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To: ThomasMore
Reading that depresses me. How can anyone hope to live like that?
16 posted on 01/18/2002 6:46:01 AM PST by Aggie Mama
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To: Aggie Mama
>>>Reading that depresses me. How can anyone hope to live like that?

We all fall short of ideals. Which parts bothered you?

49 posted on 01/18/2002 7:45:19 AM PST by patent
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To: Aggie Mama
Don't be depressed, if you could live like that you wouldn't need the sacrifice of Jesus. You can strive to live like that however and the Holy Spirit leads you to the place where conforming to His image is a natural instead of an unnatural state of being.

For example the part that talks about giving and not asking for it back serves as a good example of human nature. Have you ever loaned money to a friend only to have that friend dump you or become resentful of you? I have, and it was a mystery to me, until I understood the fact that they felt they owed me something they could not repay made them angry with me for the guilt they were experiencing.

So now when a friend comes to me in trouble and needs money, help, whatever, I make sure that they understand I do not expect repayment, that it is a gift of love to be passed on as they can, but not to me. Their relief is all over their face to be released from the obligation of repayment. Sure, you can be taken advantage of, but that is not your lookout, your lookout is to obey and leave it to God to take pleasure in your obedience, and if it be His will, to work in that person the seed of kindness you planted in his memory.

54 posted on 01/18/2002 7:53:01 AM PST by MissAmericanPie
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