tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25535068.post8990648370296060560..comments2023-10-07T01:07:32.493-07:00Comments on A Watchman's View from the Wall: Riding the Storm OutWatchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074753807595569032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25535068.post-32627646273189424252009-09-07T23:35:25.695-07:002009-09-07T23:35:25.695-07:00The first rock concert I ever went to was REO in 1...The first rock concert I ever went to was REO in 1978. It was great- and I didn't even drink. I had to leave the country to find the freedom in Church that I had with my buds in University. It is for freedom that we were set free so keep riding the storm out brother!Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347436154893544535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25535068.post-59262262837680296732009-09-02T17:09:43.521-07:002009-09-02T17:09:43.521-07:00Wow, Kevin!
We too left a negative,legalistic, an...Wow, Kevin!<br /><br />We too left a negative,legalistic, and fear filled "church" some 6 or 7 years ago. It was absolutely the hardest and best spiritual move I have ever made to the present! At times I felt as if I was in a free fall. All familiar comforts of legalism were gone, and how was I to navigate without those confining boundaries. What was I to do with liberty and grace. <br /><br />I don't know how to describe it yet, but what is coming to my mind after reading your blog is, "Who has your heart?" I found stability in knowing "Who had my heart". It was the only thing I could really hold on to, during that time of soul searching. The fact that the creator of the universe, my creator, and my redeemer, had my heart. And the rest I just had to leave at His discretion. It has been a great journey so far. I feel I have grown the most spiritually and genuinely since that BOLD move. I applaud your courage and bravery.Sharon K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25535068.post-42668972648531333762009-09-01T18:08:02.683-07:002009-09-01T18:08:02.683-07:00Kevin, you summed up my feelings lately with the p...Kevin, you summed up my feelings lately with the paragraph that started with, "For so long my writing on this blog has been wrapped up in what.....<br /><br />I have veered away with what is wrong but feel that anything of substance is so very personal with what is right that you almost have to know me, be in my life, to understand the present journey. Those closest to me are able to watch the process and at times participate in it but it feels so "individual" to me in so many ways. It is not what is right about the future church but the Who that is loving me at this minute. As you say, freedom is such a big part of this as He loves me with such grace. Even as I leave this comment, I feel that I am just babbling. I have tried to put it all into words but they seem so...... So I'll just stop. :)Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.com