Comments for Erik Bledsoe

Comment on The Love Of God by Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:18:51 +0000

Have you recorded, “The Love of God?”

Comment on Smile by Kathy Ellis

Kathy Ellis — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:01:32 +0000

Hello Erik…
I was reading your blog about leading worship in Clifton TX. I was there several years ago with my youth group. We were joining in with the youth at the FBC in Clifton in a week long local mission work. The kids were helping in community clean up and helped to paint the home of an elderly couple who could not do so for themselves. Our youth pastor led worship all week also. It was a real blessing to be with all the young people and be a part of God’s work that week. Your blog reminded me and made me smile. Thanks for what you do.

Comment on Smile by Erik Bledsoe

Erik Bledsoe — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:09:13 +0000

It was my blessing was all mine Tina! I think I had more fun than they did!

Comment on Smile by Tina Rogers

Tina Rogers — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:51:25 +0000

Thank you for coming to our church. You guys were so awsome and all the kids and young at heart had a blast.

Comment on Control by Erik Bledsoe

Erik Bledsoe — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:21:44 +0000

Hey TheArtofWhimsy, nice to meet you. Thanks for joining in the discussion. I look forward to reading through your blog and getting to know you a little bit too.
I can see how you would think that and I appreciate your saying so. (I wouldn’t want you to hold back, especially after reading your recent “butt-crack” and a cheeseburger story, Hysterical!) I can’t speak for my wife but for me it wasn’t about the fear of having children. I just never wanted to have them at all. I suppose on some level you could label that as fear but I don’t. I seriously just never wanted them. What changed? I got suckered into nursery duty at church! Again, I don’t have trouble with trying to control as a principal, it’s in relying on our own means and never having turned to the Lord first that I’m trying to point the problem exists.

Comment on Control by TheArtofWhimsy

TheArtofWhimsy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:18:17 +0000

So the pill was a means for you to control having children out of fear (not being “ready” financially or emotionally or whatever).

Comment on Control by Erik Bledsoe

Erik Bledsoe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:47:56 +0000

Brody, it was a pill. I had several commenters via Facebook who read this post improperly. They thought I was condemning finding out and control in general. What I need to emphasize again is that I have no problem with modern technology and certainly don’t think control is wrong in and of itself is wrong. In fact self-control is a virtue listed in Galatians. (Perhaps the post is improperly titled.) What I am truly addressing here is fear and how we often use things in our power to alleviate our fears. A perfect example is food. We all eat food, furthermore it’s required for life but it often times becomes a control device, something to make us feel better, a distraction from having to deal with our circumstances. No one argue’s eating is sin but yet we’ve all seen someone who has/is using it as such. In the same way control is not sin, it’s only when we seek our control first before we seek God that it can become destructive. In this post I am speaking directly to this tendency. Thanks for bring that up, I needed to clarify that here as well.

Comment on Weaknesses by Georgette Bledsoe

Georgette Bledsoe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:54:22 +0000

I too fear – everyday,,, more than once probably…… but then I remember. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Paul, Grandma, and Me….. Love you!

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen

Comment on Control by Brody

Brody — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:03:56 +0000

I suppose my initial question is what prevented you from having kids before now? Since we’re talking about “control” and all….

Comment on Weaknesses by Don Perry

Don Perry — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:59:03 +0000

There is a powerful element in the Rastifari faith that believes that language is a division causing element. The concept of I and You seperates us from each other, and so they try to rephrase it into the idea of I and I.
In my experience this corresponds to Bertrand Russel, the great theological philosopher who claimed that the problem of religion is the division of the I and Thou.
The achievement of the destruction of this division allows us to more fully understand the creation and the creator. It is not us and Him, it is Him and (He that dwells within us). The fear that we feel, the inadaquacies that we suffer from, these things are felt in immediacy by Him.
But…
The accomplishment of success over those fears, the conquering of those inadaquicies is already KNOWN by Him, and because of the I and I relationship, we have that sense of accomplishment.
It is because of the communal aspect of our relationship with Him that we are already relieved of our burdens. It is just up to us to accept it.

I have fears, dreads, doubts, much like everyone else. It is the knowledge that I am not alone in this and that I am not seperated because of it that provides me the strength to keep moving forward into this great plan that we are all a part of.

I hope that this has helped.
Should you ever need to or want to talk, i and i are always here.

-don