Comments for Thinking Out Loud

Comment on About by TC

TC — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:52:11 +0000

Great blog, brother! I always love meeting people who are willing to ask tough questions, think outside the box and “color outside the lines” as it were.

Comment on The Faith to Doubt by Jim Thornber

Jim Thornber — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:46:21 +0000

Steven,
Thanks for your insight and kind words. Glad to hear you’re back in the faith!
Blessings,
Jim

Comment on The Faith to Doubt by Steven Tramel Gaines

Steven Tramel Gaines — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:41:27 +0000

Thanks for your encouraging words. Doubt can strengthen faith, result from faith, etc. It is not necessarily a sign of faithlessness. Ignorance of this led to my agnosticism, and acceptance of it contributed to my return to faith. Keep questioning, believing, and writing!

Comment on God Factors In Our Detours by Jim Thornber

Jim Thornber — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:59:14 +0000

Erin,
Thanks for the compliment and for taking the time to comment on the blog. I still find it humbling that long after I’ve written something someone will stumble upon it and God uses it in their life. I’m grateful God uses all of us in ways that continue to surprise.
Blessings,
Jim

Comment on God Factors In Our Detours by Erin R. Webb

Erin R. Webb — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:24:04 +0000

Jim, I follow your blog after Susan Walker showed it to me several months ago. This was an awesome reminder and the perfect word of encouragement that I needed today! Thank you for sharing!

-Erin Webb

Comment on God Factors In Our Detours by Jim Thornber

Jim Thornber — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:40:07 +0000

Nick,
I will pray for you. I will also pray you find the right church fellowship, a place where others who have been, or are in, your situation will give you understanding, compassion and guidance. God did not create us to live alone. Even in a monastery the brothers may have their own room, but they must live socially. I pray you find the right friends and mentors to lift you out of this cycle and into the fullness of life Christ died for you to have.
Blessings,
Jim

Comment on God Factors In Our Detours by Nick Smithey

Nick Smithey — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:28:11 +0000

Hey there brother Jim, I am in a place in my life where I’m absolutely lost. I am 32 years old and in the past 12 years I have been in the military 4 times, college, married, children, divorced, homeless, and God has used me in a way that ultimately made me drop EVERYTHING to go on assignments. Moving from here to there and totally living off the grace of God and the kindness of others. My family doesn’t understand and those closest to me have turned on me and think that I’m crazy. They will never understand the work that I have done for Yaweh. I am incapable of facilitating a normal life and wonder sometimes if I am cursed. I live with so much sorrow everyday that it’s unbearable. I miss my children so much and don’t get to see them. I’m in debt with child support and college loans. I don’t have a job, house, transportation or hope it seems anymore. I stumbled across your blog because I was interested in becoming a monk (because I’ve failed at everything else) and Jesus is the only person that brings me peace in this prison we live in. Not sure if they would accept me as a monk, I’m covered in tattoos and look like the world but my heart is of Christ Jesus.
Please pray for me that I find my place in the will of Almighty God.

Comment on God Factors In Our Detours by Jim Thornber

Jim Thornber — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:56:29 +0000

You’re right, Susan. It is never too late! Good to hear from you.

Comment on God Factors In Our Detours by Susan Weimer Walker

Susan Weimer Walker — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:42:15 +0000

Wow. This means “It’s too late for me” is no longer an excuse. Time to pick up where I left off I guess.

Comment on Tale of the Towel by Jim Thornber

Jim Thornber — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:07:54 +0000

Jeff,
I’ve been there. Went from Senior Pastor to an unknown in a big church. I went months and months before I ever taught the Word. I talk about some of those struggles in my book, but mostly God was teaching me about Himself. And that, my friend, is His main theme. We like to think life is wrapped around our feelings and desires, but Scripture is loudly silent when it comes to asking us how we feel about things. It is more concerned with teaching us about the character of Jesus. And remember this: where you are now is simply preparation to where God is leading you. If you have a teachable spirit and are willing to follow Him ANYWHERE, you will find yourself enjoying your ministry in ways you never thought possible.
Blessings,
Jim