Comments on: Gilead http://www.rayfowler.org/2009/06/09/gilead/ Thoughts on God and life from a Christian perspective Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ray Fowler http://www.rayfowler.org/2009/06/09/gilead/#comment-7917 Ray Fowler Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:50:30 +0000 http://www.rayfowler.org/?p=2787#comment-7917 <b>Margaret</b> - Hmmmm, now I wonder who that unruly child could have been! Margaret – Hmmmm, now I wonder who that unruly child could have been!

]]> By: Margaret http://www.rayfowler.org/2009/06/09/gilead/#comment-7915 Margaret Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:59:16 +0000 http://www.rayfowler.org/?p=2787#comment-7915 Gilead sounds like a great novel, - some very good thoughts there. I especially like the part about dealing with difficult people, and hope I can remember that advice. Perhaps this is selfish, but I also hope others will do the same for me when I am being difficult! It really is the Golden Rule, as found in the Bible. Reminds me of one of my children years ago, playing in the sand box with a friend. When the friend started hitting, my child replied, "The Bible says, if you hit me I have to hit you back." - definitely a misunderstanding of a Sunday School lesson!! That example comes from a child, but how often we as adults do the same thing, hitting with words and hitting back. I am going to look for that novel in our library. Gilead sounds like a great novel, – some very good thoughts there. I especially like the part about dealing with difficult people, and hope I can remember that advice. Perhaps this is selfish, but I also hope others will do the same for me when I am being difficult! It really is the Golden Rule, as found in the Bible.

Reminds me of one of my children years ago, playing in the sand box with a friend. When the friend started hitting, my child replied, “The Bible says, if you hit me I have to hit you back.” – definitely a misunderstanding of a Sunday School lesson!!

That example comes from a child, but how often we as adults do the same thing, hitting with words and hitting back.

I am going to look for that novel in our library.

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