tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435467021522813.post3218118953534394103..comments2023-10-23T02:34:18.363-05:00Comments on Joe, Diane, & Mallery's Big Adventure - Modern Day Gypsies: New Orleans - Pontchartrain Landing RV Campgrounddiane-j-mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07485256483873776321noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435467021522813.post-16823079498480886072013-10-06T22:06:38.182-05:002013-10-06T22:06:38.182-05:00Sorry it took me so long to respond. I didn't ...Sorry it took me so long to respond. I didn't realize you had left a message until now. You are so very right what you say. Unfortunately just because I am a Christian and talk about my faith and blessings, doesn't mean I am perfect. I am like all Christians- Walking out my salvation, trying each and every day to be more like Jesus. Every day I see where I need to work at being a better person, and no matter how hard I try to be my best, I get tripped up some how. What I have learn is no matter how hard I try to be the perfect Christian, I will never measure up, and everything I have or am blessed with is only from the Grace Of Jesus and Gods goodness. I will never deserve or be good enough to qualify for what I have been Blessed with. I think that is exactly what God wants from us. He wants to know that we Love him and are trying our best, but He gave us his son to die on the cross so that no matter what Satan throws at us, if we acknowledge that Jesus is our King, and Lord of Lord's, we are covered and he has our back. I am like anyone, I let fear get the best of me, when I am in a place that is unfamiliar to me. We are told by everyone that certain places are not safe to be in. Our campground told us that it was not safe to walk at night in this particular area. So even though it was day, my imagination went into over drive. When fear gets a hold of you, your Christian walk goes out the window. Satan is the King of fear. I guess I listened to his whispers of fear in my mind and let it control me, instead having Faith that my Jesus and God were by my side. You are right, I should have smiled and maybe even waved. Be Blessed also.diane-j-mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07485256483873776321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435467021522813.post-23342378876354569612011-04-14T09:01:53.658-05:002011-04-14T09:01:53.658-05:00I randomly came across your blog and wanted to say...I randomly came across your blog and wanted to say that you take wonderful pictures.<br /><br />I just had one question. You profess your faith openly throughout your blog yet while recounting your trip to New Orleans you repeatedly talk about how frightened you were by "the projects." Do you feel that people are inherently bad because they are poor or of a different ethnicity than your own? Did Jesus not walk among the poor and "less desirables" of his day in brotherly love? True Christian love is not just loving your own blessings, but sharing the "blessing" of love and acceptance with others. Perhaps instead of averting your eyes in abject fear from the people standing outside of those projects, you could have simply shared a friendly Christian smile....or maybe even a wave. Be BlessedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435467021522813.post-68668860433090868512009-06-24T11:06:55.034-05:002009-06-24T11:06:55.034-05:00Oh fun! Looks like you two are having a blast!
Di...Oh fun! Looks like you two are having a blast!<br /><br />Did you have some real cajun food?Dawn Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320576787003821586noreply@blogger.com