tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post112011553820888604..comments2024-03-12T06:18:44.998-07:00Comments on Brain Cramps for God: Testimony IV: And We Shall be as ChildrenJohn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17015850035301812424noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-67751069239419113122009-07-29T06:39:12.167-07:002009-07-29T06:39:12.167-07:00This is my first visit to your blog, John. I came...This is my first visit to your blog, John. I came over here from the Christian Carnival. I know this is old, but I just wanted to thank you for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1378804184742953172008-03-12T09:08:00.000-07:002008-03-12T09:08:00.000-07:00Thank you for sharing this! Wow, an amazing story....Thank you for sharing this! Wow, an amazing story. Amazing Grace. God is truly good and merciful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120809292396137082005-07-08T00:54:00.000-07:002005-07-08T00:54:00.000-07:00Great story! I found the part in which God used a ...Great story! I found the part in which God used a Korean seminary student to get you into the Word particularly interesting. God can be very creative. Korean Christians have blessed my life too--my husband is one!Hannah Imhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492599174205493872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120422176070963152005-07-03T13:22:00.000-07:002005-07-03T13:22:00.000-07:00I'd say that your plywood analogy applies to non-s...I'd say that your plywood analogy applies to non-sexual intercourse too; we affect people by interacting with them, full stop. If one is mindful in all interactions with others (or, more realistically, tries for that ideal), that one has a good chance of being sexually healthy.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574761927491789723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120408229953085982005-07-03T09:30:00.000-07:002005-07-03T09:30:00.000-07:00The other interesting point for christians is that...The other interesting point for christians is that intercourse involves Christ indwelling you and the Holy Spirit.JCHFleetguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706076670231455968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120407376383812042005-07-03T09:16:00.000-07:002005-07-03T09:16:00.000-07:00Laura,Actually no (but maybe it should). I do not ...Laura,<BR/><BR/>Actually no (but maybe it should). I do not feel any guilt about those events - I was never unconscious. I made decisions I thought were right at the time. I actually agree with Tyler that those events helped shape who I am; and I am still arrogant enough to think I am OK. The lack of guilt is the only thing I tinge on feeling guilty about. I think your question is quite reasonable; and you cannot divulge the kind of personal information I did and expect to be insulated from insulting questions. There are quite a few trolls our there who love me, and would enjoy this stuff.<BR/><BR/>Remember too that I was seven years married before I came to Christ - so my brokenness was not over my past sexual sin.<BR/><BR/>If I were going to advise others from my experiences, it would only be the plywood example. Intercourse binds you body, mind, and spirit to another person (regardless of how casual the partners believe it is). You do not know the lasting effect it will have on the person you bind with, and then unbind with. For that matter you do not know the lasting effect on you - but there will be one on both.<BR/><BR/>Terrible outcomes or not, almost all my sexual partners have not been truly casual. Until the adultery during my first marriage, I lived with every one of my sexual partners - and even with the prostitutes in that marriage I saw the same ones over and over.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I know a lot of guys; and the past morality of my life isn't that bad by the world's standards. I may view that I sunk to a low level; but I was certainly still just "one of the guys". One of those reasons that I say that sexual promiscuity benefits men.JCHFleetguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706076670231455968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120341184462894982005-07-02T14:53:00.000-07:002005-07-02T14:53:00.000-07:00Wait, wait, I've got something. Do you think that...Wait, wait, I've got something. Do you think that having done some depraved things yourself (I'm recalling some comments you made on Watchpost about multiple partners, free love, suicides) before coming to God, you believe you have authority to advise others? Hang on, I'd be defensive if someone asked me that; what I mean is that I've seen a tendency in saved people to play up the immorality of their lives before they were saved, sometimes almost wallowing in how bad they were. I think I'll stop there in case I'm digging a hole for myself, but does any of this resonate at all?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574761927491789723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120157680471363302005-06-30T11:54:00.000-07:002005-06-30T11:54:00.000-07:00Sorry to disappoint :)Sorry to disappoint :)JCHFleetguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706076670231455968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054730.post-1120152060814255162005-06-30T10:21:00.000-07:002005-06-30T10:21:00.000-07:00Well, I don't think I have any observations so far...Well, I don't think I have any observations so far, after all, except to be happy for you that you're happy with your life. I guess that's an okay observation though, huh? I guess I'm just more used to arguing.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574761927491789723noreply@blogger.com