tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post5594235154539576979..comments2024-02-13T08:29:36.718-08:00Comments on The thought just occurred to me: MaryAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151669752030074109noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post-9379832657291673852012-11-22T07:35:53.654-08:002012-11-22T07:35:53.654-08:00The terrible irony is that those who have chased t...The terrible irony is that those who have chased the poor away, Robert Moses and other developers in the past, have died with many of their initially good works forgotten and thrown down in the gutter for their extreme acts of racist cruelty. To many Robert Moses was a horrific, racist, egomaniac. It is time to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, but change the seascape. I say this in an article I've written: http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/belle-harbor-neponsit-the-rockaways-after/ It's a thorny issue to label NYC or other areas Sodom when there are many Christians in that area. God did provide an answer to Sodom. And in the New Testament, it says, "Where sin abounds, Grace abounds more." I am a very devout Christian...just not political and not manipulated to be political. I'm a first and second commandment Christian and leave the judging to God. Love thy neighbor is key. I live in a multi racial building...and am not a respecter of persons. I don't pretend to know or understand God's detailed plan. I do know that man is responsible for much and God is blamed. When people say God didn't stop something...it's not up to Him. It's up to US. He provided an unbelievable answer for all our woes and it is up to us to engage the answer after the Spirit of Christ...the love of Christ. So I extend that here, first. Secondly, I am obedient to what He guides me to do. There is nothing worse than "show" charity. We must each do as He wills us to do in obedience. The great Love of God is being manifested during the aftermath of Sandy in very wonderful neighbors and communities and people who show up to clean up and feed others. This is the Love of God. May those individuals be super blessed; they of course are because they are giving. If anything the hurricane has done is to bring the communities of Rockaway a little closer together; a curse is becoming a blessing. That is the love of Christ. Carole Di Tostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831790843436160256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post-38403134922664877382012-11-21T08:40:46.562-08:002012-11-21T08:40:46.562-08:00Good, thoughtful blog. And it gets at the essence ...Good, thoughtful blog. And it gets at the essence of religious behavior - as Jesus said, not necessarily following the "law" (every jot and tittle) but rather behaving in a kindly manner and serving the needy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post-20164713872260411952012-11-20T16:45:23.928-08:002012-11-20T16:45:23.928-08:00I spent time late this afternoon helping serve Tha...I spent time late this afternoon helping serve Thanksgiving dinner to those of our community who have no place to go on Thursday, who have very little income, or have had a hard time with being unemployed. The hour I served, no one asked me about the salt content in the green beans I was dishing out. They were glad that they could come and eat. All of our cities seem to have leaders who have forgotten how the other half live. (Other half meaning those who don't have the basics.)<br />quietspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086016141181470311noreply@blogger.com