tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941653.post3165136201517168000..comments2023-09-17T07:45:40.390-04:00Comments on Leigh Gray: 849 - 2 kinds of peeps we must keep a distance from for a time!Speaking Thru Me Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542399319346344561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941653.post-54663975295145717602010-06-04T15:43:38.749-04:002010-06-04T15:43:38.749-04:00Well said and thank you for this. I too am a peop...Well said and thank you for this. I too am a people pleaser who is trying to find my voice without being mouthy and trying not to be too nice and get walked all over. Boundaries and wisdom is the answer.cherimariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294041846333632044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941653.post-17896108245649307762010-06-04T11:07:39.909-04:002010-06-04T11:07:39.909-04:00And I see one more thing: "...and does not li...And I see one more thing: "...and does not live according to the teaching you received from us." <br /><br />There is something so powerful about this, I'm glad you wrote it. I was meditating with the Lord this morning about the wheat growing with the tares, and how challenging to our own obedience (as we deny our fleshly desires and submit to the Spirit)are the (unashamedly) disobedient "Christians". It causes much inner turmoil (that working out of our salvation with fear and trembling I suspect) for those walking according to the teaching of the sccriptures.<br /><br />Example: My son just graduated. He has had great HS experience, great friends, homecoming king, football, etc. His friends have not partied much to this point because of not wanting to compromise athletic involvement. But now that HS is over, he came home early from a bonfire saying, "all they talked about was how they were going to party all summer" and his one friend from youth group is hosting one such party this weekend. My son seemed resentful, and I understood why...it is the battle we fight and the challenge of standing alone. We desire to have others standing with us. He felt let down by the other Christian boy who isn't "living according to the teaching". <br /><br />We live in challenging times. The "age of Laodecia" the lukewarm, compromising church. This is an important message. Thanks!Kathy Schwankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575973280157910643noreply@blogger.com