tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post2939656190323008043..comments2023-11-17T07:24:10.333-05:00Comments on Glory to God: Part 3 Do You Have a Good Story?Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-86228051480482586482014-03-19T04:26:34.031-04:002014-03-19T04:26:34.031-04:00It's a very good point Tesha that people griev...It's a very good point Tesha that people grieve differently over different things, so we have to be nonjudgemental and just a shoulder to cry on when trying to help our family and loved ones. To try to be Jesus with skin on is a good goal I think. Love to you!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-1245062958905845082014-03-18T19:30:49.455-04:002014-03-18T19:30:49.455-04:00I read this a few days ago but just now having tim...I read this a few days ago but just now having time to respond. I love the way that your posts always make me think! For me there have been different seasons of hurt and of healing. There have been times when I am alienated from my mother and feel very sad and alone to not have a mother. Especially when so many of my friends have wonderful Christian mothers. At times the sting of rejection from my childhood Will come but it other times I feel completely healed from it.<br /><br />I have learned about myself that I'm especially sensitive to death therefore some of my greatest struggles have been people passing away. (this could be because my safe haven in childhood was my grandparents, and I feared them dying) <br />Sometimes even knowing the promise of heaven I have such sadness in my heart over the death of people that I love. Specifically my Papaw who was like a father to me, my father-in-law and Jonathan. I was in the room when my Papaw and my father-in-law passed away and of course I held Jonathan's little body. Periodically these events will come to my mind and such heartbreak will enter my heart that it takes my breath away. I just have to seek the Lord for it to go away but it doesn't feel healed. Like you said that healing for me is reserved for heaven. I do think the Holy Spirit and dwelling in God's presence helps more than anything when I'm struggling emotionally. I also totally agree that heaven is where all of our healing will take place and I thank God for that! Love this post you did a beautiful job pointing hurting people to Jesus!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497636907002853665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-76729218881728319612014-03-16T13:24:05.151-04:002014-03-16T13:24:05.151-04:00Write as much as you want, always, dear friend.I d...Write as much as you want, always, dear friend.I don't have it hard compared to so many others. It's just sad.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-65510562062510190522014-03-16T04:16:24.013-04:002014-03-16T04:16:24.013-04:00'We have now the Holy Spirit, who is the down ...'We have now the Holy Spirit, who is the down payment on our eternal inheritance.' I like that!<br /><br />I also like the way you wrote about how you feel about your mother. It does stink. I can't imagine what it is like to not put your children first. I just can't. But I am so, so glad that you have become who you have - beauty from ashes, by grace. I know you go through this same battle/transformation every day, just as I do. Slowly, the pain is less, the barbs don't sting as much, or for as long (I think false guilt is one of the strongest of the enemy's barbs) And when I enter into His presence it is just like that old hymn 'O still small voice of calm'. It's like learning to breathe after years of drowning. I'm not glad that you have suffered like this - it's inexcusable what you have been through, but I am glad that you understand, as I do, the sweetness of redemption. I could go on and on, but I shan't because this is your blog, not mine! I am praying for you and your family Sandy xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com