tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080645671114720785.post5157128250270652606..comments2010-09-09T18:43:35.507-07:00Comments on Hey Bobby, How's <p>North Point?</p>: Picture Perfect PrayerBobby's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755670286432933990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080645671114720785.post-74970685929619285242009-01-28T14:46:00.000-08:002009-01-28T14:46:00.000-08:00i think really connecting with God is connecting w...i think really connecting with God is connecting with the riskiness that you talked about. his promises are just that, HIS promises. they are for us but he is the only one who gets to know exactly what they mean and when and how he shall apply them. they seem slippery and situational and i think that God, while being consistent and rock-like, also has a slippery and situational side. there are the things he makes almost absolutely clear like how to know Jesus in an important way that begins our connection with him. at some point though, we run into the parts that are confusing, crazy, and challenge our faith and concept of who he is. i think connecting with him is choosing to still know him and stay with him even when he takes us to the slippery places! are not those who really love us the ones who stay even when we're messy?Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528747089367611789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080645671114720785.post-9468228688661807892009-01-26T15:55:00.000-08:002009-01-26T15:55:00.000-08:00I think you hit on the fact that it takes faith. ...I think you hit on the fact that it takes faith. And I personally think that faith takes trust. And that trust takes relationship. And relationship -- true relationship with the type of God that we serve -- well, that takes faith. And that's how the circle starts up again and never ends. <BR/><BR/>In my mind, it's almost like a snowball that builds upon itself as it gains momentum. It's always coming round and round: faith, trust, relationship, faith, trust, relationship, etc.abbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746365195901282578noreply@blogger.com