Comments on: God is Love

By: Kris Camealy

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:37:00 +0000

Kimberly, I too read Sarah Clarkson’s post and saw myself in her words, and today I saw myself in yours. I have lost so many years to fearing God’s anger and disapproval of me, and then this morning I hear this in my head: “God is FOR you”. Just that simple, “trite” somewhat obvious statement, and yet I haven’t really believed that until just this week! How crazy is that?! Hey, God is FOR us!! bless you, sweet friend!

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:32:00 +0000

Thanks, Kris. I think God is laughing at me, in a gentle sort of way: when I wrote the post I thought it was so trite and ridiculous. (I feel that way about most of the posts that hit pretty close to home, especially when they’re saying something I’ve known–or am supposed to have known–my whole life.) And here you resonated with it so much you shared it with your friends (Thanks for that, too, by the way!)

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:29:00 +0000

Susan, Thanks for stopping by. I’m so glad my words touched you. God’s certainly been working to replace my God-as-angry-ogre image with one that is truer to His loving character.

Sarah Clarkson wrote this on her blog yesterday, and oh how it resonates:

“When I struggled so deeply with a fear of God’s anger, I realized one day that my concept of God’s anger was modeled on the anger I felt myself. And since my anger is rarely righteous, almost never fully justified, and generally vindictive (even if unexpressed), I considered God’s anger to be the same. But of course, it’s not. How could it ever be? How could God, a self-giving Trinity whose very being is a circle of ceaselessly-given love be angry in the isolated outrage of a fallen human being?”

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:22:00 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Natasha, and letting me know you were here. It’s nice to meet you

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By: Weekend Wanderings | Kris Camealy

Fri, 31 May 2013 22:48:26 +0000

[...] I think my friend Kimberly lives inside my head: “I confess I have this angry God image in my mind, in my heart. God [...]

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By: Kris Camealy

Fri, 31 May 2013 20:16:00 +0000

I loved this SO much, Kimberly. So much. Thank you for this. I will be re-reading that scripture again with God in place of love. Bless you, sweet friend. You’re in my prayers.

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By: Susan Contakes

Fri, 31 May 2013 18:48:00 +0000

Thank you for writing this today. It really ministered to my heart.
With Father’s Day coming up, I have been thinking about how God loves us just because we were born of him, not for any other reason. Your post resonates deeply and with truth and power.
bless you,
Susan

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By: Natasha Metzler

Fri, 31 May 2013 17:03:00 +0000

Oh, how beautiful this is. Thank you for sharing it!

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