tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post2437124958368008408..comments2023-10-31T03:42:14.304-07:00Comments on Splashin’ Glory: Of Weeds and ThankfulnessSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295906251145450659noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-90410381515262302602012-03-26T19:14:41.905-07:002012-03-26T19:14:41.905-07:00Wonderful words! Thanks for visiting my blog!
Ble...Wonderful words! Thanks for visiting my blog! <br />Blessings today!<br /><br />-HannahHannah Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328348096616911341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-18973378469970264362012-03-23T20:53:16.302-07:002012-03-23T20:53:16.302-07:00What beautiful, poetic word pictures you've pa...What beautiful, poetic word pictures you've painted in this post! And profound truths as well. Thank you for these wonderful analogies about roots/sins/God's love.Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-34787769483078961032012-03-21T19:55:50.016-07:002012-03-21T19:55:50.016-07:00as I was weeding today I was thinking how i can...as I was weeding today I was thinking how i can't let these weeds grow! and I just have to plant little seeds of hope for my kids...<br />I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can.<br />happy gardening!momto8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13964950285763339907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-43898587177664005982012-03-21T13:15:03.789-07:002012-03-21T13:15:03.789-07:00I've heard lots of gardening analogies to spir...I've heard lots of gardening analogies to spiritual life before, but none quite like this about the weeds when it is dry, tearing the leaves but leaving the roots, etc. Powerful. Thank you for stopping by my blog the other day.Amanda MacBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333540126086381630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-59625761747985278932012-03-21T08:43:32.974-07:002012-03-21T08:43:32.974-07:00Such beautiful words. You truly have a gift of put...Such beautiful words. You truly have a gift of putting them together :-)Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499818862831336384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-12655197342206930042012-03-20T12:02:50.677-07:002012-03-20T12:02:50.677-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295906251145450659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-63518878654135288372012-03-20T11:29:06.615-07:002012-03-20T11:29:06.615-07:00I am embarrassed to know if you are a Sara, as in ...I am embarrassed to know if you are a Sara, as in the post, or a Sarah, as in the comment.<br />The latter is Biblical, musical to say, and filled with strength and laughter. Someday, tell us which.<br /><br />Your hug with words was warmly received.<br />Thank you.<br /><br />I comment, not blog, although my sisters are all after me to write. Occasionally I sub for a Blogger, but prefer them to take credit.<br /><br />You have been unaware that our God has asked folks to pray for you.....a long time. We do.<br />What I have spoken does not come from me.<br />He has many ways to speak to anyone.<br />I just happened to be on the WAY.<br />Prayers continue; anxiety is no longer in your realm.<br /><br />No clouds here; global warming has been good to us. The flowers have bloomed weeks ago, and are not usually here until mid to late April.<br />We went from Fall to Summer, skipping two seasons.<br />Snow here is usually like Flagstaff...measure in feet.<br />It never arrived for the first time ever.<br />I shoveled a tad of snow ONCE, as the street plow filled me with perhaps 4 inches of flakes.<br />End of winter.<br /><br />No Spring; Summer is here.<br />The warmth on body is as needed as the warmth on our souls.<br /><br />I see no place on your spot to email you either.<br />If so, I would ask you and your audience to pray for Avishi. She is 5 years old now, in India.<br />At age 6, she becomes available for her parents to earn money by prostituting their girl.<br /><br />An effort is underway to raise $750 dollars to free this lass. $100 has been sent in a week.<br />I asked the collector what she wanted from me.<br /><br />"OH, you are one of them I call on for prayer.<br />The rest will all follow".<br /><br />Info on Avishi and her organization to freedom is in Significant Living Magazine. The writer always emails for prayer.<br /><br />My email address is on your subscription email.<br />You are welcome to use it when the desert winds blow sands of confusion, or a simple hello, or when you need laughter.<br /><br />If you monitor comments, I would supply it there, and you could then delete my comment.<br />God will tell you what to do.<br />It is the way He works.<br />We just have to listen.<br />And pray.<br />And splash.<br /><br />God be with you and your family.Keystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465358638077475521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-55598025037537137672012-03-20T09:25:18.109-07:002012-03-20T09:25:18.109-07:00Keystone,
I cannot respond to you personally, ther...Keystone,<br />I cannot respond to you personally, there is no way for me to hug you through words except in this place.<br /><br />Thank you for the downpour of encouragement. It is as if somehow you knew of the parched state of my pen and how with joyful tremor I picked up once more.<br /><br />To be open, real, vulnerable. life laid bare for people to wade through unseen in this land of blog. This place, my story, only a puddle. But if someone accidentally steps in, joy splashing on their boots, and walks away carrying the footprints ... then this place has served a purpose of glory, step by step.<br /><br />Be blessed my friend (and enjoy the clouds),<br />SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295906251145450659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-7605626051994156372012-03-20T08:35:39.876-07:002012-03-20T08:35:39.876-07:00beautifully written, with a beautiful message.beautifully written, with a beautiful message.meme-and-hehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288453597688323806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-60007200563553161682012-03-20T08:08:36.036-07:002012-03-20T08:08:36.036-07:00Mornin' Sara,
Each part of the body has speci...Mornin' Sara,<br /><br />Each part of the body has specific functions. I am so glad to see the member of the body named Sara, lift pen to paper anew, and drench hearts and souls with their God.<br /><br />I recall living in your neighborhood decades ago, experiencing what you do. East Lincoln Drive by Camelback and Casa de Paz Y Bien, the House of Peace and Every Blessing....for souls to retreat from life for a week and regroup with God.<br /><br />But rain was rare.<br />My coworkers all went running outside one day and I thought it was a fire alarm. I ran too. <br />"Is there a fire" I asked.<br />"No silly", said a cutie co-worker.<br />"Look up! There's a cloud in the sky today!"<br /><br />I see them everyday coming off the Great Lake and never considered going outside to see a rare passing. It's a dry life there!<br /><br />But when the rain season came for a week or so, wetness cleaned the dust from the air.<br />A smell of wet straw, freshly cleaned, permeated everywhere. I will never forget that smell.<br /><br />The roadrunner's lightening-bolt legs across the yard, seemed to slow to a blur when wetness was there too.<br /><br />Different folks capture different blessings from your words here. I focused on your feeling of anxious, as I just read that yesterday elsewhere. The blogger was anxious.<br /><br />A comment said that being anxious was (never from HIM). They like to talk spiritual warfare and blame all evil on satan and all good = God.<br /><br />But I had drenched in the Word as you advise, and recall the anxiety growing in Pharaoh, as Moses kept up those danged plagues FROM HIM.<br /><br />And I thought of St. Paul, a Christian killer, watching St. Stephen be stoned to death.<br />Off to the desert town of Damascus, he was struck blind for three days. But at the time, he did not know it was three days; it could be forever, and suddenly. Surely he was anxious at blindness.<br />And that anxiety was surely from HIM once again.<br /><br />What emotion do we possess that was NOT created by HIM?<br /><br />To show us how to use any emotion just fine, Christ skipped eternity, and entered a slice of infinity, for us to see how humans incorporate these emotions.<br />They are called The Beatitudes in Matthew, and each says Blessed are those....or Happy are those...<br /><br />He forgot only one!<br /><br />Blessed are Those who Write Splashing stories of HIS love for all, for theirs is the gift of Peace.<br />That would be you!<br />Welcome home.Keystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465358638077475521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-25294128732054276942012-03-20T06:45:21.627-07:002012-03-20T06:45:21.627-07:00Lovely, so very lovely, just like your heart, swee...Lovely, so very lovely, just like your heart, sweet friend. It's amazing to me how quickly those weeds pop up without your realization (both literally and figuratively). We always need to be on guard lest they overtake our beautiful gardens...Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574653924255126134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-47855266869990529762012-03-19T22:43:56.383-07:002012-03-19T22:43:56.383-07:00Hello Sara
Thank you for visiting my blog today a...Hello Sara<br /><br />Thank you for visiting my blog today and leaving such a lovely comment. You have such a lovely family who appear to love the beach. I live in the Caribbean so that's one of our favourite pastimes as well.<br /><br />Thanks for the refreshing dip...I'll splash by again.<br /><br />God bless!Lisa Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357560782423451224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-22432417836380774902012-03-19T20:37:20.155-07:002012-03-19T20:37:20.155-07:00well said.
"the water of His Word" -- I ...well said.<br />"the water of His Word" -- I feel them coming up easier already.<br /><br />Thanks for your simple word picture. And thanks for your kind words on my blog.<br /><br />*nice to meet you* :)kellihttp://jasonandkelliwoodford.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-76099824027635851662012-03-19T20:32:03.271-07:002012-03-19T20:32:03.271-07:00thanks for stopping by today...glad I jumped on ov...thanks for stopping by today...glad I jumped on over...I love the garden picture...so true...I want to get my weeds when they are weak...blessings~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-67093883837336178302012-03-19T20:16:15.775-07:002012-03-19T20:16:15.775-07:00Hi Sarah!
I loved the gardening analogy...
beauti...Hi Sarah!<br />I loved the gardening analogy... <br />beautiful.<br />I also love that you are involved in missions!!! I was planning on being a missionary nurse to Ecuador until the Almighty changed those plans... now I'm a missionary to 6 kids in Indiana instead. :) God bless you!!!Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611894544220674901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-44225987572804802322012-03-19T19:29:49.658-07:002012-03-19T19:29:49.658-07:00Hi Sara!
"the Word that drenches"...I ne...Hi Sara!<br />"the Word that drenches"...I need that today!<br /><br />Thanks for visiting my blog today and for your kind comment. I'm touched that you'd want to spend some time and get to know me. I'm also glad for your comment so I could now visit you. <br /><br />In Christ,<br />LauraLaura Rathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524290825130536188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-36580690416876867442012-03-19T19:21:01.033-07:002012-03-19T19:21:01.033-07:00Wow. Amazing analogy here, and I'm so gratefu...Wow. Amazing analogy here, and I'm so grateful for your words. It's kind of rare to hear about sin these days, and even more rare to read about the power of God's Word to make us soft in His hands. Easy to pull. I have been encouraged by your heart tonight, and am still smiling at the comment you left over there at freedom journal. Blessings, friend.<br />Bernadette<br />www.thefreedomjournal.blogspot.combernadettehttp://www.thefreedomjournal.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-5049812388347043562012-03-19T17:22:52.393-07:002012-03-19T17:22:52.393-07:00I think you are having our spring, with the rain! ...I think you are having our spring, with the rain! <br /><br />HeatherHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184342717608985185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-1407603431243297732012-03-19T16:03:56.284-07:002012-03-19T16:03:56.284-07:00Such a helpful metaphor! It's amazing how God ...Such a helpful metaphor! It's amazing how God speaks to us through tending to our gardens. Glad to meet another tea drinker:)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886843349775095643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-26214264148308805792012-03-19T14:43:18.603-07:002012-03-19T14:43:18.603-07:00Such a pretty blog! I love the beach so I'm lo...Such a pretty blog! I love the beach so I'm loving the look. :) So much here I want to come back and read when I have more time. Thanks for visiting my blog and just a nosy question....I noticed that someone had visited from Mercer, PA around the time you had. You? Just wondering because I'm just a hop, skip and jump away in Latrobe.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316595488903619354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-49669549736811445752012-03-19T13:58:03.257-07:002012-03-19T13:58:03.257-07:00My gardening heart just loves this post. Love the ...My gardening heart just loves this post. Love the gift of gardening! :)Jennifer {Studio JRU}https://www.blogger.com/profile/01426877302534891809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-90848894312097193392012-03-19T12:52:37.809-07:002012-03-19T12:52:37.809-07:00Thank you for visiting my little story today, and ...Thank you for visiting my little story today, and yes lets splash in His word and our hard hearts become light!Katie McQuade Billingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298138094090678224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-78763090031881530982012-03-19T12:08:09.781-07:002012-03-19T12:08:09.781-07:00Knowing that the overgrown sins of my heart can be...Knowing that the overgrown sins of my heart can be pulled -- oh my what a gift for sure! Love that God can just pluck them out when we let Him garden our soul. Blessings.Positively Alenehttp://www.positivelyalene.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-75618456488391566222012-03-19T11:43:16.842-07:002012-03-19T11:43:16.842-07:00Love the picture you've painted for me today. ...Love the picture you've painted for me today. Thank you! I'll be along side you. striving to pull these pesky weeds easier: by soaking Him in. by using His strength. by pulling them one at a time. <br /><br />And grace will bloom as a result! <br /><br />All for Him (with hugs to you),<br />NikkiNikki @ Simplystrivinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891561307493846149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674863270172495413.post-13138696188332757802012-03-19T10:44:54.525-07:002012-03-19T10:44:54.525-07:00It's terrific to meet you! Thank you for visi...It's terrific to meet you! Thank you for visiting my site today! I love your comparison of sins to weeds - that's me too trying hard to pull those ugly roots and failing unless I soak in the Bible! Love that!Carriehttp://www.onemotherstrueheart.comnoreply@blogger.com