tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729287136187801250.post1583398051058822870..comments2023-05-12T05:34:10.005-04:00Comments on The Fruit of Her Hands: Random RamblingsAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395711824025103530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729287136187801250.post-62484480293549982692009-01-23T17:40:00.000-05:002009-01-23T17:40:00.000-05:00Thank you, Amy - you're so right!Thank you, Amy - you're so right!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395711824025103530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729287136187801250.post-59506634334658999302009-01-23T17:08:00.000-05:002009-01-23T17:08:00.000-05:00Been there, done that.A friend once shared with me...Been there, done that.<BR/><BR/>A friend once shared with me that although we have our 'down' time, we generally come out a more dependent person on Christ in the long run - and that our next 'down' will be higher than our last 'down'.<BR/><BR/>Does that make sense? I'm trying to verbalize a graph she drew me!<BR/><BR/>I have found that one major cause of down times is ...<BR/><BR/>myself. I think about me. I think about what I'm doing, what I need to do, what I forgot to do, etc.<BR/><BR/>Stop. No. It's not about me. <BR/><BR/>It's about CHRIST. What did HE do for me today? Did I come home and share it with my family? <BR/><BR/>Did I look - ask for - opportunities to publicly speak the name of CHRIST to the world? Believe me, they are there.<BR/><BR/>'For me to live is Christ.'<BR/><BR/>But He desires even more for us - to live ABUNDANTLY! (John 10)<BR/><BR/>Stand fast,<BR/>Amy in NYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729287136187801250.post-20547389690005713012009-01-22T20:27:00.000-05:002009-01-22T20:27:00.000-05:00Thanks for opening up yourselves, girls. It's help...Thanks for opening up yourselves, girls. It's helpful to know I'm not the only one.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395711824025103530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729287136187801250.post-74771209524455928382009-01-22T18:49:00.000-05:002009-01-22T18:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts on high and lows ...Thanks for sharing your thoughts on high and lows of human life that we all go through, Amber.<BR/><BR/>I would say I'm one of those people who can go up down up all in the course of a week, maybe less! :)<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean, about how when your low God seems to give you more grace and blessings.<BR/><BR/>I feel like I'm in a slum, spiritually, I've been in it for a few months now!! and I don't know what to do about it, but pray that I get out soon. I feel like my relationship with God has changed somehow, but not for the better. I feel like I'm back-peddling. I just hope I get over and done with it soon.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for venturing into deep,unknown waters here, Amber. Talking about things that maybe uncomfortable for us because it shows us how little in control we are of the things around us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729287136187801250.post-20489850755541757932009-01-22T16:14:00.000-05:002009-01-22T16:14:00.000-05:00Random is right. My "circle" would definitely be a...Random is right. My "circle" would definitely be a LOT more up and down than yours. I don't think there are keyboard keys that could express it...<BR/><BR/>Actually, to be honest, spiritually, it's probably been a lot of ups and a few downs lately. God's really been using this time to talk to me. I've grown closer to Him in the last year than I've been in my entire life. Moods, on the other hand, probably straight down(except when riding, of course). =\Kristen Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199166249490963788noreply@blogger.com