tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post7681530862308385956..comments2024-02-23T17:09:12.957-05:00Comments on bethquick.com: Lectionary Notes for Third Sunday of Advent, Year BBeth Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-62759481275817534622011-12-06T10:02:35.491-05:002011-12-06T10:02:35.491-05:00Hi there, Beth! Just a few comments, since I norma...Hi there, Beth! Just a few comments, since I normally just lurk and don't "speak" up (how odd is that?!)<br /><br />Isaiah: <br />Amen on binding up the brokenhearted. I love the physicality there. How hard is it for us to touch and be touched in a meaningful manner? And tying it to evangelism as living our faith is spot on, I think.<br /><br />As for loving justice, sure - what's not to love? As long as it doesn't involve applying justice to me, that is!<br /><br />Psalm: Of course you bring in that heathen Shakespeare ;) but again, awesome.<br /><br />1 Thessalonians: <br />Your comments remind of an Andrew Peterson song "Just as I Am," where he writes that he's afraid that God's love is no better than his. I think this is a natural question, since we constantly struggle with the balance between humanness and divinity in how we relate and have relationship with God. Also, I'm reminded of Thomas Merton's comments on this, "What I do is live. How I pray is breathe." Or, a little less cryptically, "the practice of keeping the name of Jesus ever present in the ground of one’s being." We're currently reading Richard Foster's book "Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey into Meditative Prayer" and it is awesome in this regard. <br /><br />John:<br />I wonder if John the Baptist was so self-aware of his role. He must have understood at least a little. But I can't really say I have even that tenuous grasp of the Big Picture.<br /><br />I wish I could hear your thoughts on these things a little more directly! Alas!<br /><br />Take care,<br />JeremyJeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507874062503931824noreply@blogger.com