tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post7118434506694876075..comments2023-08-05T05:23:45.628-07:00Comments on Soundings: Rewriting Life ScriptsDale Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-62456209432527566462014-07-09T16:12:29.025-07:002014-07-09T16:12:29.025-07:00 I believe I had a sociopath in my life. I believ... I believe I had a sociopath in my life. I believe he hated himself and was envois of all others. He played a life game from a writer eric bernes. This so called game went on for ten years. I have never heard of such games and sociopaths. I believed he was a friend. I was around him and his family every day. At the end of the ten years. I was left bankrupt, a career destroyed and homeless. He even made sure, I had know way of gaining employment. His employment went on and I lost every thing. So my life and changed to be nothing. This is what people do who were born a sociopath and have had bad up bringing. They hurt other for selfless gains. After going through such evil, I has become closer to God. I may end up with nothing out of life. But I will walk in heaven. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-32465276605857273932011-08-07T17:29:07.410-07:002011-08-07T17:29:07.410-07:00Anonymous,
Yes, I wasn't quoting you with the ...Anonymous,<br />Yes, I wasn't quoting you with the term "Prosperity Gospel". I was saying that the Christian can live a transformative life but prosperity as preached by several folks, is not necessarily an indicator. We live a life between the Cross and Glory.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-81759248594009391792011-08-07T15:41:11.553-07:002011-08-07T15:41:11.553-07:00Fr. Matson:
I believe you may have mistaken my po...Fr. Matson:<br /><br />I believe you may have mistaken my point earlier, but it's just as well. I apologize for my intemperate speech.<br /><br />"Prosperity Gospel" ? You couldn't be more wrong.<br /><br />As to books, it is my personal opinion that we have too many rather than too few, but if you think that's the contribution you are able to make, by all means have at.<br /><br />Signing off,<br /><br />"If Only"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-48834918543734394152011-08-07T05:32:36.542-07:002011-08-07T05:32:36.542-07:00Anonymous,
I have been thinking about writing a bo...Anonymous,<br />I have been thinking about writing a book on Christian Wellness. It would involve intentional steps in the daily life of the Christian toward what monastics call "conversion of manners". What do you (or anyone else out there) think?Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-42894210594912478392011-08-07T05:16:20.958-07:002011-08-07T05:16:20.958-07:00Anonymous,
"Let me ask, though ... why limit ...Anonymous,<br />"Let me ask, though ... why limit Christ to offering what any cheapjack therapist claims to do (i.e. changing a "life script")?"<br /><br />Of course we are "more than conquerors" through Christ and in Him we have eternal life. My comments are intended for those who do not understand that they are becoming a new person in Christ through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. So much energy is spent needlessly on internal ruminations and preoccupations when we should be focused on the work that we each are called to do. We have been freed by the atoning death and resurrection of Christ yet many continue to impose the past on the present and live in bondage to past memories. Sanctification is the process of becoming holy and whole. This is not a "Prosperity Gospel". This the nuts and bolts life of the ordinary Christian. It starts with the proposition God offered to Israel to chose this day, life or death.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-26466208820241290552011-08-06T16:22:42.668-07:002011-08-06T16:22:42.668-07:00Amen! Nicely written Fr. Dale!
And thanks be to Go...Amen! Nicely written Fr. Dale!<br />And thanks be to God that He, through the work of the Holy Spirit, is ready and willing to write us a new "life script" every day until we spend every day with Him!<br /><br />I have known far too many people who allowed the voice of a significant other drawn out the voice of God. Thankfully, I have also been blessed to know many people who's lives have been changed and transformed by the voice of Jesus from the cross - "forgive them Father, for they know not what they do."Padre Eric Meneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341397099030944856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-5436553211980844502011-08-06T09:16:46.565-07:002011-08-06T09:16:46.565-07:00Fr. Matson:
Thank you for your reply. I apologize...Fr. Matson:<br /><br />Thank you for your reply. I apologize for my initial throw-away comment; I was having a bad moment and your post struck a bit of a nerve.<br /><br />Let me ask, though ... why limit Christ to offering what any cheapjack therapist claims to do (i.e. changing a "life script")? Is he not more than that? He cured lepers, gave sight to the blind and even brought people back from death, did he not?<br /><br />Did he not also say that those who believed in Him would ... not just "could", but <i>would</i> ... do likewise? There is <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2016:17-18&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Mk 16:17-18</a>, though some consider this a later interpolation so perhaps I should not cite it. How about <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2014:12&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Jn 14:12</a> ? "He that believeth" will not only do what Christ has done, but "greater works than these shall he do". <i>Shall</i> do.*<br /><br />Do you believe, Father?<br /><br />Please pardon what may seem like a hostile tone. It's just that I've been offered (and sometimes tried, without effect) so much useless snake oil in my life that I am more than a little skeptical about people who offer simple fixes to difficult problems.<br /><br />"If Only"<br /><br />=====================================<br />* Quotation from the KJV, but other versions on my shelf (NJB, NRSV, NET, TEV) do not contradict the idea that such works by believers will be facts, not possibilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-64908198040778705622011-08-06T05:24:52.480-07:002011-08-06T05:24:52.480-07:00Anonymous,
It is a matter of becoming the person t...Anonymous,<br />It is a matter of becoming the person that God sees through His Son Jesus Christ. "Those who are led by the Spirit are not under the law" [of the script]Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-58724783553334376412011-08-06T02:52:28.604-07:002011-08-06T02:52:28.604-07:00If only.If only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com