tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767297878140786887.post9198331208160216601..comments2023-05-03T02:27:32.218-07:00Comments on Living With Moxie: A Person's a Person...Angel Hayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052740307959854375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767297878140786887.post-53603216460645989332014-02-13T14:08:30.745-08:002014-02-13T14:08:30.745-08:00read this for this for first time today. 3.5 years...read this for this for first time today. 3.5 years after you posted it. and a wave of kindness and dignity-encouraging "lets-do-this" just washed over me. :) thank you angel! <br /><br />"my heart aches to be obedient in the split second decisions" stood out to me most. i've been over-thinking ministry a lot lately. praying for a his grace to tune my heart more so that it is less burned about the "hunting for opportunities" and more delighted to just move when He says so. Laura K. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938467728085938225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767297878140786887.post-89496101580572927602013-02-25T10:02:35.098-08:002013-02-25T10:02:35.098-08:00Christy.anne, I love the reminder that "what ...Christy.anne, I love the reminder that "what I have is not my own." So often we get so caught up in "what I have" that we forget who it came from. The truth remains that that which we selflessly give we keep, that which we selfishly keep is taken away. It's true of money, privileges, opportunities, and possessions.<br /><br />Angel, I love what you said about remembering that when we ignore our brothers and sisters, we ignore Jesus Christ. Although we selfishly keep from a stranger, we are actually selfishly keeping from our giving Savior.<br /><br />Now, when we give, we give risking that the people that are begging will use it for drugs, or alcohol, or sustain a lifestyle of begging, ie. people that beg in the day and drive home to a 4 bedroom house at night. With such a bad reputation, much of the time we would rather not support their decisions (especially when we think they could be lazily living off of us). Therefore we withhold all substance to everyone begging of us because we generalize them. Does that make it right though? What if we run across someone that actually does need the money, it would be a shame to pass up the opportunity to serve, even if we're "convinced" they're just faking.<br /><br />These are the thoughts that I've been dealing with as I pass the begging stranger. These are the ideas that are slowly changing my responses to these beggars. Because I would hate to be caught at the judgment day, guiltily watching my friends and neighbors testify that they lived a tough life, and few people (not me) were willing to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767297878140786887.post-90497355541990933972010-08-12T15:48:50.625-07:002010-08-12T15:48:50.625-07:00I very much like this. I admit that I struggle in ...I very much like this. I admit that I struggle in the split second. Sometimes I don't know how to truly show people the dignity I long to, and I feel that to fail a little is to fail a lot. I feel like a liar to tell a homeless person that I don't have my wallet with me, even when I don't (like walking to and from campus.) They get that all the time. I feel anxious that I see the same homeless frequently. And with having little to give, I fear that a smile, an act of humanity will not be enough. At other times, I forget that my possessions are not my own, but God's. I forget that my provision is not in my own hands, but God's. So I avoid. But humanizing another person is never too little. And God is big enough for me to give outside my means. I want to have the faith and the urgency to allocate my resources such that the greater margin is left for God's kingdom, and the lesser for my own cares. And Jesus healed emotional scars that ran deeper than the physical ones by simply giving people their dignity. I am frequently challenged in this. I deeply desire to lavish the love of Christ on all people, for they bear the image of our Savior. Always more to learn :)christy.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05965955131723001178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767297878140786887.post-72612960320300155422010-08-04T05:20:50.887-07:002010-08-04T05:20:50.887-07:00Amen and amen. Love your heart sister, your desire...Amen and amen. Love your heart sister, your desire for obedience. It challenges and humbles me. That verse from Proverbs 31 has been on my heart A LOT lately. To be clothed in strength and dignity, and to know that I (and everyone) has dignity because God has bestowed it upon us. Our job is to recognize and uphold it in others. Thanks for your honesty. Love you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233008737335260511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767297878140786887.post-70138087585638944682010-08-03T17:10:03.163-07:002010-08-03T17:10:03.163-07:00I love the way Jesus taught us to love!!!I love the way Jesus taught us to love!!!Susie B,noreply@blogger.com