Comments for Toward the Goal http://www.toward-the-goal.net Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:18:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Jesus + _______? by Bob Cleveland http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2013/04/22/jesus-_______/comment-page-1/#comment-14594 Bob Cleveland Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:18:36 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1906#comment-14594 Despite the fact that we’ve heard “Faith isn’t about your feelings”, we do still have them. Peg and I have both had cancer, so we’re in touch with the reality of that. The remainder, well, let;s just say we’ve been through bigtime depression, job loss, etc, too.

But what we know is what we know. And it’s not based on how we feel. However you feel right now is just how you’re supposed to feel. God designed you that way.

Faith didn’t keep the apostles out of the storm when Jesus sent them out onto the lake, but Jesus saw them through it, and it changed their lives. When He calmed the storms, that was the first time they’d ever worshiped Him. When you see that Jesus has brought you .. past tense .. through these trials He warned us about, you’ll be in a position to worship as never before.

And we know what we know .. that the Bible is true, and that you can make your decisions based on its truths, no matter how you feel.

]]> Comment on Where was God during the Sandy Point Massacre? by Bob Cleveland http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/12/19/where-was-god-during-the-sandy-point-massacre/comment-page-1/#comment-14323 Bob Cleveland Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:03:06 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1890#comment-14323 Proverbs 16:4 is a pretty good place to start. It means exactly what it says, too.

The lesson of Job applies, too.

]]> Comment on Unthinkable Evil by Where was God during the Sandy Point Massacre? | Toward the Goal http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/12/14/unthinkable-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-14319 Where was God during the Sandy Point Massacre? | Toward the Goal Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:40:26 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1875#comment-14319 [...] of us were struggling with questions, and searching for answers, trying to process this unthinkably evil [...]

]]> Comment on Bionic Hearing by John http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/12/17/bionic-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-14302 John Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:38:15 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1881#comment-14302 Very true, Bob. Still think I’d prefer to be Iron Man than Six Million Dollar man though.

Probably a generational thing. :)

]]> Comment on Bionic Hearing by Bob Cleveland http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/12/17/bionic-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-14301 Bob Cleveland Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:15:53 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1881#comment-14301 We’re all mechanically assisted, you know. We don’t walk everywhere. We don’t eat only what we grow.

There’s nothing wrong with getting mechanical to hear any more than there is to mechanically assist our eyesight.

Me? I’ve got two titanium knees, too. I’m a lot more Steve Austin than you are…..

]]> Comment on We Don’t Always Get What We Want by Bionic Hearing | Toward the Goal http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/11/13/we-dont-always-get-what-we-want/comment-page-1/#comment-14300 Bionic Hearing | Toward the Goal Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:50:38 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1853#comment-14300 [...] “We Don’t Always Get What We Want”, November 2012 [...]

]]> Comment on I am a Bad Man… by Bob Cleveland http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/12/10/i-am-a-bad-man/comment-page-1/#comment-14287 Bob Cleveland Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:04:25 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1871#comment-14287 Good time to remember the title you picked for your blog.

]]> Comment on We Don’t Always Get What We Want by I am a Bad Man… | Toward the Goal http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/11/13/we-dont-always-get-what-we-want/comment-page-1/#comment-14284 I am a Bad Man… | Toward the Goal Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:09:38 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1853#comment-14284 [...] “We Don’t Always Get What We Want”, November 2012 [...]

]]> Comment on We Don’t Always Get What We Want by Cholesteatoma… Again. | Toward the Goal http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/11/13/we-dont-always-get-what-we-want/comment-page-1/#comment-14249 Cholesteatoma… Again. | Toward the Goal Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:41:25 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1853#comment-14249 [...] two weeks ago I was pretty bummed out following what I thought would be a routine follow-up visit about my troubled ears. Unpleasant [...]

]]> Comment on We Don’t Always Get What We Want by Bob Cleveland http://www.toward-the-goal.net/2012/11/13/we-dont-always-get-what-we-want/comment-page-1/#comment-14221 Bob Cleveland Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:54:56 +0000 http://www.toward-the-goal.net/?p=1853#comment-14221 God does give grace to cope, and prosper in attitude, too, if one want it.

Seriously, He does.

I had prostate cancer in 2008. Could have had radiation implants but the only church friend who’d had PC too had that done, and it came back. So I told the doctor to take it out, which they did.

Long story short, it’d gotten into a lymph node. Surgeon said hormone treatment .. Lupron .. could stall it for years but I asked him if he’d tell his own dad to get radiation, if he liked his dad. He said yes, he would. So I had radiation .. 39 tomotherapy radiation doses, the only downside being that whatever state of continence you start that with, you’re going to end with. So I still do have some issues with it.

Nothing that cannot be managed. So I made light of it. I told friends I asked the surgeon what kind of underwear I should use after, and he said depends…”. I said “on what” and he said “No … DEPENDS”.

Like I said, God gives grace. He’s got more than we can handle.

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