tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285913031856022507.post7030580253110843559..comments2023-06-16T03:37:04.083-04:00Comments on The Plucky Procrastinator: One weekKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371059404985014572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285913031856022507.post-84325387211490635002013-03-02T08:24:53.151-05:002013-03-02T08:24:53.151-05:00Hi Kristen,
I have never walked in your shoes and...Hi Kristen,<br /><br />I have never walked in your shoes and I will not burden you with the experiences I have had that caused me to have those same types of emotions you are experiencing. I do know that it sometimes makes God feel very far away. I have often wanted to scream "Can you hear me down here???? It is enough. I even reached a place where I stopped praying because I felt like God was just going to do what God was going to do. My prayers were going no where. Then a dear friend reminded me that it takes the valleys to make us appreciate the mountains. I was asked in those moments when I cried "why me, why my family?" Whose family would you prefer this trouble land on. We live in a fallen world. There will always be trouble and it does not always seek out those who deserve it. But then that is a human measurement any way. I am glad I do not get what I deserve from a Godly perspective. So now I pray. And I pray for those I know, like you sweet lady, who may not have it in them to pray for themselves. And I will continue to pray. Many prayer warriors have stood in the gap for me, now I will stand there for you. I pray God comforts and strengthens you, that He shows you little signs each day to remind you that He cares and He loves you and little Joshua. I pray His healing and nurturing for little Joshua. I believe that He continues to "knit him together", you are just seeing the process. I pray that when you stand on that next mountain top you will look back and know that the high is worth the valley you just crossed. STILL PRAYING!! Sherryl Livingston Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285913031856022507.post-91762164216938740682013-03-02T07:58:26.706-05:002013-03-02T07:58:26.706-05:00Can't add much to the above except to reiterat...Can't add much to the above except to reiterate that you don't need to worry about not being able to talk to God about Joshua right now....there are many, many doing that for you. People you have never met. We all care so very much and are very happy to bring your precious little one to God in prayer. You just hang in there minute to minute and----great thing about time----it WILL march on. And you will be the mom with her fat baby in that transitional nursery. Hang in there. You are loved and so is Joshua.drudewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149653268771845493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285913031856022507.post-72163867746083016172013-03-02T07:52:41.824-05:002013-03-02T07:52:41.824-05:00I'm so glad you wrote all that down, Kristen. ...I'm so glad you wrote all that down, Kristen. It's okay and completely normal for you to feel that way. You're right, it does suck. It sucks royally and it's not fair and it's not good. And I can completely understand that you can't talk to God about Josh right now. Fortunately, you have a lot of people on earth talking to Him, and I believe Jesus is also mediating on your behalf. And the Holy Spirit. God knows the desires of your heart and He understands, better than any of us can, how you are hurting and why you are angry.<br /><br />As Marcy said - the hardest thing ever. There is nothing so difficult as watching our children (no matter how old they are) suffering - and when they're as tiny as Josh, it's several orders of magnitude harder.<br /><br />Here's a hug - ((((Kristen)))) because I have no words.<br /><br />DebbieDebbie Dehartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285913031856022507.post-68687129488872063732013-03-01T23:16:19.680-05:002013-03-01T23:16:19.680-05:00My Dear Friend Kristen,
Thank you for candidly sh...My Dear Friend Kristen,<br /><br />Thank you for candidly sharing your thoughts and feelings with us. It is so, so good that you are feeling your way through your emotions and not stuffing them away. <br /><br />This is the hardest thing ever. <br /><br />I know that I can only imagine how terrible this is for you and Daniel. No parent should ever have to endure what you two are. This broken, sinful world ravaged by the Enemy is so very cruel. It was never God's intention that you hurt like you hurt now. (Yes, sure, God transforms every ill-purpose and uses them this to teach us things, strengthen our faith, etc, etc. But all the insight and wisdom usually comes after the fact). <br /><br />Know that our Father - Joshua's Father - weeps with you. Hurts with you. Is angry even more than you. <br /><br />John 11:32-35<br />"When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother (Lazarus) would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.<br />Jesus wept." <br /><br />Thank you for sharing, dear friend, and know that I will always stand with you in friendship and in prayer.<br /><br />Love,<br />MarcyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894084931326115713noreply@blogger.com