Comments on: The Forbidden Fruit http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:29:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15949 Jennifer Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:36:08 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15949 "Oh sweet revelation that has come to me…the love of sudden epiphany! If you start reading a bunch of poetry don’t be surprised when your speech mysteriously starts to rhyme" You mean that line is yours? Oh, lovely! “Oh sweet revelation that has come to me…the love of sudden epiphany!

If you start reading a bunch of poetry don’t be surprised when your speech mysteriously starts to rhyme”

You mean that line is yours? Oh, lovely!

]]> By: Word Warrior http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15739 Word Warrior Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:54:52 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15739 Lucy, Thank you :-) Lucy,

Thank you :-)

]]> By: Kelly L http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15738 Kelly L Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:38:37 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15738 "Do not be fooled. For whatsoever a man sows, that He will also reap." We recently went to a prayer meeting in a home where the husband killed himself in exchange for a shootout with police. The wife and kids love the Lord. During that time, my daughter, Nikki, felt led to tell the little girl what she felt God was telling her to say: that He was proud of how the little girl was doing and that she is God's princess. The little girl buried her face in her dad's pillow and cried. The adult in the room gave my daughter a look and remarked that that was what her deceased dad called her. Nikki told me she felt bad that maybe she did something wrong because of the adult's reaction. We had to go over that it is ALWAYS better to be obedient to the Lord and to face the scorn of man, than to be a people pleaser and to face the scorn of God. I was glad she learned that God is God. Obedience to Him is worth more than life. That rationalization to not be obedient will lead to destruction. Good Post! “Do not be fooled. For whatsoever a man sows, that He will also reap.” We recently went to a prayer meeting in a home where the husband killed himself in exchange for a shootout with police. The wife and kids love the Lord. During that time, my daughter, Nikki, felt led to tell the little girl what she felt God was telling her to say: that He was proud of how the little girl was doing and that she is God’s princess. The little girl buried her face in her dad’s pillow and cried. The adult in the room gave my daughter a look and remarked that that was what her deceased dad called her. Nikki told me she felt bad that maybe she did something wrong because of the adult’s reaction. We had to go over that it is ALWAYS better to be obedient to the Lord and to face the scorn of man, than to be a people pleaser and to face the scorn of God. I was glad she learned that God is God. Obedience to Him is worth more than life. That rationalization to not be obedient will lead to destruction.
Good Post!

]]> By: Kim M. http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15737 Kim M. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:22:52 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15737 This is so true. Unfortunately we tend to be infected with pragmatism instead of Biblical thinking. It is definitely NOT a new thing. This is so true. Unfortunately we tend to be infected with pragmatism instead of Biblical thinking.
It is definitely NOT a new thing.

]]> By: the cottage child http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15736 the cottage child Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:19:35 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15736 My Grandmother used the phrase "that's not an item for your consideration" - I love the deeper meaning of it, the protective nature, the invitation to not delve into temptation, freeing the heart and the mind for a more worthwhile pursuit. Isn't it funny how we think everything is our business? We just HAVE to know the burdensome details, and then complain about how hard it is to know them. (I say we, I mean me, of course :) ) My Grandmother used the phrase “that’s not an item for your consideration” – I love the deeper meaning of it, the protective nature, the invitation to not delve into temptation, freeing the heart and the mind for a more worthwhile pursuit.

Isn’t it funny how we think everything is our business? We just HAVE to know the burdensome details, and then complain about how hard it is to know them. (I say we, I mean me, of course :) )

]]> By: Mandi http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15735 Mandi Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:30:30 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15735 "There are some things God has said, and that’s that; there is nothing to question or to “apply wisdom” to." Right on. Right on, Kelly. “There are some things God has said, and that’s that; there is nothing to question or to “apply wisdom” to.”

Right on. Right on, Kelly.

]]> By: Lucy T http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15734 Lucy T Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:10:10 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15734 This is what I love about you Kelly you challenge me to keep my eyes on God and his ways not my own. This is what I love about you Kelly you challenge me to keep my eyes on God and his ways not my own.

]]> By: Heather http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2009/10/the-forbidden-fruit.html/comment-page-1#comment-15725 Heather Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:59:02 +0000 http://www.generationcedar.com/main/?p=4843#comment-15725 Excellent observation. I was reading in Malachi a few days ago and this post reminded me of: 3:14-17 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts? Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.'" Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another; the LORD heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and thought on his name. "They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. (RSV) Specifically, the part about counting unpunished evildoers as actually being blessed was brought to mind. That is really sobering to me and has caused me to weigh much more carefully my actions and motives. I don't want to mistake God's patience with my disobedience as actually being His approval. Excellent observation.

I was reading in Malachi a few days ago and this post reminded me of:

3:14-17 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’”
Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another; the LORD heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and thought on his name.
“They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. (RSV)

Specifically, the part about counting unpunished evildoers as actually being blessed was brought to mind.

That is really sobering to me and has caused me to weigh much more carefully my actions and motives. I don’t want to mistake God’s patience with my disobedience as actually being His approval.

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