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]]> By: Rebecca LuElla Millerhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/03/kingdoms-and-bitterness.html#comment-25524 Rebecca LuElla Miller Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:14:41 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/03/kingdoms-and-bitterness.html#comment-25524 Dan, sorry I haven't been back to read your comment. And I see you've gone on to other topics. Still, I thought it might bear responding. You said <i>f we Christians did not address systems, we would have no hospitals, no orphanages, and no democracy. Communism would still run rampant in many parts of the world. Slavery would still be common in the West.</i> My thought was, I wonder how much sooner communism would have crumbled--or maybe never found a toe hold--if we were serious about making disciples. Look at Wilberforce to see a life turned against slavery because of Christ. My point is, the evil is not poverty or homelessness or orphans. The evil is a rejection of The Way, The Truth, The Life. I wonder how much would change for the positive if Christians in the US took the time they complained or worked to alter the status of prayer in schools and used it to actually pray. I believe we should be about the job God gave us ... and let Him take care of the rest. Did Jesus lobby against Rome? Despite the debauchery and the persecution He knew the caesars would initiate, He did not. He did not tell Matthew or Nicodemus to clean up their dishonest tax practices. Rather, they chose to do that because of spending time with Jesus. True conversion is the only way to bring about systemic change. Becky Dan, sorry I haven’t been back to read your comment. And I see you’ve gone on to other topics. Still, I thought it might bear responding. You said f we Christians did not address systems, we would have no hospitals, no orphanages, and no democracy. Communism would still run rampant in many parts of the world. Slavery would still be common in the West.

My thought was, I wonder how much sooner communism would have crumbled–or maybe never found a toe hold–if we were serious about making disciples. Look at Wilberforce to see a life turned against slavery because of Christ.

My point is, the evil is not poverty or homelessness or orphans. The evil is a rejection of The Way, The Truth, The Life.

I wonder how much would change for the positive if Christians in the US took the time they complained or worked to alter the status of prayer in schools and used it to actually pray.

I believe we should be about the job God gave us … and let Him take care of the rest.

Did Jesus lobby against Rome? Despite the debauchery and the persecution He knew the caesars would initiate, He did not. He did not tell Matthew or Nicodemus to clean up their dishonest tax practices. Rather, they chose to do that because of spending time with Jesus.

True conversion is the only way to bring about systemic change.

Becky

]]> By: Tinahttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/03/kingdoms-and-bitterness.html#comment-25451 Tina Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:59:44 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/03/kingdoms-and-bitterness.html#comment-25451 Followed a link to your blog and enjoyed your comments. I'm one of those who feels beaten by "the system." I have a son with autism. We get Medicaid in order to help pay for his therapy. Every year we have to reapply and last year, we lost the Medicaid briefly. I don't like taking government help, but our health insurance will only pay for our son's therapy up to a point. We face the real prospect of slow bankruptcy without government help--as do thousands of other families whose children have conditions worse than my son's. I have struggled for years with forgiveness. There are days I think I've forgiven people who have hurt me and then there are days when the hurt and anger come back so strongly I could scream. I will take you up on your offer of prayer! Feel free to drop by my blog and leave a comment. Followed a link to your blog and enjoyed your comments.

I’m one of those who feels beaten by “the system.” I have a son with autism. We get Medicaid in order to help pay for his therapy. Every year we have to reapply and last year, we lost the Medicaid briefly. I don’t like taking government help, but our health insurance will only pay for our son’s therapy up to a point. We face the real prospect of slow bankruptcy without government help–as do thousands of other families whose children have conditions worse than my son’s.

I have struggled for years with forgiveness. There are days I think I’ve forgiven people who have hurt me and then there are days when the hurt and anger come back so strongly I could scream.

I will take you up on your offer of prayer!

Feel free to drop by my blog and leave a comment.

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