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Mark J.:
Hi all

First up, I'm new to this forum and only stumbled upon Ray's site a few days ago, but I'm so glad I did. I no longer feel alone with my feelings of doubt regarding some of the teachings of the mainstream church.

I hope more people find his site and it makes them question some of their blind beliefs.

Anyway, I just wanted to throw something up here as a bit of fun.

My partner and I were just discussing some the things on the site and out of the blue we both started to wonder, what would it have been like to be hanging around with Jesus while He was here when "the cameras were turned off".

What I mean is, what would He be like while He was taking a break from ministeral duties? like just sitting around the dinner table with a goblet of wine with the boys feeling very relaxed. You know, just having a good time before "geting back to work".

Ever wondered what they might have talked about? Joked about? I'm sure Jesus must have had a sense of humour or he would have gone stark raving mad with all the nonsense he had to put up with day in day out.

Mark J.:
I just had another wierd thought as I submitted my first post.

Jesus demonstrated  a real big soft spot for children. Even to say that we should come to God as a child.

Ok, so here's the wierd thought, or I should say ANOTHER wierd thought,
Who of you who are fathers, and let's be PC here, mothers as well, have had their kids begging them to "come and play" with them.

Has anybody here ever asked their Heavenly Father just to "play with them" for a while?

I haven't myself, because as I said, it was a wierd thought that only just popped in there.

If anyone has actually done this, I'd love to know what the result was.

I just can't bring myself to belive that God could only be about "business" where His children are concerned. There must be time to play. But how would one play with God? More to the point, how could you even hope to win the game?

Is this line of thinking disrespectful to God? I would personally doubt it as we are made in his image and we have a great capacity for fun and frivolity when the mood hits us.

So what would God's idea of fun with His children be? Ball games and piggy back rides are obviously out. But there must be something that God likes to do for a giggle with His kids.

What do you think?

worm:
hey Mark,
I don't think your thoughts are weird at all :D

for me, when I play with my son it IS like playing with God...cause God is in all of us...and I KNOW that He is right there with us, because when i give attention and love to my child...I'm doing His will

also, sometimes when he falls asleep on my chest...and he breathes so softly one can hardly believe he is alive...I just HAVE to thank the Lord for giving me such a beautiful child of His to raise...and I'm ETERNALLY grateful...and THAT moment becomes like a HUGE praise and worship moment for me 8)

hope I'm making sense here...

Mickyd:
Ever see that video about the autistic basketball player who had never gotten to play in a game untill the last game of his senior year?  The kid hit 6 3point shots in a row and when the game was over, he was carried off the court by the whole crowd!

I'm sure God had some great fun that night! And so did the kid....I'm sure it was the best night of his life.

zander:
Hey Mark, nice to have you here mate.  Where about in Sydney are you living?  I went there last year for a while, travelling Oz and i went again this year in February, travelling.  Amazing place.  I would say God is having a great deal of fun having yu live in Sydney.  I had an amazing time in Sydney.  I spent a while in Darling Harbour, Pitt street, you name it.  My now girlfriend lived in Redfern (shes English and shes back now).

Anyway, as "All is of God".  I would say that even the fun part of life is God given.  Christ i am sure did extra curricular things outside his Godly remit.  I just wish the series of "Big Brother" had been invented back then.

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