Comments for a man among the exiles http://paulvieira.wordpress.com a trip inside the head of paul vieira Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:27:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on have you ever really loved a woman? by Zectattefly http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/have-you-ever-really-loved-a-woman/#comment-3025 Zectattefly Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:27:02 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/have-you-ever-really-loved-a-woman/#comment-3025 <a href="http://milesgershon.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallunitsinc.com/images/Furniture_alexander_dlp_001.jpg</a> Hey Folks <a href="http://www.verifiedbuy.com" rel="nofollow">http://verifiedfile.com/images/smile.gif</a> I've been around here for a while now, and I finally found something worth writing about: I found a great deal on a custom <a href="http://www.milesgershon.com" rel="nofollow"><b> Modern Wall Unit </b></a>. These guys have 24/7 call-in service and they installed AND delivered my wall unit all for Free!!! Check them out I highly recommend Enjoy <a href="http://verifiedbuy.com" rel="nofollow">http://verifiedfile.com/images/smile.gif</a> http://www.wallunitsinc.com/images/Furniture_alexander_dlp_001.jpg

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]]> Comment on a perfect match made in the greenhouse by Exit, pursued by a bear http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/a-perfect-match-made-in-the-greenhouse/#comment-3024 Exit, pursued by a bear Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:34:38 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/a-perfect-match-made-in-the-greenhouse/#comment-3024 "Keep calm and carry on" - that's what us Brits are like. What would be the point of rushing round like a headless chicken while bombs are falling? None. Panic is infectious - it breeds panic in others. So, take a deep breath, keep calm and carry on. That's all you can do. Together we'll get through. Hey. its how we won the war! “Keep calm and carry on” – that’s what us Brits are like. What would be the point of rushing round like a headless chicken while bombs are falling? None. Panic is infectious – it breeds panic in others. So, take a deep breath, keep calm and carry on. That’s all you can do. Together we’ll get through. Hey. its how we won the war!

]]> Comment on a perfect match made in the greenhouse by Kate Lord Brown http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/a-perfect-match-made-in-the-greenhouse/#comment-3023 Kate Lord Brown Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:14:32 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/a-perfect-match-made-in-the-greenhouse/#comment-3023 Hi - lovely post (and have the poster!) Great to hear someone cheerleading for long happy relationships - also met my husband at uni when I was 19. Nearly 20 years on and two kids later still feel like a kid when he is around. Great blog! Hi – lovely post (and have the poster!) Great to hear someone cheerleading for long happy relationships – also met my husband at uni when I was 19. Nearly 20 years on and two kids later still feel like a kid when he is around. Great blog!

]]> Comment on singing songs to God sometimes feels trivial by Paul http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-3022 Paul Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:47:02 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-3022 If someone were to ask me what God means to me and how I am convinced of His reality I would have to say that next to His Word, He is the God who visits me, comes to be with me by His very Presence; in my pain, joy, aloneness, struggles. Although He is always with me by his Word (Heb13:5, etc), He visits me especially in the times that I set aside to be with Him, whether in pouring out my heart in anguish to Him or just sitting quietly in His Presence. Just being in His Presence and waiting for Him, drawing close to Him, to me this is worship, and what His heart longs for. The neat thing about having a sacred time to be alone with Him is that He always knows my need at that particular time and will always manifest Himself accordingly. There are times when He melts my heart and pours His comfort overwhelmingly into me. There are times when He chastens me by His Word. But mostly I come away from these precious times in awe of the reality that He knows me and yet loves me. Walking in this reality when I leave our trysting time and place is my understanding of worship. If someone were to ask me what God means to me and how I am convinced of His reality I would have to say that next to His Word, He is the God who visits me, comes to be with me by His very Presence; in my pain, joy, aloneness, struggles.

Although He is always with me by his Word (Heb13:5, etc), He visits me especially in the times that I set aside to be with Him, whether in pouring out my heart in anguish to Him or just sitting quietly in His Presence. Just being in His Presence and waiting for Him, drawing close to Him, to me this is worship, and what His heart longs for.

The neat thing about having a sacred time to be alone with Him is that He always knows my need at that particular time and will always manifest Himself accordingly. There are times when He melts my heart and pours His comfort overwhelmingly into me. There are times when He chastens me by His Word. But mostly I come away from these precious times in awe of the reality that He knows me and yet loves me. Walking in this reality when I leave our trysting time and place is my understanding of worship.

]]> Comment on a perfect match made in the greenhouse by celpjefscycle http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/a-perfect-match-made-in-the-greenhouse/#comment-3019 celpjefscycle Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:29:11 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/a-perfect-match-made-in-the-greenhouse/#comment-3019 Thanks for information. many interesting things Celpjefscylc Thanks for information.
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]]> Comment on singing songs to God sometimes feels trivial by Karla http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1226 Karla Thu, 10 May 2007 13:15:33 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1226 When I did go to "conventional church" I felt confined to the alotted time for worship. I felt rushed to open up my heart to God within the time that the church leaders thought appropriate. I felt cheated of receiving anything from God. When I have my quiet times with God now, there is no set time frame in which I need to accomidate. I don't need to worry about offending anyone with the way I cry out to God or dance in His presence (I was told by a church leader not to dance in church anymore). I can be me loving Him in the way He designed me - expressive and wholehearted. With this new found freedom, I have been given the strength to stand up for my beliefs and offer friends advice which stands true to God's word. Some days my life may not seem like a sacrifice to God, but it is always an offering. When I did go to “conventional church” I felt confined to the alotted time for worship. I felt rushed to open up my heart to God within the time that the church leaders thought appropriate. I felt cheated of receiving anything from God. When I have my quiet times with God now, there is no set time frame in which I need to accomidate. I don’t need to worry about offending anyone with the way I cry out to God or dance in His presence (I was told by a church leader not to dance in church anymore). I can be me loving Him in the way He designed me – expressive and wholehearted. With this new found freedom, I have been given the strength to stand up for my beliefs and offer friends advice which stands true to God’s word. Some days my life may not seem like a sacrifice to God, but it is always an offering.

]]> Comment on singing songs to God sometimes feels trivial by Sasha N. http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1166 Sasha N. Mon, 07 May 2007 22:36:20 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1166 Amen to Don!!! There's a whole book dedicated to the subject: Teaching Children Authentic Worship by Kathleen Chapman. It was written intending to give sunday school teachers a 'glue' for the church children to worship God. What I learned is: The basics of worship is simply focusing on God. And not yourself. After all God is bigger than anything, and if he's so great then why not spend some time adoring Him? It's actually quite hard to focus on God for a full minute... try it.. (that's worship by the way) without letting your mind wander... One thing to conclude: Worship has MANY forms. Amen to Don!!!

There’s a whole book dedicated to the subject: Teaching Children Authentic Worship by Kathleen Chapman.
It was written intending to give sunday school teachers a ‘glue’ for the church children to worship God.
What I learned is:
The basics of worship is simply focusing on God. And not yourself. After all God is bigger than anything, and if he’s so great then why not spend some time adoring Him? It’s actually quite hard to focus on God for a full minute… try it.. (that’s worship by the way) without letting your mind wander…
One thing to conclude: Worship has MANY forms.

]]> Comment on singing songs to God sometimes feels trivial by Ray http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1163 Ray Mon, 07 May 2007 19:18:18 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1163 Amen, and Amen! Amen, and Amen!

]]> Comment on singing songs to God sometimes feels trivial by Don Dueck http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1158 Don Dueck Mon, 07 May 2007 15:25:47 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1158 "And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice — the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think." - Romans 12:1-2a I have changed my view of what it means to worship God based on this passage. Of course, praising God through songs and such is still worship, but, in my opinion, the greatest way to worship God is to live the way he wants us all to live: with love and compassion for one another. “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice — the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” – Romans 12:1-2a

I have changed my view of what it means to worship God based on this passage. Of course, praising God through songs and such is still worship, but, in my opinion, the greatest way to worship God is to live the way he wants us all to live: with love and compassion for one another.

]]> Comment on singing songs to God sometimes feels trivial by Mark Engel http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1126 Mark Engel Sat, 05 May 2007 23:19:29 +0000 http://paulvieira.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/singing-songs-to-god-sometimes-feels-trivial/#comment-1126 Paul, I think the fact that the organized church has, by and large, reduced worship to the singing of songs has created a short lived, shallow worship experience and the unauthentic expression of it that you've described. Worship in the lives of the characters of the Bible and in the lives of believers today is a choice, it is rooted in life, it is humbly bowing before the LORD and saying, "In this too, you are awesome. I bow down. I worship you". Paul, I think the fact that the organized church has, by and large, reduced worship to the singing of songs has created a short lived, shallow worship experience and the unauthentic expression of it that you’ve described.
Worship in the lives of the characters of the Bible and in the lives of believers today is a choice, it is rooted in life, it is humbly bowing before the LORD and saying, “In this too, you are awesome. I bow down. I worship you”.

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