Comments on: Celebration and Reflection… http://www.tedtraylor.com/blog/celebration-and-reflection Personal Thoughts and Observations on Current and Relevant Topics Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Julie http://www.tedtraylor.com/blog/celebration-and-reflection/comment-page-1#comment-5384 Julie Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:05:35 +0000 http://www.tedtraylor.com/blog/?p=144#comment-5384 I am in awe. The Lord is faithful to keep us close when we choose to obey Him. I know we have nothing in us that is faithful except His Holy Spirit. I am thankful for your service to the Lord. You are a HUGE blessing in my life and in the lives of the members of Olive and I've only been around a few months to hear you speak God's Word. I do have a comment though. When you first began to seek Him hard, did you have war in your mind at times? There are thoughts that come in that I don't take captive quick enough and they knock the life out of me then I go through such gulit and pain about having such thoughts that are so opposite of how I know the Lord really is. Almost like I start to believe the opposite of my God. It crushes me and takes me quite a bit to bounce back. I think I need to learn more about spritual warfare. At this point in my life, actual 'sin' - day to day actions of sin are not the issue. Sinning by word or deed is FAR from my plate, but on my plate right now is my warped sense of God sometimes. God bless you and 18 MORE years at Olive! Maybe our Lord will come scoop you up sometime between now and then! I am in awe. The Lord is faithful to keep us close when we choose to obey Him. I know we have nothing in us that is faithful except His Holy Spirit. I am thankful for your service to the Lord. You are a HUGE blessing in my life and in the lives of the members of Olive and I’ve only been around a few months to hear you speak God’s Word.

I do have a comment though. When you first began to seek Him hard, did you have war in your mind at times? There are thoughts that come in that I don’t take captive quick enough and they knock the life out of me then I go through such gulit and pain about having such thoughts that are so opposite of how I know the Lord really is. Almost like I start to believe the opposite of my God. It crushes me and takes me quite a bit to bounce back. I think I need to learn more about spritual warfare. At this point in my life, actual ’sin’ - day to day actions of sin are not the issue. Sinning by word or deed is FAR from my plate, but on my plate right now is my warped sense of God sometimes.

God bless you and 18 MORE years at Olive! Maybe our Lord will come scoop you up sometime between now and then!

]]> By: Connie Castleberry http://www.tedtraylor.com/blog/celebration-and-reflection/comment-page-1#comment-5383 Connie Castleberry Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:57:34 +0000 http://www.tedtraylor.com/blog/?p=144#comment-5383 Congratulations on 17 years with Olive, your an amazing Pastor. Congratulations on 17 years with Olive, your an amazing Pastor.

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