BTW, David, I'm pretty amazed that you have delivered your own babies! Do you have any helpers? (Caroline is one BRAVE woman!) Izzy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] In the world, not of the world... Terry wrote: > I am surprised that either of you would do > business with a company that has an annual > "Gay Pride day". Well, I'm certainly not supporting Homo Pride Day! ... unless the Spirit moves upon me to go preach there, and because it is private property, it would have to be the Lord to move me to do that. :-) I'm not big into the boycott thing that some Christians do. In certain contexts it has merit, kind of like giving a kid candy for memorizing a Bible verse. But at the root of it, a boycott uses the love of money to shape behavior, so it really isn't a pure methodology. Preaching the truth and rebuking sin is a more honorable way, imo. When my wife was pregnant with our first child, we were shocked to find our doctor's name on a prayer list someone in our church was distributing concerning doctors who performed abortions. My immediate reaction was that we had to drop this man and find another doctor. However, we had already done many prenatal visits and formed a relationship with a Christian midwife there. This was at a birthing center, and we really wanted the home atmosphere, not a hospital, and there were not that many options. Midwives by themselves were having a lot of legal problems being able to practice. This birthing center was the only birthing center with a doctor. So... I prayed about it and saw that we were not supporting this doctor in doing abortions. Rather, we were supporting him in helping bring life into the world. Furthermore, we would be a witness to him if we continued in relationship with him, but if we just walked away, we would, in effect, be encouraging him to do more abortions to make up for the loss of income from helping people like my wife and I. So, we decided to schedule an appointment to talk with our doctor about it. We shared our abhorrence about finding his name on a list in our church of men who murdered babies. We told him it made us very uncomfortable. He understood and said he would understand if we decided not to continue with him. Well, we prayed about it more and felt like we should continue. I still remember the delivery time, how the man had to put up with my wife and I singing worship songs to the Lord. I think we made the right decision to stay with him, and continue to let our light shine. With my subsequent children, the Lord led me to deliver them myself at home, so I was never in this kind of situation again. :-) Now about the Homo Pride Day. Disney does not sponsor it. What happens is the Homo's just plan to be there that day, wearing a red tee shirt or whatever. They have times where they meet together at rides and stuff like that. Disney does sponsor, on the other hand, Night of Joy, which is for two nights, where Christians take over the entire park and have Christian music groups performing live all over the place. Disney also has benefits for homo's, and that is a bad thing. My wife's sister works for Disney. She is single (was married, but doesn't believe in remarriage after a divorce) and can bring three other people into the park for free. However, if she were married, or if she had a lesbian lover living with her, she could get six people into the park. Seems like she is getting the short end of the stick for not being a homo. She would love to bring all her nieces (my five daughters) with her into the park at the same time, but because she doesn't have a live-in girl friend, she can't. Kind of sad when you see homosexuals being favored over those living the single life. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
