I am quite grateful you found encouragement in the post. It can be so hard to stay positive! It is always good to be able to realize God is guiding our paths, even when we don't understand. God bless your walk with him.
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Kerryn, I smiled as I read this. I wonder how many impatient daughter's our Father has!!! Nine months. Wow. That is a long time. I'm grateful the words were meaningful for you today.
I'm trying to embed them in my heart and mind as I so often want my timetable. It's kind of a relief not to have to know all the answers. Such a huge weight off my shoulders! My new answer to "when" is when God says so, and "how" is, the way God plans.
Much love!
Lynn, that was the first time I remember reading that verse as well! Once I read it in the email I had read,I had too look it up in my Bible to see if it was really there! It felt so much like I was the "daughter" it was addressed to. Glad passing it on helped! I sometimes wonder why I write what I write. Other times (like this),I know! Praying for you today. :)
Kerryn - thank you so much for your love and your care. You are an amazing woman to be able to claim as "friend." In the Son is exactly where I need to be. Blessings on you, dear one, and much, much love from just as far away!!
Lynn - thank you for your sweet response. You reminded me of a dream I had of my daughter after she died. Two, really. In one, we were clearing out her apartment (she was as big a packrat as I have been), and I was scolding her for leaving us with such a mess! But it was a good-natured kidding. I took her face in my hands and held it and looked into her big, brown eyes - accented by green glitter eyeshadow. (My one regret at her funeral was that she had no sparkle makeup on - she loved it.) I woke feeling I had actually held her face between my hands. It was quite real. In the second, I saw her standing knee-deep in wildflower, beautiful gauzy, glimmery white dress - she was holding onto a large floppy brimmed hat with ribbons tied to it. She was twirling in the bright sunlight, face upward - spinning and spinning with a joy that was almost too much to comprehend. I feel tears welling as I remember and envision this. Thank you SO much my dear friend for reminding me of these - long-buried under the grief and losses of the past ten years. God so uses you as a blessing in my life. I hope you know how precious you are to me. Much love, deni
I guess when the big picture gets too big, I am forced to focus on the small! I am finding how helpful it is for me to stay in the moment and appreciative of the things I overlooked before - or took for granted. Just being able to be on my computer long enough to post and reply is an amazing blessing.
Such an interesting walk this is! And I am so grateful for the support of my fellow travelers. You all make the journey a love-filled one. Thank you, deni
Kerryn, it is so good to hear from you. I love the analogy of the Israelites in the wilderness. How often this life feels like a wilderness to me!
One of the things I am doing is working on a gratitude journal. I am far from faithful in documenting daily, the things I am grateful for, but I do feel God is cultivating a grateful heart in me.
I so appreciate your comments on my posts, Kerryn, they always encourage me and challenge me as well! Love and hugs, deni
Thank you,Sam. Sometimes the words are just there,begging to be written. I'm grateful I can in some way encourage you,as you have so faithfully encouraged me. I love you much,my sweet sister in Christ.
Kerryn, I'd love to know more! Thanks for sharing this!
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