In Reply to: that is a little bothersome posted by lydia on March 17, 2006 at 14:36:59:
Lydia:
Thanks for saying that.
To me, the standard in a relationship with the real Jesus is that it is miraculous by defintion, and I know how big you are on grace, adn all, by having read many of your posts, and know you'll agree that "niceness" is not what saves.
Grace, fear of God (the healthy kind), and the continuity of grace helps us to miraculously become more like Christ "from glory to glory".
"Loving those who love you", is not miraculous; it's common.
Dying for those who hate you is miraculous.
By the way, the "gee-whizzes", "aw-shucks" and the apostrophes at the end of words ending in "-ing" was pretty corny; don't you think?
I actually gagged at the syrupy "sincerity" in "ingenuousness"! Burf!
Gee, I hadn't see that spelling of "Amerikan" since I last made mahseff a-read me one-ah them good ole' Mo' Letters! Gee-whillikers!
Dagnab; y'all!
Sincerely,
OT2 (OldtimerToo)