tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36597955.post6248472783310279799..comments2017-12-01T15:37:52.391-05:00Comments on Dave's Doodles: In ChristDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773789308614790714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36597955.post-43264004245711992712008-03-07T20:59:00.000-05:002008-03-07T20:59:00.000-05:00Hey Justin,Yeah, God's way of doing things often s...Hey Justin,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, God's way of doing things often seems to buck the "norm". Of course, that's because we humans have attempted to define the "norm".<BR/><BR/>As with all analogies you can only take them so far. The authors point is without mom the baby dies. There is absolute dependence on mom for life. The same could/should be true for our interaction with Jesus. He's the one who told us that he came to give us real life (John 10:10) and apart from him we may exist, but we're not truly experiencing life as God intended.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08773789308614790714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36597955.post-9136992056804988172008-03-06T23:21:00.000-05:002008-03-06T23:21:00.000-05:00Hey Dave,Our relationship with Jesus seems to be o...Hey Dave,<BR/><BR/>Our relationship with Jesus seems to be opposite than what we would think of when it comes to growth. Like the analogy of the baby you talked about, we would concider it to be healthy to become more and more independent. But that really isn't what Jesus wants. We do need to become mature, but our maturity actually involvrs us learnig how to be more functional in our dependence to Christ. <BR/>It doesn't seem natural, maybe that's why we struggle.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300111826456023879noreply@blogger.com