tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post7491626929112761322..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: Representative Herseth-Sandlin responds to concerns about the "Freedom of Choice" ActTLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-20978013861248292692009-02-26T21:56:00.000-06:002009-02-26T21:56:00.000-06:00Anonymous - if life is a gift from God, then the q...Anonymous - if life is a gift from God, then the question of when it begins, and when humans have the right to interfere, is highly important.<BR/><BR/>Disagreement is normal - love is how we overcome it. We don't create the atmosphere of disagreement, it just is. We are scattered and confused by gender, language, cultures, history... you name it. <BR/><BR/>A great lay leader in one of my churches said, "Start with the assumption of misunderstanding, and work until you are sure that all understand." Jesus' teaching on love assumes that we will be challenged by those unlike us - no big deal to love those who are agreeable, but holy to love those with whom our lives do not agree.<BR/><BR/>From a Christian point of view, "happiness" must be transformed. Left to ourselves, we will go for an animal happiness of pleasure and biological survival. Christians seek a divine happiness that is present in all circumstances, seeing all as opportunities to know and glorify God. <BR/><BR/>Just tonight, my wife and I were reading in Mark 12 & 13 - being put on trial, the height of "adversarial" circumstances, is an opportunity to testify to God and to let God speak through us, unworried about our "performance." Peace and joy are discovered in all circumstances.TLF+https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-60251934490696717162009-02-26T20:57:00.000-06:002009-02-26T20:57:00.000-06:00Did God give you life to pursue happiness or to di...Did God give you life to pursue happiness or to dispute and argue amongst each other and create an atmosphere of disagreement. When will the masses come together to accept the fact that people need to live their lives as they are dealt because that is what God had intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com