I understand how you may feel because when insinuates that the way I love my God is somehow evil, that hurts me. When someone insults those in my faith that have dedicated their lives to God, that hurts me. When someone disrespects Our Lord's mother as some kind of meaningless greek statue, I feel saddened. I guess we all make random comments that can be offensive.
I think we can debate the issues and still be kind to each other. I will really try to respect and keep Holy all that belongs to God. -I'm sorry.
Mt 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”
TKC!
No problem at all.
I’m grieved when others are hurt—regardless. Certainly when I hurt them—necessarily or not.
I increasingly think it may be virtually impossible for some RC’s to get inside my skin sufficiently to understand where I come from and why I do the crazy things I do and how such could be remotely related to loving them.
And that will have to be OK.
I say the following words—but they seem to have absolutely no usefulness to RC’s. I honor the authentic Mary for her service to our Lord in the unique role she was called to.
It has been said that we get in trouble most for doing too much of what we do best.
And, I think satan is most skilled at incrementally nudging us over many lines we’d not tolerate if he just pushed us over them.
I think this is what has happened with the excesses around Mary. Tiny bit by tiny bit the stuff built up over the centuries.
In any case, WHERE MY PONTIFICATIONS ARE NOT TRUE—then they are not meant to apply where they are not true! I write them ONLY for where they are true.
So all those insisting that such is not true for them—then I’m not writing to them!
IF HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT USE MY WORDS TO CONVICT AND ENCOURAGE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEN CONSIDER MY WORDS CHAFF to blow away.
I don’t recall what you wrote that I responded to, at all.
Life hurts. People hurt. The people we love most hurt the most. We hurt most about things we care about most.
Life’s like that.
I used to try and counsel folks without annoying or offending or concerning or troubling them in the slightest. That was short-lived!
Change is scary, troublesome, annoying, painful.
Even changing thinking can be excruciatingly so.
And few of us deliberately go talk to someone we disagree with—to be troubled, provoked, challenged, scorched because we suddenly realize God has a nugget for us from them and that delivery of it won’t be all sweetness, comfort and light.
But the Sermon on the Mount is full of such things—especially to the sensitive and perceptive. I’ve gone through several periods of my life when it was painful to read it and I’d avoid it.
Please understand as best you can—I only write to others as I’d prefer to be written to . . . on these threads . . . in terms of any places I gave significant evidence might be blind spots.
Blind spots can be deadly and certainly spiritually problematic. So, even a steep price is not to high to surface such, imho. And, how can I refuse to give to others what I seek for myself?
In any case, I forgive you for all such even slight offenses but I wasn’t that bothered by you.
Mother would likely say—all’s fair in love, war and religion. LOL.
Have a blessed week. Thanks for the honor of your msgs.