Comments on: Yard of Hell http://vickiadams.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/yard-of-hell/ Thoughts from a girl who loves life, Jesus and multi-coloured socks Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Audrey Smidt http://vickiadams.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/yard-of-hell/#comment-6 Audrey Smidt Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:54:09 +0000 http://vickiadams.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/yard-of-hell/#comment-6 And yet even in those affluent areas there is a starvation of sorts - Have they ever known the thrill of communicating and cooperating with God? It's so tempting to force your personal will into being when an abundance of resources are at your disposal (just read the musings of a King in the book of Ecclesiastes!). Have they ever known what it feels like to align yourself and "your" resources alongside something that God is wanting to do in the here and now? Nothing on earth can compare to the thrill and satisfaction that such an experience gives you. It makes me want to cry for them. . . And yet even in those affluent areas there is a starvation of sorts –

Have they ever known the thrill of communicating and cooperating with God?

It’s so tempting to force your personal will into being when an abundance of resources are at your disposal (just read the musings of a King in the book of Ecclesiastes!).

Have they ever known what it feels like to align yourself and “your” resources alongside something that God is wanting to do in the here and now? Nothing on earth can compare to the thrill and satisfaction that such an experience gives you.

It makes me want to cry for them. . .

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