tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post2373635951434148653..comments2023-05-15T06:53:04.506-04:00Comments on The Jesus Paradigm: Gospel:Uncut part 2: CelibacyNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13081425114154607112noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-80763926354248430832009-06-30T22:07:32.839-04:002009-06-30T22:07:32.839-04:00Yes, yes, yes! There are no half-dollars in Kingdo...Yes, yes, yes! There are no half-dollars in Kingdom economics. Marriage doesn't complete us, it works through us the hope of glory, but so does singleness! Great thoughts here, I'm glad I stumbled across your blog.Lore Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330994106636188873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-85698489717717681982009-04-16T20:44:00.000-04:002009-04-16T20:44:00.000-04:00Nate,
I am refreshed and awakened by this post, Th...Nate,<br />I am refreshed and awakened by this post, Thank you. I have spent a considerable amount of time unraveling the joy of being single, and have found a wellspring of inspiration, spiritual sustanance and balance outside of the circus of searching. The face and sanctity of marraige is being forced to change as we approach an era where divorce seems to be more common than union. I pray for a major shift of focus. We are both unto ourselves and corporate as children of God. Our fulfillment comes with being in relationship with the Father, no matter what or who our personal story includes.Rev. Megan Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002301918161432634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-74557794158033112432009-02-08T14:27:00.000-05:002009-02-08T14:27:00.000-05:00Well and clearly said, Leopold!Well and clearly said, Leopold!Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081425114154607112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-56827808368662035232009-02-08T00:00:00.000-05:002009-02-08T00:00:00.000-05:00Wow. Hear hear. This should be shouted from the ...Wow. <BR/><BR/>Hear hear. This should be shouted from the rooftops. I decided about a year ago that I never wanted to get married (how things change). Since then, I've gotten engaged, and at the same time have been telling people that relationships are horrible things to be avoided at all costs. This only makes sense in light of what you've said so well about how we tend to worship marriage (and relationships in general, I think) and how this leads to people getting married for the wrong reasons, and hurting each other. To top it off, most relationships are stink-piles anyway. For real. Erin, I don't mean to say that you shouldn't want to get married, only that I think there is far too much social pressure on getting married, and it causes a lot of pain (>37% of the time, now). I think this comes of emphasizing the desire to be married over the desire to build a life with one particular person, who inspires you to want to marry them. Strong and active friendships are often all we're looking for. And doing something motivated by sex drive is almost always a recipe for disaster. Or by fear of loneliness.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I'm saying what I mean very clearly here, but I love this post.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Thanks for the shout out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139586718507355968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-60013348227841906832009-01-31T01:01:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:01:00.000-05:00Nancy: good thoughts on how to read blogs. I need ...Nancy: good thoughts on how to read blogs. I need to think of my blogging that way as well as my reading. I'm just talking things out.<BR/>No guarantees... I like that<BR/><BR/>Amy: It's REALLY good to hear that. <BR/><BR/>Erin: It's good to want to get married. And it's good to get married when it's time. And until it's time, it's good to have that desire frustrated. Hope that was clear in the post. God bless you.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081425114154607112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-87267163821291122102009-01-30T17:02:00.000-05:002009-01-30T17:02:00.000-05:00to be completely honest, this is something I have ...to be completely honest, this is something I have struggled with for a long time... not the thought that being single is worse, or less of anything, ...but the simple fact that I want to get married. I want a family. and I know it. I used to hate it when people would say that you always find someone when you really don't care anymore, when you're finally ok with it all...because for one, it makes you want to pretend you are ok with it....and also, that's really not the case. We're to learn to be content in whatever situation we are in- truly content...<BR/>...and the other thing I've known for a long time, but only just realized about a month ago, (if that makes any sense at all) is that there really is no replacement, period, for Christ. Not in any relationship. They aren't Jesus, they're just another human like me.<BR/><BR/>anyway, good post.Erin Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367012373432461819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-25638410269892069892009-01-30T15:39:00.000-05:002009-01-30T15:39:00.000-05:00Nate,I just recently found your blogpage from a li...Nate,<BR/>I just recently found your blogpage from a link from another.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this post. Papa (God) spoke to me through your words. I needed it.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>~Amy :)<BR/>http://amyiswalkinginthespirit.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584068046573737479.post-4712214554843405252009-01-29T23:56:00.000-05:002009-01-29T23:56:00.000-05:00i have looked at single and married, widowed and d...i have looked at single and married, widowed and divorced, and it all has it plus and minus. no matter which place one is in i see that there are still good things about each and hardships.<BR/><BR/>in relationship to our relationship with our Lord, each person in each of these situations can put Jesus first, or not...can have someone or something take more attention, or not.<BR/><BR/>i have thought that being married to a person that believes in Jesus as a prophet, as i have come back to a life in Jesus as the Son of God, as a hard thing to deal with. but, i am sure that there are harder circumstances.<BR/><BR/>there are certainly no garuantees any way that we go in our status of any kind.<BR/><BR/>in everything i know i must look to Jesus...no matter what.<BR/><BR/>the most scary thing to me is having children. from the moment they are conceived, parents start to worry about their well being and the loss of them...and the thing is that never leaves. now that is a total life change.<BR/><BR/>letting go of children, knowing that i can not be in total control of their wellfair was and continues to be the hardest thing to me.<BR/><BR/>anyway...i think we all have our hard things and joys. <BR/><BR/>i do not see not being married as good or as bad.<BR/><BR/>ok...now.<BR/>i do not take every word people write on blogs to be something to live my life by...i think of it as talking...i just like to converse and work things out as we go along. i see it as a way to talk things out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com