Monday, March 30, 2009
Neumark
Probably my favorite part of this reading had to be the story about Deshawn. It was pretty cool that he told Hiedi that God had given him an announcement to make and it ended up being him saying sorry to his friend Trevor. This seems simple but the way I think about it is that he is truly doing God's will. It's these simple things such as forgiving and loving each other that God expects us to do at all times, no matter what situation. This is also one of the things that I think the world has the most trouble with. We can't get over things that aren't really that important and end up making them much more of a hassle than they need to be. Another thing that I thought was a good point in this reading was the idea of rest. We are only human and we can only do so much. At this point, it seems like Heidi finally found that out and that sometimes she needs to rest up too. I think that we should love as much as we can, but at the same time we should love with all our hearts and sometimes our hearts need some reenergizing. Once again, I enjoyed how Neumark paralleled her own story with that of Joseph and Mary fleeing for Egypt in the bible. It makes it easier to imagine how both she was feeling at this time and maybe even how Joseph and Mary we're doing back in the day. With that said, I think that I'm going to get some rest and reenergize my heart so I can love people more.
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I also really liked Dashawn's story. I was a little shocked when Hiedi said since it was only his second day of attending church, she wondered what announcement God could have given him that wasn't on her list, so she put him off until the very end of all of her announcements. yet, after he spoke, she wrote that they had everyone in the church's respect. I think it's awesome that he had the courage and persistence to share the announcement that God wanted him to and that he forgave Trevor in front of everyone.
ReplyDeleteI love that story too in part becaue it would have been so easy for Neumark to not allow Deshawn to speak. We so often let our nervousness about somebody saying something inappropriate get in the way of people's need to communicate.
ReplyDeleteIt really was a good story. It exemplified the kind of simple mentality that we all need, like you said. If nations didn't constantly fight over "little" things, or could forgive right away, our world would look very different. Granted, we can't just let other countries step all over us, but if we all weren't looking out for #1 first and so focused on wealth and prosperity, it probably wouldn't be such a huge issue in the first place. This might be impossible on a global scale, but individuals can definitely use Deshawn's story as a refresher. Forgiveness might be the biggest prevention against injustice.
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