tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.comments2024-03-17T08:12:30.873-05:00Bees in My BonnetSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-13742111501991603572024-03-17T08:12:30.873-05:002024-03-17T08:12:30.873-05:00So beautifully written Sarah! You too are using yo...So beautifully written Sarah! You too are using your gifts. One special gift is putting your thoughts into very well written words. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-50556259950969711552024-03-16T16:10:21.773-05:002024-03-16T16:10:21.773-05:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts here - so enco...Thank you for sharing your thoughts here - so encouraged that we can trust God knows about every concern large and small! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-66778785535425147642024-03-15T17:54:05.265-05:002024-03-15T17:54:05.265-05:00The times I feel I’ve made it through a trial alri...The times I feel I’ve made it through a trial alright and then something seemingly small pushes me into the red zone. But thank you for sharing your internal processing of it all, examining the heart to find the cause, something I often fail to do but should know better. <br /><br />Maybe it’s not something to ultimately feel ashamed of by way of comparisons; in the end it’s clear we are full of complex contradictions, and thankfully God uses every incident, no matter how small it seems, for His glory and our good. <br /><br />Hope you find your wallet, and if you do, hopefully by then it won’t matter if you did or not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-56218354344816725822024-02-09T12:19:57.388-06:002024-02-09T12:19:57.388-06:00thank you!thank you!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-90844561047564389772024-01-26T09:26:26.984-06:002024-01-26T09:26:26.984-06:00It's so hard to live and through loss. Makes u...It's so hard to live and through loss. Makes us long for our eternal home. Blessings to youSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-14365353718993598272024-01-26T09:25:13.075-06:002024-01-26T09:25:13.075-06:00Yes! Hope and joy go together!Yes! Hope and joy go together!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-3512478787340083652024-01-01T21:01:40.329-06:002024-01-01T21:01:40.329-06:00Sarah, I’m very grateful for you writing this. I h...Sarah, I’m very grateful for you writing this. I have lost so much this year! It is a good reminder of the hope that comes with an infant being born.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-28201774014563964672023-12-29T22:33:18.481-06:002023-12-29T22:33:18.481-06:00In the midst of the hopes & fears, there is a ...In the midst of the hopes & fears, there is a growing joy that acknowledges Him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-67088709585787049152023-12-27T22:36:08.240-06:002023-12-27T22:36:08.240-06:00Wonderful! Wonderful! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-25894559873461114302023-11-15T22:12:20.024-06:002023-11-15T22:12:20.024-06:00Your words were such an encouragement to me today!...Your words were such an encouragement to me today! I so appreciate all you said. Thank you for reading my blog and entering my world, taking time to ponder lament together with me. It is interactions like these that prompt me to continue in the work of opening my soul to God in prayer, meditation, and diving deep into Scripture, and sharing the gleanings in my writing, as the Lord leads. You ministered to me today, and I am grateful.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-91512186695806302862023-11-15T22:09:46.482-06:002023-11-15T22:09:46.482-06:00Thank you! I'll take every blessing the Lord g...Thank you! I'll take every blessing the Lord gives!!<br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-90650923103224835422023-11-14T15:56:28.655-06:002023-11-14T15:56:28.655-06:00Bless you! Bless you! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-90628201474789511272023-11-14T11:08:37.499-06:002023-11-14T11:08:37.499-06:00I am blessed by the authenticity and honesty of yo...I am blessed by the authenticity and honesty of your writings; you also tell a good story(ies) with humor and insight. :-) <br /><br />Your words, "I'm in my suffering. I'm not through with it," along with the challenge to "tend" to the "dead weight of our suffering" and the reminder that "Lamenting is also victorious," are an inspiration to me to keep slugging through it and hang on to the truth. <br /><br />Not too long ago, our pastor preached a sermon on lament; it is probably one of the most memorable, applicable, heart-wrenching, and maybe healing sermons I've ever heard. Even more profound, we were encouraged to lament aloud as a congregation. Hearing others (including my husband) offer up prayers of raw lament to God was powerful. <br /><br />As a fellow TCK/MK, I can relate to loss and to being unknown and misunderstood. I have also experienced the loss of multiple people close to me, including our beautiful 7-year-old daughter, following a brutal 5-year battle with cancer. Your honesty regarding the struggle to hold the grief and trauma, along with the knowledge of the hope of redemption is gloriously brave and refreshing. So many contemporary Christian devotionals make me want to puke or punch something in their approach to suffering. Your reflections draw me into the realness of the struggle without giving into cynicism, bitterness, or disregard for the truth of Scripture, which is the opposite extreme and, sadly, the way of many other TCK/MKs in response to the Christian faith. <br /><br />BTW - can I relate to your comments on reading Job! After my daughter passed away (12 years ago now), I couldn't even bear to read the Psalms, or really anything for that matter. At one point, I thought Job would be a good place to start...I'm pretty sure I never finished it! <br /><br />So, thank you for the reminder that lament is acceptable in the eyes of the Lord. I'm sure until He comes, we'll never be done lamenting for things in our lives or for the sake of others! <br /><br />Blessings, Sister!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-48404912668710945272023-10-05T14:38:33.659-05:002023-10-05T14:38:33.659-05:00Yes, more people showed up later - the following p...Yes, more people showed up later - the following preaching service had about 30 attendingSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-57503135738701924792023-10-05T13:28:44.269-05:002023-10-05T13:28:44.269-05:00Only 8 people....Only 8 people....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-66268514757637928182023-09-30T15:45:52.759-05:002023-09-30T15:45:52.759-05:00Thank you for this excellent reminder - yes, Hebre...Thank you for this excellent reminder - yes, Hebrews 12 is so powerful to encourage me in this race of life.<br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-91626263344574327282023-09-30T15:45:07.559-05:002023-09-30T15:45:07.559-05:00thank you for this reminder - it is for us to live...thank you for this reminder - it is for us to live in this incompleteness and unfinished-ness until all is made right in God's perfect timing. At the same time, I am told I am complete in Christ - see Colossians 2. Makes me think of the old hymn:<br />Complete in Thee! no work of mine<br />May take, dear Lord, the place of Thine;<br />Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,<br />And I am now complete in Thee.<br /><br />Yea, justified! O blessed thought!<br />And sanctified! Salvation wrought!<br />Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,<br />And glorified, I too, shall be!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-30156801747806209212023-09-30T15:41:50.746-05:002023-09-30T15:41:50.746-05:00Thank you! I am grateful for your kind words of en...Thank you! I am grateful for your kind words of encouragement :)<br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-35063901603563144572023-09-30T15:41:23.913-05:002023-09-30T15:41:23.913-05:00thank you for sharing some of your journey here - ...thank you for sharing some of your journey here - I am so sorry for all you are going through. Yes, sometimes we walk incredibly painful and difficult roads, and yet, we are not abandoned, and the Lord walks with us. I am often comforted by 2 Corinthians 4 in these times.<br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-22087227582873812432023-09-25T22:07:39.644-05:002023-09-25T22:07:39.644-05:00God is good all the time; we must hang onto that f...God is good all the time; we must hang onto that fact even when we cannot see past the fears, tears, frustrations….but in this race we must try to “look unto Jesus” who is the author & finisher of our faith! He will wipe away all tears in His time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-70415231454503139852023-09-25T15:53:52.342-05:002023-09-25T15:53:52.342-05:00Yes, Sarah—we may not fully comprehend the lack of...Yes, Sarah—we may not fully comprehend the lack of ‘whys’ until we get to glory. Our lives are ‘unfinished’ and incomplete until then!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-18286649173944972542023-09-23T09:01:48.287-05:002023-09-23T09:01:48.287-05:00Your thoughts put to words ALWAYS resonate in my h...Your thoughts put to words ALWAYS resonate in my heart! Appreciate your writing gift 💝 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-79335269546826004902023-09-22T12:18:37.163-05:002023-09-22T12:18:37.163-05:00Thank you for your raw authenticity! I appreciate ...Thank you for your raw authenticity! I appreciate your willingness to sit with the unresolved, theologically difficult to reconcile truths of life. As I walk my own journey—which includes mental health issues in a spouse unwilling to seek treatment, healing from the mentally/emotionally abusive marriage that came out of this, and an impending divorce (definitely not the “dream” I had for myself and my children), I continue to wrestle with what this means theologically. What has helped is to cling (weakly at times) to the unshakable truth that I am held by a God that is good and faithful. Some songs that have been meaningful are “Goodness of God” and “Same God.” Blessings and grace to you as you travel this road…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-86940087265372633582023-09-21T17:01:57.887-05:002023-09-21T17:01:57.887-05:00It is so kind of you to read and comment - thank y...It is so kind of you to read and comment - thank you, Hannah (Soak). You encourage me.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024768053002787146.post-51966866897902395162023-09-21T17:01:21.687-05:002023-09-21T17:01:21.687-05:00yes, my own words challenge me at times when I fin...yes, my own words challenge me at times when I find myself struggling with weak trust-musclesSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370095814271780946noreply@blogger.com