Comments on: I’m starting to dislike you. http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/ Learning; thinking; choosing ... every moment. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Troy Grisgonelle http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1090 Troy Grisgonelle Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:29:36 +0000 http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1090 Thanks Bar, the fact that you used 'erudite' is evidence that you are so. As for still going to church etcetera, Martin Luther thought the same: you're getting supported by other people's faith, so go even if you have to be carried there. I'm sure he was aware of the wordplay. He was German, but he did like a beer... TG Thanks Bar,

the fact that you used ‘erudite’ is evidence that you are so.

As for still going to church etcetera, Martin Luther thought the same: you’re getting supported by other people’s faith, so go even if you have to be carried there. I’m sure he was aware of the wordplay. He was German, but he did like a beer…

TG

]]> By: 2BarRiff http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1075 2BarRiff Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:32:23 +0000 http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1075 "Nonetheless, I read the Bible and I pray. Rarely, though ..." That paragraph could have been written by me, if I was intelligent and erudite. Since my breakdown, I've had a very 'dry' run with being a Christian. My faith isn't uncertain, it just feels very blunt. I don't get the comfort from corporate worship or Lord's Supper that I used to - really, the only comfort I get is that I can go through the motions of Christianity (as opposed to staying in bed on Sundays, because I couldn't get up). It's not that I don't want to be a super, on-fire Christian kind of guy. It's that I just can't, not right now. I hope sometime in the future. Which is all a crappy way of saying Happy Birthday! The only gift I can give is to say that I understand. “Nonetheless, I read the Bible and I pray. Rarely, though …”

That paragraph could have been written by me, if I was intelligent and erudite.

Since my breakdown, I’ve had a very ‘dry’ run with being a Christian. My faith isn’t uncertain, it just feels very blunt. I don’t get the comfort from corporate worship or Lord’s Supper that I used to – really, the only comfort I get is that I can go through the motions of Christianity (as opposed to staying in bed on Sundays, because I couldn’t get up).

It’s not that I don’t want to be a super, on-fire Christian kind of guy. It’s that I just can’t, not right now. I hope sometime in the future.

Which is all a crappy way of saying Happy Birthday! The only gift I can give is to say that I understand.

]]> By: Jody http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1057 Jody Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:20:36 +0000 http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1057 "The truth will set you free, but neither truth nor freedom can make you happy" I've come to believe that happiness is a fleeting thing and can't be sustained. No one feels the same emotion constantly with no mood shifts. It's not natural and it's not human. Contentment is what we should be searching for (me: preaching to myself.) I know in my life, I fill my schedule up with lots of things to keep the underlying dullness of life away. However those moments of loneliness and bland living are usually the times when real change occurs. A big dramatic moment can be a catalyst for temporary change and improvement but if you can change and improve during the "downtimes" then that's real change. As long as you're moving forward, you're still going the right direction, no matter the pace. Happy Birthday. :) “The truth will set you free, but neither truth nor freedom can make you happy”

I’ve come to believe that happiness is a fleeting thing and can’t be sustained. No one feels the same emotion constantly with no mood shifts. It’s not natural and it’s not human. Contentment is what we should be searching for (me: preaching to myself.)

I know in my life, I fill my schedule up with lots of things to keep the underlying dullness of life away. However those moments of loneliness and bland living are usually the times when real change occurs. A big dramatic moment can be a catalyst for temporary change and improvement but if you can change and improve during the “downtimes” then that’s real change. As long as you’re moving forward, you’re still going the right direction, no matter the pace.

Happy Birthday. :)

]]> By: ultrabert http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1053 ultrabert Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:21:43 +0000 http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1053 "Well, where else would I go?" makes me think of "I know whom I have believed..." Not quite the context of 1 Tim I suppose. Hang in there mate. “Well, where else would I go?” makes me think of “I know whom I have believed…” Not quite the context of 1 Tim I suppose.

Hang in there mate.

]]> By: Blandwagon http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1051 Blandwagon Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:15:50 +0000 http://troygrisgonelle.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/im-starting-to-dislike-you/#comment-1051 <i>I’ve had girls say, You’d make a wonderful husband; but that’s only if they’re unavailable to me.</i> #17 in the list of Idiotic Romantic Platitudes Spouted By Well-Meaning People Who Really Have No Clue. It's just below "God has the perfect partner for you" and just above "My significant other is my soulmate." Unfortunately the full list has never been compiled for more than a few seconds, at which time it is always overwhelmed by the weight of its own hyper-bitterness and collapses into a singularity. I’ve had girls say, You’d make a wonderful husband; but that’s only if they’re unavailable to me.

#17 in the list of Idiotic Romantic Platitudes Spouted By Well-Meaning People Who Really Have No Clue.

It’s just below “God has the perfect partner for you” and just above “My significant other is my soulmate.” Unfortunately the full list has never been compiled for more than a few seconds, at which time it is always overwhelmed by the weight of its own hyper-bitterness and collapses into a singularity.

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