tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post3908838992546190825..comments2015-05-03T15:29:01.946-04:00Comments on Mary Schieferstein - Stories of Rain and Rivers: Just Because I Need to Say This . . .Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-65252595800864888252013-02-02T23:34:38.827-05:002013-02-02T23:34:38.827-05:00Oh, thank you, Kelli. It really is all Him. I ca...Oh, thank you, Kelli. It really is all Him. I can't take credit for the work He's done that enables me to do this, especially with the number of times that I should and don't.<br /><br />Yes, it is risky, but so worth the risk to be real, strip away whatever facades may have come up over time, give all of you a glimpse of the not-so-beautiful parts of my life, and His oh-so-beautiful, abundant Grace!<br /><br />Oh, I know none of it surprises Him - and to know that, knowing all of it, He would want me is the most beautiful truth I have ever been shown!<br /><br />It's beautiful to see Him live through you, too, friend! God bless you, as well!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-59696858185177345252013-02-02T23:27:34.537-05:002013-02-02T23:27:34.537-05:00Hello, Sylvia!
Yes, it is so, so easy, and compli...Hello, Sylvia!<br /><br />Yes, it is so, so easy, and compliments are such a blessing, but so tricky at the same time, and all that good (smiling wide now) - yes! It's all Him! Him, Him Him!!! Rich blessings to you, too my dear friend!<br /><br />Thank you, Sylvia! Actually, I thought these were a little blurry. I will try to make them a bit larger, but I'm not sure how large Blogger will allow . . . So glad you enjoy them! I certainly enjoy taking them!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-68021859543996604442013-02-02T23:23:57.747-05:002013-02-02T23:23:57.747-05:00Hello, bluecottonmemory! Thank you so much for st...Hello, bluecottonmemory! Thank you so much for stopping by!<br /><br />Yes, it is so true!!! His love helps us to love others so much more! Because we really do all have troubles and messes galore, often hidden, buried where no one will see them. We are all in such desperate need of Him!<br /><br />Blessings to you, too, friend!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-46213277950731412652013-02-02T23:19:35.498-05:002013-02-02T23:19:35.498-05:00Oh, Pam, yes! It is so incredible that He would s...Oh, Pam, yes! It is so incredible that He would see us like this, that He would see His Righteousness in us! And His work in our hearts truly is so beautiful! So good to know I'm not perfect, and to be able to say that and witness to that, even here, "on stage", and so, so good to know that He sees me as that pearl. So amazing! Thank you so much, Pam!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-819666752284351832013-02-02T23:14:50.900-05:002013-02-02T23:14:50.900-05:00First, thank you. All of you. Thank you so, so m...First, thank you. All of you. Thank you so, so much. Honestly, I was afraid to log on today and face your comments, because I was afraid that you might not have understood, that you might've thought - out of your sweet, loving hearts, of course - that maybe this wasn't healthy? That I was dwelling to much on the wrong things? I don't know exactly, I was just <i>so afraid</i> that you wouldn't have understood, that I didn't communicate all this correctly, that . . . and then I read your comments. And I am just <i>so, so blessed </i> (getting a little emotional at the moment) to read your sweet words, to know that you <i>do</i> understand, that you took this in the way that it was intended, and that you appreciate hearing this from me as much as I appreciate hearing it from others. God has blessed me so, so much by bringing each and every one of you into my life, and I am so grateful. <i>So, so grateful.</i>Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982915577379777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-64623007051002754062013-01-24T16:17:06.965-05:002013-01-24T16:17:06.965-05:00Mary. This is why I like you.
You are real. And...Mary. This is why I like you.<br /><br />You are real. And even though it hurts sometimes to admit who you really are, you do it anyway. Because the mask we all wear? It begins to strangle after a while.<br /><br />So glad to see you breathe here. So glad for your flagrant, risky honesty. <br /><br />None of this surprises God. And it's beautiful to see you live before Him -- to see Him live through you. <br /><br />Bless you, dear one.kelli woodfordhttp://jasonandkelliwoodford.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-55097937054704263562013-01-24T09:11:35.171-05:002013-01-24T09:11:35.171-05:00Such a wise post! Because it is too easy to idoliz...Such a wise post! Because it is too easy to idolize those on display. And because compliments can encourage either growth or deceit, or both at once, if that's possible, and all the good that flows through our lives, it's Him, just Him, all Him. Beautiful!<br />Rich blessings to you, dear sister!<br /><br />PS Your photos are gorgeous! I've just been noticing this, by clicking on them and making them large enough for me really to see. I know you don't have time to mess with it now, but sometime in the future, it would be such blessing to all who read here, to see them in larger display. Thanks for the extra blessing they are!Sylvia Rhttp://sylvrpen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-54322948061660646982013-01-24T00:21:44.294-05:002013-01-24T00:21:44.294-05:00The more I realize how God loves me in my mess - t...The more I realize how God loves me in my mess - the more I am able to love others in their mess:) Someone today was saying, "It's so unfair some people don't have any troubles" - and I thought, oh, yes, everyone has troubles, everyone has messes - we just don't always see them:)<br /><br />Blessings to you this week!bluecottonmemoryhttp://bluecottonmemory.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/to-save-a-city/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52882048944895389.post-68493356827428042542013-01-23T21:06:00.469-05:002013-01-23T21:06:00.469-05:00Mary, what you write is true of each and every one...Mary, what you write is true of each and every one of us... and I'm so so grateful that because of our Lord, God sees us through Jesus. And that He only sees that He has made us the righteousness of God. Just the fact that we have the sense that we have not measured up at times, or abandoned those we love, or been tactless or whatever is evidence of His Spirit moving in us, calling us His beloved, redeemed. Halleluia! No, none of us is perfect. Least of all those "on stage." All the more blessing for we need Him. Blessings to you, Mary. See yourself as His pearl of great price, for that is what He sees in you, blemishes and all. Pamhttp://wordglow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com