In Response To Hannie
Hannie~ I didn't want to simply place this as a response on your blog, because I was afraid that it would get long... however, I do want to respond to your latest blog on "beating around the bush."
First of all, I do believe that you are extremely mature; and while that seems like a very heavy burden to bear, I'd like to expand upon that. Maturity has to do with how you handle your downfalls and all of the fun things that life throws in our midst. Marturity is owning up to our downfalls and realizing that if people can't forgive us for them, then they weren't that important in our lives in the first place. Maturity is being able to remain close to good friends, but being able and willing to expand your circle and meet and make new good friends. They don't replace the ones we love, but they build on our circle of love and blessings from God. Maturity is also being able to realize that not everyone is mature, but that you can still love and care for them, and watch God work in their lives in His timing. It's knowing that while God has given us the gift of disernment about some things, others may not have received it yet. The difference is that they will have grown in different areas of their lives at different times and know things that we don't know. Thank God for not knowing everything.
I also have to say that it's okay to feel sad and lonely. Don't discount those times... think of how David felt after Nathan called him out. Reread Pslam 51 again... you could probably just recite it. Or how Moses must have felt when God called him back to Eygpt, or how any of the prophets felt telling unwilling ears about God's plans. Or even better yet, as we enter Lent... how sad and lonely Christ must have felt as He looked upon the sad, beaten, sinful, and blind eyes of His Father's creation. When He cried out "Abba, Father" remember that as Vasco would say, the best translation is really "Daddy... Daddy..." Even Jesus needed to crawl into His Father's arms and cry.
The desires of our heart are what pull us closer to God. In times of weakness, sadness, and lonliness, we realize that there is only one place we can go to have that completely filled, and that's the God. Some days is easy to be content in what God has given us, while other times we want or need more. Don't be afraid to ask. Change is good, but it's hard. However, the more change we experience, the harder we take it at first and the quicker we adapt later. Just know that God knows your heart even better than you and that in times like this, He is simply calling your closer, which can be a scary place to be. (It calls for more of the maturity stuff!)
Just know that God is blessing you and is continuously forming you into the perfect child He planned for you to be. It's good to know that we're a work in progress, because otherwise we'd have nothing to look forward to.
P.S. I love that your blog isn't one minded but fluid... it makes us think and that is good! So keep beating around the bush so that the rest of us don't become stale in our thinking!
First of all, I do believe that you are extremely mature; and while that seems like a very heavy burden to bear, I'd like to expand upon that. Maturity has to do with how you handle your downfalls and all of the fun things that life throws in our midst. Marturity is owning up to our downfalls and realizing that if people can't forgive us for them, then they weren't that important in our lives in the first place. Maturity is being able to remain close to good friends, but being able and willing to expand your circle and meet and make new good friends. They don't replace the ones we love, but they build on our circle of love and blessings from God. Maturity is also being able to realize that not everyone is mature, but that you can still love and care for them, and watch God work in their lives in His timing. It's knowing that while God has given us the gift of disernment about some things, others may not have received it yet. The difference is that they will have grown in different areas of their lives at different times and know things that we don't know. Thank God for not knowing everything.
I also have to say that it's okay to feel sad and lonely. Don't discount those times... think of how David felt after Nathan called him out. Reread Pslam 51 again... you could probably just recite it. Or how Moses must have felt when God called him back to Eygpt, or how any of the prophets felt telling unwilling ears about God's plans. Or even better yet, as we enter Lent... how sad and lonely Christ must have felt as He looked upon the sad, beaten, sinful, and blind eyes of His Father's creation. When He cried out "Abba, Father" remember that as Vasco would say, the best translation is really "Daddy... Daddy..." Even Jesus needed to crawl into His Father's arms and cry.
The desires of our heart are what pull us closer to God. In times of weakness, sadness, and lonliness, we realize that there is only one place we can go to have that completely filled, and that's the God. Some days is easy to be content in what God has given us, while other times we want or need more. Don't be afraid to ask. Change is good, but it's hard. However, the more change we experience, the harder we take it at first and the quicker we adapt later. Just know that God knows your heart even better than you and that in times like this, He is simply calling your closer, which can be a scary place to be. (It calls for more of the maturity stuff!)
Just know that God is blessing you and is continuously forming you into the perfect child He planned for you to be. It's good to know that we're a work in progress, because otherwise we'd have nothing to look forward to.
P.S. I love that your blog isn't one minded but fluid... it makes us think and that is good! So keep beating around the bush so that the rest of us don't become stale in our thinking!
posted by Kristy Laughed @ 11:08 AM
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