en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/679784 Comments by firefoxred http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/getting-mad-when-someone-interrupts-your-quiet-time-with-god/#IDComment39559301 I do enjoy it. I just suspend that feeling temporarily during quiet time. Seriously, I can be reading about honoring my parents, then in a hot second I'm hollering at her. As for commandments, parents are told not to bring their children to grief. So we're supposed to honor each other basically. I think with kids they don't really know better, but I somehow want adults to read my mind and know I'm in the zone and should not be bothered. It's unfair. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:09:57 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/getting-mad-when-someone-interrupts-your-quiet-time-with-god/#IDComment39559301 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/getting-mad-when-someone-interrupts-your-quiet-time-with-god/#IDComment39546792 I've always wondered, do you go to bed early to help get up early? Or do you live off low sleep? I try to get up at 5:30am to have time for a Bible study, but if I don't get to bed before 10pm I'm just wrecked in the morning. How do you handle it? Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:22:52 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/getting-mad-when-someone-interrupts-your-quiet-time-with-god/#IDComment39546792 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/getting-mad-when-someone-interrupts-your-quiet-time-with-god/#IDComment39546711 I usually have my quiet time right when I get home for work. I look forward to it all day. The problem is that my mom comes home soon after me, and she always wants to ask 20 questions. Some days I get really upset which is awful. She's usually asking if she can make me food or do my laundry. Just one more thing to work on getting better at I guess. Thanks for being relevant. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:21:25 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/getting-mad-when-someone-interrupts-your-quiet-time-with-god/#IDComment39546711 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/545-pastors-that-tell-you-how-hott-their-wives-are/#IDComment38842299 I think it's because of the culture. A lot of guys at my church fall into patterns where they try to earn brownie points by saying nice things about their wife. You know, since they left the toilet seat up earlier that day they better try to smooth things out later. I know several ladies that cause this. If they are mentioned as a wife, without the "hott", then they'll take offense to it. It's like their philosophy is "if it's not an outright compliment it must be an insult." Maybe that's just my perspective. Being single makes it akward when your 6'3", 250 pound football playing friend marries someone, then immediately starts playing the butt kissing game. Hey, you're married already! Staying out 2 minutes past your kerfew once every 6 months shouldn't be wrecking your relationship! Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:13:59 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/545-pastors-that-tell-you-how-hott-their-wives-are/#IDComment38842299 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/544-taking-the-college-years-off/#IDComment38841482 I've been looking for this exact list. This will be very helpful for talking to kids at my church. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:04:40 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/544-taking-the-college-years-off/#IDComment38841482 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/544-taking-the-college-years-off/#IDComment38841403 Good point! Visiting other churches is a lot of fun, and it's hard to do after college because if you have a regular church you'll feel responsible to attend it regularly. God is doing a lot of different things through different churches and denominations and it's fun to see that periodically. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:03:50 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/544-taking-the-college-years-off/#IDComment38841403 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/543-throwing-out-disclaimers-before-you-recommend-something-secular/#IDComment38840397 I want to check on your American Beauty "akward moment" times, but I'm afraid I'll either find out you're a heathen or reveal myself as one. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:52:29 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/543-throwing-out-disclaimers-before-you-recommend-something-secular/#IDComment38840397 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/spelling-ministry-with-an-me/#IDComment38697424 I was one of the token adults at the Children's Musical at my church. I was awful. I had my lines memorized and I nailed them at the last two practices before it. Then I messed up on both nights of the show. Couldn't recall lines, forgot words to my song, wandered off the stage during one of my parts. It wasn't about me though, and it was really hard to see past my mistakes to the message about God we were trying to pass on to our neighbors and friends. Maybe I should have just said, "Look! The Lamb of God!", then ran into the secret bathroom in the basement where I could hyperventilate while the congregation looked for Jesus in the Sanctuary. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:13:35 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/spelling-ministry-with-an-me/#IDComment38697424 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/03/505-visiting-people-at-the-hospital/#IDComment37624168 I love those chairs! Your husband is awesome. Did he name the it too? Mega-Chair? Optimus Chairus? I saw my first transforming chair in July and it was excellent. Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:50:45 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/03/505-visiting-people-at-the-hospital/#IDComment37624168 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/having-this-is-weird-but-moments-3/#IDComment37612364 I've had countless encounters with driving where there is no explanation for my junky car making it, or my sleepy driving keeping me on the road. One good example was when I had a 50 mile commute through the country and my car overheated because it was low on coolant. I used water to cool it temporarily, then kept on going until I could get coolant in the radiator. The next day at work I went out for lunch and my car had dumped all the radiator fluid. When they took it out at the shop there was about 50% of the radiator still together. It looked like it had been shot by a shotgun. The mechanics couldn't figure out how it had held any fluid before. I know what kept the fluid in there, there's just no other explanation. When you buy a $500 car and stretch it out for 5 years you get a lot of chances to see God work. Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:35:36 +0000 http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/10/having-this-is-weird-but-moments-3/#IDComment37612364