tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451286471486388063.post4604971905321584981..comments2023-02-19T04:32:10.956-06:00Comments on You Will Comfort Me Again: Lloyd-Jones on PreachingJeri Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04344158054147277161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451286471486388063.post-79411014604544698892009-08-30T23:40:25.081-05:002009-08-30T23:40:25.081-05:00Laurie, well said. The real sufferings and sorrows...Laurie, well said. The real sufferings and sorrows of this life call for the true answers of the true gospel. You're right that those who want to speculate, who as Christians find doubt and uncertainty more attractive than authoritative truth (a la Rob Bell, say) are those who may not have faced the reality of life's deepest losses.Jeri Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344158054147277161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451286471486388063.post-51415110207910881392009-08-30T21:50:30.894-05:002009-08-30T21:50:30.894-05:00I love this quote!
The last thing I need in life ...I love this quote!<br /><br />The last thing I need in life is another adventure! I used to always say that adventure, and drama, and all the stuff movies are made of are experiences no one would really choose to go through on their own. Much of my life has been the stuff of the "made for TV" miniseries. I can tell you first hand, and I know you can attest to it as well, that kind of living is NOT entertaining. Having suffered a few dreadful things in life, I'm actually kind of horrified that we find it entertaining in the slightest to watch movies, etc, where people suffer. <br /><br />It is also true that the only reason we are able to find such things entertaining is the fact that we are not in fact going through them ourselves. We watch knowing that when we stop watching we can go back to our lives of relative ease. Our own lack of agony is the safety net that allows us to think swinging out there in danger is fun and enjoy stories where others do just that. But real life does not provide a safety net. Real pain is not fun. I can tell you, that during the times of my darkest pain, I could not be entertained by stories of people's suffering. (I could not even watch the news, because I became aware of the buzzard like quality of the press preying with lust on the suffering of others, for the sake of the curiosity of others.) I could no longer be entertained because I'd learned the hard truth that what I thought was a safety net was a phantom. Tragedy can strike at any moment.<br /><br />Yes, M. Lloyd-Jones, life is serious and solemn. It is not play acting. when confronted by real life, and real pain, we need a certain hope.<br />The gospel is the one and only thing that brings any measure of certainty into our lives.<br /><br />(I may have to re-post this, if you don't mind.)Laurie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15840896949617719814noreply@blogger.com