tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post3124108805435412207..comments2023-12-28T01:17:33.953-08:00Comments on bits and pieces....: Comfortable...http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09254831447887637714noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-8773746949955297942012-08-25T10:00:05.001-07:002012-08-25T10:00:05.001-07:00Oh and if God has led you to speak about the word ...Oh and if God has led you to speak about the word accountability please lead me to that post too :) Love you friend!LisaShawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847564334928464883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-25273417900939538692012-08-25T09:59:34.002-07:002012-08-25T09:59:34.002-07:00Oh dear friend, you said it best here:
"It&...Oh dear friend, you said it best here: <br /><br />"It's what I think of as the numbing of our hearts and minds. There's an awful lot around us that is labeled 'tolerable', things that should not be tolerable."<br /><br />Your words in this post ring with confirmation for a conversation I was having with a fellow Christian the other day who challenged that God wants us to be more tolerable/comfortable. I challenged that our tolerable and comfortable should not be to the degree that it's against what God's Word says. Oh how easy it is for us to fall asleep in this world and be overtaken by stuff, behaviors, mind-sets, etc. that don't align with His Word.<br /><br />One thing that I saw so much in my childhood church that I don't see as much of today is a word that we don't often like to say, "accountability". We even see it in the Word. People helped each other to walk with GOD for real...the God of the Bible not the god of tolerable.<br /><br />It's a message you've shared here that I know we all need and notice I said, "we" because I include myself wholeheartedly.<br /><br />I love you dear friend. Been enjoying my visit with you this day.<br />LisaShawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847564334928464883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-29935553233299945762012-08-13T16:42:19.295-07:002012-08-13T16:42:19.295-07:00Hi Sonja,
This is wonderful and totally thought p...Hi Sonja,<br /><br />This is wonderful and totally thought provoking. It is so easy to fall into being comfortable with things we shouldn't. <br /><br />I am so careful with what I allow into my mind...sometimes I think life would be easier if I were not like this but I am so glad I am!<br /><br />Wonderful post!<br /><br />BarbBarb https://www.blogger.com/profile/03410036713000396886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-2703465173975671162012-08-13T08:53:42.497-07:002012-08-13T08:53:42.497-07:00Yes, Yes, and More Yes! This is in keeping with a ...Yes, Yes, and More Yes! This is in keeping with a unit I'm currently teaching my Sunday School class. I pray regularly that God would wake me when I start to doze and prick me when I start to get numb to that which ought to jolt my spirit. <br /><br />I just typed more but deleted it. No sense dragging you down my rabbit hole of meandering thought just because it was sparked by this post. Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05671482394424988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-6442024568958035682012-08-11T13:30:46.830-07:002012-08-11T13:30:46.830-07:00You know how to hurt a guy, don't you.
Thanks...You know how to hurt a guy, don't you.<br /><br />Thanks, I needed that and God bless you.manthanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278718492999520900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-40661647205601976902012-08-11T09:27:23.072-07:002012-08-11T09:27:23.072-07:00Love this one Sonja! The Lord has provided so man...Love this one Sonja! The Lord has provided so many comforts for each one of us. We simply need to look around and notice.<br /><br />I'm reading a book titled "Set Apart". One chapter speaks of pleasure. We don't need to set a goal to pursue pleasure. We need to delight in God's creation and all He has given to us.<br /><br />I think of the moments I had this week at school. Little Melika wouldn't stay still for her nap time after lunch. But when I rubbed her back, she instantly went to sleep smiling. I love those little moments.<br /><br />Love you,<br />DebbieDebbie Petrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235978883396499354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-37289808796149689252012-08-11T08:25:20.027-07:002012-08-11T08:25:20.027-07:00From shoes to chairs, I'm always on a quest fo...From shoes to chairs, I'm always on a quest for the comfortable. I fear, even in retirement, I gravitate towards a lifestyle of comfort as well. Now I'm wondering if comfort & complacency aren't just flip sides of the same coin?!!<br /><br />I'm with you, though. I want to be fully awake - which is to say I want to be fully alive - - "God's way". All other ground is sinking sand!<br /><br />Hugs, <br />KathleenKathleen https://www.blogger.com/profile/05245926913888212148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-89009209863196120982012-08-11T06:25:24.524-07:002012-08-11T06:25:24.524-07:00I see another danger with my comfortableness . . ....I see another danger with my comfortableness . . . time wasting! I could stay in the hammock all day, only to look back on that day and think to myself, "What did I do today?"<br /><br />Guilty as charged. I'm going to try and be active today. Thank you.<br /><br />peace~elaineelaine @ peace for the journeyhttp://www.peaceforthejourney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-24844679182585655412012-08-11T04:03:07.862-07:002012-08-11T04:03:07.862-07:00Can't get comfortable in "our" plans...Can't get comfortable in "our" plans, can we? God can choose to take on us a different plan in a heartbeat.Diana Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397053240610492128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-91745609663218484842012-08-10T17:01:31.702-07:002012-08-10T17:01:31.702-07:00This was a great post (like all of yours) and what...This was a great post (like all of yours) and what you said is just soo true. Our hearts can soo easily be hardened into not being bothered by what we SHOULD be. By both allowing things we shouldn't be, and by NOT doing what we know we must. Like Janette said, we become so comfortable with it all, that the Lord wants to spit us from His mouth. <br /><br />May we ALL watch over our comfort zones with more determination.<br /><br />Have a good week-end!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836655708421528876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-16973387236431865722012-08-10T15:18:42.434-07:002012-08-10T15:18:42.434-07:00Hmmm...I haven't felt comfortable in this worl...Hmmm...I haven't felt comfortable in this world for some time now...at least four years and probably more like eleven. We lean on Him and trust Him to show us what to do next. Busyness for busyness's sake can be just as wrong as slothfulness or apathy. Always something to think about here!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-1876048575140282972012-08-10T12:19:15.824-07:002012-08-10T12:19:15.824-07:00this is a very timely post. It is really sad that ...this is a very timely post. It is really sad that this world has turned the people where we must tolerate everything so that we won't offend no one. But, how about offending GOd? So, this post is a reminder for all of us. Thanks for sharing.<br />hope you can visit my new blog too: willyouhearfromme.blogspot.com<br /><br />it is about my daily walk with God and what I hear from his in every area of my life.joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01967082323112519657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-3808912792779640202012-08-10T11:43:44.464-07:002012-08-10T11:43:44.464-07:00Amen...it goes with my pondering...I heard someone...Amen...it goes with my pondering...I heard someone was content and steady...both good words, both good qualities, except if I become steady and content in my walk then the Lord would rather spit me out of his mouth<br /><br />I just finished Lioness Arising and realizing I have become too comfortable, steady and content in my walk...I am not ruffling any feathers...which means I am not doing anything...time to get HOT and Arise for me...I think Fall has some new things in store<br /><br />Now my son can tell you how to sleep in that hammock!! LOL, He even made a stand for one in his bedroom!<br /><br />Keep cool while God stirs you from your comfort zoneJanettessage.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262598732466380229noreply@blogger.com