Comments on: Dec. 1: Expectations for the day of the Lord http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/ Advent and Lenten devotions by Goshen College students, faculty and staff Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: janice http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1732 janice Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:12:41 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1732 Thanks, Emma. You helped me understand more deeply "God's patience means salvation." Thanks, Emma. You helped me understand more deeply “God’s patience means salvation.”

]]> By: Bill http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1731 Bill Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:09:24 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1731 Emma, Your authenticity and wisdom proclaim God's grace. Jesus emerges in you. Emma, Your authenticity and wisdom proclaim God’s grace. Jesus emerges in you.

]]> By: Sandi http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1730 Sandi Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:28:18 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1730 I haven't ever been on this site, but I diffinetly will be back. God always knows what and when I need something...Thank you for sharing your faith with me... blessings and peace to you. Sandi I haven’t ever been on this site, but I diffinetly will be back. God always knows what and when I need something…Thank you for sharing your faith with me… blessings and peace to you. Sandi

]]> By: Peter Kufeke http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1729 Peter Kufeke Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:15:04 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1729 A somewhat more direct and perhaps easier way of modifying our behavior is to answer W.W.J. H.M. D.? That is, what would Jesus have me do? and then asking for help to achieve this. PK. A somewhat more direct and perhaps easier way of modifying our behavior is to answer W.W.J. H.M. D.?
That is, what would Jesus have me do? and then asking for help to achieve this. PK.

]]> By: Elaine Kauffman http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1728 Elaine Kauffman Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:01:14 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1728 Perhaps the spotless and blameless parts belong less to our effort to be blemish-free and more to our striving to be "found by him" as another translation phrases it. I'm mulling over how repentance is key to being close to God and living where righteousness is at home. Perhaps the spotless and blameless parts belong less to our effort to be blemish-free and more to our striving to be “found by him” as another translation phrases it. I’m mulling over how repentance is key to being close to God and living where righteousness is at home.

]]> By: Jan Andrews http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1727 Jan Andrews Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:14:10 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1727 Thank you Emma for your thoughts. As a child, I never thought I'd graduate from high school, because of the prophecies I heard on a radio program, daily. But at 66, I'm amazed that God has waited "so long" with all that is happening! Knowing about God's salvation and grace is such a relief for me, too. Thank you Emma for your thoughts. As a child, I never thought I’d graduate from high school, because of the prophecies I heard on a radio program, daily. But at 66, I’m amazed that God has waited “so long” with all that is happening! Knowing about God’s salvation and grace is such a relief for me, too.

]]> By: Marie http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1726 Marie Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:48:08 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1726 Sometimes I think that Jesus' return can seem more real to us than the far more likely alternative-- that he will take us home in death. Either way, we should always "make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him." Sometimes I think that Jesus’ return can seem more real to us than the far more likely alternative– that he will take us home in death. Either way, we should always “make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.”

]]> By: Heather http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1725 Heather Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:05:32 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1725 Emma-girl, Thanks for this. I love you, my spirited friend who can hold skepticism and hope in the same breath. "In keeping with his promise..." Emma-girl, Thanks for this. I love you, my spirited friend who can hold skepticism and hope in the same breath.

“In keeping with his promise…”

]]> By: Duane Stoltzfus http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1724 Duane Stoltzfus Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:04:14 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1724 Emma, you have such a great gift of expression, in words (as we read this morning) and in images (as we regular Record readers have seen each week). Thanks for sharing your gift! Emma, you have such a great gift of expression, in words (as we read this morning) and in images (as we regular Record readers have seen each week). Thanks for sharing your gift!

]]> By: Marlin Jeschke http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-1-expectations-for-the-day-of-the-lord/#comment-1723 Marlin Jeschke Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:47:26 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1178#comment-1723 One theologian said, wisely, that the return of Jesus will be to finish what he began in his first appearance and will therefore be in character. As the disciples were told at the ascension, it will be "this same Jesus," the gracious and loving person we meet in the Gospels, not the angry character portrayed in the Left Behind books. One theologian said, wisely, that the return of Jesus will be to finish what he began in his first appearance and will therefore be in character. As the disciples were told at the ascension, it will be “this same Jesus,” the gracious and loving person we meet in the Gospels, not the angry character portrayed in the Left Behind books.

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