tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post114448545521447517..comments2024-01-02T21:15:59.849-06:00Comments on The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson Mississippi: The problem of painLigon Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153063931277545598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post-1144844306650957902006-04-12T07:18:00.000-05:002006-04-12T07:18:00.000-05:00James, since I'm (officially at least)your mentor ...James, since I'm (officially at least)your mentor at Presbytery, I should probably post some lengthy diatribe about the benefits of suffering, but truth is, Dr Story is now "Danny the Mericful". All I can say is, "Thank God for the gas!"Derek Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718191634434097070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post-1144844060334019302006-04-12T07:14:00.000-05:002006-04-12T07:14:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derek Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718191634434097070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post-1144813669627710982006-04-11T22:47:00.000-05:002006-04-11T22:47:00.000-05:00Since He who healed the paralytic from Lydda is to...Since He who healed the paralytic from Lydda is today neither more willing that we should suffer nor less able to prevent it, we can be certain that we only endure such trial as is absolutely needful.<BR/><BR/>A good book on Job (something about "mining" or some such title) reminds us that sometimes we find out why it was needful, and sometimes we don't, but we always know that He knows, and in the end that is enough for the believer.<BR/><BR/>All that in mind...<BR/><BR/>(a) Was it needful (i.e. did it hurt)?<BR/>and<BR/>(b) If so, did you find out why (i.e. what did you learn from "The Chair" or what epiphany came to you via "The Drill" from which we might all learn)?JNHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071705574141739175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post-1144767866506839292006-04-11T10:04:00.000-05:002006-04-11T10:04:00.000-05:00Nothing makes me long to see Christ make all thing...Nothing makes me long to see Christ make all things new like the doctor's office or the dentist's chair...especially the dentist's chair! I'll be praying for you.<BR/><BR/>RonnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post-1144765680051343602006-04-11T09:28:00.000-05:002006-04-11T09:28:00.000-05:00Where's the love? The pathos? The sympathetic, "I ...Where's the love? The pathos? The sympathetic, "I feel your pain" which is better than any analgesic. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous indeed: I KNOW who you are!Derek Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718191634434097070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15625783.post-1144765057864574572006-04-11T09:17:00.000-05:002006-04-11T09:17:00.000-05:00Who still thinks there is some device (if only he ...Who still thinks there is some device (if only he could find it) which will make pain not to be pain. It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com