Laura S's commentsComments On: Everything Articles Blogs Journals Photos created by: EveryoneLaura Top Ten Family Movies of 2006 - The Fammy Awards30 Dec 2006 09:52 PM I read both your lists. I would have added One Night With the King. Otherwise, good calls (at least on the ones I've seen). March of the Penguins (2005)30 Dec 2006 09:51 PM Hmmm. We have this movie at home. I have to admit, I missed a good part of it because I fell asleep. I'll have to play it again and see what I missed. Do Those Book Reward Programs Really Pay?23 Dec 2006 02:28 PM Good article. I had a Barnes & Noble card a few years back. I can't remember the perks it entitled me to. It seems I didn't actually use it enough to get good use of it. I buy most of my books at the Christian bookstore, online, or at Half-price books. Still, if you buy lots of new books it might be a good deal. Generational Curses09 Dec 2006 08:42 AM I do agree with you that the consequences of a sinful lifestyle such as drinking, drugs, wasteful spending, and divorce cause the children and even the children's children to suffer. I believe this is indeed generational sin at work--God allowing the consequences of sin to take their toll. God can, however, and in his mercy often does, provide deliverance in such situations if the afflicted will turn to Him. I respectfully disagree with you on the nature of generational curses when it comes to hereditary conditions. Hereditary conditions such as mental illness are not generational curses. Other hereditary conditions (that you don't mention here) such as muscular dystrophy, retardation, spina bifoda (sp), blindness, and many other are also not generational curses. Jesus effectively refuted the notion of inherited illness being caused by sin in John 10 when he dealt with the man who was blind from birth. When they questioned Jesus as to why the man was blind, through his sin or his parents, Jesus answered "neither." When we see someone today with an inherited condition, be it mental or physical, the answer to the question "who sinned to cause this condition" is still the same. "No one. It is for the glory of God." How can an inherited illness be for the glory of God? I believe there are several ways: 1) the most obvious that most people would expect is actual the rarest--healing. The apostle Paul prayed for deliverance from his "thorn in the flesh" but was told instead was told that "God's grace is sufficient for you." (See no. 3 below.) 2) it enables those around the afflicted person to show the mercy of God 3) it enables the afflicted person to glorify God by consistency of faith despite their trail. There may be more ways for afflictions to glorify God, these are just the first I have thought of. Some of the most Godly people that I know have given birth to children with mental or physical defects (yes, even mental illness). Is it because they have sinned and generational sin is paying a visit? No, I do not believe so. It is because their compassionate and holy treatment of their afflicted child is a picture of God's mercy and treatment of us and thus glorifies God. Respectfully yours, in Christ's name. Attitudes and the Weather04 Dec 2006 08:58 PM I do think it is important to have the right attitudes in all situations. Good post! Attitudes and the Weather04 Dec 2006 08:58 PM I do think it is important to have the right attitudes in all situations. Good post! |
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