http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/31/matthew-1040-42/ reading the bible as a community Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/31/matthew-1040-42/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Frances Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:28:34 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/31/matthew-1040-42/#comment-161 This is a response to yesterday's comments - sorry I'm a day late! We have experience having to choose between God and family - and the pain of choosing God! We came to Liverpool because we believe that this is where God wants us - and it's not been easy. But I've found that both my sister and brother don't understand. When I have conversations with them about how hard it is here, their (mostly unspoken, but sometimes verbalised) response is, "well you chose to go there". I don't know how to get them to understand that yes, it was a choice, but a choice based on what we believed God was calling us to do. What makes it harder is that my sister is a Christian herself! I saw a programme called "The meaning of life" on Sunday evening - celebs talking about faith and God - Alan Titchmarsh said that he had a faith but a private one. How is that possible? - where in the bible does Jesus say that it's ok to keep your faith private. How as a church have we got to a point where people think it's possible to have a faith which is private and impacts on noone else? This is a response to yesterday’s comments – sorry I’m a day late!
We have experience having to choose between God and family – and the pain of choosing God! We came to Liverpool because we believe that this is where God wants us – and it’s not been easy. But I’ve found that both my sister and brother don’t understand. When I have conversations with them about how hard it is here, their (mostly unspoken, but sometimes verbalised) response is, “well you chose to go there”. I don’t know how to get them to understand that yes, it was a choice, but a choice based on what we believed God was calling us to do.
What makes it harder is that my sister is a Christian herself!
I saw a programme called “The meaning of life” on Sunday evening – celebs talking about faith and God – Alan Titchmarsh said that he had a faith but a private one. How is that possible? – where in the bible does Jesus say that it’s ok to keep your faith private. How as a church have we got to a point where people think it’s possible to have a faith which is private and impacts on noone else?

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