344358652298488850.post-24930883779662508832013-03-28T12:52:16.132-04:002013-03-28T12:52:16.132-04:00Hmm, I'm not certain that I know. I am very go...Hmm, I'm not certain that I know. I am very good at loving on the hurting, whether "churched" or not but I also live a lot of my life in the little church bubble. <br />We (the churched, a gross generalization, I know) often go on a little mission trip, help, and then resume our daily lives, usually as if nothing inside us has been changed- or only changed for a brief time.<br />How do we incorporate living for Jesus into our daily lives? This is something that I struggle with often. How does my life look different every day than that of someone who does not know Jesus as Lord and Saviour? <br />It just seems to me that so many times this is talked about within our churches and then most continue their lives with practical atheism.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806401780423620891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344358652298488850.post-25103724750566721032013-03-28T06:51:39.670-04:002013-03-28T06:51:39.670-04:00When I read the gospels, what strikes me most abou...When I read the gospels, what strikes me most about Jesus is his ability to be interrupted with complete grace. I want to be so open to the will of the Father that the needs of others supersede my own agenda...that I see the needs in those around me & that I willingly pour out my life to meet those needs. I want to love the unloved. I want to speak the truth. I want to be so convinced of his love for me that I don't hesitate to share that love with others, no matter how far outside my comfort zone He takes me. What does it look like to you?Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808674825863044909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344358652298488850.post-60805557575170633902013-03-27T21:46:20.592-04:002013-03-27T21:46:20.592-04:00What does that look like, in your eyes? What does ...What does that look like, in your eyes? What does it mean to live like Jesus? <br />Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806401780423620891noreply@blogger.com