Comments on: The Age of ME

By: karen

karen — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:53:18 +0000

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visit my blog. It is not very good but I just started it.

By: karen

karen — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:51:48 +0000

I love your facebook page. Reading the verses everyday is great. Keep up the good work.

By: Debbi

Debbi — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:58:08 +0000

It is NOT about me, it is about Christ, and the life He gave for us. It is NOT about me, it is about God the Father, who called my name before He place me in my mothers womb. It is NOT about me, it is about the Holy Spirit given to guide, convict, and speak into me the truth, when I might faulter.
It is NOT about me.
It is ALL ABOUT HIM! GOD REIGNS!!

By: Robin Brookes (rkbc) 's status on Thursday, 27-Aug-09 09:30:02 UTC - Identi.ca

Robin Brookes (rkbc) 's status on Thursday, 27-Aug-09 09:30:02 UTC - Identi.ca — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:30:07 +0000

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By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:40:49 +0000

Simply create an environment were people can search for other people based on interests, and facilitate them connecting to each other.

By: Sue Antos

Sue Antos — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:22:40 +0000

Our society lacks personal relationships which feeds the ME attitude. Unfortunately, that attitude doesn’t change, many times, until something tragic happens and then we need other people. I think a big part of this is that we have not fully surrendered our hearts to the Lord. We hold back a part of us that keeps us from fully opening to others pains and hurts, and keeps us as apart, meeting only with that typical Sunday morning smile and greeting.

Many of us, if not all, have things in our past that cause deep pain, or unforgiveness, or both. This keeps a part of our heart unavailable to God. (I’m not saying that God can’t but that God gave us free will, and it’s up to us to give that to Him) Each time we give something up to Him, and truly allow God in to show us the root of our unforgiveness, or the cause of some sin, etc., he pulls it out by the root and fills it with more of His love.

The more of our heart we have truly surrendered to the Lord the more we “feel” others, desire to help, to be with God’s people, to have that fellowship, to build those relationships. We then follow His will to serve, which automatically brings us to the presence of others and out of the ME.

Just some thoughts……

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:30:27 +0000

how to build community i think was the question? not easy. the only way in seems to be to find a bunch of “me’s” all headed the same direction and try to go on a journey together. many will give up or peel off because something offended their sensibilities. some will not be able to give up the time to be part of someone else’s life or journey. a few will discover though that there is something between them that binds them together. work with those, find more “me’s” going the same direction as they are… am i being cynical about the process?

By: Mike Crowl

Mike Crowl — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:36:05 +0000

The good thing, Mark, is that while ME may be the focus for the moment, it’s just as likely to become US at a point down the road. Things in human history seldom stay the same for long, and people who want to be all individual at present are likely to find just how unsatisfactory that is in the near future, and begin to want to be communal again. Humans have an inbuilt need for relationship, even though it seems as though the forces of the present time seem to be against that.
I hear that there are a number of young people in the world who now regard altruism as more important than Me-ism, so I don’t think everyone is Me-focused. And then, of course, there’s the ever-increasing number of old people; they’re statistically credited with outnumbering young people in the next decade.
And they have a slightly different attitude to life…!

By: Lyn O'Berry

Lyn O'Berry — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:18:59 +0000

As I read your blog and the responses made heretofore three things come to mind:

First, we find history repeating itself. During the l9th Century there was a movement in America which touted the “Christian” church ideal rather than denominational delineations. Since, in the end, every church finds itself confronted with the need for a confession of faith, those within that movement, over time, found themselves just another of the many differing groups making up the “Christian church”.

Second, the closing verse of the book of Judges which comes down to us thru the ages: “And everyone did what was right in their own eyes.”

Third, Romans 1’s description of a me-focused society which remarkably parallels our own today and the chilling words, ” God gave them up……”

By: Miles Giljam

Miles Giljam — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:16:12 +0000

What worries me is that as we become more self-defining in our life experiences it becomes easier for us to only hear the messages we want to hear. We will only search for ideas that confirm our identity and marketers will market to us in the same way. How will society and people change if we aren’t being challenged by uncomfortable thoughts and experiences?