Blainer) to DavidM. You wrote this about JS-- "A man who drinks, cusses, enjoys a smoke, and regularly wrestles and brawls with people, well, that is not my idea of a man of God."
I found it unbelievable that you would go so far out on a limb--do you have evidence that he did these things?, He would not even take a drink of whiskey to deaden the pain during a long and painful operation on his leg. I think you must be dreaming that he "drinks" or "enjoys a smoke." As to cussing, where and when??? What words did he use? He wrestled frequently, to "have fun with the boys," but never "brawled." The use of that word is suggestive of frequenting bars and the like, and of him being some kind of ruffian. That characterization does not hold water at all. This is another example of you "reaching for straws." Or just plain exaggerating Maybe your "idea of a man of God"is too idealistic? Consider that you possibly have never known a true man of God? How can you say what one is like? King David danced, and his wife was, like yourself, critical, as she thought his behavior was unkingly. Sometimes we tend to judge people on the basis of some idealistic conceptualiztion, rather than a down-to-earth reality. People do that. As one little kid said once when he saw his teacher buying groceries in a supermarket--she was "trying to play human." ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
