tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post5997059013101303193..comments2023-04-09T04:22:45.829-05:00Comments on Michelle Bentham's Original Blog! : Tuesday's In Other Words: Do Justice, Love MercyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16192231917797056935noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-19613353236445078312008-10-17T15:43:00.000-05:002008-10-17T15:43:00.000-05:00Hey friend, Thanks for sharing your heart!I am so...Hey friend, Thanks for sharing your heart!<BR/><BR/>I am so glad that He has come after my Pharisee heart.....<BR/><BR/>He is ruining me for the ordinary.<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>JulieJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13553121852669901186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-91906998708669840842008-10-17T11:28:00.000-05:002008-10-17T11:28:00.000-05:00Love this post! I've read your blog for a while no...Love this post! I've read your blog for a while now but never commented. I guess I'm de-lurking. lol Thanks for all the things you've shared in your blog. I'm sure you help many ladies in their struggles.<BR/><BR/>BTW.. you've been tagged. Hop over to see me for the info.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256281745796890125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-60575614308060377892008-10-15T08:15:00.000-05:002008-10-15T08:15:00.000-05:00Awesome post! I loved it.Micah 6 tells us we are ...Awesome post! I loved it.<BR/><BR/>Micah 6 tells us we are to "DO" justice and "LOVE" mercy. I think this pretty much sums it up for me. Doing justice means I do what is right, but loving mercy means that I extend grace to others. <BR/><BR/>Amen!Laurie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125770034519297114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-58858555092829033322008-10-14T21:12:00.000-05:002008-10-14T21:12:00.000-05:00I really liked this post today - thanks for sharin...I really liked this post today - thanks for sharing your struggles and learnings. I've been surprised at how many of us hit on the judgmental aspect of the pharisees - and how many wonderful lessons there are for us to learn from today. Thanks!<BR/>AVA <><Ava Semerauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020369310073208693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-4180480875214229592008-10-14T16:43:00.000-05:002008-10-14T16:43:00.000-05:00Wonderful post, thanks for sharing.Wonderful post, thanks for sharing.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275456448997619944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-50706258999371356372008-10-14T14:53:00.000-05:002008-10-14T14:53:00.000-05:00Michelle this is a powerful post. We sometimes ha...Michelle this is a powerful post. We sometimes have no idea how judgemental we are coming across. Often we are intending to deal with one thing, and create another situation. Thank you for sharing your family's struggles and revelations about difficult these relationships can be.Miriam Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418972749843611051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-54743051798266822962008-10-14T14:49:00.000-05:002008-10-14T14:49:00.000-05:00Micah 6:8 is one of my favorite verses. "He hath ...Micah 6:8 is one of my favorite verses. "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"<BR/><BR/>I discovered that verse for the first time back in 1992 when my baby, Samuel Micah, died. It's such a good reminder to keep it simple. We try to add so much into our walk...we put unnecessary rules and require so much of others - when the truth is we just need to do justly, love mercy and walk in humility.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me of that truth today.<BR/><BR/>Lynnette<BR/>PS By the way, your blog is very pretty. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034668237991084928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-67834000337529822592008-10-14T12:21:00.000-05:002008-10-14T12:21:00.000-05:00"If someone has not given me permission to speak i..."If someone has not given me permission to speak into their life, am I truly honoring God by beating them down with His Word?"<BR/><BR/>Great point. Christ practiced relational evangelism...not pharisaical judgmentalism. We must get involved in a person's life before we can show them the Way. They must trust <I><B>us</B></I> before they will trust our words.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for such wonderful food for my brain today, Michelle!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811756366902296711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-63718839752148654102008-10-14T10:57:00.000-05:002008-10-14T10:57:00.000-05:00Yea... echo here. Growing up in a critical househ...Yea... echo here. Growing up in a critical household does foster a spirit of grace. We must come upon this on our own. Which -- really -- ought to make it all the more present and alive! . . . And (to compound it in my own life) sometimes those in ministry do become so devoted to His Word that we do get tied up in "doing" and we miss the GRACE.<BR/><BR/>Your devotions to give me so much to reflect on...<BR/><BR/>Happy IOW Tuesday, friend!<BR/>-esthermayEsthermay Bentley-Goossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-78928533979677434482008-10-14T10:16:00.000-05:002008-10-14T10:16:00.000-05:00Do justice and love mercy that did sum it up well....Do justice and love mercy that did sum it up well. Thanks for sharing today.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652234142945839138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822873065635870307.post-53343572205600319332008-10-14T09:40:00.000-05:002008-10-14T09:40:00.000-05:00I was raised with a critical spirit in my home. I ...I was raised with a critical spirit in my home. I battle against that same critical spirit within me. Yet again and again God has shown me my own wretchedness...so that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I have so much work to do...working out my faith...to live out my faith... that there need not be any time left over to concern myself with what others are doing. I can only control myself and that only by the grace of God.luvmy4sonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261302721883036680noreply@blogger.com