Comments on: Advent 4 http://www.mattandnancy.org/open-source-theology/advent-4/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Autumn http://www.mattandnancy.org/open-source-theology/advent-4/#comment-832 Autumn Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=304#comment-832 it's really striking me this christmas how the angel says mary is blessed and so at that point, she's probably expecting good things to come. but wait! God's perfect will for her life in the next few years would be having her child in the middle of nowhere, finding out the ruler of the country has put a hit out on her first son, and having to flee the country to EGYPT of all places with her husband. how many times in our lives do we feel like God has told us he has good things for us and then nothing but crappy circumstances come afterwards? if only in those circumstances, we could still remember we are favored. it’s really striking me this christmas how the angel says mary is blessed and so at that point, she’s probably expecting good things to come. but wait! God’s perfect will for her life in the next few years would be having her child in the middle of nowhere, finding out the ruler of the country has put a hit out on her first son, and having to flee the country to EGYPT of all places with her husband. how many times in our lives do we feel like God has told us he has good things for us and then nothing but crappy circumstances come afterwards? if only in those circumstances, we could still remember we are favored.

]]> By: greg http://www.mattandnancy.org/open-source-theology/advent-4/#comment-833 greg Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=304#comment-833 go autumn! go autumn!

]]> By: matt http://www.mattandnancy.org/open-source-theology/advent-4/#comment-834 matt Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=304#comment-834 Isn't God's economy so upside down from ours? Weakness = Strength Foolishness = wisdom Death = Life Isn’t God’s economy so upside down from ours?

Weakness = Strength
Foolishness = wisdom
Death = Life

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