tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805683816007818750.post6616897952788043037..comments2023-06-02T10:59:16.387+01:00Comments on Showing Up: My Name Is Matt And I'm An Encouragement Junkie...Matt Blickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805683816007818750.post-18494479124669591632011-11-14T18:35:46.034+00:002011-11-14T18:35:46.034+00:00Dear Peter,
Assuming your comment is genuine and ...Dear Peter,<br /><br />Assuming your comment is genuine and not just looking for an argument, I would say "write a song" and I'll see what I can do. <br /><br />But If you're looking for a validation of you as a person, I can't help as I don't know you, and if you're looking for a theological argument, sorry, I'll pass.Matt Blickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805683816007818750.post-65586204637112190152011-11-14T17:01:19.286+00:002011-11-14T17:01:19.286+00:00my name is peter and im a gay christian how are yo...my name is peter and im a gay christian how are you going to encourage that eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805683816007818750.post-78702195012228682012011-11-13T13:35:21.341+00:002011-11-13T13:35:21.341+00:00thanks for the encouraging comment Jessica - much ...thanks for the encouraging comment Jessica - much appreciated!Matt Blickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532287235128200046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805683816007818750.post-70692808837519199492011-11-13T01:16:08.022+00:002011-11-13T01:16:08.022+00:00Matt, you are always so generous and creative and ...Matt, you are always so generous and creative and fun. I enjoy reading your posts and have especially enjoyed seeing your face and (sometime ago) seeing you in video playing your music.<br /><br />One of my favorite magazines, Radix, out of Berkeley, has an article about encouragement by Earl Palmer in their latest issue (which I was just reading today). Among the points Palmer makes is that "encouragement needs daily renewal because last week's encouraging phone calls may not be adequate to help us withstand the pressures of today's trials." <br /><br />He says the first requirement for an encourager is to feel the safety and goodness of profound inner encouragement ourselves. When we sense the fullness of being loved by God, we can encourage others with no strings attached. He quotes Philippians chapter 4 verse 19 as an encouragement "with no hooks in it." It reads "And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus." Must be a reason I read this article and your post on the same day. . .Jessica Renshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772797916085422429noreply@blogger.com