Comments for CurtisRyanMiller.com http://curtisryanmiller.com Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on This Old Wound by enirehtac http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/15/this-old-wound/#comment-9 enirehtac Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:34 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/this-old-wound/#comment-9 curtis miller is my best friend. curtis miller is my best friend.

]]> Comment on Mother Teresa by Kate http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/13/mother-teresa/#comment-8 Kate Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:40:17 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/mother-teresa/#comment-8 I have never read that quote from Mother Teresa before... and I cannot believe how much it resonates with my feelings at a time I went through in my life. I could not have more accurately described that part of the pain and darkness I was going through. But even then, in those times God was always there with me. I couldn't feel Him, hear Him, speak to Him. I felt utterly empty, alone. I felt nothing. Certain that God has cast me away and abandoned me as worthless. But He carried me. Through the dark, black, difficult and painful times. He lifted me up and has put a new song in my heart :) Our Father is faithful and He will never abandon you. Hold on to the truths you have been taught, even when you cannot feel a thing. Jesus bled and died for you, because He loves you. Do not trust how you feel, but hold on to that knowledge. For me it became the only pin prick of light in the darkness. Now it is glorious sunshine :) I have never read that quote from Mother Teresa before… and I cannot believe how much it resonates with my feelings at a time I went through in my life. I could not have more accurately described that part of the pain and darkness I was going through. But even then, in those times God was always there with me. I couldn’t feel Him, hear Him, speak to Him. I felt utterly empty, alone. I felt nothing. Certain that God has cast me away and abandoned me as worthless. But He carried me. Through the dark, black, difficult and painful times. He lifted me up and has put a new song in my heart :) Our Father is faithful and He will never abandon you. Hold on to the truths you have been taught, even when you cannot feel a thing. Jesus bled and died for you, because He loves you. Do not trust how you feel, but hold on to that knowledge. For me it became the only pin prick of light in the darkness. Now it is glorious sunshine :)

]]> Comment on This Old Wound by sameoldjake http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/15/this-old-wound/#comment-7 sameoldjake Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:12:51 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/this-old-wound/#comment-7 not bad curtis. I've tried to start a blog before, but i can't figure it out to make them look as nice as yours. i look forward to reading more. not bad curtis. I’ve tried to start a blog before, but i can’t figure it out to make them look as nice as yours.

i look forward to reading more.

]]> Comment on God is Green by M. Sanko http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-6 M. Sanko Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:30:42 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-6 Oh, I'm sorry, I just realized I wrote "enforce." I intended to write "fulfill." Sorry, I'm human, too. Oh, I’m sorry, I just realized I wrote “enforce.” I intended to write “fulfill.” Sorry, I’m human, too.

]]> Comment on God is Green by M. Sanko http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-5 M. Sanko Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:18:03 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-5 Sorry Curtis. I was not not intending sarcasm, I have an aunt and uncle that live less than one mile from Perry recycling and do not recycle. I recycle everything I can. I was actually agreeing with you. God is green, he created it all! I would rather tend the earth as God CREATED Adam to DO than buy food. I think it is one of the most biblical things to do. It was one of the first things God made us as humans to do. Genesis 2:15 says "The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it (NIV)." Looks like I shouldn't be in the theater business, after all. As for our health, we do buy our cows and pigs organic from local farmers. We do trade and barter. As for our garden, it's healthier, and we do use it as a ministry by giving of it to others, as well as our meat, as perhaps I should have mentioned. The garden is also an educational tool for for homeschooling my two younger brothers. Also, most of my ministry at the moment happens to be with my two 82 year old grandmothers. They are unable to care for their homes, and unfortunately, as a result, our garden has suffered this year. This forces us to unnecessarily buy food and put harmful chemicals in our bodies. We are working on a more suitable situation for them. I don't feel that God gave me the ability tend the land we have to have the land not be useful...I don't have or want a back yard that looks like a golf course, that's not what God intended it for. Of course, I'd die in an apartment in the city, I'm a country-girl. I believe there were not intended to be large cities like we have now. The cities are filled with people that are power-hungry or lazy, as God did not create us to be. The need for power created the need for currency beyond bartering with the food and clothing they grew or killed. There are also those who are homeless by choice of laziness. People could no longer provide for themselves beyond a roof over their heads so there became paid positions in an army or government. There became taxes to be used for the payment of the army and government officials. Since the officials had nothing to trade because they could grow nothing without land, there became a need for a coin. Cities were created by man, not God. Here's a little factual history: Adam was not planted in a city, he was planted in a garden! Community as we see it was not necessary until man left God. Adam and Eve were in their garden happy to walk with God openly until they sinned. Moses, David, and Elijah were never alone in the wilderness. Jesus left the community of his disciples for the wilderness, not the city. God is the same yesterday, today, and for always, I don't believe that the “Old Testament fire and brimstone God” no longer exists like many people do. Jesus came to enforce the law not abolish it. Look at Revelations, it's New Testament and is still “fire and brimstone” Land is to be used, tended, and productive, not looked at as an "ooh, pretty." When I see a corn field die to become houses that will remain empty, I am annoyed. As a song by Joni Mitchell I grew up with says, “ And don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot.” But such is life, I get over it. While I am no tree-hugger, I do appreciate their use for shade, food, and to climb. We planted three trees in the last two years, they are fruit trees, and also productive (one of my favorite words). Nevertheless, I was definitely agreeing that as you said, "God is Green." I am not now intending sarcasm, but this is what I have been raised to, and as a country-girl, I shall remain. I'm just a dumb “hick from the sticks” and I guess I offended you. Life is all about perception. Sorry Curtis. I was not not intending sarcasm, I have an aunt and uncle that live less than one mile from Perry recycling and do not recycle. I recycle everything I can. I was actually agreeing with you. God is green, he created it all! I would rather tend the earth as God CREATED Adam to DO than buy food. I think it is one of the most biblical things to do. It was one of the first things God made us as humans to do. Genesis 2:15 says “The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it (NIV).” Looks like I shouldn’t be in the theater business, after all.
As for our health, we do buy our cows and pigs organic from local farmers. We do trade and barter. As for our garden, it’s healthier, and we do use it as a ministry by giving of it to others, as well as our meat, as perhaps I should have mentioned. The garden is also an educational tool for for homeschooling my two younger brothers. Also, most of my ministry at the moment happens to be with my two 82 year old grandmothers. They are unable to care for their homes, and unfortunately, as a result, our garden has suffered this year. This forces us to unnecessarily buy food and put harmful chemicals in our bodies. We are working on a more suitable situation for them.
I don’t feel that God gave me the ability tend the land we have to have the land not be useful…I don’t have or want a back yard that looks like a golf course, that’s not what God intended it for. Of course, I’d die in an apartment in the city, I’m a country-girl. I believe there were not intended to be large cities like we have now. The cities are filled with people that are power-hungry or lazy, as God did not create us to be. The need for power created the need for currency beyond bartering with the food and clothing they grew or killed. There are also those who are homeless by choice of laziness. People could no longer provide for themselves beyond a roof over their heads so there became paid positions in an army or government. There became taxes to be used for the payment of the army and government officials. Since the officials had nothing to trade because they could grow nothing without land, there became a need for a coin. Cities were created by man, not God. Here’s a little factual history: Adam was not planted in a city, he was planted in a garden!
Community as we see it was not necessary until man left God. Adam and Eve were in their garden happy to walk with God openly until they sinned. Moses, David, and Elijah were never alone in the wilderness. Jesus left the community of his disciples for the wilderness, not the city. God is the same yesterday, today, and for always, I don’t believe that the “Old Testament fire and brimstone God” no longer exists like many people do. Jesus came to enforce the law not abolish it. Look at Revelations, it’s New Testament and is still “fire and brimstone”
Land is to be used, tended, and productive, not looked at as an “ooh, pretty.” When I see a corn field die to become houses that will remain empty, I am annoyed. As a song by Joni Mitchell I grew up with says, “ And don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, they’ve paved paradise to put up a parking lot.” But such is life, I get over it. While I am no tree-hugger, I do appreciate their use for shade, food, and to climb. We planted three trees in the last two years, they are fruit trees, and also productive (one of my favorite words). Nevertheless, I was definitely agreeing that as you said, “God is Green.”
I am not now intending sarcasm, but this is what I have been raised to, and as a country-girl, I shall remain. I’m just a dumb “hick from the sticks” and I guess I offended you. Life is all about perception.

]]> Comment on God is Green by curtisryan http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-4 curtisryan Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:04:06 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-4 I cannot help but pick up on a bit of sarcasm in the last comment. In what I am saying, I am not declaring that having things, or buying good from a store is a bad thing, nor do I support an idea that only true followers of Christ become farmers and grow their own food. This in itself would be completely unbiblical, and would just exchange one distraction for another. being overworked and stressed in order to provide is not how God intended things to be. There needs to be that community aspect where we buy/sell/trade/barter and help meet the needs of eachother. Having nice things isn't a sin! Having abundance isn't a sin! Jesus just warns us that those things can distract and take away from fulling experiencing the Kingdom of God here and now. I am however saying that the unnecessary need to obtain more and more material gets in the way of pursuing a life that God desires His followers to live. If I sold most of the things that distract me and consume my time and energy, I would have more time to dedicate to ministering and loving those people that are around me. I would in a sense have "eyes to see and ears to hear" because my eyes and ears wouldn't be polluted with background noise and material matters. I cannot help but pick up on a bit of sarcasm in the last comment. In what I am saying, I am not declaring that having things, or buying good from a store is a bad thing, nor do I support an idea that only true followers of Christ become farmers and grow their own food. This in itself would be completely unbiblical, and would just exchange one distraction for another. being overworked and stressed in order to provide is not how God intended things to be. There needs to be that community aspect where we buy/sell/trade/barter and help meet the needs of eachother. Having nice things isn’t a sin! Having abundance isn’t a sin! Jesus just warns us that those things can distract and take away from fulling experiencing the Kingdom of God here and now.

I am however saying that the unnecessary need to obtain more and more material gets in the way of pursuing a life that God desires His followers to live. If I sold most of the things that distract me and consume my time and energy, I would have more time to dedicate to ministering and loving those people that are around me. I would in a sense have “eyes to see and ears to hear” because my eyes and ears wouldn’t be polluted with background noise and material matters.

]]> Comment on God is Green by M. Sanko http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-3 M. Sanko Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:19:17 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/god-is-green/#comment-3 Ahh, yes, hence I plant my own garden, use no pesticides, and can my own food in Mason jars. There are also farmers in my family. However, all that is time consuming work and like working a full-time job at home, needing daily care. Thus, unfortunately, leaving little time for serving outside the home. I selfishly take advantage and time for myself to read a book while I can the food. Out of curiosity, how do you feel about my chopping down a tree so that I may plant food that I may live? I do, however, believe that the fuel consumption and other economic/ecologic struggles are part of the end times. One way or the other, it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better...and then it's gonna be great! But I definitely agree that many people are just apathetic about their environment. Ahh, yes, hence I plant my own garden, use no pesticides, and can my own food in Mason jars. There are also farmers in my family. However, all that is time consuming work and like working a full-time job at home, needing daily care. Thus, unfortunately, leaving little time for serving outside the home. I selfishly take advantage and time for myself to read a book while I can the food. Out of curiosity, how do you feel about my chopping down a tree so that I may plant food that I may live?
I do, however, believe that the fuel consumption and other economic/ecologic struggles are part of the end times. One way or the other, it’s gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better…and then it’s gonna be great! But I definitely agree that many people are just apathetic about their environment.

]]> Comment on Welcome by Lesley Katzenmeyer http://curtisryanmiller.com/2007/09/13/welcome/#comment-2 Lesley Katzenmeyer Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:52:16 +0000 http://curtisryanmiller.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/welcome/#comment-2 This looks awesome, kiddo. This looks awesome, kiddo.

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