Comments for Elli's World

Comment on Human Trafficking by greg

greg — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:38:23 +0000

Very cool that you are bringing this up!

Comment on Human Trafficking by Becky

Becky — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:26:28 +0000

Wow Elli, this is some heavy stuff, and it’s really cool to see you convicted about it. Def let me know if you unearth good ways to serve.

Comment on I’m an idiot. by Adi

Adi — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:50:03 +0000

Elli, it is so awesome to see you getting passionate about this. When you get on fire for something, you really get passionate about it. I think this is a great way to exercise your compassion for people, which is something you’re gifted at. I can’t wait to see how we can help in the fight against this terrible injustice.

And I think “janky” is spelled “jenky”, but it’s slang and I’m being nit-picky…

Comment on Successful business woman vs. Stay at home mom by Elli Morscher

Elli Morscher — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:09:11 +0000

And I just got my grade back. I got an A on the essay with this comment: “I disagree with you almost completely in regards to women being submissive to men. However, you went into a lot of detail, and made a strong case.”
LOL WHUT. Oh well.

Comment on More than I could ever hope. by B

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:41:11 +0000

Thank ell thats really encouraging, nice blog.

Comment on More than I could ever hope. by Brooks

Brooks — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:17:11 +0000

That Bee, he’ll getcha… Cool blog tho Elli!

Comment on Just a 4 letter word? by Alex the Viking

Alex the Viking — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:08:41 +0000

That reminds me of this song, it was written from a guy to a girl (as most songs are,) but it works as anyone writing to God.

“I don’t know what it is that makes me love you so
I only know I never want to let you go
Cause you started something
Oh can’t you see
Ever since we met you’ve had a hold on me
It happens to be true
I only want to be with you

It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do
I want to spend each moment of the day with you
Look what has happened with just one kiss
I never knew that I could be in love like this
It’s crazy but it’s true
I only want to be with you”

Very cool stuff, Miss Morscher, makes my heart warm to read it.

Comment on Larger than life by Lina

Lina — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:09:25 +0000

Wow! I love this….

Comment on Just a 4 letter word? by kmccallum

kmccallum — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:49:46 +0000

This has to be the most beautiful blog ever expressed in NeoBlogs. Thanks for having the humility & wisdom to share it with us, Elli. What an angel of grace you are!

Comment on LIMITS. by Viking

Viking — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:45:49 +0000

Katheryn, you bring up a very good point. I was reading “Normal Christian Life” by Watchman Nee for our cell group the other week, and he was talking about the phrase “body of death.”

There was a punishment for murder around the time of Paul’s writing his letter to the Romans, and the punishment wasn’t death. It was, arguably, a great deal worse than death. The punishment was that the murderer would have the body of the dead person tied hand to hand, foot to foot, neck to neck, waist to waist, to their body, and be forced to walk around with the “body of death” literally attached to them.

That’s what Paul is talking about, the “old man” is the dead body that is tied to his new, resurrected self, his old sin and life.

It seems to relate to Elli’s struggle in that way, that she is struggling with the overtaking of her new, resurrected spirit by her “old man” (or woman, if we wanna be politically correct) and that “old man” takes over her mind.

The cry “who can free me from this body of death,” taken literally, would be to cut the murderer free from the corpse attached to his back, and allow him to mive about freely. In Elli’s case, it would be for God to set her free from her introspective hell, from her focus on her self.

Freed from those bonds, Elli, you could truly grow, and learn to be a loving, serving sister, and not spend your time wrapped up in your own thoughts, in your “old man,” but you’d be free from that corpse of self-focus, and all the things that come with it.

This isn’t something you’ll be able to do on your own, that’s why Paul’s cry is not “How may i free myself from this body of death?” but rather “Who will free me?”