tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33646337.post6519337764937354617..comments2011-12-24T08:51:52.009-08:00<a href="http://melvinbray.com"><b>Melvin Bray</b></a>, coordinating storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499300990901184888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33646337.post-32166075909766659762011-12-24T08:51:52.009-08:002011-12-24T08:51:52.009-08:00dana, that&#39;s exactly how i hope a reimagining of our stories will work on us. our stories of faith shouldn&#39;t just be about those naughty folks over there, but they should indict us who hold them dear, no matter how on the side of right we fancy ourselves being.<br /><br />thanks so much for your comment, old friend!<br /><br />much love,<br />melvin<a href="http://melvinbray.com"><b>Melvin Bray</b></a>, coordinating storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499300990901184888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33646337.post-72524787388472316802011-12-24T07:50:41.002-08:002011-12-24T07:50:41.002-08:00So... I&#39;ve spent the last several minutes reading the installments of Noah&#39;s story...<br />And... I confess, found myself on the &#39;wrong side&#39; of the story... Where people have lost sight of their own humanity and the dignity of their fellow humans.<br />I agree that if Noah&#39;s family were who Elohim meant them to be (I.e., people who think and feel as Elohim does), they, too, would be weeping at the &#39;unnecessary&#39; loss of life. So many provisions had been made for them (as for me/us), yet &#39;life&#39; and pride prevented them from recognizing the grace that was being offered, and taking the necessary steps to take proper advantage of it.<br />How is it that I can see their fault so clearly, and recognize the similarities in my own existence, and yet still find myself sometimes unwilling to do or be different?DWP: The Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017999389547449664noreply@blogger.com