tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post1758769666647671971..comments2024-01-17T04:05:54.079-05:00Comments on my life's journey: Hungry for MoreGailNHBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632210289246687829noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post-69340034342629383452008-06-27T11:48:00.000-04:002008-06-27T11:48:00.000-04:00This was beautiful. A few years ago I finally fou...This was beautiful. A few years ago I finally found my place. I was brought up in such strict Independent Baptist teachings that I felt guilty over everything, my past, things I enjoyed. I walked out of that world and finally was truly able to forgive and move on. Just like I can't stick to a strict diet I cannot believe all their rules are realistic. Fundamentalists get more and more like Pharisees to me Jesus would be a liberal. I turned into my own personal life trying to be what he wanted as far as me giving my time to him and others. To be helpful. Attending every church service did nothing for those in my community hungry and in need. I wanted to do not just talk about it. I left the "club"...not that I don't respect churches but I agree so much with what your friend told you. Advice I took for myself and it made all the difference. I am on my own journey and I am happy and I am not afraid anymore.Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16031154927371849065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post-53462747719538972222008-06-25T18:39:00.000-04:002008-06-25T18:39:00.000-04:00Hi, I hopped over from Amy's blog..An Authentic Li...Hi, I hopped over from Amy's blog..An Authentic Life. I see you're going to Blogher too. Maybe we'll meet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post-15000431904882086442008-06-25T16:57:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:57:00.000-04:00I just commented under my daughter-in-law's name (...I just commented under my daughter-in-law's name (Melissa). Sorry! I'm using her computer and forgot to post under my name.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16706134799870107518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post-89793132378479637532008-06-25T16:54:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:54:00.000-04:00Your friend is a wise woman, indeed, Gail. I love ...Your friend is a wise woman, indeed, Gail. I love what she told you about the beginning of wisdom. So true (and it's taken me years for it to really sink in)!Melissa Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040493267716030969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post-83021451528674032672008-06-25T07:30:00.000-04:002008-06-25T07:30:00.000-04:00I am *right* there with you, my friend. Although ...I am *right* there with you, my friend. <BR/>Although I seem to have gotten about a 5-year head start, the questions and wrestling (and rest!) continue.<BR/><BR/>Could I *be* any happier that we are on this journey together? - supporting, sharing, crying, questioning, laughing, marveling, knowing, wondering, seeking, musing, teaching, learning, shining through and emerging more whole...no way!<BR/><BR/>Go forth in the strength and beauty and truth you know is yours today, my dear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732975.post-13387359925568202072008-06-25T01:22:00.000-04:002008-06-25T01:22:00.000-04:00i love that god invites us out of our systems, our...i love that god invites us out of our systems, our ways of 'knowing' into what is real and ever changing as we let us ourselves feel his love.<BR/> <BR/>such beauty indeed!<BR/><BR/>keep writing. and wrestling. and absorbing that which is the gift of laughter and tears outside of this system of religion. inside his presence.jmgbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921190803931475550noreply@blogger.com