A Need To Process Our Experiences

[blessedwoman]

The sandals of peace, the sandals of peace, the sandals of peace.....

 

[Joyandpeace]

I'm thinking on this BW - on suggestions on how to approach. I'll be back!

I'm glad my post made you laugh.
I was hoping it would relieve some tension!

 

[Joyandpeace]

Hey yeah - go shopping for shoes!!!!

 

[Joyandpeace]

Anybody tired of these dern flowers on my head?

 

[blessedwoman]

Anybody tired of these dern flowers on my head?

Nah, they're cute!

Thanks for the help!

Going to work now....

 

[TenderWarrior1]

Life is now a battle and a journey. As Eugene Peterson reminds us, “We must fight the forces that oppose our becoming whole; we must find our way through difficult and unfamiliar territory to our true home.” It’s not that there aren’t joy and beauty, love and adventure now—there are. The invasion of the kingdom has begun. But life in its fullness has yet to come. So we must take seriously the care of our hearts. We must watch over our desire with a fierce love and vigilance, as if we were protecting our most precious possession. We must do battle with the enemies of our hearts—those sirens that would seduce and shipwreck our desire and those arrows that aim to kill it outright. And we must journey forward, toward God, toward the Great Restoration and the Adventures to come. How awful to reach the end of our life’s road and find we haven’t brought our hearts along with us.

So let me say it again: life is now a battle and a journey. This is the truest explanation for what is going on, the only way to rightly understand our experience. Life is not a game of striving and indulgence. It is not a long march of duty and obligation. It is not, as Henry Ford once said, “one damn thing after another.” Life is a desperate quest through dangerous country to a destination that is, beyond all our wildest hopes, indescribably good. Only by conceiving of our days in this manner can we find our way safely through. You see, different roads lead different places. To find the Land of Desire, you must take the Journey of Desire. You can’t get there by any other means. If we are to take up the trail and get on with our quest, we’ve got to get our hearts back . . . which means getting our desire back.

(The Journey of Desire , 164–65)

 

[Joyandpeace]

I am having real trouble with my internet connection today. Very slow.
I know I have some PMs but I can't access them without pulling my hair out.
Just wanted to say hi and I will be back as soon as this gets speeded up.

BW - I have some thoughts on your situation. So sorry I couldn't get on here earlier before you went to work.

Will write more later.
Have a God filled day everyone!
Mary

 

[TenderWarrior1]

Thank you for the prayers, ladies. I am going to pray about this all day to even decide WHEN to talk to my husband about this.

To complicate or make matters worse, my brother-in-law did too! Now my BIL is a quiet, non-drinking, sweet Christian man. I'm shocked. My son said, "Please don't say anything to Uncle H. He didn't want to do it. I really bugged him to. He knew we were staying in and he said he would never do it again."

HOWEVER this uncle is someone my son is very close to. While he has a few maturity/leadership issues, he is so dear to all of us. My son will share EVERYTHING with him. He is one of the Christian influences that my son will listen to. And I feel like he chinked his witness in doing this! Not ruined, but dented. I am torn about how to handle this with him.

But yeah, on top of what has happened with the mouthiness, disregard and disrespect, I am ready to explode on my SD.

Thanks for making me laugh, JP. I wish I COULD ground her somehow! There is never any consequence for their actions tho and given their age and the fact that she no longer lives here, I don't know what to do.

Ugh. Gosh, and I just met with my counselor for the first time since my dad died. (She thought it was good they moved out btw and that C and I stuck up for one another finally)

So I suppose prayer for discernment is in order. When and how to handle this. I won't do anything until my anger is controlled, so I'm not too concerned about that.

Any suggestions?

Just think through your boundaries... and make sure you have followed the steps you should before trying to implement any consequences.

 

[TenderWarrior1]

Isn’t it sad that we tend to think we can press people into spiritual change, instead of helping them grow to trust Father more and find him changing them? You can’t press a caterpillar into a butterfly mold and make it fly. It has to be transformed from the inside.

 

[HopesDreams]

You're Invited to a Party!

The Invitation List:

blessed woman
Luvmy5grls
Cool Mom
DallasApple
Psalms
Lambchop
JoyandPeace
MetalDave
Happy Army Wife
GratefulGrandma
MsJL
SabrinaFair
Cremi
ShesJR
TDH
Tender Warrior
Sheltercove
ManSeekingGodsPeace

When: Tonight, Friday, September 22nd

Time: approximately 5:00PM EST until ?

RSVP to Dude & Kensington via PM.

A map with directions will be provided upon RSVP.

 

[Kensington7]

You're Invited to a Party!

The Invitation List:

blessed woman
Luvmy5grls
Cool Mom
DallasApple
Psalms
Lambchop
JoyandPeace
MetalDave
Happy Army Wife
GratefulGrandma
MsJL
SabrinaFair
Cremi
ShesJR
TDH
Tender Warrior
Sheltercove
ManSeekingGodsPeace

When: Tonight, Friday, September 22nd

Time: approximately 5:00PM EST until ?

RSVP to Dude & Kensington via PM.

A map with directions will be provided upon RSVP.

WOW hopes... You are looking pretty good today!

 

[HopesDreams]

WOW hopes... You are looking pretty good today!

Thanks, Kensington! I forgot how I was dressed! Perhaps I should change for the party!

You quoted me before I got to install all my party icons!

But I fixed the invitation and now it's properly decorated with partying smilie faces!

 

[cremi]

Hey! I got some new clothes for my bday...maybe I'll show them off tonight!!!!

 

[JC4Dude]

Hey! I got some new clothes for my bday...maybe I'll show them off tonight!!!!

LOL, nice clothes Cremi, you're nekkid!

 

[GratefulGrandma]

LOL, nice clothes Cremi, you're nekkid!

Now you know why I don't even have a character yet. I'm to scared of what might happen. I'd probably have two heads or something worse.

 

[Kensington7]

LOL, nice clothes Cremi, you're nekkid!

Oh my gosh... she is nekkid!!

 

[Kensington7]

Hopes, I think you and Cremi are going to TWO different parties...

She thinks its a Birthday SUIT party!

You look ready to celebrate a BIRTHDAY!!

 

[cremi]

Okay..okay...Okay!

I'm dressed now...are you happy???

 

[Starr SDA Living Word]

yeah the whole gang is here, that is a change.

 

[MsJL]

You're Invited to a Party!

The Invitation List:

blessed woman
Luvmy5grls
Cool Mom
DallasApple
Psalms
Lambchop
JoyandPeace
MetalDave
Happy Army Wife
GratefulGrandma
MsJL
SabrinaFair
Cremi
ShesJR
TDH
Tender Warrior
Sheltercove
ManSeekingGodsPeace

When: Tonight, Friday, September 22nd

Time: approximately 5:00PM EST until ?

RSVP to Dude & Kensington via PM.

A map with directions will be provided upon RSVP.

Wow - look at the crowd here.

My regrets. I'm unable to make the party. My legs are broken.

But, due thanks for the invite. You all have a great time.