tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post1991915878269861641..comments2018-02-18T08:41:39.235-08:00Comments on BettieG'sRAseasons: Are Questions Allowed?BettieGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-79009469119601675862017-09-18T20:05:36.238-07:002017-09-18T20:05:36.238-07:00Dear Barbara,
Yes, aren't there some great dis...Dear Barbara,<br />Yes, aren't there some great discussion points over at Michele's site? When we all bring our thoughts to the table there, we help to encourage each other to keep looking more deeply at the words we read. Isn't that the way that Jesus helps us with our questions too? When we come honestly with those questions, and look more deeply at who He is, that is when He helps us to "know Him well enough to trust Him about them," just as you said. Thank you for your beautiful comments here also! Blessings to you!BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-64347025361368114172017-09-18T12:29:05.854-07:002017-09-18T12:29:05.854-07:00I am reading Jayber along with Michele, too, thoug...I am reading Jayber along with Michele, too, though I haven't blogged about it along the way. But I am gleaning so much more by reading others' thoughts about it. We all face unanswerable questions some times, and, as Michele said, in some cultures it's almost considered a sin to even have them. But I am so thankful God doesn't see it that way. Even though I don't have an answer to some of my own questions, I know Him well enough to trust Him about them.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-726217410069089562017-09-15T20:56:36.930-07:002017-09-15T20:56:36.930-07:00Amen!
Amen! <br />BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-13791430581266856842017-09-15T12:45:28.730-07:002017-09-15T12:45:28.730-07:00Thank-you Bettie. The Body of Christ is an incredi...Thank-you Bettie. The Body of Christ is an incredible thing!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-25531243590300219682017-09-15T11:49:28.938-07:002017-09-15T11:49:28.938-07:00Dear Joy,
Yes, I think you would appreciate this b...Dear Joy,<br />Yes, I think you would appreciate this book. I am glad for Kindle, and the ease of reading without having to add another book to a bulging shelf! (Although I still enjoy "real" books too!)<br /><br />Ah, how I feel my faith muscles being stretched these days, "way beyond the known" as you said. Since we had traveled for years as my husband portrayed the Apostle Thomas in a one-man monologue, I thought I was pretty well versed in how to let the doubts rise to God. But HE knows how much deeper I need to be stretched and strengthened in that area, still! It's so good to hear your much-loved comments bringing encouragement here again, my friend! Hugs and Blessings to you too! xoxoBettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-54497063700598042402017-09-15T11:43:36.896-07:002017-09-15T11:43:36.896-07:00Oh yes, Susan, she is a great and compassionate st...Oh yes, Susan, she is a great and compassionate study leader! I feel have so much to learn. Good thing that God is ready to teach this needy student! :) Blessings to you!BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-41692828855968355012017-09-15T11:42:11.784-07:002017-09-15T11:42:11.784-07:00Dear Linda, Ah, yes, "renewing my mind in tru...Dear Linda, Ah, yes, "renewing my mind in truth as I pray" is so vital to open our hearts to hear and see God in the midst of our questions. I am so sorry for your loss, and for your dear friend who is left behind at such a time! What a treasure she has in your friendship. I will pray for both her and your comfort to bind your hearts together. Blessings and Peace for you my friend!BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-17799814510055728792017-09-15T11:39:04.707-07:002017-09-15T11:39:04.707-07:00Dear Michele,
Yes, I agree with you that in Jayber...Dear Michele,<br />Yes, I agree with you that in Jayber's environment, just approaching the idea of quesitoning was suspect. I wonder if sometimes we still exhibit that kind of atmosphere in our churches without realizing it? Oh may we learn to let Jesus live out the questions in us! I am so thankful that you are leading this great study, Michele. Your open heart encourages our hearts to be open as well! Blessings to you my friend! xoBettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-11719328216018712012017-09-15T09:22:54.881-07:002017-09-15T09:22:54.881-07:00You're doing the Jayber thing with Michele.......You're doing the Jayber thing with Michele....you is smart!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364430951695372897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-35431764091515515332017-09-15T08:32:13.192-07:002017-09-15T08:32:13.192-07:00Yes, Bettie, questions are allowed and should be e...Yes, Bettie, questions are allowed and should be encouraged. Just think of the debt we owe the Apostle we tend to call "Doubting Thomas"! if he hadn't asked the awkward questions we might never have come to a place where we recognise it isn't a lack but a stretching and strengthening of our faith to ask them. Our faith muscles grow as they are stretched way beyond the known, which covers more than we care to admit. <br />Although none of likes to feel lost or unable to have complete certainty about things, there is definitely merit in living into the answers to come, hard as it might be sometimes. This book is drawing some great thoughts from you, dear friend. It sounds a wonderful one to add to my ever-growing Wish List! Blessings and hugs. xoxoJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-70121974468253987652017-09-15T02:55:58.287-07:002017-09-15T02:55:58.287-07:00Bettie, the questions that you have asked are much...Bettie, the questions that you have asked are much more inscrutable than the ones Jayber was posing. I think, in the kind of environment where Jayber was being educated, if it was just the idea that he was questioning at all that was so counter-cultural. It's amazing to me how one book can stimulate so many different discussion points, but you and I were both captured by Professor Ardmire's words to Jayber. Life does seem to be a process of living the questions, and I have no doubt that the living out all the way to the answers will take more than a life time to accomplish. Blessings to you, friend.Michele Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814119096056835884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-79696775974170444582017-09-14T21:14:13.694-07:002017-09-14T21:14:13.694-07:00Beautiful as always, Bettie. Ah the questions tha...Beautiful as always, Bettie. Ah the questions that pour from us at times. This very morning in the middle of getting my husband's bag lunch ready I glanced at an email and was shocked to hear a brother in Christ had died of a massive heart attack last night. He and his wife, just our age, were eagerly preparing to go into missions, in the final stages of selling their home and traipsing about the country raising support. And now BAM! she is alone. They had no children and very little family...I heard my self burst out 'God, how could you let this happen?!' Then I busied myself with breakfast dishes reciting my week's memory work. "Good and upright is the Lord, therefore He instructs sinners in the way...All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness..." (Ps.25) Renewing my mind in truth as I prayed for this dear woman who faces life alone now, all in the Lords' good plan for His glory. Impossible to see from my perspective but God will be weaving it all for something glorious.... We cannot see ahead but we live out daily this faith we hold in a good God. Thanks for sharing your own journey here! --Linda DawnLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-92126259489902458942017-09-14T21:05:33.596-07:002017-09-14T21:05:33.596-07:00Hi Maree Dee,
You are so right that the drawing ne...Hi Maree Dee,<br />You are so right that the drawing near to HIM is what we really need! He is the answer to our questions, above it all. Blessings to you!BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-38627974583391319152017-09-14T20:56:46.386-07:002017-09-14T20:56:46.386-07:00Hi Leslie,
Thank you for stopping by here today! I...Hi Leslie,<br />Thank you for stopping by here today! I am so grateful that our Lord understands the deep places of our hearts, and welcomes the pondering! May you be blessed!BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-24083866331041261352017-09-14T15:15:44.185-07:002017-09-14T15:15:44.185-07:00The book you are reading sounds fabulous. I find ...The book you are reading sounds fabulous. I find questions to be good. When I cry out to God with my questions in the end the answer never really matters. The drawing near to him is all I need. Maree Deehttp://www.embracingtheunexpected.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123043706114460279.post-2831187291198828602017-09-14T12:46:23.627-07:002017-09-14T12:46:23.627-07:00Wow! This is really good. I have never heard of th...Wow! This is really good. I have never heard of that book but there are some powerful thought to ponder in what you shared here today. Thank you!Lesliehttp://www.journeytoimperfect.comnoreply@blogger.com