tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7697005210679291325.post253710517745718084..comments2009-09-01T22:30:19.603-07:00Comments on living.in.tune: To be determined...living.in.tunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14264235882021746487noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7697005210679291325.post-46198946619791732082009-05-17T18:37:00.000-07:002009-05-17T18:37:00.000-07:00Darin,
This is wonderful. We may have missed out ...Darin,<br />This is wonderful. We may have missed out on a lot these last two months, but if I'm not mistaken - you've grown. I'm impressed, and proud, and I thank the God that we serve for working in you. In both of us. It's a pretty cool thing, hey?<br />Here's a beautiful thought that someone shared with me the other day. You know the story of the fishermen in Luke 5 - they had been up all night, trying to catch fish, trying to provide for themselves and their families, trying to do their jobs. And they got nothing. But then Jesus came, preached, convinced them to go out and try one more time...they went, and it happened. A miracle! We know this story. But here's the amazing part, the part that I'd never thought about before - after that happened, it says in verse 11 that they left EVERYTHING and followed Jesus. Usually we think of that "everything" as their old lives, their job, their families, their friends, even their clothes. But they also left their nets, which were full of fish - the very thing that they'd been wishing for.<br />It just hit home for me that sometimes, we have to give up the very thing we asked for in order to get what God wants for us. What a difficult concept and a beautiful blessing.<br />I'm proud of you for taking it one step at a time in faith. That's a big deal, and a show of strength that only God can give.<br />And...love never fails.<br />-Tara.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06866503802675561620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7697005210679291325.post-87882763668360308432009-05-17T13:16:00.000-07:002009-05-17T13:16:00.000-07:00Feeling fake doesn't mean you are fake. The heart ...Feeling fake doesn't mean you are fake. The heart is deceitfully wicked above all things, and that's what most people make their decisions based on. Where do I get my strength, I have no strength on my own. Philippians 4:13 says I can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens me. So, my advise is this, continue to makes the choices that make you feel fake and like a hypocrite and I have a "feeling" that your heart, attitude, and "feelings" will follow. Romans 8living.in.tunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264235882021746487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7697005210679291325.post-22901504388902162762009-05-17T13:08:00.000-07:002009-05-17T13:08:00.000-07:00I am trying to say "yes" through the pain. I find ...I am trying to say "yes" through the pain. I find myself saying no a lot of the time, and when I do finally submit and awknoledge that God is still God and Lord of all, I feel like I am faking the yes to it being worth all the pain to follow Him (or even be alive).<br /><br />Really, seriously...how do you get your strength? Because I call on Jesus all the time. I show myself SO broken and in a thousand pieces of who I was...and I [seemingly] get no response or help from Him.<br /><br />I'm scared. For the first time in my life, even though I try to keep Him near...I am living a life devoid of God. What did I do and how did I get here? I'm sure you remember when I was all about God and He was in me, and I was in Him. I'm come so far too, but not as I expected. =(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656370320585756567noreply@blogger.com