Blaine: Judy is right to rely on faith in the Lord. I think this question has merit, although I think she is right, it would be unusual to happen. I did have a somewhat similar situation happen in the Air Force. A redheaded bully type guy I was acquainted with in Basic Training tried to pick a fight with a Jewish friend of mine. The redhaired guy was a hood from LA who had been given the choice of either going to jail or joining the Air Force. I impulsively told him to try picking on someone his own size, even though I was a little smaller than him. I somehow knew the Lord would protect me. He got red in the face, then started in after me, but just before he got to me, several of his friends grabbed him. They told him if he got into it with me, the TI (Tactical Instructor--our NCOIC) would never believe I started it--of the two of us, he had more of a reputation for fighting and losing his temper, and I'd been a good Airman all along. (:>) For some reason after that, he would never even look me in the eye. And he stopped picking fights altogether. I could never figure this, because he had trounced some guys bigger and badder than me in fights he had provoked in the Showerroom. I went in there late one night and found him and another guy fighting--both had knots on their heads as big as cow's tits, and blood all over the place. He was definitely not afraid to be in a fight. It was the influence of the spirit, I think, that stopped him. Faith is sometimes what gives us courage to do things our rational selves would stop us from doing. Emergency situations not withstanding.
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 05:14:05 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > From: "Dean Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > So Dean, > > Is it your philosophy that the "end justifies the means?" > > Dean writes: > No I simply asked you a question-What would you do-would > you help or just stand there and let him die? Answer the > question please? > > Judy: > You are asking me to deal with a make-believe scenario - a > 'fantasy' and I don't do that Dean. I like to deal with reality > and it is inconceivable to me that God would allow this kind of > a situation to happen to a true ministry gift. > > What I would do in any kind of emergency is to call upon the > Name of the Lord. I have to wonder about some of the stuff > you are into Dean if this is your fear because the Lord does not > send us where He can not keep us. However, when we are out > there on our own - this is another matter entirely. > ---------- > "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.
