Comments on: Choices, Choices Everywhere! http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/ Looking with non-artificial intelligence Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:32:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: WCB http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-247 WCB Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:12:49 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/#comment-247 I remember my first back to the States after having spent 5 some years in Japan. I was overwhelmed by the choices....it took 20 minutes to just look at all the choices of cereal, then bread, then...In the car, suddenly there were so many channels to choose from, I couldn't decide. Cable TV, I'd find something that was interesting but then channel surf to see what else might be watchable. By the time I decided, the program was over. Frustration! I agree with Susan...yeah, I'm surprised to hear myself say it, too...it is easier for God to change our direction when we are moving. If we just stand still, He can change our direction all day and what we end up with is becoming dizzy. Pray...Act...Pray I remember my first back to the States after having spent 5 some years in Japan. I was overwhelmed by the choices….it took 20 minutes to just look at all the choices of cereal, then bread, then…In the car, suddenly there were so many channels to choose from, I couldn’t decide. Cable TV, I’d find something that was interesting but then channel surf to see what else might be watchable. By the time I decided, the program was over. Frustration!

I agree with Susan…yeah, I’m surprised to hear myself say it, too…it is easier for God to change our direction when we are moving. If we just stand still, He can change our direction all day and what we end up with is becoming dizzy.

Pray…Act…Pray

]]> By: Susan http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Susan Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:52:15 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/#comment-246 Your first statement is usually my reaction to each of our blogs. Over time (minutes, hours, days), my thoughts often crystallize into something I decide is worth expressing. You'll notice, too, that there are many blog entries I haven't commented on; the thoughts never coalesced. I'm not recommending impulsivity, but movement. "[W]hen it's time" implies that you've done your homework, prayer work, pondering work, or whatever other work is necessary to get you to the point where you can *decide* to take concrete action or let it all go. Just don't stand there and then blame God that you haven't moved. Your first statement is usually my reaction to each of our blogs. Over time (minutes, hours, days), my thoughts often crystallize into something I decide is worth expressing. You’ll notice, too, that there are many blog entries I haven’t commented on; the thoughts never coalesced.

I’m not recommending impulsivity, but movement. “[W]hen it’s time” implies that you’ve done your homework, prayer work, pondering work, or whatever other work is necessary to get you to the point where you can *decide* to take concrete action or let it all go.

Just don’t stand there and then blame God that you haven’t moved.

]]> By: Lewis http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Lewis Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:27:21 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/06/04/choices-choices-everywhere/#comment-245 Hmmmm.... I have some thoughts about all that, but I just can't decide what to say. So should I just make a decision and say something (because it doesn't really matter what I say), or is this a decision I should ponder? Hmmmm…. I have some thoughts about all that, but I just can’t decide what to say.

So should I just make a decision and say something (because it doesn’t really matter what I say), or is this a decision I should ponder?

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