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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
Thanks for the reply. After considering this a bit and praying about it, I'm not going to try and fix this or myself . . . because I can't. Rather, I chose to take Paul's admonition to forget those things which are behind, and that includes statements made on this thread, both from myself and others. (and this is after I made the suggestion earlier that we do an Alt Section thread to examine these things to understand better what happened - see my post #76)
I'm not trying to be flippant, rather this is a reminder to me to give each and every post to Him, before hitting the "Enter" button. I don't always do that well, and so yes, sometimes things come through that appear insensitive. I've had a number of times where after asking, "Lord, what do you think of this post I'm ready to make?" that I've been constrained from making a post, and numerous times where I've modified a post.
BTW - I've also been told by other forum members that I had nothing to apologize for in that thread. But I am also sensitive to the matter of being "tone deaf." My flesh would want to keep going at this whole topic, but again, I think it's best to forget it and leave it to Him.
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This is a huge cop out of a response. You can cloak it in verses to make yourself feel better, but it's still a cop out.
Of course you can fix yourself. If you make a comment about how the dinner your wife cooked was bland, and she tells you "hey......that doesn't make me feel good", do you respond "I'm not going to try to fix myself" or "I can't fix myself"? Of course not. Come on man. Don't use the Bible to absolve yourself of personal responsibility as well as your own God-given ability to learn.
"Forgetting what is behind" was said just after Paul listed out his high accomplishments and attainments.....it's not in reference to offenses and hurt. What you did there was the same type of misuse of scripture as the LC co-workers do.
"Leave it to Him" is a very convenient way to skip away and do the same thing again the next time someone comes having been hurt so badly by the LC they don't believe God cares. The mindset that we can't do anything negates God's judgment of us. When He comes to judge us we can just say "Christ didn't indwell me enough!" and point the blame to Christ. Nope. You absolutely can do something about your behavior, actions, and responses. It's the only basis for God's judgment.
I can surmise which forum members told you you had nothing to apologize for. Other forum members have told me you did have things to apologize for. Hopefully from the numerous posts, particularly on the Alt-view forum recently where you have acknowledged my reasoning on sensitive topics, you should know that I'm not one to make issues out of things that aren't there.