http://blog.therefugeonline.org/2009/12/14/karl-surprise/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://blog.therefugeonline.org/2009/12/14/karl-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 mike Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:09:21 +0000 http://blog.therefugeonline.org/?p=322#comment-1430 hey buddy, i have been thinking about what you said and i know that i have that completely backward. talk about feeling entitled. but then the pendulum swing so far the other way that i can't anticipate, let alone feel i deserve. in the last few days i have had amazing conversations with the 3 wisemen, in my life(you being one of the), and i think i might be headed to an epiphany. hey buddy, i have been thinking about what you said and i know that i have that completely backward. talk about feeling entitled. but then the pendulum swing so far the other way that i can’t anticipate, let alone feel i deserve. in the last few days i have had amazing conversations with the 3 wisemen, in my life(you being one of the), and i think i might be headed to an epiphany.

]]> http://blog.therefugeonline.org/2009/12/14/karl-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 kathyescobar Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:35:46 +0000 http://blog.therefugeonline.org/?p=322#comment-1429 thanks, karl. this idea of surprise really lingered this entire week. so often i deliberately and sometimes unknowingly have a "give it to me now God the way i want it" expectation and i continue to learn how that is not how the spiritual life seems to work. gratitude and a spirit of humility and wonder seems to be far more effective at experiencing God...thanks for always making us think! thanks, karl. this idea of surprise really lingered this entire week. so often i deliberately and sometimes unknowingly have a “give it to me now God the way i want it” expectation and i continue to learn how that is not how the spiritual life seems to work. gratitude and a spirit of humility and wonder seems to be far more effective at experiencing God…thanks for always making us think!

]]>