VANDER: The LIGHT is ALWAYS ON: 9/29/08 WHAT SUFFERING DOES MOUW TAKE UPON HIMSELF? HE LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN LA CANADA, DOESN'T DO ANY MANUAL LABOR, HAS A 6-FIGURE INCOME, DOESN'T DO STREET EVANGELISM, HAS STAFF & OFFICE ASSISTANTS, GETS TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY (MAYBE EVEN 1ST CLASS?), "...to accept that lot when it comes our way. More importantly, we should actively take on the suffering of others. If we do not regularly feel the cross on our necks we should worry about our spiritual state. Abraham Kuyper was right about how all of those square inches are under the rule of Christ. But a lot of human beings are pretty miserable these days as they live out their lives on those square inches. Cheerfulness about the ultimate outcome is certainly appropriate–indeed it can be an important motivating factor in keeping at the work of the Kingdom. But we should not be afraid to allow some gloominess about human suffering to break in during the here and now, particularly when that gloominess leads us ..." http://www.netbloghost.com/mouw/?m=200809

Sunday, February 5, 2012

9/29/08 WHAT SUFFERING DOES MOUW TAKE UPON HIMSELF? HE LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN LA CANADA, DOESN'T DO ANY MANUAL LABOR, HAS A 6-FIGURE INCOME, DOESN'T DO STREET EVANGELISM, HAS STAFF & OFFICE ASSISTANTS, GETS TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY (MAYBE EVEN 1ST CLASS?), "...to accept that lot when it comes our way. More importantly, we should actively take on the suffering of others. If we do not regularly feel the cross on our necks we should worry about our spiritual state. Abraham Kuyper was right about how all of those square inches are under the rule of Christ. But a lot of human beings are pretty miserable these days as they live out their lives on those square inches. Cheerfulness about the ultimate outcome is certainly appropriate–indeed it can be an important motivating factor in keeping at the work of the Kingdom. But we should not be afraid to allow some gloominess about human suffering to break in during the here and now, particularly when that gloominess leads us ..." http://www.netbloghost.com/mouw/?m=200809

9/29/08 WHAT SUFFERING DOES MOUW TAKE UPON HIMSELF? HE LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN LA CANADA, DOESN'T DO ANY MANUAL LABOR, HAS A 6-FIGURE INCOME, DOESN'T DO STREET EVANGELISM, HAS STAFF & OFFICE ASSISTANTS, GETS TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY (MAYBE EVEN 1ST CLASS?), "...to accept that lot when it comes our way. More importantly, we should actively take on the suffering of others. If we do not regularly feel the cross on our necks we should worry about our spiritual state. Abraham Kuyper was right about how all of those square inches are under the rule of Christ. But a lot of human beings are pretty miserable these days as they live out their lives on those square inches. Cheerfulness about the ultimate outcome is certainly appropriate–indeed it can be an important motivating factor in keeping at the work of the Kingdom. But we should not be afraid to allow some gloominess about human suffering to break in during the here and now, particularly when that gloominess leads us ..."
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