Comments on: Keep Going

By: The Monday Melange 10.26.09: Mountain Oysters, Anglicans, Ron Zook, and Halloween « Everyone’s Entitled to Joe’s Opinion

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:25:36 +0000

[...] –So many of us think that spiritual warfare is all about being in adverse situations while God looks on passively, waiting for us to pray the right prayer/learn the right lesson/rejoice/take a bold stand. And when you do, God will step in and fight for you and all your troubles will just magically vanish. If you can do these things, great. But I’d be willing to bet that it is way simpler than that. All you have to do to be successful in spiritual warfare is just keep going. Just keep showing up. Just keep doing the right thing. Just keep walking the path that God has chosen for you to walk. That’s all there is to it. Don’t grow weary in doing the right thing, as Paul says in Galatians. Read what Michael Spencer has to say about this. [...]

By: Judy Palmieri

Judy Palmieri — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:28:03 +0000

As a fellow fish bowl dweller, I just want to thank you for your consistent ministry to those of us here with you. Especially when you could be so many other places, doing so many other things, with so many other people. We love you and Denise!

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:03:32 +0000

Sometimes you just need to take your entrance hymn from the Cult of the Blue Oyster. (This is the "hymn" I posted to Christian Monist when he was posting about returning from his Missionary days in Egypt. It was the response he would have gotten from me instead of the Five Fast Praise-the-Lords he DID get from all the Happy Clappys which burned him out even further.)

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:56:43 +0000

Or the line from Black Hawk Down:

“But I’ve been shot!”

“Everybody’s been shot! Now drive!”

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:55:32 +0000

A mock Latin phrase, “illegitimi non carborundum,” comes to mind.

That anything like “Pax Nabisco Cookies”?

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:54:22 +0000

“Turn on you like a pack of wild ferrets.”

“SHINYTHING!
DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK!”

By: pcg

pcg — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:59:32 +0000

iM,

Please do keep going. And please keep listening to people that send you email or comments, because if you stop, you won’t hear me telling you how much I appreciate what you say. Just remember that those people don’t know you like God knows you, and even He loves you anyway.

Blessings,
Peter

By: Tim W

Tim W — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:25:15 +0000

“Quit and See What Happens”.

I searched but couldn’t find this article.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:04:10 +0000

Thank you IM,
I’ve been there, I am there. The negative seems so deafening so overwhelming. Maybe that is why we are told “to be still and know that I am God.” Tomorrow may or may not be better. But doing something good always lifts the spirit. This blog is good, it is helpful, and dare I say humble.

By: jasonthebaldguy

jasonthebaldguy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:05:02 +0000

michael, I just gotta say buddy, I have spent a little bit of time here and have found some very encouraging posts that not only confirm that I am not a raving lunatic but also allows me to breathe easier knowing that I am not out here thinking this stuff by myself! As warriors in the cause of Christ we are spread far from each other… internetmonk.com allows us to come together to share thoughts and stories of the battle where we are fighting it. None of us are innocent of being self absorbed at some time or another… it is our nature… you are exactly right… just keep going