http://www.daveingland.com/2009/01/27/are-you-an-innie-or-an-outtie/ Commentary and discussion ideas on missional church planting, faith, ministry, people, culture and more... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.daveingland.com/2009/01/27/are-you-an-innie-or-an-outtie/comment-page-1/#comment-241 daveingland Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:42:08 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=503#comment-241 DJ, thanks for your wisdom and insight on this. I completely agree with you. The original post was not about changing the essence of who I am or who anyone else is, but I do believe that we can find ourselves doing things selfishly, like staying in and avoiding others, when God may have ordained a time & place for us to meet someone and share his gospel message with them. If we are not out with the tax collectors and prostitutes or worldly people, we deprive them of hearing something--because of our fears or laziness-- that could save their lives. So, I'm just challenging myself to be more of a social person and seek God's strength within me to share his love and light to more people than I do now. DJ, thanks for your wisdom and insight on this. I completely agree with you. The original post was not about changing the essence of who I am or who anyone else is, but I do believe that we can find ourselves doing things selfishly, like staying in and avoiding others, when God may have ordained a time & place for us to meet someone and share his gospel message with them. If we are not out with the tax collectors and prostitutes or worldly people, we deprive them of hearing something–because of our fears or laziness– that could save their lives. So, I’m just challenging myself to be more of a social person and seek God’s strength within me to share his love and light to more people than I do now.

]]> http://www.daveingland.com/2009/01/27/are-you-an-innie-or-an-outtie/comment-page-1/#comment-240 djchuang Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:25:18 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=503#comment-240 Good reflections on our twitter conversation, and how God makes each of us with certain preferences, and what God calls us to be. I think it is more helpful, to me anyways, that God created us to be the way we are, and we can be okay with that, AND God calls us to do things that will bless others. In other words, it's to behave in a way that shows love and kindness to others, i.e. in a social setting, and not to change the essence of who you are. Good reflections on our twitter conversation, and how God makes each of us with certain preferences, and what God calls us to be. I think it is more helpful, to me anyways, that God created us to be the way we are, and we can be okay with that, AND God calls us to do things that will bless others. In other words, it’s to behave in a way that shows love and kindness to others, i.e. in a social setting, and not to change the essence of who you are.

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