You're still there, Perry. The subject was 'The
HEART of the matter.' God looks on the heart. He alone knows the thoughts and
intents of us all.
And the rest of us can know some of what is in
the heart when it comes out of the mouth. For out of the abundance that fills
the
heart the mouth speaks revealing where one's
treasure is. Is it Dylan or is it Christ???
Preach the gospel by all means. When necessary
use words. TT is a forum for words. Stories have been told. Some of these are
indicative of the heart of the one telling them.
So what does Francis of Assissi have to do
with anything? The above contradicts the truth. Did Jesus walk
about like a ghost or something? He is the one who left us the "example
that we should follow" and He is the Word of God. We are to proclaim
the
Kingdom of God and be oracles for Him in this
world. I'm sure Francis was well meaning but he was a mystic who was
dealing
with some heavy religious corruption in his day and his way differed from the way
of Christ.
IMO, MT lived the gospel of Christ. For those who
say of her 'but she never used the words........' well, God looked through the
words she did use all the way to her life/heart.
To each his own but I can't see any "gospel"
in allowing a good Hindu to die a good Hindu without speaking the truth
to Him in love.
Mother Theresa did this - she and her nuns
tried to give pagans a comfortable death while helping them to die pagans. She
also
raised a lot of money for the RCC. So
she is 'revered' by this world ... but then this world loves it's
own.
