http://www.pastorontheloose.com/2009/10/daily-baptism-and-tipping-points/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-baptism-and-tipping-points Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.pastorontheloose.com/2009/10/daily-baptism-and-tipping-points/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jarrod Kittleson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:15:53 +0000 http://www.pastorontheloose.com/?p=120#comment-44 My opinion (and it is only an opinion) is that it seems to me many of the "problems" we have are tools that God uses to steer us in the right direction for a good "whomping". Unfortunately when the whomp comes men in particular rely on their own effort to try and keep the status quo and not change and in the long run things get worse. Granted some of the problems are painful and hard to understand but without God I am confident a person will never be able handle all of the "problems" as they mount up over their lifetime. It would have been nice to know ealier in life that when I get a whomp I should turn to God first and not after I have tried everthing else. The wonderful thing though is if you ever get to see a man who has been getting whomped over and over again have the right heart, turn to Christ and say "God you have my attention I don't want to try and do this on my own anymore" right after a good whomp it is one of the most beautiful things a person can see. It reinforces my belief in the saving power of Jesus Christ and the existence of God to the point where it is even more real to me than the keyboard I am typing with. God thank you for the whomps in my life! My opinion (and it is only an opinion) is that it seems to me many of the “problems” we have are tools that God uses to steer us in the right direction for a good “whomping”. Unfortunately when the whomp comes men in particular rely on their own effort to try and keep the status quo and not change and in the long run things get worse. Granted some of the problems are painful and hard to understand but without God I am confident a person will never be able handle all of the “problems” as they mount up over their lifetime. It would have been nice to know ealier in life that when I get a whomp I should turn to God first and not after I have tried everthing else. The wonderful thing though is if you ever get to see a man who has been getting whomped over and over again have the right heart, turn to Christ and say “God you have my attention I don’t want to try and do this on my own anymore” right after a good whomp it is one of the most beautiful things a person can see. It reinforces my belief in the saving power of Jesus Christ and the existence of God to the point where it is even more real to me than the keyboard I am typing with. God thank you for the whomps in my life!

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