Comments on: Perspective http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: beverly http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39487 beverly Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:04:42 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39487 Joel...Job rocks!! Joel…Job rocks!!

]]> By: Joel Maners http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39457 Joel Maners Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:35:33 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39457 A few years ago while everyone was reading "The Prayer of Jabez" The Door Magazine pointed out the other rather obscure figure in the Bible named Job. If the prayer of Jabez teaches us that things can always get better then the Prayer of Job teaches us that they can always be worse. http://wittenburgdoor.com/archives/prayer_of_job.html A few years ago while everyone was reading “The Prayer of Jabez” The Door Magazine pointed out the other rather obscure figure in the Bible named Job. If the prayer of Jabez teaches us that things can always get better then the Prayer of Job teaches us that they can always be worse.

http://wittenburgdoor.com/archives/prayer_of_job.html

]]> By: paul http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39265 paul Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00:07 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39265 You are absolutely right. I have a sister that had surgery last week and it is worse than they thought so they have to go back in next week for more radical stuff. Then the chemo and radiation begins. My troubles are nothing. Grief puts a lot of life in perspective. You are absolutely right. I have a sister that had surgery last week and it is worse than they thought so they have to go back in next week for more radical stuff. Then the chemo and radiation begins. My troubles are nothing.

Grief puts a lot of life in perspective.

]]> By: clint http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39239 clint Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:01:22 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39239 I prefer rose-colored glasses I prefer rose-colored glasses

]]> By: beverly http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39203 beverly Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:48:53 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39203 Mike..I don't know if you remember..when we heard about Megan we were out of town and when we got home it had just been a few days but Whitney was insistent on going over to your house and giving you an angel she had picked out. I felt so rude knocking at your door after dark and felt we were intruding..but you welcomed Whitney in and let her give you both her present. Mike, to this day Whitney holds a special place in her heart for you and Diane. She saw you in your grief and her heart was moved. She saw you in your realness. I have cherished every time you have brought up Megan in your sermons as my children sit there because you are teaching them about realness, sadness and love. I grieve for your niece and for your family. I pray that you have a speedy recovery with that knee. God bless you and your sweet Diane. Mike..I don’t know if you remember..when we heard about Megan we were out of town and when we got home it had just been a few days but Whitney was insistent on going over to your house and giving you an angel she had picked out. I felt so rude knocking at your door after dark and felt we were intruding..but you welcomed Whitney in and let her give you both her present. Mike, to this day Whitney holds a special place in her heart for you and Diane. She saw you in your grief and her heart was moved. She saw you in your realness. I have cherished every time you have brought up Megan in your sermons as my children sit there because you are teaching them about realness, sadness and love. I grieve for your niece and for your family. I pray that you have a speedy recovery with that knee. God bless you and your sweet Diane.

]]> By: Joel G. Quile http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39202 Joel G. Quile Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:19:42 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39202 Yesterday a good friend of ours called me and asked to the inevitable (days to weeks barring a miracle) funeral of his wife who is in MD Anderson with cancer. Kim and I immediately drove to Houston to be with them. We returned a little bit ago. Walking through the halls of MD Anderson is like a Perspective Overdose. Good Post Mike. Yesterday a good friend of ours called me and asked to the inevitable (days to weeks barring a miracle) funeral of his wife who is in MD Anderson with cancer. Kim and I immediately drove to Houston to be with them. We returned a little bit ago. Walking through the halls of MD Anderson is like a Perspective Overdose.

Good Post Mike.

]]> By: TerryRush http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39198 TerryRush Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:51:16 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39198 Mike, One of the reasons you give so much life to so many of us is because you've died in real pain so often....II Cor. 4:12. Thanks for keeping the things which really matter in front of us! Mike,

One of the reasons you give so much life to so many of us is because you’ve died in real pain so often….II Cor. 4:12.

Thanks for keeping the things which really matter in front of us!

]]> By: paula harrington http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39185 paula harrington Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:43:50 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39185 So sorry to hear about your niece. My husband and I went through the same thing and understand how tragic that can be. We'll be praying for her. As for the couple on the Today Show. I've always watched people who are on TV being interviewed due to fire, storms, etc.. and you can tell the ones who've been touched by tradegy compared to the ones who haven't. They're the ones whose life has been put in perspective. I attended a funeral of a nine year old boy once and someone there remarked that this was a bad day for his parents. Since then I have never made the remark that I'm having a bad day. So sorry to hear about your niece. My husband and I went through the same thing and understand how tragic that can be. We’ll be praying for her.

As for the couple on the Today Show. I’ve always watched people who are on TV being interviewed due to fire, storms, etc.. and you can tell the ones who’ve been touched by tradegy compared to the ones who haven’t. They’re the ones whose life has been put in perspective.

I attended a funeral of a nine year old boy once and someone there remarked that this was a bad day for his parents. Since then I have never made the remark that I’m having a bad day.

]]> By: juditko http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39179 juditko Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:58:06 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39179 "Grief — true, deep grief — has a way of putting life in perspective." Thanks. “Grief — true, deep grief — has a way of putting life in perspective.”

Thanks.

]]> By: Brandon Scott Thomas http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39160 Brandon Scott Thomas Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:34:43 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39160 so, so true. One of my favorite blog postings, bro. Miss you. Looking forward to being on the West coast with you. B so, so true. One of my favorite blog postings, bro. Miss you. Looking forward to being on the West coast with you.
B

]]> By: Joel Maners http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39159 Joel Maners Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:29:18 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39159 While I was in college, we had a tradition at the Christian Student Center every Thanksgiving. Before the holiday, we all met to have a meal together the night before everyone went home.The tradition was that before we started eating, we all passed around a basket of rolls. As we took a roll we were to tell everyone at the table one thing that we were thankful for. As the rolls were passed to a friend of mine sitting next to me, he picked out one of the warm rolls and proclaimed, "I'm just glad to have a roof over my head and decent clothes to wear." He set the roll on his plate and passed the basket to me. He then took a bit of some green beans on his plate and without thinking, he exclaimed, "You know, these beans could have been cooked a little more!" Everyone at the table, except him, just burst out into laughter. He didn't realize the irony of what he had said. Oh how quickly we forget. While I was in college, we had a tradition at the Christian Student Center every Thanksgiving. Before the holiday, we all met to have a meal together the night before everyone went home.The tradition was that before we started eating, we all passed around a basket of rolls. As we took a roll we were to tell everyone at the table one thing that we were thankful for. As the rolls were passed to a friend of mine sitting next to me, he picked out one of the warm rolls and proclaimed, “I’m just glad to have a roof over my head and decent clothes to wear.” He set the roll on his plate and passed the basket to me. He then took a bit of some green beans on his plate and without thinking, he exclaimed, “You know, these beans could have been cooked a little more!” Everyone at the table, except him, just burst out into laughter. He didn’t realize the irony of what he had said. Oh how quickly we forget.

]]> By: Richard http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39153 Richard Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:11:21 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39153 Mike, I know you are a patient man, but those knees take a while to really rehab. It all depends on how extensive the surgery was of course. I always thought that orthoscopic surgery meant that in a couple of weeks everything would be fine. I had mine last May and am still slowly recovering. Don't you love the encouragement I am giving? You are so right about perspective. If you have your family nothing material matters. A miscarrage is something that no man can hope to understand, but I have been told by many women that a lot of men just don't get it all how bad it really is. Our prayers are with you both. Mike, I know you are a patient man, but those knees take a while to really rehab. It all depends on how extensive the surgery was of course. I always thought that orthoscopic surgery meant that in a couple of weeks everything would be fine. I had mine last May and am still slowly recovering. Don’t you love the encouragement I am giving? You are so right about perspective. If you have your family nothing material matters. A miscarrage is something that no man can hope to understand, but I have been told by many women that a lot of men just don’t get it all how bad it really is. Our prayers are with you both.

]]> By: KentF http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39149 KentF Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:59:55 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39149 Thanks for the update Mike - God's swift healing for you and your niece. Thanks for the update Mike - God’s swift healing for you and your niece.

]]> By: Amy http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39143 Amy Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:34:41 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39143 I'm so sorry about your family's loss. I can't imagine what your neice must be going through. Prayers that you will be up and running (literally) as soon as possible! I’m so sorry about your family’s loss. I can’t imagine what your neice must be going through.

Prayers that you will be up and running (literally) as soon as possible!

]]> By: rinn http://preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39139 rinn Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:14:41 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/01/09/perspective#comment-39139 So very sad to hear of your nieces loss. So often people think that just because a child has not yet been born that there is no real bond formed. How very wrong they are. The bonds between a child and mother begin forming as soon as the child does. My Daughter lost a child before she even "knew" she was pregnant. It was still several weeks before she got over the saddness of the loss and even though the embryo was only a few days old she gave it a name and thinks of it often. Please let your niece know that there are many around the world who read your blog that will be in prayer for her emotional and physical well being. So very sad to hear of your nieces loss.
So often people think that just because a child has not yet been born that there is no real bond formed. How very wrong they are. The bonds between a child and mother begin forming as soon as the child does. My Daughter lost a child before she even “knew” she was pregnant. It was still several weeks before she got over the saddness of the loss and even though the embryo was only a few days old she gave it a name and thinks of it often. Please let your niece know that there are many around the world who read your blog that will be in prayer for her emotional and physical well being.

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