I just saw this on a blog named:Reformation Theology.
I'm posting it here for general purposes & to see what kind of replies?
What I can relate to and immediately 'struck me' is "that maybe I don't need to say anything at all." Especially, when it is so apparent that everyone's minds are already made up (including mine)...on things like Calvinism. There are those "maybe" times that it wouldn't bear any fruit to say a single word and would just make people more angry (myself included). Of course, it always depends on the individuals involved, what their attitude is like, and if there's any real exchange of ideas happening (me included).....A (Calvinistic) blog contributor, Rev. Eric Costa wrote:Pray before You Post
This may be so basic that I should feel like an idiot for bringing it up, but we Christians should probably pray before we write blog posts. Or write comments on the blog posts of others. Or write pretty much anything that other people will see. And I mean really pray. Not "just" the kind of prayerful attitude that we're supposed to have "without ceasing." But we should probably stop what we're doing, go into the closet, close our eyes, fold our hands, and make a clean break from whatever it is we're doing (at least briefly).
I say this because I know I need to do this. When I read blogs that make me angry, and make me want to comment, it's the easiest thing in the world for me to react in the wrong way. Sometimes I shouldn't say what I say. Sometimes I'm wrong. Sometimes I'm right, but I'm just a jerk. Prayer might help me to be more right. But prayer will probably help me to cool off, to be gentler or more loving, to be less arrogant, or to realize that maybe I don't need to say anything at all. And that would be a better testimony to the truth and beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Rick
P.S. I didn't actually go and pray before I posted this. Maybe I should have? It wouldn't have hurt anything, as far as that goes, God bless you.
