" wrote:
>
> Dear Andrew,
>
> T>>>>>>>>>>>>he LORD guides those who walk with HIM exactly how to use
> that which HE
> teaches them. Because Carol's walk with the LORD is infinitely closer
> than your walk, her use of HIS teachings is not mockery of HIM at all.
> The same can not be written concerning your comments about the Gospels.
> <<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> I'm not so sure we can know this to be true Andrew. A man who can clear
> his mind of all that he sees to be stumbling blocks may end up walking
> much closer to Him than ever I could.
>
> Don, did have a valid point and one I have raised myself in the past
> when The Message was read. If it does nothing else, The Message sparks
> the flame in some people. It's lively and I've seen it waken the
> elderly and made them sit up in surprise and listen. Maybe it's a
> reflection of The Holy Spirit within the reader when it is read.
>
> I have an academic friend who has an array of bibles and yet he seems
> to have honed in on The Message and taken a lot of spiritual comfort
> and interpretation from it. It seems to be far removed from the
> academic world. The Lord finds a way to speak to us and touch our souls
> one way or another.
>
> In Christ's love
> Carol T

Amen and amen :-)

May Don make the choice to turn from the wide meandering path of the
world to the straight and narrow path of the LORD, in Jesus' most
precious and holy name.

"He drew His bow and made me the target for His arrows. He pierced my
heart with arrows from His quiver." (Lamentations 3:12-13)

Would be more than happy to "glow" and chat about this and other things
like cardiology, diabetes and nutrition that interest those following
this thread here during the next on-line chat (01/12/06) from 6 to 7 pm
EST:

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For those who are put off by the signature, my advance apologies for how
the LORD has reshaped me:

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Prayerfully in Christ's love,

Andrew
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