tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post6199999856189027128..comments2024-03-28T23:20:44.724-07:00Comments on Assembly Quest: God is Goodclumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-8277670621660822762007-05-01T15:57:00.000-07:002007-05-01T15:57:00.000-07:00I'm in total agreement with you, bro.I'm in total agreement with you, bro.clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-60967978174740155622007-05-01T13:59:00.000-07:002007-05-01T13:59:00.000-07:00I see that too. I mean the people who really don'...I see that too. I mean the people who really don't know you, nor ever expressed interest in your existence before, but all of a sudden have something to say to you now that you've lost someone. Like the bozo who tried to tell my wife that God needed her sister more than she did, and that's why He "took her home" in a catastrophically fatal drunk driving accident at the age of 21. There just isKingJaymzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634900494300298298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-23821425481336866712007-05-01T13:23:00.000-07:002007-05-01T13:23:00.000-07:00"You just want to slap the crap out of them becaus..."You just want to slap the crap out of them because they are saying that to you to make themselves feel better, not you."<BR/><BR/>I agree with you. As has often been said, Job's three friends had the decency to shut up for a week before starting the accusations, which indicates more maturity than most of us have.<BR/><BR/>But there are people who mean well, and blunder through something like clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-70720721497823699722007-05-01T11:49:00.000-07:002007-05-01T11:49:00.000-07:00That doesn't sound self-righteous at all. I can s...That doesn't sound self-righteous at all. I can see why you'd be cautious, however. And you are right.<BR/><BR/>It's just when a woman with 4 children tells a barren woman that it must be God's will that she can't have any (when her drug addicted, living on the streets brother also has 2), or when someone tells a person who prematurely lost a parent or sibling that they should take comfort in KingJaymzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634900494300298298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-1654931280687917532007-05-01T06:31:00.000-07:002007-05-01T06:31:00.000-07:00I don't like to bring this up, because it sounds a...I don't like to bring this up, because it sounds a little self-righteous. But I think I ought to share this with you.<BR/><BR/>A few years ago, my wife had a placenta abruption when she was 36 weeks pregnant. The baby was stillborn, and my wife was unconscious for almost a week, following an emergency C-section and various complications (she had been bleeding to death for well over a day when clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-90861304720035159292007-05-01T05:56:00.000-07:002007-05-01T05:56:00.000-07:00Amen and amen. I can think of several churches th...Amen and amen. I can think of several churches that I have attended who could use an elder/deacon with your depth. I know many young in the faith who could use someone like you to disciple them. I do so certainly hope you exercise your ability to do these things.<BR/><BR/>This fact is not an easy one to consider or swallow when going through great tragedy (nor should it be flippantly told to KingJaymzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634900494300298298noreply@blogger.com