Comments on: The Keys to the Truck http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/ Sun, 27 May 2012 02:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric Abney http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-102 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:14:15 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-102 Driver40, Thanks for the great conversation. I read your opening blog and I know that you are in the middle of a tough time right now. Just remember that God uses everything even our pain and conflict. He will use yours too.
-Eric

]]> By: driver40 http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-99 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:05:23 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-99 I know there is no formula. I was just wondering how you deal when your in the wilderness. Take care and honestly… May God Bless You.

Driver40
PS. Doesn’t a + b = ab? :P just kidding.

]]> By: Eric Abney http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-98 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:50:23 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-98 Driver40, My attitude varies. Sometimes I feel lonely, scared, and not good enough. Other times I have an attitude of just being overwhelmed by God.

Regardless of what my attitude is, I focus on what I know to be true about God. I know that He loves me, He accepts me, I am worthy because of Him, and I am safe in Him. Those things are true, and no matter how I feel I focus on those truths.

That is what I do in the wilderness.

You may be looking for a formula and to be honest I don’t have one of those for you. There is rarely an a + b = c.

]]> By: driver40 http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-96 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:52:53 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-96 Well, let me ask it this way… What do you, Eric, do when you’re out in the wilderness? What is your attitude like in those moments?

Driver40

]]> By: Eric Abney http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-95 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:13:59 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-95 Just because you can’t see Dad doesn’t mean he is not there. I don’t like to be alone, but I do feel that God draws me to those places of it being “just me” so He can remind me that I am never truly alone. God often drew people out of the commotion of the world so He could speak tenderly to them.
Moses, David, and Jesus are just a few examples.

I hope this helps in answering your question.
-Eric

]]> By: driver40 http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-92 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:47:26 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-92 That was a question. What did you do in those moments where it was just you?

]]> By: Eric Abney http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-90 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:45:30 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-90 Driver40, beautiful poem you wrote and quite thought provoking. Thank you so much for reading and taking time out to comment.
-Eric

]]> By: Eric Abney http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-89 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:42:56 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-89 Matt, thanks for your comment. You are right. Our parents carry so much weight in our lives. Thanks for reading our blog.
-Eric

]]> By: driver40 http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-88 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:04:14 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-88 Before you got the keys, your dad tossed you a helmet first. Dad said “now your grown”, he put you on a bike then pushed you off to ride on your own. At that moment it’s just you. Only you with the cold winter wind blowing in your face as you realizes you’re no longer in the same place. When you looked back for your dad and he wasn’t in view, what did you do?

]]> By: Matt @ The Church of No People http://newnameblog.org/2010/01/04/the-keys-to-the-truck/#comment-87 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:54:06 +0000 http://newnameblog.org/?p=1076#comment-87 Hey Eric, great post. My parents instilled in me so many times a sense that they trusted me. Some friends were not so fortunate, and it really affected the way they interacted with others and the world when they finally had the freedom to do as they wished.

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