Friday, March 17, 2006

BlogBloggingCommunity BlogWeb...!?!WHAT?!:)

Petra wrote good thougts about blogging in her blog, and I would like to continue this a little bit...I liked Petra's next writing too, in which she writes about living as a christian and preaching gospel should come through being the follower of Jesus in everyday life, not by doing some separated evangelizing (even I think that's ok too:)). Preaching gospel is not something you have to do. It should be something that you are. It's a kind of way of life.
As the hebrews 4:2 says "For we have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them because those who heard did not combine it with faith." (suom. sana ei sulautunut heihin.)
The word of God should be so combined with us, that we become more like Jesus -the living word of God.
"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword." (Hebr.4:12) I think there is no better way to preach gospel than to live and love, and to act and speak the thruth in love.
And when I was reading Nea's thoughts about fellowship from her brand new and sweet blog and Laura's always-so-wonderful writings, this time about seeing things so "black and white" "christian and non-christian" -- one thing, that I have been thinking about the blogs, came to my mind... Could it be so, that everybody, no matter who they are, could easily join to this "blogcommunity" or whatever called, so that it would be open to everybody to read and share their thoughts and life, whether they are believers or not...? I think through communication, chatting and arguing in a positive way we could raise questions and encourage people to think, and also ourselve start to think... And yes, more interactively! It's possible, but could we somehow encourige people to do it? Or what do you think, are blogs too "intimate" for that?
-I would love to see in future (maybe already tomorrow :) ) more links to our schoolfriends', workmates', relatives' etc. blogs so that we could be more closely related (and affect) to a bigger group of people!

3 Comments:

Blogger Petra said...

Hyviä ajatuksia Mari! Laitoinpa niitä omaankin blogiini..:)

6:06 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Olipa puhutteleva lukee sun ajatuksia! Oon juuri palannut kotiin leirilta Bejarista, jossa oli mukana kristittyja ympari maailmaa ja hyvinkin erilaisista taustoista, ja pyoritellyt itekin naita yhteyteen liittyvia juttuja. Ja jain ihan koukkuun, oli heti pakko lukee teidan kaikkien kirjotukset aiheesta.

Ikava sua! Muy grande halaus tuulisesta Salamancasta.

12:20 PM  
Blogger Hepzibah The Watchman said...

I love when you wrote that we do not need to preach the gospel, but we need to live it. May God bless you indeed - from USA.

7:32 AM  

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