tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post3514699038436524311..comments2024-03-18T00:53:33.065+11:00Comments on in all honesty: I have a rock where I goJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-38683347232202942012009-02-18T22:00:00.000+11:002009-02-18T22:00:00.000+11:00Thanks, Emma, it is always so encouraging to hear ...Thanks, Emma, it is always so encouraging to hear how I have encouraged others in their Christian walk. You don't often see the effects of what you write, so it's always encouraging to hear about it. Thank you! And I'm glad you find the prayer helpful.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-50226621160594827862009-02-18T21:36:00.000+11:002009-02-18T21:36:00.000+11:00Hi jean -i have been reading your blog for a while...Hi jean -<BR/>i have been reading your blog for a while but usually use up all my time reading so don't often comment (and i'm a bit shy at heart!), but this post reminded me that i should thank you. From whenever it was that you last mentioned it, i have adopted your 'help my arms be strong for the task' prayer. like you i have 4 children - though all of them boys, and i gather slightly younger (youngest is 2 on friday, and the oldest is nearly 8). it is such an apt prayer for this stage of my life, simple and easy to remember, yet oh-so-needed! thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-29373378805793304352009-02-17T18:46:00.000+11:002009-02-17T18:46:00.000+11:00Thank you, Meredith, for your encouragement and fo...Thank you, Meredith, for your encouragement and for your prayers.<BR/><BR/>While things have started in a difficult and overwhelming way this year, I'm actually starting to feel that there are enough hours in the day (praise God!) and a sense of peace that he is in control, and that everything that needs to be done, will be done. I had a blessed quiet morning playing with my son and doing some encouraging thinking about a passage in the Bible and a chapter of Chester's "You can change" today. So don't worry about me - I was feeling pretty down and stressed, but the year is falling into place, in God's good providence.<BR/><BR/>As for comments, it's ok, I've learned not to judge my posts by how many comments I receive. People don't tend to comment on the ones which seem "complete" - that doesn't mean they're not reading, I know they are. You all come out of the woodwork when I ask a question, which is wonderful!<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the encouragement.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-19725503410343439972009-02-17T17:32:00.000+11:002009-02-17T17:32:00.000+11:00Hello dear Jean.I think I was as refreshed and ins...Hello dear Jean.<BR/><BR/>I think I was as refreshed and inspired by your post today as you were from the five minutes you had in your special place. Thankyou.<BR/><BR/>And I feel a measure of relief to have read it. I've been feeling a little concerned for you lately what with your rough start to the year, the heightened grief you must be feeling with your proximity (physical and personal) to the bushfires, working so hard (in your heart as well as your head) on those amazing posts on pride and comments to such significant posts being a little sparse. <BR/><BR/>And I know you don't write them to count the comments you receive (and I don't wish to make any of your dear readers uncomfortable so forgive me if I am...I am conspicuous by my own absence in Jean's comment box too) but I have wondered what to say in a comment to spur you on. And I never really came up with the right words. <BR/><BR/>But I have prayed. And I have today praised God for the gift of your inspiring start to the day. And also for the gift it was for me to read it. Such is the treasure in your blog. Thankyou for sharing your journey with us, which is always such a wonderful testimony to a life lived faithfully. <BR/><BR/>I hope tomorrow morning is just as good.<BR/><BR/>~ MeredithMeredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797493488173742152noreply@blogger.com