2008-11-21T10:01:08Z http://blog.colleenebarnett.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-08-07:1263168 DJ Ward 2008-08-11T15:00:43Z 2008-08-07T21:44:49Z
Good, solid, exegesis from the word of God!

You are a warrior!]]> tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-08-01:1246745 John the Revelator 2008-08-04T19:16:11Z 2008-08-01T17:10:38Z
Some hear the word through the breaking of beans and hear through the cutting of cheese.]]> tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-07-28:1234328 Colleene 2008-07-28T19:27:45Z 2008-07-28T19:27:45Z
Mmmm, yes...we'd all better repent.  Are we not all guilty of this to some measure?  Some of us more so than others.  Some are guilty toward entire groups of people because they share a certain color skin.  Some toward only one person for any number of reasons.  None are justified in the eyes of God.  May God grant us all hearts that can love eachother.

I like the passage you cited.  I think it shows the worldliness of David's thinking at that time.  He was angry and there were many times where he begged God to take revenge on people.  Vengeance, in thought or deed, belongs to God alone.  It seems to me that David was in sin hating God's enemies.  He admitted his hatred and immediately asked God to search his heart, try his anxious thoughts, and lead him in the everlasting way.  Though David was a man after God's heart, he still sinned terribly in many ways.  Jesus's command in Matthew 5 to love our enemies must be right.  The two passages cannot contradict, right?  If we take David's admittance of hatred coupled with the knowledge that he was a man after God's own heart, and then take that as license to hate someone, then we err greatly.   I believe this text is a "descriptive" rather than a "prescriptive" passage.  May we follow Jesus' command to love our enemies rather than the footsteps of David, a redeemed, yet still sinful earthly king.

In the love of Christ,
Colleene]]> tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-07-28:1233808 King David 2008-07-28T19:17:16Z 2008-07-28T15:49:40Z
"Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies." - Psalm 139:21-22]]> tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-06-22:1140037 Colleene 2008-06-22T20:30:45Z 2008-06-22T20:30:45Z  I must say, if anyone decides to break into our house, they'll be sorry they entered Fort Barnett.  I'm sure they'll never want a return visit.   

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  I pray you were blessed.  I will also miss being at co-op this year.  So many beautiful people there.  I was blessed at every meeting.  I pray that you are blessed as you pull the group together this year.  God has certainly blessed your efforts over the last decade or so.  Praise His name!  I do hope we run into one another again soon.  It's a pretty small world, really. 
Blessings in Christ,
Colleene]]> tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-06-20:1136634 Cathy Glass 2008-06-22T20:23:10Z 2008-06-20T23:43:28Z tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-05-30:1083789 Charleton Heston 2008-05-30T17:48:21Z 2008-05-30T14:33:13Z tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-05-29:1080859 Matthew Henry 2008-05-29T19:24:59Z 2008-05-29T14:55:20Z tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-05-23:1067785 Adoniram Judson 2008-05-24T20:45:43Z 2008-05-23T14:00:55Z tag:blog.colleenebarnett.com,2008-05-08:1030535 John Paul III 2008-05-08T16:13:20Z 2008-05-08T15:08:23Z