tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652659672729617168.post6073663886466154936..comments2023-10-29T05:46:56.444-04:00Comments on Writing Roseanna: Remembering 9/11Roseanna Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02245767775900250399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652659672729617168.post-19551727064705920352015-09-11T14:47:56.852-04:002015-09-11T14:47:56.852-04:00There's also a big difference between being me...There's also a big difference between being meek (which literally means "power under control") and turning a blind eye when people are mistreated, persecuted, and brutalized around you. I don't mean "take a stand" as in, go to the door with your weapons. I mean "take a stand," like stop just shaking your head when you hear about horrors--find a way to volunteer, to serve, to even just tell your elected representatives that certain things aren't okay. Loving your enemies doesn't mean letting them get worse and worse--it means trying to help them see the truth of God's love and be better and better.<br /><br />Jesus would--and did--absolutely take a stand. He overturned the money tables. He challenged the authorities. He healed when he knew well it would get him in trouble. Everywhere he went, he took a stand and called out the evil around him, rebuking it. THAT is exactly what I'm talking about. Not a physical battle stance. A spiritual one. Roseanna Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245767775900250399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652659672729617168.post-34733458414648061582015-09-11T11:49:38.950-04:002015-09-11T11:49:38.950-04:00I'm concerned about your comment to "reco...I'm concerned about your comment to "recognize, and stop tolerating, evil". This does not seem at all to relate to the teachings of Jesus. The sermon on the mount is supposed to help us see the world with different eyes, but you seem to have American eyes. Jesus wants us to love our enemies, not to resist the evil person. This is radical, strange and hard to understand unless Jesus has given us new eyes to see what he sees. You blog posts do not illustrate that you have the eyes of Jesus. If I have misunderstood, I apologize, and please be more careful with your words. You talk a lot about taking a stand, but Jesus said, blessed are the meek. Is taking a stand what Jesus would do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com