tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709032.post5806674217849473672..comments2023-05-01T10:18:49.903-04:00Comments on Random Meanderings: A little hefty bitLizardbreath McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12885930179575268039noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709032.post-34528933346179471742008-12-16T22:54:00.000-05:002008-12-16T22:54:00.000-05:00I understand. Been there, done that. I've had peri...I understand. Been there, done that. I've had periods in my life where it feels like I'm encased in a glass bubble and that no one can reach me. Somehow, it hurts to wear glasses those days--it seems to remove me a layer more from the world. Just the simple act of forcing myself to put on contact lenses somehow makes the world come a little closer again with more vivid colors, more life.<BR/>Sounds like you're trying to do your equivalent of wearing contacts--pushing back the barrier and reentering life. Keep on trying. It's not easy to make yourself live more vividly again but it does lead to greater joy.<BR/>I had a strange moment-can't remember if it was last night or the night before. I've been pretty hard on myself for the past several years really. You're familiar with some of the reasons and perhaps they don't really matter. Each of us can find reasons to denigrate ourselves. Nevertheless, here is what happened: I was praying. Suddenly, words were given me, and I was giving thanks for being me, for the talents and abilities and struggles and hardships I have been given. That's all, and yet it was everything because it didn't come from me and I knew that that was how the Lord wanted me to see myself--as essentially flawed but still worthy of redemption, still deserving, through him, of exaltation.<BR/>I am also grateful for the insight I was blessed with as I studied the Christmas story with the young women on Sunday. Mary--she may have been good, but she was mortal. Heavenly Father trusted his most beloved and cherished son to a flawed mortal. There must have been times that she messed up while raising the son of God. He knew she would. And Christ was perfect in spite of that.<BR/>It must be one of Satan's deceptions that my mistakes and even my sins are so earth-shattering. God DID send me here to fail sometimes--it's part of the learning and part of his plan. If the rescue is already implemented, then I just need to get on with accepting it.<BR/><BR/>On a lighter note, my word verification is puker. Humph. I am not. Not even when pregnant (which I'm not).Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950902640992362429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709032.post-90166299626888349112008-12-15T09:18:00.000-05:002008-12-15T09:18:00.000-05:00Good for you for cracking open your door. I know t...Good for you for cracking open your door. I know that's not easy. I'm always surprised, though, just how friendly and happy to see me the world is when I let it in. I'm hoping you're as equally pleasantly surprised.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13827607152706015982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709032.post-27871920679445042012008-12-14T18:14:00.000-05:002008-12-14T18:14:00.000-05:00I've learned in the past couple years that many of...I've learned in the past couple years that many of the things I find so terrible about myself fall into one or both of these two categories: (1) they are totally unnoticeable to most or all of the people you associate with daily; (2) they are what others find so endearing about your loveliest self (and at the same time, they may not see at as such a terrible thing :) That's where the "both" comes in. I find you "practically perfect in every way" and cannot wait until you are here!!! Hooray for Christmas, yes?Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538768116275178329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709032.post-86546091619043016862008-12-14T02:02:00.000-05:002008-12-14T02:02:00.000-05:00I love you dearly Bethy. And I feel your pain a b...I love you dearly Bethy. And I feel your pain a bit. Just a few minutes ago I was thinking of some things about me that I was just sure everyone else must find downright insufferable, when the truth is I'm probably just super aware of them because I live with them every minute of every day.<BR/><BR/>We all have our pros and cons. Here's to the pros. :)<BR/><BR/>[BIG HUG]Kimberly Bluestockinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437063911115422205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709032.post-69724925228804925592008-12-14T00:59:00.000-05:002008-12-14T00:59:00.000-05:00My darling-est of Beths!!!! My heart aches for yo...My darling-est of Beths!!!! My heart aches for you and the busyness that drove your door shut. I just really wish you knew how amazing I think you are and how I've missed you. I'm sorry I've been so absorbed in my own horrifying world of applications that I didn't break your door down. Let's be friends again k?kiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02389109078176506712noreply@blogger.com