tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post4198629186781937413..comments2024-03-27T21:04:07.353-04:00Comments on As I See It Now: Different Friends For Different SeasonsDebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-23931670361099433922010-09-02T10:28:25.878-04:002010-09-02T10:28:25.878-04:00Debra,
I wasn't trying to be critical. I was...Debra, <br />I wasn't trying to be critical. I was just thinking about a different (Christian) perspective. <br />I am familiar with what you are going through. My husband lost his job six weeks after we moved into our new home. It was a shock, and was very difficult. <br />nancyrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-24985152060804793602010-09-02T10:14:46.768-04:002010-09-02T10:14:46.768-04:00I think it is true that we have to look at the int...I think it is true that we have to look at the intentions, not always the skill and success of the way the intention is carried out. That is the way we're hoping God will look at us, I think!<br /><br />Debra, after I read this post I clicked on one of those "you might also like pictures at the bottom and was taken to your June 14th post about random thoughts where you said (among other Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-25771648677907634292010-09-02T09:18:12.127-04:002010-09-02T09:18:12.127-04:00Nancy-- I think by these posts I'm encouraging...Nancy-- I think by these posts I'm encouraging people to 'come up higher' in their ability to comfort others. To ask themselves, "If I was dying inside, what would I want others to give to me?" If it's just a couple Bible verses, well, ok.... but I doubt that would be all. <br /><br />Always, every single day, God shows me areas where He would love to make me stronger inDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-21350402420665825632010-09-02T09:08:53.404-04:002010-09-02T09:08:53.404-04:00That's why we have seam rippers and tread for ...That's why we have seam rippers and tread for all those do overs when a mistake is made. Course most folk are afraid to use them. The just finish the garment and go on to the next never really satisfied. Never really correcting anything.<br />Takes a lot of tenacity and courage to remove an error and try again. What if the same error is repeated?<br /><br />Strange things to say but for some Donettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530145585581721795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-27901865237669100282010-09-02T09:07:58.254-04:002010-09-02T09:07:58.254-04:00I think many people have trouble expressing sympat...I think many people have trouble expressing sympathy. Perhaps we should not analyze how words, meant to sympathize, should be said, but just appreciate that the person was thinking of us and expressed sympathy in the best way they knew how.<br />nancyrEchoes From the Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012454336216415478noreply@blogger.com