Lost in the Middle: Mid-Life Crisis and the Grace of God
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posted by JT at Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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11 Comments:
We're all going to be disappointed, and yet we need not to be.
Or is he saying, we all will go through downheartedness, and yet take hope, even when we are discouraged?
As I go through this type of deal he is talking about, and he is right, at least for me, the greatest encouragement I have is knowing I am accepted by Jesus. Not because I accepted Him. But because He suffered and died for me, and is now risen, and I am seated with Him, because He accepted me into His presence.
Amazing grace indeed.
Tripp: We have got to begin to comfort one another with the theology of uncomfortable grace.
Seems that the older I get, the more paradoxes I see, and (paradoxically) the more they make sense. ;-)
I just hope that the subtitle doesn't take away from the audience. While the problem is certainly prevalent in mid-life (said the 41-year-old), it's not unique to it.
He struck a chord with me I'll tell you.
Funny, one little video clip and I begin to see that the one thing I wouldn't label as a "grace" of God, really is.
God is good.
I think he missed something completely, at least in the video. There are Christians who are in the funk that he talks about who are not disappointed with God at all. They are disappointed with themselves. They do not blame God for anything.
Kenny, I'm not so sure. Implicit in most disappointment with oneself is a tacit message to God that He did not keep you from being that way or doing that thing. There may be exceptions, but not nearly as many as we delude ourselves into thinking there are.
Kenny, by the way, I'm not trying to be contrarian here; I'm speaking from personal experience.
My concern is that an improper view of God (even if a person doesn't realize he has it) has much further-reaching ramifications than an improper view of himself.
Kenny, that is what I was thinking too. I get depressed at times because of my own inadequecies and failures, not Gods. I have a hard time comprehending the duel truths of God ordaining all things that come to pass, and my accountability and disappointment in my own failures and sin.
Again, not trying to be contrarian, but here's a quote that I found encouraging.
For every one look at your sins, take ten looks at Christ. -- Robert Murray McCheyne
That's one of those quotes that is excellent, and a keeper.
haven't heard it for a while.
Brendt,
Good comment. The very thing that the video awoke in me was that in my apparent disappointment with myself I was being disappointed with God for not making me more of what I wish I was.
I think Tripp nailed it.
Daryl,
I don't think that in my "apparent" disappointment of myself and my failures that I am really disappointed in God not making me more of what I wish. Wouldn't you at least concede that it's possible to be frustrated with self for failures in the battle against sin without there being a underlying blame towards God?
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