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A 2X4? Give Me a Break!
||April 28, 2008|486 reads
 

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Mike n Laura
April 28, 2008
Ed, what an awesome blog! I see your testimony is boring like mine. But I love the point you made, that the true "salvation experience is walking with Jesus on a daily basis", undeterred by the world around us. You and I appear to have a bit in common! :-)
Deb Rockwell
April 28, 2008
Great blog, and it made me think of MikeandLaura's blog that he mentioned above...we don't have to have something big to tell our story. It can be simple and boring, but God can use it either way, to show His glory if we just let him.
Cheryl Whit
April 28, 2008
Ed!  haha  we knew you was boring and we love it!  Awesome blog brother!
Troy
May 02, 2008

Ed, I enjoyed reading this.  I think David Phelps once said; "God has to work just as hard to KEEP us as He did to GET us."  Basically, any salvation experience is a miracle and we should be focused on what happens AFTER salvation rather than how we got there.

Ed
May 05, 2008
Mike -- I just read your similar blog, "...boring like mine".  I like the phrase "testimony envy" you used.  That about sums it up for me, too!

Deb -- I've used my "simple and boring" testimony and it has helped others.  Don't you think others feel like their "boring" testimonies are inconsequential, too?   

Cheryl -- Boring?  Me boring?  My testimony might be, but not me!
 
Troy -- You're right on with that comment, Troy.  By the way, I heard you'll be in town soon.  Don't forget that motorcycle ride you promised!  (See, Cheryl, I'm not so boring!)
Charlie  Lafferty
May 05, 2008
You are so right bro Ed, our REAL Christian testimony is about how we live AFTER God touched our lives.  I can't even tell you exactly when I was born again..but I sure KNOW I am!

PS - I have it narrowed down to sometime in 1972 :).
Brother Todd
May 05, 2008
Ed if you ask me those are the best kind of testimonies.  One that is true and sincere that glorifies God and not the sins of our past. Some of us are tender-hearted and receive the gospel when we hear it, whereas for some it takes a 2 by 4 upside the head or worse.  I think your testimony is exciting, not what happened before you came to Christ, but what has happened since you have come to Christ.  Let me encourage you to let the light and love of Jesus shine through you! 
Kathy
May 05, 2008
Amen, Ed!  Jesus was nailed to the "2x4's," and He is the Power of Christianity!  There is beauty in the fact that He welcomes those of every story and background.
Ed
May 05, 2008
Charlie -- Soooo...you're like 36 years old, spiritually speaking of course!  But then again, who cares just so that you are part of His family now!

Brother Todd -- That's a good point about not glorifying the sin.  Thanks for the encouragement

Kathy -- That's a good point, too, about Jesus being nailed to the "2x4s".

So many good and encouraging comments, thanks! 
Charlie  Lafferty
May 08, 2008
Wow, so my spiritual age is 36!  I guess it's time I started acting like it :)!!
Joey     R
May 21, 2008
I think you are a treasure, and I love the truth in this post.   Let your light shine, Ed.
Ed
May 30, 2008
Charlie -- See, you're younger than you think!

Joey -- Thanks, I needed that!

Preacher -- I've heard it put this way, "If you talk the talk, then walk the walk".  But I like your version, it stresses the importance of being an example, rather than a mouthpiece.  Here's the opposite:  "Do what I say, not what I do"!!