tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post949008421204294711..comments2024-01-03T05:03:41.968-05:00Comments on Jus' Sayin': Faith, It's About Trust--Where do you place your trust?Tickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13500388925461726862noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-72981252365697036322012-02-10T16:23:25.029-05:002012-02-10T16:23:25.029-05:00I think one of the great discourses on the topic i...I think one of the great discourses on the topic is the filmography of Robert Bresson.<br /><br />Au Hasard Balthazar<br />Diary of a Country Priest<br /> ("Anyway all is grace")<br />A Man Escaped<br />Pickpocket<br /><br />One of the great directors and possibly a Jansenist. The discussion is still quite active in film circles.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-49190835512835488322012-02-10T10:10:02.646-05:002012-02-10T10:10:02.646-05:00Thanks you Nan, as usual you always add what is ne...Thanks you Nan, as usual you always add what is needed just as you do in my life daily.<br /><br />Sue, glad it helped. <br /><br />Jan, thank you so much for sharing and no it was not too long. Sharing the grace and mercy of God is never too long.Tickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500388925461726862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-85062283571930358422012-02-09T20:43:18.956-05:002012-02-09T20:43:18.956-05:00Ticker..I doubt that any of us know, really, just ...Ticker..I doubt that any of us know, really, just how often God has protected us, without our even realizing it. I, personally, have had the experience of making a wrong turn, or not being able to get on the Interstate at the right place while traveling, driving around, and then getting on, only to come across a terrible wreck which had taken place just about the same place I would have been, Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083702120097667613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-45189619265263189842012-02-09T13:30:46.932-05:002012-02-09T13:30:46.932-05:00Thanks Ticker - That does help - especially the &#...Thanks Ticker - That does help - especially the 'impuse urge' suggestion.<br /><br />I acually wrote it down - a I Really appreciate your advice.sue haneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09901297559322048359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-64300079625309236452012-02-08T22:50:31.542-05:002012-02-08T22:50:31.542-05:00We can put our trust in God because He has shown H...We can put our trust in God because He has shown Himself to be faithful. It's a whole lot easier to put our trust and faith in God when we know that we are walking in obedience and righteousness, but what about when we don't feel like we are measuring up? God showed me that when we measure His goodness and blessing by our own goodness and behavior, we err. Our righteousness is as filthy NanWills2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15833294044385667569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-57797254783534295332012-02-08T21:59:02.031-05:002012-02-08T21:59:02.031-05:00There is a "cure" as you put it Sue, for...There is a "cure" as you put it Sue, for inpatients. That cure is to put total and complete faith and trust in God. <br /><br />James 1:3-4<br />knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.<br /><br />When we learn to "lean on Him" and not to our own understanding our Tickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500388925461726862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-57207783199784844972012-02-08T21:36:50.421-05:002012-02-08T21:36:50.421-05:00Duck, not impossible to know. Grace, yes for His ...Duck, not impossible to know. Grace, yes for His grace is abundant and is sufficient for us. Romans 5 says: Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.<br /><br />So you see Duck as the Apostle Paul wrote it is faith by which Tickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500388925461726862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-62455283321833145912012-02-08T17:15:14.126-05:002012-02-08T17:15:14.126-05:00I've been in four totals without injury and I ...I've been in four totals without injury and I don't wear a seat belt.<br /><br />Grace, faith, fate. Impossible to know.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-43449798891799637822012-02-08T16:19:56.244-05:002012-02-08T16:19:56.244-05:00Ticker - I am a Person of Really Strong Faith.
Th...Ticker - I am a Person of Really Strong Faith.<br /><br />The Main Problem I Have Is That I Am Impatient.<br /><br />Now I know that I am Impatient - but there just doesn't seem to be any cure for that.<br /><br />And another Problem I have is that I tend to think that I know what the best Plan is for Myself - and worse - for Others.<br /><br />Ticker - is there any Hope for an Impatient and sue haneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09901297559322048359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-36643558823339315742012-02-08T12:51:27.579-05:002012-02-08T12:51:27.579-05:00Thanks for taking time to read and comment. I hope...Thanks for taking time to read and comment. I hope that you have been blessed. <br /><br />Yes, Z, there is only ONE where we can place our total trust.Tickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500388925461726862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-36680726990884428822012-02-08T00:53:19.404-05:002012-02-08T00:53:19.404-05:00what a wonderful reminder. SOmetimes, when I'...what a wonderful reminder. SOmetimes, when I'm late getting to my car to get somewhere, I think "Maybe you missed an accident on the corner because you were late....let it go.....you'll get there, God's looking out for you"<br /><br />I particularly was touched by God saying in the skit that the "death angel" was sitting by the bed and he didn't wake up the Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901299750848770534.post-55840062300946047502012-02-07T22:12:01.851-05:002012-02-07T22:12:01.851-05:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Faultline USAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691318732494110768noreply@blogger.com