Re: [TruthTalk] God Hates Blaspheming

[Wm. Taylor]

Th-Th-Tha-anks, brother. Point well taken.   bill ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] God Hates Blaspheming In a message dated 7/24/2004 11:39:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jt: Is it the content of what I say Bill, or the way I am saying it?  Should I pray for more delicate wording? I hope you know that my regard for you is sincere  --  but you can be a little short, as they say  (so can Bill, by the way.) Your question above is the solution, I think.   In the short time I have been an observer,  I can tell each of you (Bill and you, Judy) what is not going to work when you two write each other.   I continually refer back to I Co 13:4-7.  That chapter is most often used to solve marital disagreements/issues when, in point of fact, it is a passage of instruction designed to give advice regarding how brethren are to relate to one another  -- i.e. on this list.  If I were sitting next to your computer, reading what you were preparing to send, I would be saying (often, I am sure) "I don't think that is going to go over well."   If I know what sets each of you off, well, its not a secret is it?   When I am following your (the both of you) thread, I am learning or at reconsidering my own position BUT I AM ALSO WORRYING A LITTLE as to when it is all going to blow up.   If we don't like the heat, we should float in the pool and stay out of the kitchen  -- and both of you need to get a handle on that.   When I started with this forum, I was more an infighter than either of you and I can slam with the best of them.   But along the way, I have decided to leave that out of my communication  .....   way before Jonathan's criticism but the fact that I hurt him in some way was my fault  -- whether i meant to or not.   The Lord doesn't care if it pays to be nice or gentle  -- he just wants us to treat each other that way period  -- or did I miss His point?  Anyway, I will leave it at that.  You guys are great.  John