Comments on: SAM - We Carry Around Both

By: christa

christa — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:04:39 +0000

This sinks deeply in this season of my life.
How do I carry death so that it does bring sense and life and a great love?
It is a way to intimately know Christ and love him and let him love us…thank you for taking the time to think on this and communicate this this to us.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:29:00 +0000

i’ve tried for years, to no avail, to stuff that part of my life, as deep as i could. for if you see it you will be revolted and reject me. it is only recently that i have figure out that it is part of me. a big part. so i might as well try and embrace it. sit in the pain. the sorrow. the messiness. and hope you will stay with me, as i try to stay with you. thanks for you honest voice. love ya buddy.

By: Anastasia Remmes

Anastasia Remmes — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:01:37 +0000

This has been a year that Col 1:24-25 has come alive for me, I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God.
If it were not for my specific suffering that I have placed in the fellowship of His sufferings, the church would be incomplete. What I experience on earth in the death of Christ gives way to the power of His resurrection. My experience with Christ is that His zeal for life is so great that He will give beauty for those ashes. The question for me is, am I willing to let it all die so that only God can give it life? Carrying the death of Christ brings greater life, do I believe?

By: kathyescobar

kathyescobar — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:14:50 +0000

thanks, sam. i think we resist this part all the time–we only want the good & we despise the bad, the suffering, the hard parts. it is so freeing to embrace both, but i think it’s such a mind bender because everything around us in the world (and often in the church) is about doing everything possible to avoid pain.