Comments on: Optimism and reality http://cdn.gv.ca/2010/02/18/optimism-and-reality/ Literacy, ecology and the kitchen sink Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:34:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mom http://cdn.gv.ca/2010/02/18/optimism-and-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-142390 mom Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:34:57 +0000 http://cdn.gv.ca/?p=191#comment-142390 Absolutely! God promises that He will never leave us. That is the good! Psalm 139:1-12 is a comfort when you trust that God is good. Absolutely! God promises that He will never leave us. That is the good! Psalm 139:1-12 is a comfort when you trust that God is good.

]]> By: Crystle http://cdn.gv.ca/2010/02/18/optimism-and-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-139227 Crystle Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:01:35 +0000 http://cdn.gv.ca/?p=191#comment-139227 Which also reminds me of Psalm 37 about God giving us the desires of our heart. Maybe that means more that he'll change our desires rather than reading it as he'll give us what we want. Which also reminds me of Psalm 37 about God giving us the desires of our heart. Maybe that means more that he’ll change our desires rather than reading it as he’ll give us what we want.

]]> By: Brenda http://cdn.gv.ca/2010/02/18/optimism-and-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-139222 Brenda Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:01:04 +0000 http://cdn.gv.ca/?p=191#comment-139222 I agree, too. I have a hard time explaining (and even recognizing) that my belief that God's goodness is always good, just not always the good I might have chosen. Perhaps a good reminder is the oft-quoted Jer 29 passage about how God has good plans for us. What most people forget is that those good plans originally given to Israel included 70 years of exile under non to nice oppressors. That's not exactly the good plans most of us would imagine! (so perhaps I should be careful about who I pray/wish God's good plans for?) I agree, too.

I have a hard time explaining (and even recognizing) that my belief that God’s goodness is always good, just not always the good I might have chosen.

Perhaps a good reminder is the oft-quoted Jer 29 passage about how God has good plans for us. What most people forget is that those good plans originally given to Israel included 70 years of exile under non to nice oppressors. That’s not exactly the good plans most of us would imagine! (so perhaps I should be careful about who I pray/wish God’s good plans for?)

]]> By: Kim http://cdn.gv.ca/2010/02/18/optimism-and-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-139185 Kim Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:44:59 +0000 http://cdn.gv.ca/?p=191#comment-139185 I 100% agree! And I also think that this optimism is part of what has gone 'wrong' in our faith life lately. I 100% agree! And I also think that this optimism is part of what has gone ‘wrong’ in our faith life lately.

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