tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post7260243509819542377..comments2023-10-11T07:41:49.758-07:00Comments on Lightwaveseeker: Truth versus the Joseph StoryDaniel Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-73621931746165246332009-03-26T17:22:00.000-07:002009-03-26T17:22:00.000-07:00Hystery,I should have had you write the reflection...Hystery,<BR/><BR/>I should have had you write the reflection! Your comment reaches deep. Much Light. Maybe you might write your own blog post on Ruth. <BR/><BR/>I hope you soon find a meeting in which to minister. (And your dad needs to get back into pastoring. I wish I could have heard some of his sermons.)<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the typological reference between Joseph and Jesus.<BR/>I used to know all that in the past but had fogotten it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Your spiritual insight in this comment was definitely from your Dr. Jekyl side;-)<BR/><BR/>DanielDaniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-1033377297563465642009-03-26T15:11:00.000-07:002009-03-26T15:11:00.000-07:00This speaks directly to my soul and reminds me of ...This speaks directly to my soul and reminds me of my favorite sermon about the Book of Ruth which my father entitled, "When Selfishness Fails, Love Succeeds. It was about devotion and love in the midst of tragedy. It was about the choices we make. <BR/><BR/>It is all about choices, isn't it? Choices we make in the midst of powerlessness. We cannot always choose our condition but we can choose our philosophy and its beneficiaries. We can choose uncompromising love. <BR/><BR/>I am impressed neither by Christian nor New Age sentimentalism in which those who think all the right thoughts or pray all the right prayers are rewarded by bountiful wealth and wellness. The notion that we can "attract positive energy" seems to fly in the face of relentless suffering. Worse, such theories seem to suggest that those who suffer are spiritually deficient. I refuse to believe that anyone's suffering is a result of sin or of the New Age equivalent of failure to think positive thoughts.<BR/><BR/> I find the deepest hope in our gift of deep compassion; that we can love one another in the midst of pain and sorrow. That we are able to set aside our own happiness and even safety for the sake of this Love seems to me to be the source, not of shallow happiness, but of Transcendent Joy.<BR/><BR/>On another note, it is interesting that Jesus' birth narrative and his parents' flight into Egypt mirrors the Joseph story. And out of Egypt, a new Moses emerges to lead his people out of slavery.Hysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.com