Comments for Derrick Engoy http://derrickengoy.com Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Cakes by Chrizle http://derrickengoy.com/cakes/#comment-201 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:42:33 +0000 http://derrickengoy.wordpress.com/?page_id=237#comment-201 Sunday March 4, 2012
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A giraffe themed baby shower cake… :)

]]> Comment on Mountainous Strokes by derrickengoy http://derrickengoy.com/2012/02/03/mountainous-strokes/#comment-191 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:26 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=420#comment-191 It’s definitely hard to understand that God loves us unconditionally, especially in the midst of our junk, isn’t it?

There’s a lot of mystery to God and, quite frankly, we’re not going to fully understand it, even when we’re spending the rest of eternity with Him. It may sound like a cop out, but He’s God and we’re not. We simply can’t fathom everything there is to know about Him.

In issues of love, however, I’m always humbled by the story of Jonah. In a nutshell, it’s a story of how compassionate God is and how un-compassionate we can be. Jonah, a great man of God—a prophet, did everything he could to not show compassion to a nation that, by human standards, didn’t deserve to be loved. Nineveh was an evil city that thrived off of murder, whoring around and human worship, yet, God still wanted to show compassion to them.

I’m reminded that, even though I may not feel the love of God all the time, He is the ultimate lover of humanity and is doing everything He can (without crossing the lines of human will) to show us that He does love us.

It’s humbling, yet hard to fully understand.

]]> Comment on Mountainous Strokes by Nannette http://derrickengoy.com/2012/02/03/mountainous-strokes/#comment-190 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:01 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=420#comment-190 Your blog posts are eerily uncanny in its timing. When I am struggling with something or experiencing the manifestation of God’s work in my life you write an entry that makes me go, “Whoa!”

I’m saturating my heart with the words in 1 John 4 about God’s love. Because frankly, my heart is incapable of being filled with love 100%. It amazes me that I love God so much, yet, because of my life circumstances I feel hatred. Toward everyone, everything, even the people whom I love. I’ve seen your Tahoe pics and longed to commune with God’s masterpiece myself. But if I can’t love where i am now then what difference will it make if I am surrounded by nature’s beauty? I won’t always be surrounded by beauty.

And maybe that’s it. Maybe I don’t truly believe that God loves me unconditionally.

]]> Comment on It’s Because of You… by derrickengoy http://derrickengoy.com/2012/01/04/its-because-of-you/#comment-174 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:13:56 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=400#comment-174 Awesome to hear, N! I’m definitely looking forward to a great year too. When we look back, 20 years from now (Lord willing), we will all look back at 2012 as a year of great things.

]]> Comment on It’s Because of You… by Nannette http://derrickengoy.com/2012/01/04/its-because-of-you/#comment-173 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:57:58 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=400#comment-173 I am wishing you and your family a very memorable and adventurous 2012! I am expectant of good things to come because of Jesus. It’s a whole new mindset and a whole new outlook for me!

]]> Comment on Holy Ground by derrickengoy http://derrickengoy.com/2011/12/16/holy-ground/#comment-165 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:58:19 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=381#comment-165 Thanks N. I always appreciate your kind words. Hope all is well.

]]> Comment on Holy Ground by Nannette http://derrickengoy.com/2011/12/16/holy-ground/#comment-163 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:47:41 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=381#comment-163 I am applauding you for this piece. It is well-written and well said. Bravo! You are speaking TRUTH!

]]> Comment on Taming Our Tongue by Derrick Engoy http://derrickengoy.com/2011/10/26/taming-our-tongue/#comment-139 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:03:35 +0000 https://derrickengoy.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/taming-our-tongue/#comment-139 N – Don’t you just love how God has a way of confirming thing through other people?

]]> Comment on Taming Our Tongue by Nannette http://derrickengoy.com/2011/10/26/taming-our-tongue/#comment-138 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:09:23 +0000 https://derrickengoy.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/taming-our-tongue/#comment-138 OH, seriousssssssssssssssssssslyyyyy! Your blog post served as a holy smackdown on my tongue today! It’s funny, I have an hour long commute to work in which I drive in silence. I use that time to talk to God and be with him. HOWEVER, during that supposedly intimate and holy communication with God I am cursing and cussing at the drivers around me. And I AM ALWAYS REMINDED OF THAT VERSE YOU JUST WROTE UP THERE! And then I apologize and ask for forgiveness but not 5 minutes later I am railing again. *sigh* I am hopeless. Oh, and then let’s not even talk about my tongue at work. I have praise music blasting in my ears and yet, it sometimes doesn’t stop me from cursing at people in my workplace. Ugh.

]]> Comment on 66: The ‘I Am’ in Me by derrickengoy http://derrickengoy.com/2011/09/30/66-the-i-am-in-me/#comment-135 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:57:21 +0000 http://derrickengoy.com/?p=288#comment-135 Thanks Nannette. BTW…I was wondering how much you would charge to shoot me.

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