tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362550.post5212767584053270997..comments2019-08-07T09:28:40.099-04:00Comments on The Night Spirit and The Dawn Air: Some Thomas MertonBrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05941025887514143276noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362550.post-72861993988091644552008-10-05T03:03:00.000-04:002008-10-05T03:03:00.000-04:00for some reason that's always bothered me, that Go...for some reason that's always bothered me, that God would leave a man crippled after an encounter with him. certainly seems to fly in the face of much charismatic faith-healing dogma, doesn't it? Perhaps it's worth the price, like Paul talking about our present troubles not worth comparing to our future glory. There's just this side to God that I recoil from in fear and horror that seems to completely contradict the idea of an all-loving all-caring God whom we can trust completely. and maybe I'm just a wus when it comes to pain and suffering. I think if I read more Merton, I might come to grips with all that better.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941025887514143276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362550.post-41217620809057802082008-10-04T18:23:00.000-04:002008-10-04T18:23:00.000-04:00Yep, Have to love Merton. Jacob had to wrestle wi...Yep, Have to love Merton. Jacob had to wrestle with God before he could come into the fullness of God had with him and still left him disfigured. People who seek the fullness of God in their lives will wrestle with himSteve H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09428882214098606433noreply@blogger.com