tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post907630990286725297..comments2023-09-28T04:15:14.072-04:00Comments on IndieFaith: Life is not for us; Life is not for me . . . Life was not for himUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-55233774498013117382008-07-25T20:45:00.000-04:002008-07-25T20:45:00.000-04:00Hey Paul! Long time. The last phrase just sort of...Hey Paul! Long time. The last phrase just sort of happened. What you brought up is of course a significant distinction. To what extent do we turn or orient our lives towards God and to what extant is that simply the reality? The phrase 'life-for-God' can be taken to be much larger than an individual's existence it speaks to the orientation of reality. That was what I ended the post on, asking myself whether this was actually how I understand the world around me (even that phrase suggests that I don't) or the world that I am in.<BR/>All the best Paul.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045950595392790139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-30062023726758460222008-07-25T17:39:00.000-04:002008-07-25T17:39:00.000-04:00Hey Dave, I enjoyed reading this post quite abit. ...Hey Dave, I enjoyed reading this post quite abit. For what it is worth, perhaps we shouldn't strive to have a life-for-God, so much as a life-of-God's; of course definitely not in the sense that we are a God, but that we belong to God. <BR/><BR/>I just thought a life-for-God, using the word for implies that we still have some sort of possession of our own lives. though I can't pretend to comprehend it, I tend to think God is in control of our life whether we choose to believe it or not.pxpaulxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852158630028586370noreply@blogger.com