tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post114607009024720135..comments2023-05-04T02:10:54.541-07:00Comments on Purpose Driven Blog: Entertainment WearyJoanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168542368255282446noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post-1146437654127553312006-04-30T15:54:00.000-07:002006-04-30T15:54:00.000-07:00I see what you mean. People want to be entertained...I see what you mean. People want to be entertained sometimes more than really "connect". It's the whole mantra of the modern times, "anyway you want it", "just do it", "i'm lovin it", etc. What can we get out of it? Not what can we do for God or for others. Kind of the natural state of our beings too, survival instincts. It takes much perseverance and discipline to let go of self and cling Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post-1146241855099994662006-04-28T09:30:00.000-07:002006-04-28T09:30:00.000-07:00I believe real joy doesn't always have a smile to ...I believe real joy doesn't always have a smile to give, but always has a hope. Sometimes I feel that the trial produces the hope. Not afterward, but during.Hope that, even though I am in anguish, that there is a loving God and a heavenly crowd of witnesses cheering me on to stay the course of prayer and communication and need for my Father.This causes me to grow in my love and hunger for God's Vesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02590474144989450701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post-1146220139791458032006-04-28T03:28:00.000-07:002006-04-28T03:28:00.000-07:00Think I understand what you mean about the enterta...Think I understand what you mean about the entertainment of Christianity. Feed me mentality, perhaps? reminds me of the baby birds in the nest with mouths gapng open sqwaking loudly. I also remember that the mama eventaully pushes them out of the nest, when they are able to fly. Scary, huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com