Comments on: Pretending we have boxes.

By: Cheryl Wainwright Floyd

Cheryl Wainwright Floyd — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:55:32 +0000

I'm sort of on the other end: I found my son's "boxes". It was hard, but we held out ground while still showing him our love and concern, offering help all the way – with much fasting and prayer! He made the best decision to leave his sin and return. I just dropped him off at college this past weekend! Whew. When we hugged goodbye he told me, "Thank you for making me…" he didn't mean making him go to college, which we didn't, he wanted to, he meant making him choose between life and death, blessing and curses, sin and righteousness. It was so hard, and felt like a thin, thin line we were walking, but God was faithful. God has been faithful to you both (Bryan/Jon) because you are choosing everyday too.

By: Yaitza

Yaitza — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:12:35 +0000

Fixed! Thanks!,Xaviera

By: Day 1 w/o Facebook « ::greater things::

Day 1 w/o Facebook « ::greater things:: — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:09:08 +0000

[...] Isn’t that how we fall into sin to begin with? Just one more time. I can hide it. I think this post from one of my favorite bloggers (Jon Acuff of Stuff Christians Like) explains it beautifully: Pretending We Have Boxes [...]

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:33:19 +0000

I completely agree. I usually stop paying attention to the stories after the first day or two, because after that it's just people heaping on stuff and kicking a guy who's down.

By: MurphyMoo

MurphyMoo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:49:14 +0000

Beautiful, Nick.

By: MurphyMoo

MurphyMoo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:47:22 +0000

I absolutely loved that post. Amen, brother. No grumbling here.

By: Pride, The Constant Battle In Pastoral Life « mgpcpastor’s blog

Pride, The Constant Battle In Pastoral Life « mgpcpastor’s blog — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:14:38 +0000

[...] start with a post from Jon Acuff on the Stuff Christians Like site entitled “Pretending We Have Boxes”. It’s part reflection on the Tiger Wood’s downfall and part personal application. Acuff [...]

By: alex green

alex green — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:22:38 +0000

Sorry, Rebecca. I did mean you. I guess I see that you ended your comment on a really high note. But how do we pick and choose who we hold accountable for what? God doesn't direct us to do or not to do things for His own fun, or for frivolous reasons. What I'm saying is that it gets us in a very sticky situation when we are going to hold Tiger accountable for his actions (wait, how are we doing that when we don't even know him?) and not say something if he got to that point for a reason. It is ONLY for God and Tiger and the people in his life whom it actually affected to decide what to do about.

Of course, if my kid were aware of any of the situation I'd tell her what he did was wrong. But I come from a peculiar situation that affords me the knowledge of the pain of being denied a proper, working relationship with a spouse and that is just as damaging.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:26:53 +0000

Alex, I hope you didn't mean me. Your post and mine had nothing to do with each other.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:44:16 +0000

It's hard to pack away sin when boxes were never meant to hold such things in the first place.