I wrote this morning about Kathleen Norris’ The Quotidian Mysteries. Part of Norris’ point is that creative thoughts often arise in the mundane details of life. While folding laundry, an idea pops into her head for a poem, or she remembers that she wanted to write a friend a note, or she recall the words of a Psalm and considers them anew. These things happen for me. I enjoy solitude. On a Myers Briggs test, I split right down the extrovert/introvert line. I get energy from people, but I also draw energy from time all by myself.
But I’ve had too much time alone this year. We moved to Connecticut, and so we left behind 7 years of relationships at work, school, and church. The weather plus pregnancy pushed us inside for much of the winter. And now, with Marilee needing me more or less around the clock, I still feel somewhat homebound (although spring makes it so much better, doesn’t it?).
I’ve been thinking lately that one of the blessings of quotidian life–every day life, life in laundry and taking out the trash and cooking dinner–quotidian life is not blessed only in the solitude and contemplation that it affords. Solitude can easily lead to loneliness. It is also a blessing to live the quotidian life in community. I can’t email while holding Marilee or changing her diaper or folding her clothes. But I can easily attend to those everyday tasks while talking with a friend who is in the room with me. I can’t really talk on the phone while Penny and William run around the yard. But I can chat with another parent from our neighborhood as our kids kick balls and run and jump and every so often need our attention.
Quotidian actions fill my days, and I am trying to be attentive to and grateful for the rhythms of life with a newborn. And yet I long for more of those moments to be ones that extend beyond my own thoughts, my own creativity, my own memory. I trust it is a holy longing, to share the ins and outs of household work with others, to watch our children grow together, to experience the quotidian in community.



Penelope Ayers is a memoir about the year I spent getting to know my mother-in-law, a beautiful, gracious, lonely New Orleanian who discovered one February morning that she has cancer. When she reached out for help, three generations of her fractured, colorful family responded, and in so doing, we all experienced grace and healing.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:04 am
I REALLY LOVE THIS ARDICAL . GOD IS HERE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT OUR FATHER IS SAYING TO HIS CHILDREN, I GIVE THIS TO YOU AS MY GIFT TO YOU. NOW I TAKE THIS GIFT AWAY, BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS GIFT I SO LOVINGLY GAVE TO YOU . MY CHILD, WHEN YOU CAN LEARN, I WILL GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU ,WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS TO LEAD YOU AND TO TEACH YOU WHAT YOU DID NOT LEARN BEFORE.
MAY GOD BLESS ALL
JUDY GALE
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:09 am
God is great and good. If theres calamities it’s part of God’s plan. God will bring those who died in heaven. They were instruments to God’s plan. Wish this will open our eyes and hearts that we are nothing when nature strikes. I wish we must love and protect our nature. Love and respect human beings. It’s a sign of times and hoping we still have time to reflect on ourselves what life and path we wanna take. I’m praying all of us will have a very wise decisions .
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:11 am
DEAR JUDY,
U ARE PERFECTLY CORRECT.
GOD HAS EYES.
WITH BEST REGARDS,
TARA TAN KITAOKA.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:15 am
That’s a selfish God sound like human being because I think my god is a loving god so, whatever your heart desire that what cometh from your mouth don’t make judgment on what god is thinking about people and why they had to learn the hard way that your ego not god don’t play tic tac toe with people everything has a seasons and we are apart of that journey so, what ever card you are in that what going to happen to you. live and be bless for your card did not come up yet.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:18 am
7″For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. 10 “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. 11 “Many false prophets will arise and mislead many. 12 “Because lawlessness is increased, most peoples love will grow cold. 13 “But the one who endures to the emd, he will be saved. (Matthew 24:7-13)
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:30 am
Theres only one way to Heaven and thats through the blood of Jesus Christ A person will not enter the kingdom of God if they have not accepted Jesus Christ as their lord and personal savior and asked him to live inside their heart. Being a good person or going to church every week does not mean a person is going to heaven. Jesus said the road to heaven is narrow and the road to destruction is wide.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:41 am
God is great and allways with us because he is a good father but we may not be a good child.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:58 am
“God is the God who hung on a cross and suffered with us, suffered for us.”
Around that time many condemned died on the cross !
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:03 am
People very rarely think of God.only when they have problems.When humans become obedient to God..He will protect us
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:04 am
god is here
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:28 am
Friends…John 17:3…says,This means everlasting life their taking
in knowledge of you the only true God and the one he sent forth Jesus Christ. God is love…1st John 4:8. Friends we know by scriptures…right now saten is kinda running things as much as God will allow him…2nd Corinthians 4:4…among whom the (god of this system) of things…Remember Job how Jehovah allowed saten to touch Job.After saten told Jehovah to thrust out your hand against him… Job 2:6…Accordingly Jehovah said to satan,there he is in your hand! only watch out for his soul itself!…Friends WHO can know the mind of Jehovah God!…1st Corinthians 2:16…For who has come to know the mind of Jehovah that he may instruct him? But we do have the mind of Christ.I know disasters like this that hit Japan…satan is gonna use this to make people question God…DONT allow him to!!…Remember the resurrection…Acts 24:15…and I have hope toward God,which hope these men themselves also entertain,that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous…Friends the TIME is now…to come to the true God Jehovah…Remember Jesus taught about his Father Jehovah…Jesus wasnt part of no man made religon….
Learn the truth…Seek a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witenesses.
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:51 am
God is kind, merciful, and generous. If He wasn’t, He would have let us perish in our own stew long ago and started over. But a child does not mature well without challenge as well as guidance, and sometimes a tap alongside the head or a clap on the bottom to get the attention, and sometimes it seems our attenton is drifting a bit more frequently or we aren’t paying attention in the right direction. We can argue about a literal six days of creation or a figurative week encompassing a Big Bang and several billion years of developement or evolution, but either way there are regular rules set in place to keep everything running. Up to us to figure them out. Occasionally we get our fingers pinched. Occasionally some of our more learned warn us about possible/probable problems down the road, but if they inconvenience us or lay an extra load/cost on us we may discount the problem. Very human, occasionally very painful. Learn or perish. That is the long answer. Short one: God loves us, but if we don’t get to make our own mistakes, learn (frequently painfully) of new aspects of this big, wide, wonderful universe He made, we don’t grow up. So it’s up to us to learn which are the electric fences.
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:58 am
Beliefnet has quoted most aptly about the NEW ASCENSION, where the world will be moving from a 3D consciousness to a 4D consciousness where our crystalline DNA will begin to demonstrate extreme sensitivity. And instead of the soul leaving the body on death, it will simply empower the body and take it with itself just as the Mayan civilisation had ascended due to high level of consciousness. Very soon, as the consciousness of civilisation ascends into the new awakening, there truly will be no more death, crying or pain. It is only a matter of time when the Rainbow and Indigo children of the world create a new responsible world order.
If any of you are interested in the new world order just google ASCENSION and you will know what Jesus was referring to. It is like fitting in of the jigsaw pieces.
posted March 15, 2011 at 4:06 am
This is Isaiah chapter 26…this describes the ENTIRE world and is happening in PHASES….The Living Bible paraphased !!!
(( WE are NOT LISTENING when we hear Your THREATS ))
A Song of Praise
1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.
6 Feet trample it down– the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
7 The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
10 Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
11 O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
13 O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
14 They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
17 As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
18 We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
19 But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.
posted March 15, 2011 at 6:42 am
we can’t comprehend or confine God to what we think of how? when? what? who? He is..as far as I believe, God is God who is dwelling beyond everything..his wisdom, his might, his justice, his glory and his LOVE is with us..Matt 1:23..”God is with us”
let God be God and let us be us..
posted March 15, 2011 at 7:15 am
End of Days.
posted March 15, 2011 at 8:32 am
WHEN,WE STOP SINNING THEN GOD’S ANGER,WILL STOP.GOD SAID TO BLESS THE EARTH NOT CURSE IT.THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS WRONG STOP SINNING,AND LET THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE CONTINUE TO BLESS US,BUT HE WILL NOT BLESS IN THE MESS THE WORLD IS PRODUCING,STOP!!AND OUR GOD WILL DO WHAT HE’S GOOD AT BLESSING HIS PEOPLE,LOVING THEM,BECAUSE GOD LOVE.
posted March 15, 2011 at 8:42 am
Reshma…..I sure hope you don’t really believe in the NEW WORLD ORDER. This is not of God, but of Satan. Where is God when the earth shakes? He is still on the Throne!
posted March 15, 2011 at 8:49 am
As far as I can tell, God is still God, and is still on His throne, looking down on us and for us. He never promised that these things would not happen, but that His grace and mercy would be. He has bestowed His mercy on us all, except that many people simply refuse to accept it or acknowledge it. God will always be God, regardless.
posted March 15, 2011 at 9:07 am
Dearest Annetta…There were volcanos and earthquakes and all forms of natural disaster long before the concept of marriage, same sex or otherwise, even existed There is no correlation between the two. God is not angry. God is Love. You sound angry though. Where does that come from? Does same sex marriage hurt you in any way? Try more Love and forgiveness and tolerance and quit trying to control other peoples lives and who they Love and marry. God Loves everyone right where they are:)
posted March 15, 2011 at 9:22 am
God had made us innocent, pure, gentle, sensitive, emotional, kind hearted, and selfless but we decided not to remain that way… we decided to become like Satan… we became heartless, sinners, insensitive, selfish, greedy, impure, and non religious… So why blame God when we are in crises… instead ask Satan to help you since you were walking on the path he has made… The day all of us change for the good, thats the day God will fall in love with us once again… and you can’t see your loved ones in pain, neither can God!! Pray regularly; help others in need; respect all religions and love every race out there; and not let bad thoughts capture your mind and soul!!! Always remember that we all God’s children and according to tht, we all are siblings.. and he doesn’t like it when his children fight and differentiate! May God bless everyone with peace, love, good health, prosperity, and UNITY and may me never go astray from the right path, Amen!!
posted March 15, 2011 at 9:29 am
Heidi
Annette is addressing the bigger picture. Gay marriage and relationships are wrong…period. It is against the teachings of God. Remember Soddom and Gemorrah? To love one another is right but not of the flesh or as man and man or woman and woman but as man and wife. There is a reason for everything that happens and the sad part is that the actions of some affect others. The ones that turn a blind eye to “keep the peace” and simply tolerate the abomination of homosexual relationships are just as guilty. Too many are scared of being labeled “homophobes” so they go along and defend the gay while the conflict of their actions burns inside. That is your conscious telling you you have done wrong in Gods eye. The whole issue of gay rights is not an equality issue , it is more so a slap in the face to those of us that have faith and simply know right from wrong. It is satans way seperating the weak from the strong.
posted March 15, 2011 at 9:41 am
Martin, you are so right… God is not happy with gay marriages… otherwise he wouldn’t create Adam and Eve.. Only a man and a woman together can bring a new life to the world… thats how it works!!
posted March 15, 2011 at 9:46 am
Why do we blame God when things go wrong? Problems is, too many of us think of God in human terms and because of this, we think that we can hold Him to human accountability. “Thou shalt not put the Lord your God to the test.” The baby found in the tsunami rubble; Gods mercy? You bet. The elderly woman found four days later still alive but trapped in her house. Gods mercy? Oh Yeah. These are just two that made the news. I’m sure that there are countless other examples of God’s mercy being revealed every minute and every hour of the day. We just choose not to notice. The out pouring of aid going to Japan. God’s mercy, moving humans to help. We think that we do this out of the goodness of our hearts, but it is God’s love in our hearts that moves us to be used to perform His will on earth. Where is God? He’s everywhere, just look around.
posted March 15, 2011 at 9:53 am
Thank you Brad……….
The media will never show more than a taste of the “good” for fear that the word “miracle” will pop up and then the next word is God.
Heaven forbid that the media should aknowledge Gods existance.
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:16 am
Dear Judy,
Please go back and read the author’s original posts (related to both the Japan and Haiti earthquakes). You’ve completely mischaracterized her point and substituted it with your own.
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:19 am
The bible is a book of stories written by man who created god. its fairy tales. Just like Santa , the tooth fairy and the easter bunny etc etc etc .
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:21 am
Jim,
when your end is near lets see who you call out to.
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:29 am
I have a hard time defending God to the few atheists I work with and come across when things like this happen. Any suggestions other than God is around us just look?
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:37 am
The earth is a gift from God, it is also a living planet and it is always trying to balance itself, whether it is air pressure, land masses or water levels. Don’t blame God for these changes.
Individual miracles happen when these changes take place and I believe that is the hand of God.
If you are after heaven as so many stated here, do works of mercy and read the Good Sheep and the Bad Goats to see why Jesus likes it.
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:39 am
Sept 11th (NY) Jan 11th(Haiti) March 11th (Japan)……..Luke 21:10 – 11 Then Jesus said to his disciples ” Nation will rise against nation, Kingdom against Kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places and fearful events and great signs from heaven. Jesus says behold I come quickly [Sad too many people won't re post this message] Ask yourself…… ARE U READY?!?
I truly believe in God and no one can take that away from me. Everyone better wake up to the truth.
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:49 am
GOD works in a misterious ways, He is real not a doubt, He do things for a reason even though we don’t agree with it, (cruel world?)
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:57 am
WE KNOW GOD IS EVERYWHERE AND TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING. HE WARNS US IN THE BIBLE, IF MAN CONTINUES ON HIS ROAD TO DOOM THERE WILL BE NO WAY OF SAVING HIM. AS WE GET WORSE GOD SENDS WARNING SIGNS.THE SIGNS STARTED OUT WITH NOT TOO TRAGIC TO WHAT IT IS NOW. MAN IS AT THE PLACE WHERE GOD IS MADE FUN OF. HOW MUCH WORSE CAN WE BE. NOW WE WILL REALLY FIND OUT. GOD DOESN’T BRING ON YOUR PROBLEMS,THEY ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. JUST KNOW HE IS THERE IF YOU NEED HIM.
posted March 15, 2011 at 11:11 am
YOU GO MARTIN!! THAT’S WORD!!
posted March 15, 2011 at 11:33 am
So these tragic events are due to just the nature of God’s world…?
posted March 15, 2011 at 11:35 am
I see some people are confused, especially the ‘homosexuals’, the ‘right to choose’ and the ones who say ‘what’s it hurting you any’ people. God is LOVE but he is also a jealous and sometimes ‘angry’ God. Didn’t any of these ‘it’s okay’ people ever read ‘Genesis’ or ‘Revelations’?? Adam and Eve ate an APPLE for crying out loud and what harm can it possibly do to the rest?? After all THEY ate it…LET THEM LIVE AND BE.
HA! I don’t think so, we ALL are paying for their sin and have been for many thousands of years. They could have made a mistake and God just deal with them right?? WRONG! If God said no can do IT’S NO CAN DO. Period.
He says we are all brothers and sisters and he is our FATHER. Okay those of us who have a sibling or two have been in a situation that we do a wrong or they do a wrong and we all got in trouble…right? Well it’s the SAME in God’s eyes. As petty as some of you may see it and horrific in the consequences we’ve been witnessing, it’s a FACT. Millions died in Genesis and Revelations Billions will perish. It’s a FACT.
We can’t keep going with that ‘if we aren’t hurting anyone else’ that God will only punish those who did wrong. Maybe that’s true in spirit when we all get judged, but in LIFE we will and ARE getting punished for each one of our sins. Read revelations, God PROMISED THIS would happen just like he promised Adam and Eve is they ate the apple they would die!!! And they did. But wait….it’s just an apple right?? WAKE UP PEOPLE!! WAKE UP FROM YOUR ‘IT’S OKAY’ WORLD.
Peace be with us all.
posted March 15, 2011 at 11:46 am
It’s seems this is just a Holly Roller site. Everyone just stroking each other’s faith. Anyone care to have a REAL discussion other than that’s the way it is and God is great?
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:01 pm
God is were you imbeciles neutrals put him.
God is no allowed anywhere on this planet, and if he was here, he could not go to school, could not find a job, could not references, could not get a loan, could not buy a house, could not have a family, could not have a straight lover,or a wife or husband (if it were a woman) could not have a friend, could not have a dentist, could not have insurance, could not have a pet, could not have credit cards, could not have a car, could not have any PRIVACY of human rights, could not have respect from children, WHY? Because he/she has a greater handicapped than a tsunamy in Japan, the envy and jealousy of the whole human race. You would crusified him again, again, again. And noone of you would admit that those who would crusify him are doing nothing wrong. Where is God? PERSECUTED!!! THAT’S WERE SHE IS.
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:11 pm
BLIND NARROWMINDED HOLY ROLLERS make it that much harder to reach those who question the existence of a GOD or those who have REAL questions…..OR those who could join the rest in the celebration of JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:13 pm
God is always there! But his presence is only seen by those who want to see it. How many people reject him, how many people partially believe, how many people don’t think about him at all, how many people are “false prophets,” leading others to their erroneous beliefs. I was once on a ship that was in the East Indian Ocean. There were two typhoons–one we knew about and one we didn’t. They were bad and I don’t know if they were the result of tsuamis. Even on water, we couldn’t move. I have always believed in God, but that day I saw him. I looked on the waters and saw his hand save us. The ship was built to list 24 degrees, but it listed 20. I realized that his grace was in the water, in the storms, and in the beauty of earth.
I survived and so did a lot of people, but some did not because God was ready for them.
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:19 pm
READ YOUR BIBLE ! IT SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS (WHICH WE ARE IN) THERE
WILL BE DEVASTATION LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN,..EARTHQUAKES IN DIVERSE
PLACES,..NATION RISING AGAINST NATION,…….AND THEN THE END SHALL
COME. FOR THOSE WHO DIED, BUT KNEW JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR,
THEY ARE WITH HIM, AND IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE. SO,..GET YOUR SELF
RIGHT WITH THE LORD BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. AMEN!
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Referring to those that consider this “just a Holy Roller” website and those that just want to have an “honest” discussion about Jesus – Most everyone that reads this is a believer and I just read in James a few minutes ago – Who are you to judge? God will judge us in the end-not you. If you are not happy going into this website I’m sure no one is forcing you to read it. There are many,many other sites where you could go to have an argument (which is what I feel you are wanting). God Bless you and I hope you find peace in your heart. That you can share God’s Word with hungry souls and show them the truth.
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:33 pm
God is there as always, looking out for his children. When childen dis-obey, they must be taught a lesson. How many times do we have to be punished before we understand the Ten Commandments that he handed to down for generations to follow. There are so many issues that people try to make God given and are results of man’s gratitudes. I refer to Gay’s as in the sexual concept. All people thought this was the way to go and God punished again with Aids. Those not affected worked many long hours to give these poor souls more days of daylight here on earth. Abortion, is another major issue as well as contraceptives. Does man really know what’s best and God doesn’t! God loves all his children,not just a few. Listen to Father Corapi on Saturday nights, and pray the Rosary. It is good for all religions.
Wise up friends, your hour may be approaching.
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:33 pm
God says in his word. That he will not give us more than we can handle. We are living in the last days. God is everywhere! So let’s start living the way God wants us to live.And stop questioning his Love for us. He gave his life for our Sins!
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:35 pm
END OF TIMES???? DEVASTATION???? Hmmm… The Bubonic Plague comes to mind….killing 75 MILLION!!!! BLACK DEATH!!!! 700 years ago!!!! I guess we are close to the END!
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:50 pm
God, the Real God (Father, Jesus, Holy Sporit), Trinity, is always there/here. It is true that in the end times, there will be many disasters, wars, and human suffering, and knowledge to man that will make him think he is god, and have no room for God. Also many false religions. With that said it is now wonder bad things happen frequently becuase our world hates Him and prefers their own false relgions and self. We kill unborn babies, we live Godless lives, we honor those who are homosexual, etc, etc.. God is a jealous God and will be the judge here on earth and in heaven. I can say that when 911 happened, He put people in place to save many lives. Many people did not go to work that day, many were late, many were safe because of certian people running security practices prior to this day, many were polic and fireman who risked their lives to save others. yes, God was there in the midst of turmoil. In any disaster he is there to offer comfort to His people/believers. He makes i rain and sunshine on beleivers and non beleivers. So too bas things will happen to beleivers and non beleivers. The difference is the beleivers are Saved, and God helps them through their difficult time. The believers help the world to be a better place, as they built the hospitals, and becam doctors/nurses,salvation army, red cross, etc.. Others followed and became like them, etc… So, don’t ask wher God is, ask where is Your Faith in Him…
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:52 pm
SK…I appreciate your thought. Ever consider that I MAY BE A HUNGRY SOUL looking for answers? As a witness, is it not Christian to reach those non-believers or those on the fence? OR maybe sit in your buble with your friends patting each other on the back, with MANY of those who ACTUALLY ARE THE “JUDGER”S” of OTHERS?!?!?!
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Jesus Said No One Shall Know the Hour of ‘the End’, Not even
the Son. I believe He said that to keep us FREE from Obssesing
on the End. I pray to just use the Days that God gives us as a
Good Servant. Please don’t run around screaming the sky is
falling.
posted March 15, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I agree completly with Jon, we need to change our attitudes because these are the last days, even if people refuse to beleive it.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Have Faith…..Read…………Read>………..READ your bible.
Keep Your faith.
Revalutions tells us what to look for. Why do people always ask where is God? Why when things go wrong in peoples lives is it always where was God?
Read your bible the answers are there. If your not sure what it says,
ask someone. Most people today are so affaid to say I don’t understand what the bible says or ask for help. God is just waiting for you to come to him. I no sometimes people may say different things or intrept it different. If you are of pure heart and soul GOD
will send a person to help you.
The tragic thing that happen in Japan was bad. But it was not the end of the world. Its just life. Yes God was watching, This nation maybe stronger for it lost. God wants us to grow so we can help others.
We are still moving forward even after 911, this will not stop Gods plan for human kind either. Stand up, stand tall, and learn from this.
God Loves Us All and HE Wants Us to All BE With Him One Day.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Where is God when the earth shakes?
God is in the outstretched hand of a stranger offering a warm blanket, a bottle of water and a shoulder to lean on. God is found in the tears of a mother and child reunited after hours and perhaps days of seperation. God is the miracle of a survivor found under the rubble when all hope is lost. God holds the hand of a dying man breathing his last breath. God is love not condemnation because another may not believe as you do.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
As imperfect beings, humans are quick to judge, to rail against the perceived “sins” of others who’s path we have not walked. We are quick to condemn those who don’t or won’t believe as we do. Is this really the God we wish to portray as believers? Not me.
So James, my God is a God of love. He loves me in spite of my faults and flaws. He loves me when I doubt and question. He loves me when my faith falters and I stumble. He loves me in the darkest of nights when I cannot comprehend why the earth shakes or floods or winds wipe out entire towns. And it is in His unconditional love that I find solace, strength and serenity. His love never fails.
God is love. And love never fails.
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:42 pm
No matter how you look at it we are all living in the “last days.”
In other words none of us will live forever. Four hundred times the Bible says the way to the Father is through Jesus and His blood. Most of us have insurance on our car whether we ever need to use it or not. Many people are resistant to take out “fire insurance”- asking Jesus to forgive them for their “missing the mark” (i.e their sins} and asking Jesus to come into their heart and be Lord of their lives, after thanking Him for dying on the cross to atone for their sins. This is the “Fire insurance” to prevent them from the fires of hell. God loves them too much to not have them live with Him for eternity! And you get to be best friends with and have an awesome relationship with the one who loved you so much he would rather die than live forever wthout you. This relationship will get more exciting and your life will get better as you get to know him.So say the above as p prayer.Now! You have nothing to lose but that empty feeling inside and the feeling that there is “something better.” But remember, “the end is near!” For all of us. Hope to see you in heaven!
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:48 pm
God is dead. He was killed in a motorcycle accident back in the 60′s
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Where is God? God is in the people to bring witness to the unbeliever, and natural disaster’s will continue to occur only because the moving of the Universe. The earth now is titled again because the plates continue to move. The earth is fiery warm, and people keep using fuels that ad to this fire that melts the ice. Perhaps it is the earth that is in a melt down.
Unfortunately people will die, and my prayers have been with all people.If you cannot be a part of a team at least support those who will get these little ones food, blankets, water. More importantly the word of God. This happens to bring God glory, and we are given the moment to show His Love. God works through people, and our prayers are only heard when we pray them.
Where was God when they hung Jesus on the Cross?
posted March 15, 2011 at 2:56 pm
God has used nature in many ways through out the Bible to achieve certain results.
The plagues on Egypt to force them to release his people. The flood when Noah built the ark because All the people of the earth were wicked. There are many instances where God has commanded nature against man.
Now I’m not saying this is one of them but it could be! Is there reason for God to act in such a way towards Japan? You will have to look at whats happaning in this area of Japan that could possibly anger God. Maby its just a natural disaster.
God is trying to spread the gospel everywhere and maby he needs to bring some to there knees in repentance. I don’t know that for sure its only cojecture but does God behave this way? Sometimes! He works in all our lives and testing is a way to see if we are genuine.
God has given some of us a new heart but he had to make us realize our faults and cause us to repent.
I would say to the japanese people we christians are praying for you and we send our heart felt sympathy for the loss of your loved ones and for your others losses. We also would say repent and believe in Jesus the christ of God who died for the sin of all mankind and shed his blood to give mankind a new and everlasting covenent or contract if you prefer. This is a contract of grace and mercy to all those who believe that Jesus is God’s son and are obedient and pleasing to God the father, who turn away from sin and toward God, to be spiritually born again!
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:05 pm
The Lord speaks in the bible of the many sufferings and trials we will face throughtout our lives. However, He teaches us that in moments of deep frustration and pain, He will be there in every step of the way. He promises help and strength, he promises us his love and his wisdom, but most of all he promises to anyone who stands strong in faith when bad things happen, to walk ahead.
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 31:8
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:29 pm
What do people want? Did not GOD attempt to gain atention when he shook CHRISTCHURCH !,Helloooooo!!, when no one answers or replies in prayer what would you do?,.. just say,.. “OH WELL, JUST FORGET IT” and turn and go away !, i don’t think so!, you would do the same thing he did, ..he got upset then lost his cool just like we would have done! , after all we are created in his image,right?
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I know people cannot make sense of this disaster. What the devil himself does to innocent people will be healed by the Lord. God is good and never leaves us. You never walk alone when you walk with the Lord. Footprints in the sand reminds us that during the most difficult times, the Lord carries us.
posted March 15, 2011 at 3:56 pm
SOS is the universal signal to assist others as Good Samaritans. https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052&idb=0
Please donate to the Red Cross relief effort in Japan. Let us pray for the Japanese. The Buddhists too are trying to raise money in Japantown in my community to help these people, who have no electricity or fresh water. Hopefully, the church can fundraise and help these people in their time of need.
posted March 15, 2011 at 4:53 pm
What a bunch of self-righteous people JUDGING the people who have had unfortunate luck! Tell me how nice is it to sit at the right hand of the father and look down at those who you feel deserve it!?!?!?!? How dare you put yourself in that position. Amazing how some people give the incresingly shrinking community of believers a bad rap!!!
posted March 15, 2011 at 5:30 pm
The sudden cataclysms that occur in nature,creating havoc and mass injury,are not acts of God.
Such disasters results from the thoughts and actions of man.Whenever the world’s vibratory balance of good and evil is disturbed by an accumulation of harmful vibrations,the result of man’s wrong thinking and wrong doing,you will see devastation.
Modern chaotic condition all over the world are a result of living by ungodly ideals.
This statement was made by: Paramahansa Yogananda.
Cecil
posted March 15, 2011 at 5:35 pm
em…….ok?
posted March 15, 2011 at 6:07 pm
He is dead
posted March 15, 2011 at 7:47 pm
God is a good god and he does not do all this. God is with each and every family that has lost a loved one in this terriable earthquake. He is a loving god and also his beloved son Jesus Christ and all the Angels that lifted all those to a safe place during this earthquake. The only thing I can say is god has a place for each and everyone of us and those familys who lost loved ones it wasn’t god who caused all this but he will be the one who will help each and every person who is missing there family get through this tough trying time. Us humans always wants to blame God. But if you all have faith in your loving God and our loving Jesus Christ know one would be asking where was God because you would all know that is never leaves oursides. It is us humans who turn are backs on him. God works miracles through humans also so God is around each time a boxs of food, clothing, and water are donated it comes from God and also any finacial help also comes from our caring loving God who has us humans do his work also. So everyone stop asking and just look around. God bless all.
posted March 15, 2011 at 8:22 pm
God is such a loving God. He has a good purpose for mankind and a very good one. We just don’t see the light. Thank you, God!
posted March 15, 2011 at 10:59 pm
God Created you and me and all of us. Creation is still going on. Hundreds of Earthquakes still goes on Every year in this Ring of Fire. Big or Small. For Millions of years and will go on for Millions of years in the future.
posted March 15, 2011 at 11:35 pm
God is Great and good he is powerfull and with as much sin as theres today he sure could destroy da whole universe but he doesnt !!! He wants u to repent and serve him with all your hart and if u do he has a promise after u die u will go to haven if you serve him if u dont he wont know u either we all know this !!!! lets b kind to one another and pray we all go thru hard times and we will always will he has controll we dont be thankful for all u have !!! Amen
posted March 16, 2011 at 12:10 am
WE AS HUMANS WILL DESTORY EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF OUR GREED HATER FOR EACH OTHER,MAN IS THE REASON WHYLE ALL THE BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO OUR WORLD. GOD SAID THAT MAN WILL DESTORY HIM SELF,BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF MONEY POWER AND DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD ANY MORE,YOU WHEN PRAYER WAS TAKING OUT OF SCHOOL THE DEVIL WENT IN AND STARTED KILLING PEOPLE. IF YOU NOTICE ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD GOD IS TELLING US TO GET OUR LIFES IN ORDER BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS.
posted March 16, 2011 at 1:18 am
WE ASK IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR TO BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. PLEASE LET THE
LORD KNOW THAT YOU LOVE HIM AND WILL ALWAYS KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN HALLOW BE HIS NAME THY KINDOM COME THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN GIVE THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE THOSE THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US
LEADTH NOT INTO TEMPTATON BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER AMEN.
posted March 16, 2011 at 7:33 am
Please stop making excuses for God! If God is indeed in control, He/She/It does not need our feeble explanations. The fact is nobody knows the answer. Saying that God suffers with us but can’t really do anything about a disaster is putting human limitations on God. Suffering is a mystery that cannot be explained. Live with it!
posted March 16, 2011 at 3:07 pm
The Lord is a lamb and never leaves our sides. We have guardian angels protecting us and lighting our lives. Those people who died in the Tsunami are in the loving hands of the Lord, and ascended to Heaven. As long as you’re law-abiding and kind, you have a ticket to Heaven, regardless of your religion. The lord is the shepherd and defends us when we want to sin. No person on this Earth is responsible for natural disasters but the devil himself. No human being on Earth is the antichrist…the Lord will take us under his wing and guide us toward salvation. We must repent our sins and surrender to the loving grace of God in our times of need.
posted March 16, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Im sorry but who are you to question God and his where abouts God is every where he is everything we as humans that he created have no right to question God about his whereabouts or anything at all he is our maker we are not his there for no one has any right to as wheres GOD when the earth shakes no one asks wheres GOD when we are out commiting sins or doing things we know GOD would disapprove of that are not GODly things and it really makes me mad when i read things like wheres GOD when the earth shakes like i said no one has the right to question our maker
posted March 17, 2011 at 3:26 am
I Love Our Lord, He has plans for all of us, I agree that we should not question what God has done, I agree that all bad things come from satan, We should all cast satan out of our Homes, out of our life, where ever we go, pray that our Lord Jesus, will be with us always. God Bless all of Us.
posted March 17, 2011 at 12:27 pm
This blog-o-rama of ‘comments’ James, isn’t a ‘Holy Rollercoaster’ incase you didn’t read the BEGINNING it’s ‘WHERE IS GOD WHEN THE EARTH SHAKES?”…Helllooo?? It’s a question based on belief in God… It’s on “BELIEFNET” so the comments uh duh would be to discuss GOD…makes sense, no? LOL – If you aren’t a believer than why are you on beliefnet and joining a discussion of you expected to discuss something else? It didn’t say “Why did the earth shake”…it’s asking a specific on GOD….so with that being explained to you. I must also say that if you have questions on your belief or non belief then that’s different but you’re calling the ‘believers’ names:
”OR maybe sit in your buble with your friends patting each other on the back, with MANY of those who ACTUALLY ARE THE “JUDGER”S” of OTHERS?!?!?!”
-To answer this – the bad actions of others, is not of GOD…just because people are of Christian faith doesn’t mean they are following God’s ways…they are sinners and far from perfect as we ALL are.” Y go to a doctor if you aren’t sick…we go to God because we are sinners and sick…We are supposed to be in God’s image but it’s a daily minute to minute struggle AND a goal we haven’t reached and will die trying to reach…until we get judged by HIM. Not by others living in this world.
“BLIND NARROWMINDED HOLY ROLLERS” – this was uncalled for on your part because it’s also a judgement. See answer to this above…you being Irate because other’s can’t change your mind about God is not their JOB to do. It’s your job to research on your own and you choose. Keep it to yourself and keep it moving. Nothing you say will change the believer’s minds and nothing we say will change the non believer’s minds. Believing and non believing happens due to events in each one of our lives…you either have the faith or you don’t. No need to argue OR try to MAKE others see thru your eyes or make you see either.
“It’s seems this is just a Holly Roller site. Everyone just stroking each other’s faith. Anyone care to have a REAL discussion other than that’s the way it is and God is great?”
- to answer this – again it’s a discussion and you logged on the Holy Roller site. No one is stroking one another’s faith but we are mostly in agreement because most of the people on THIS site are believers. If there were another JAMES think a-like on here you would be in sync with him as we are with eachother…call it stroking each other then that’s your description. We call it believing in the same thing…GOD.
“So these tragic events are due to just the nature of God’s world…?” Answer- YES. Nature has various meanings…in God’s world. Mankind has created the varieties of the word. But God’s world the word nature is far from our meaning. Nature in his world is the earth and the sky. Period. – not people and our actions.
Our meaning – to be Gay and naturally born that way, to fight is human nature, to have some disasters that may happen due to our polluting the earth and skies and then when our sea levels go way up is natural causes…this then would be NO to your answer.
The answer to this would be These Tragic events are due to our ruining the NATURE of GOD’S WORLD….Not trying to change your opinions or beliefs but just answering your questions. And lastly God is great and the day that no one knows when the world will end will be OUR FAULT. Not GOD’s. But he did warn us.
“I have a hard time defending God to the few atheists I work with and come across when things like this happen. Any suggestions other than God is around us just look” – No one said it would be easy to defend God or anything for that matter that you believe in. You are the only one who needs to care what YOU believe in and be accountable for YOUR actions. No one believed in Jesus to be the son of God when he was in the flesh and he died because of it. He didn’t join the crowd – he died for what he believed in and THAT IS US. HE died for us James. I believe in it and if you don’t then that’s you. No hard feelings. That’s what I suggest you say if you believe and other’s don’t. You being kind and free from hate and at least trying to understand is the beginning. There’s so much more to learn and that goes for everyone. We all need to learn and keep learning. PEACE
posted March 18, 2011 at 9:24 am
Wow, It has been my experience through my personal relationship with Jesus Christ, that we do get more than warnings from God…It’s that little voice inside that should keep you safe to lead a real Christain life…If we fail to adhere to the warnings and just go on like it was something else (evil spirit) telling us that it is ok, then one day…Bam, Boom, the whole world is suffering…You should have listen to the good!!! We all suffer the shame, we all suffer the guilt, we all try not to listen, leaving God our Heavenly Father to show that he is still in contol…
Pay attention People and keep your eyes on the sky as I have seen Jesus and I believe…
Keep it real and keep it clean!!! Become the good that you wish to see…Hugs Galore
posted March 18, 2011 at 9:29 am
Silly Me…God is in us and God is with us…
posted March 18, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Hi, Amen, to our God that is in control. OUr Lord Jesus Christ that died for us and left the Holly Spirit to live inside of us(that still small voice that speaks to us thru our insides. It is only human to question why these things of nature happen. Even Apostle Paul questioned why, not necessarily questioning God. If we did not question, alot of times we would not seek an answer. Thank you for this Christian web site that we can discuss things in a loving Christian manner and not redicule each other for having questions. God bless you all and have a Jesus blessed day.
posted March 23, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I look , I see, I hear, I remember. Christ came to save the Lost. Satan is her to steal kill and destroy. We must remember that Christ suffered for us more than we will ever suffer. These folks that are in trouble need us to help them , not to do so makes any one who says they are christian a lier. and the light of God is not in them. Stop judging and get to doing to others as you would have them do unto you. Feel mercy,and act in love. Love is a action word by the way. GOD so loved HE gave us His Son to spill His blood for all , but it is not hard to see that being a person of faith and a religious person are two different creatures. That’s my story and I am sticking to it.
posted March 24, 2011 at 6:31 am
Life is evolved;every natural disaster is a good lesson for us to be Wise…
posted March 28, 2011 at 3:41 am
Wake up people, what we need is prayer, and prayer, let Our God that we care and love the Lord and all his people. Dont try to understand God, he is a mistery. We know that He loves us, and he will be with us until the end.
posted January 28, 2012 at 8:34 pm
i left islam after that i knew jesus and the trut .i had some mastake then i come to thes place (jail).here everything chenge .tell me wher is god when all thed peaple suffer here everday . poeple suffer to die here .wherrrrr is Gooooood