tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211328034704476406.post3635860111278803977..comments2023-06-09T04:23:56.336-07:00Comments on Al's Musings: About short-term vs. long-termAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453255551532736555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211328034704476406.post-4289108554260153212009-12-13T23:48:46.752-08:002009-12-13T23:48:46.752-08:00It is a wrestling match. The temptation is to do n...It is a wrestling match. The temptation is to do nothing, the reality that the future Kingdom will come into being in its fully Glory...maybe today, tomorrow, the next day. So we can sit in the pews like at a bus stop, and wait for Jesus to fulfill what he said he would. So we wait, and we wait...maybe a new program now then to keep people's interest, distract them while they wait.<br />But I'm trying to learn that the Kingdom is here...Now. And to try and live in that moment. Doing what I can do in those moments to reveal and build the kingdom...even if I'm only adding a splinter, or a grain of sand to it;s building. I think yo live in the Kingdom is to always default to Love. In hospitality, compassion, in humility...if I error. My prayer is,that I've done it Love. So I guess live the short term to the fullest...and with hope, the long term on the horizon.ron colehttp://thewearypilgrim.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211328034704476406.post-19908526793953480872009-12-13T17:41:45.818-08:002009-12-13T17:41:45.818-08:00I agree, Luke, balance is usually the key. I thin...I agree, Luke, balance is usually the key. I think my heart in posting this is to upset people a bit, so that the imbalance they are probably living in gets shaken up.<br /><br />As is often the case, there are no hard-and-fast rules. giving someone a couple bucks when you know it's gonna become a bit of self-medication is always a tough one for me--but sometimes I have done it.<br /><br />Being 'expected' to fork over something just because you are the closest Christian is rather presumptuous. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do (whatever that is).<br /><br />Mark--it's amazing how similar the questions are, once you start taking the freedom to ask them. When you find the answers, let me know--I'm too lazy to spend the time and heart-searching necessary myself! (Kidding!!) <br /><br />Some of the hardest questions don't have answers. Hmmm.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453255551532736555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211328034704476406.post-87855642413420618892009-12-13T13:47:28.329-08:002009-12-13T13:47:28.329-08:00Good thoughts .....sort of the questions I am aski...Good thoughts .....sort of the questions I am asking myself of late - the Kingdom among us.Mark (under construction)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12409495851983178265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211328034704476406.post-30092401776471591832009-12-13T11:44:46.631-08:002009-12-13T11:44:46.631-08:00i can't say either way.. i'm all about bal...i can't say either way.. i'm all about balance, so doing things in the short-term with an eye on the long-term is beneficial. worshipping together is beneficial both in the short-term and long-term but maybe not in how many churches are used to doing it. <br /><br />action/reflection. <br /><br />i just had a dude come into the ER and demand that I, the christian chaplain, give him $2 to cover his co-pay for his prescription. i instead gave him a list of charities and support groups that could help but he wasn't having that. he was about bending the system to his will. it's not all about the individual, it's about the inter-vidual.. we're individuals INTERCONNECTED in community. that gentlemen wanted all freedom and no responsibility and i can't enable that. <br /><br />could i be passing by my brother on the way to something i think is bigger... i could be, but maybe not in that situation.<br /><br />good reflection.. made me think!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734930079710820207noreply@blogger.com