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Grace Is For Sinners : like it was His plan

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 19:00:26 +0000

Thank you...again.

Grace Is For Sinners : small circle fame and a fast plastic train

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:48:40 +0000

Can't wait to hear what you've learned. Take all the time you need... My recent post Animal vs. Diabolical Self

inprogress : Heaven got a gift tonight...

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 04:05:12 +0000

Yesterday the tears wouldn't stop. Today I've been in a stupor. It's very strange how all of this works...how we touch one another through the ether and then have the privilege of meeting face to face...and we become family. I only had a few short days with the Frantzes a few years ago. It was life-changing.

Grace Is For Sinners : everybody has damage

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:58:55 +0000

Thanks... more great words to spark my meditations. (I used some of your words in my recent post... )

Grace Is For Sinners : forgiveness isn't an emotion

Thu, 10 May 2012 04:12:22 +0000

Yeah.

Grace Is For Sinners : forgiveness isn't an emotion

Wed, 9 May 2012 17:01:22 +0000

I heard recently, and it makes perfect sense to me: Forgiveness takes one. Reconciliation takes two. I can forgive. The other person may not choose to do so...and reconciliation might never take place. But, I am forgiven and can forgive without their participation, just as, God has forgiven me. The whole world is forgiven, but is the whole world reconciled? Nope. That takes two. When I am in agreement with God that He has it all covered (by the blood of His Son), then I am reconciled to Him. My ex-husband says he has forgiven me, but he refuses to be reconciled. Only God knows if his heart is true...has he truly forgiven me? I don't know. I do know, we are not reconciled for he refuses to speak. Love what you've said here! Thanks.

Grace Is For Sinners : wait

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:05:08 +0000

Yes. My recent post My Friend, Big Lane

Grace Is For Sinners : when to judge

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:08:21 +0000

Outstanding! My recent post Are You Dancing…

inprogress : The Writing Struggle

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:02:27 +0000

Keep writing, Tammy-Jo! If not for the book, at least for yourself. Get it all out on paper...let it flow without fear. You can always go back and edit out what you feel would hurt another, but in the writing, you will heal even more. I'm praying for you.

inprogress : choosing hurt over healing

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:09:46 +0000

(I guess I was too wordy...had to split the comment...) Some of us have been victims of abuse for many many years...and some never really escape it. God knows who's who. We're told to help the weak, encourage the fainthearted, and admonish the unruly. If I choose to admonish the fainthearted, or the weak, because I think they are "playing the victim", then I am not living with the compassion He has commanded. We're all trying to learn the dance...I think... I hope. (I'm trying to learn what it means to live forgiven...without labels and condemning thoughts.)

inprogress : choosing hurt over healing

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:09:32 +0000

I think it's all a process...and we can't be too hard on anyone. Just because we might have begun to understand the "joy of the Lord" doesn't mean everyone else has. And yes, some people are stuck on negative over things we can't see. We can't ever truly know anyone's story...completely. We need to be honest with ourselves, but remember, it's a personal journey. We can't shake up another into the reality of grace and joy. Jeremiah was thought of as "negative"...but oh, what a man of God! I choose to give people the benefit of the doubt and meet them where they are...and then, hopefully, to show them the joy that comes from following God.

Grace Is For Sinners : categories

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:31:42 +0000

I wonder if this is where CS Lewis got his thoughts on the "shadowlands"...through Plato. (Lewis was a Greek scholar) He said all that we experience are only shadows. Reality hasn't come yet...when it does, then we'll be amazed at the glory of it all. I like thinking of this world as the shadowlands. Someday, when we see reality, everything will make sense. I do love your thinking of this...in the spirit...we can live in another realm while walking among the shadows. My recent post I Committed Adultery

inprogress : choosing hurt over healing

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:14:15 +0000

Taking responsibility for the pain we've caused, and the pain we've endured, is necessary for real growth. Not doing either will keep us stunted until we're ready to see reality...and recognize we can be our own worse enemy. Step Four in any "Get Healthy" program: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Thanks for speaking hard...and strong. Love you, Tam.

Grace Is For Sinners : abandon your slave shack

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:11:17 +0000

"Squeaky cups and dirty guts." I don't know how you come up with some of these things. Thank you, Serena, for writing your book and helping me see, "Those who have been saved by grace in the moment of complete terror and spiritual despair know that their salvation cannot be messed with. They know this because it came to them at their worst." God has used you to help me see. My recent post I Committed Adultery

Grace Is For Sinners : it won't always hurt

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:05:35 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you. My recent post With a Grateful Heart

Grace Is For Sinners : you have to let go

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:54:36 +0000

Wow. Kinna stunned at the possibilities...

Grace Is For Sinners : how to

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:51:01 +0000

I hope this is really okay...the freedom in it scares me.

inprogress : Birth To 41 In A Blink

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:24:17 +0000

Oh, and...hope you had a great day!!

inprogress : Birth To 41 In A Blink

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:23:30 +0000

I'll be 50 in May! I hope to have grandchildren someday...not too soon, but that will be such a wonderful blessing. I hope to marry my best friend...someday... I am still homeschooling my nieces and one nephew...with two more nephews coming up...LOVE IT!! I still have Sammie...oh, how I love that little girl! She's the smartest dog in the world...seriously. I'm going to continue selling cards...and illustrate my children's book...hope that will take off, at some point... I just might be busier in the second 50 than I was in the first. ;)

Grace Is For Sinners : the molester

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:23:19 +0000

Thank you. My recent post The Self-Existent One