Wow reading through your testimony comic right now and it's incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's very encouraging to me; I can relate a lot.
Finally getting around to commenting, but I'm vary glad you took the leap and shared your story! I think this is very applicable to those who are artists and those who couldn't get answers when they were younger and walked away. Not to say that any one person's experience is law, but I think you very clearly mapped out coming to the end of yourself and how only then you can start to understand. I shared with a friend. I hope this reaches many more people, thank you again for doing this! I understand the pressure to want to preserve your career (yourself) so it means a lot.
Just here to give support. I looked back at SSSS after a couple years away, and found this. Your courage, and the reason for showing it...people honestly doing their best to find and shoot for the real reasons for life kinda hit home on my end. Subbed. I was going to patreon, but this works too. I'm also Christian (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormon), and I appreciate your integrity, living true to what you know, even before now.
You may enjoy reading CS Lewis' works, given your through process of logical progression.
I don't mind at all, feel free to do it! If you do, maybe also add a note that it's not an "official" translation but that you've been given permission to post it. :3
Thank you for sharing your story. I wish that doing good, doing God's will, was rewarded here on earth, but usually it is hard. Usually people will try to hurt you, and they will try harder in proportion to how morally superior they feel they are.
And I personally think one reason why God sometimes allows a lot of negative reactions when we follow his will, is to reveal to us just how much we crave the approval of people. It's like if someone gives a gift to another person, but then the gift-giver gets upset if they don't get a thank you from the other person, it reveals that the gift-giver was really looking to be congratulated for giving the gift rather than doing it for the sake of the other person. A pure-hearted giver would still be glad to have given the gift no matter the response.
In a similar way when I get upset after I get a negative response to some work I thought was good, God uses that to reveal that I secretly craved praise from people, rather than doing what I thought was right for the sake of it.
Nice! Glad to discover that you ended up liking Calvinism after struggles like I did! Now I'm doing PhD in philosophy, and the divine hiddenness problem is one of the topics that capture my attention in philosophy of religion. Btw check out Tim Keller sermons too, I'm sure you'll love it!😄😄
Love it! Made me laugh at a lot of points (especially the Paul drawing and "adult baby baptism") LOL. Thank you for being so vulnerable in sharing your story, Minna.
I don't know, that's like asking "what's your favourite thing about Impressionism". I'd just give a wide-eyed shrug of my shoulders and look sheepish. xD So far it's been a theological framework that has put a lot of pieces in places where they seem to fit well. Or if I'd give a cheesy answer it'd be "the people at my church".
One more comment I didn't think about before - being in the military has forced me through a lot more weird social interactions (rank helps to push through some issues - as well as mission, etc)...but when I get to a new church, it's just in and out trying to avoid eye contact or casual conversation for weeks - slowly putting names to faces. It helps to be able to join a small group - but I like my current night shift - so there haven't been too many options for that either.
Yes!! What a way to start the week :) I am feeling very intimidated myself as I am sketching pages for a long project... very relatable. I'll be praying that God will enable you to honor Him in telling this story.
Wow reading through your testimony comic right now and it's incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's very encouraging to me; I can relate a lot.
Finally getting around to commenting, but I'm vary glad you took the leap and shared your story! I think this is very applicable to those who are artists and those who couldn't get answers when they were younger and walked away. Not to say that any one person's experience is law, but I think you very clearly mapped out coming to the end of yourself and how only then you can start to understand. I shared with a friend. I hope this reaches many more people, thank you again for doing this! I understand the pressure to want to preserve your career (yourself) so it means a lot.
Just here to give support. I looked back at SSSS after a couple years away, and found this. Your courage, and the reason for showing it...people honestly doing their best to find and shoot for the real reasons for life kinda hit home on my end. Subbed. I was going to patreon, but this works too. I'm also Christian (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormon), and I appreciate your integrity, living true to what you know, even before now.
You may enjoy reading CS Lewis' works, given your through process of logical progression.
On and up,
Taylor-
would u mind if i took this & translated it into chinese for my chinese seeker/believer friends? would link to your page & everything ofc
I don't mind at all, feel free to do it! If you do, maybe also add a note that it's not an "official" translation but that you've been given permission to post it. :3
For sure!! Thanks for the permission
Praise God yo T^T cried and laughed so much reading this
Thank you for sharing your story. I wish that doing good, doing God's will, was rewarded here on earth, but usually it is hard. Usually people will try to hurt you, and they will try harder in proportion to how morally superior they feel they are.
Thank you for reading it!
And I personally think one reason why God sometimes allows a lot of negative reactions when we follow his will, is to reveal to us just how much we crave the approval of people. It's like if someone gives a gift to another person, but then the gift-giver gets upset if they don't get a thank you from the other person, it reveals that the gift-giver was really looking to be congratulated for giving the gift rather than doing it for the sake of the other person. A pure-hearted giver would still be glad to have given the gift no matter the response.
In a similar way when I get upset after I get a negative response to some work I thought was good, God uses that to reveal that I secretly craved praise from people, rather than doing what I thought was right for the sake of it.
That's a good way to look at it.
Nice! Glad to discover that you ended up liking Calvinism after struggles like I did! Now I'm doing PhD in philosophy, and the divine hiddenness problem is one of the topics that capture my attention in philosophy of religion. Btw check out Tim Keller sermons too, I'm sure you'll love it!😄😄
Love it! Made me laugh at a lot of points (especially the Paul drawing and "adult baby baptism") LOL. Thank you for being so vulnerable in sharing your story, Minna.
I'm glad it gave you a laugh. ^_^
So, what's your favorite thing about Calvinism?
I don't know, that's like asking "what's your favourite thing about Impressionism". I'd just give a wide-eyed shrug of my shoulders and look sheepish. xD So far it's been a theological framework that has put a lot of pieces in places where they seem to fit well. Or if I'd give a cheesy answer it'd be "the people at my church".
thanks for your reply. Makes sense.
Guess there's no Calvin & Hobbes connection, then -_-
One more comment I didn't think about before - being in the military has forced me through a lot more weird social interactions (rank helps to push through some issues - as well as mission, etc)...but when I get to a new church, it's just in and out trying to avoid eye contact or casual conversation for weeks - slowly putting names to faces. It helps to be able to join a small group - but I like my current night shift - so there haven't been too many options for that either.
Yes!! What a way to start the week :) I am feeling very intimidated myself as I am sketching pages for a long project... very relatable. I'll be praying that God will enable you to honor Him in telling this story.
Woo hoo hoo! Congrats! I really enjoyed it. Now even more folks can too. :)