Comments on: My Dad is Dying – Part 3 http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/ Shocking Bolts of Grace Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thunderbeard http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-19 thunderbeard Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:22:47 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-19 thanks, josh. always glad to hear your comments. thanks, josh. always glad to hear your comments.

]]> By: thunderbeard http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18 thunderbeard Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:20:51 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-18 thank you, stranger ben. thank you, stranger ben.

]]> By: thunderbeard http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-17 thunderbeard Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:20:00 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-17 yeah, i think you're right about the control thing. it's very deceptive though because you aren't really in control. it just feels that way. "the letting go" of forgiveness is real freedom. you have to realize that you are never in control. God is. bitterness is an act of revenge in your heart. it fools you into thinking you are only seeking justice. but God's justice is not really in the picture. it is living as if God does not exist will not be just, so I can justify being a jerk to the people who wrong me. the scary thing is that i so easily get this way, but don't even see it. to see it with my Dad took hearing that he was dying and realizing how cold i was. then i started seeing how it had crept into several other close relationships i have. it was extremely eye opening. yeah, i think you’re right about the control thing. it’s very deceptive though because you aren’t really in control. it just feels that way.

“the letting go” of forgiveness is real freedom. you have to realize that you are never in control. God is.

bitterness is an act of revenge in your heart. it fools you into thinking you are only seeking justice. but God’s justice is not really in the picture. it is living as if God does not exist will not be just, so I can justify being a jerk to the people who wrong me. the scary thing is that i so easily get this way, but don’t even see it. to see it with my Dad took hearing that he was dying and realizing how cold i was. then i started seeing how it had crept into several other close relationships i have. it was extremely eye opening.

]]> By: Josh Richards http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Josh Richards Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:17:55 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-16 Keep up the good work, Tim. I am glad to once again peer into your mind as I did when we were co-laborers. ;-) I hope that you all are well. Keep up the good work, Tim.

I am glad to once again peer into your mind as I did when we were co-laborers. ;-) I hope that you all are well.

]]> By: troydesh http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-15 troydesh Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:14:40 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-15 seems like bitterness is about control. in some ways we "like" being bitter because it is something over which we feel we have control. the only way to resolve the bitterness is to relinquish that control... and letting go is not easy... seems like bitterness is about control.
in some ways we “like” being bitter because it is something over which we feel we have control.

the only way to resolve the bitterness is to relinquish that control…

and letting go is not easy…

]]> By: restorel66 http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14 restorel66 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:04:01 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-14 I had forgotten Mr. Yuk. I think you handled this tough subject well. I had forgotten Mr. Yuk.
I think you handled this tough subject well.

]]> By: nashvilleben http://www.thunderbeardandlightning.com/death/my-dad-is-dying-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-13 nashvilleben Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:48:33 +0000 http://thunderbeard.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-13 this is beautifully said. thanks for sharing. this is beautifully said. thanks for sharing.

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