Comments on: Dying to self http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:58:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-38824 Chris Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:56:42 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-38824 thank u. thank u.

]]> By: acaisse http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-36757 acaisse Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:26:42 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-36757 I just stumbled across this article and would love to read more on the subject. I know this is where God is leading me right now - dying to self- and it fasinates me. I have been a christian for many years and its time I understand this concept in more depth. I appreciate your perspective! I just stumbled across this article and would love to read more on the subject. I know this is where God is leading me right now – dying to self- and it fasinates me. I have been a christian for many years and its time I understand this concept in more depth. I appreciate your perspective!

]]> By: SuburbanCorrespondent http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5812 SuburbanCorrespondent Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:47:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5812 What elc said, about the salt thing...<br/><br/>And also, what you describe sounds like what happened when Eustace got un-dragoned, in the Adventures of the Dawn Treader...<br/><br/>I love your blog! What elc said, about the salt thing…

And also, what you describe sounds like what happened when Eustace got un-dragoned, in the Adventures of the Dawn Treader…

I love your blog!

]]> By: Suzywoozy http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5760 Suzywoozy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:12:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5760 I'm a cradle Catholic who has always loved Jesus but am discovering more and more the beauty of the Catholic Church recently.. I really like this post because this is something I used to wonder about too... whether EVERYTHING had to go, and whether there was NOTHING good.. I like the stained glass analogy, and the salt one, by C.S. Lewis.<br/><br/>Btw, I too really appreciate your blog- new perspectives to old issues. I’m a cradle Catholic who has always loved Jesus but am discovering more and more the beauty of the Catholic Church recently.. I really like this post because this is something I used to wonder about too… whether EVERYTHING had to go, and whether there was NOTHING good.. I like the stained glass analogy, and the salt one, by C.S. Lewis.

Btw, I too really appreciate your blog- new perspectives to old issues.

]]> By: Anna http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5759 Anna Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:08:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5759 I've often heard the window analogy where dying to self is compared to cleaning the glass, making it as clear as possible for the light to shine through; so much so that you don't even realize the glass is there, you just see the light. But it did always bug me that that analogy basically wiped out the inherent goodness of variety of people. I like your stained glass version much better. I’ve often heard the window analogy where dying to self is compared to cleaning the glass, making it as clear as possible for the light to shine through; so much so that you don’t even realize the glass is there, you just see the light. But it did always bug me that that analogy basically wiped out the inherent goodness of variety of people. I like your stained glass version much better.

]]> By: Barb http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5758 Barb Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:46:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5758 I love ELC's comment about C S Lewis's analogy with salt.<br/>That's basically what I was taught...that by dying to ourselves,our personality is not lost; we become the best version of ourselves.<br/>A blessed day to all... I love ELC’s comment about C S Lewis’s analogy with salt.
That’s basically what I was taught…that by dying to ourselves,our personality is not lost; we become the best version of ourselves.
A blessed day to all…

]]> By: Jen http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5757 Jen Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:04:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5757 As a convert, I have struggled with this as well. I finally read a book last night that explained this to me in very simple terms so that I could understand more clearly. The author likened dying to oneself like a pail of sand at the beach. One would fill it with sand to the brim, but if one wanted to put water in it instead, they'd have to empty out the sand first. Dying to ourselves is like trying to take out the sand but we often try to do it ourselves, and he compared that to taking out a grain at a time with tweezers. With God's grace, the sand dumps out much faster and is replaced with the living waters of grace. How cool. So, I shall be asking for the grace to dump out my sand pail today. :-) I love your blog. As a convert, I have struggled with this as well. I finally read a book last night that explained this to me in very simple terms so that I could understand more clearly. The author likened dying to oneself like a pail of sand at the beach. One would fill it with sand to the brim, but if one wanted to put water in it instead, they’d have to empty out the sand first. Dying to ourselves is like trying to take out the sand but we often try to do it ourselves, and he compared that to taking out a grain at a time with tweezers. With God’s grace, the sand dumps out much faster and is replaced with the living waters of grace. How cool. So, I shall be asking for the grace to dump out my sand pail today. :-) I love your blog.

]]> By: Tausign http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5755 Tausign Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:59:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5755 <i>Dying to self</i> is the root note in God's inverted chord.<br/><br/><i>"It is in giving that we receive,<br/>It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,<br/>And it is in dying (to ourselves) that we are born to eternal life"</i>---from 'Peace Prayer', St. Francis of Assisi<br/><br/>Thank you for sounding it so well... Dying to self is the root note in God’s inverted chord.

“It is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying (to ourselves) that we are born to eternal life”—from ‘Peace Prayer’, St. Francis of Assisi

Thank you for sounding it so well…

]]> By: Marian http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5754 Marian Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:53:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5754 Wow, that was extremely well-said.<br/><br/>And you named those gods, too: Comfort and Convenience-- Mine, To Be Exact. If you boil it down, how much of what I do, say, and think in my natural self revolves around these worthless aims. Yech. Wow, that was extremely well-said.

And you named those gods, too: Comfort and Convenience– Mine, To Be Exact. If you boil it down, how much of what I do, say, and think in my natural self revolves around these worthless aims. Yech.

]]> By: ELC http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/04/dying-to-self.html/comment-page-1#comment-5752 ELC Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:22:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/04/dying-to-self.html#comment-5752 "But even then I pictured that if all Christians were to completely die to themselves and be perfectly Christ-like, that we'd all basically be identical drones." C.S. Lewis discusses something akin to that, somewhere. He uses an analogy to salt: a taste of salt itself would lead one to believe that the use of it on food would lead to all food tasting the same; that is, like salt. But its use actually brings out the individual flavor of the foods to which its applied. “But even then I pictured that if all Christians were to completely die to themselves and be perfectly Christ-like, that we’d all basically be identical drones.” C.S. Lewis discusses something akin to that, somewhere. He uses an analogy to salt: a taste of salt itself would lead one to believe that the use of it on food would lead to all food tasting the same; that is, like salt. But its use actually brings out the individual flavor of the foods to which its applied.

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