tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post985622779801457635..comments2023-06-27T02:47:36.624-05:00Comments on Life in the Parsonage: Just Thinking...Sarah@Life in the Parsonagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129742817309651806noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-52393780227170768592010-07-17T09:40:13.699-05:002010-07-17T09:40:13.699-05:00Somehow I missed this the other day. Glad I came ...Somehow I missed this the other day. Glad I came back.Mocha with Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387717261200678465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-71155657010610200662010-07-15T09:37:34.565-05:002010-07-15T09:37:34.565-05:00Great post! Thanks for the reminder to be countin...Great post! Thanks for the reminder to be counting His blessings.<br />-FringeGirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-85238059969880472952010-07-14T17:44:10.828-05:002010-07-14T17:44:10.828-05:00Contentment is indeed not easily obtained, but I h...Contentment is indeed not easily obtained, but I have learned to find it through speaking the Word of God out loud to myself each morning. I used to wake up thinking of all the sad things in my life, but now I quote scripture and I have joy in the Lord.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14175778756449339363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-63782482878622832422010-07-14T07:46:51.705-05:002010-07-14T07:46:51.705-05:00Thanks for the great post. I've been dealing ...Thanks for the great post. I've been dealing with some 'news' too and trying to focus on the blessing rather than focusing on how hard it's going to be for awhile.<br /><br />Contentment is such a hard thing to learn. However, oddly enough, sometimes I feel the most content when life gets hard. I guess because I tend to look to Him more.<br /><br />Thanks for the wise words and reminder of how blessed we truly are.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122741652676517901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-50726075173873211602010-07-13T20:10:38.333-05:002010-07-13T20:10:38.333-05:00Well said! I think we often take even the smallest...Well said! I think we often take even the smallest of things for granted, (ie. a smile from a stranger to a good samaritan holding open a door)we fail to realize how fortunate each and everyone of us are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-49815442590894619652010-07-13T18:16:17.833-05:002010-07-13T18:16:17.833-05:00Preach it!Preach it!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195879296029169084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-16366018089262282712010-07-13T14:01:37.667-05:002010-07-13T14:01:37.667-05:00How do you balance contentment with out being comp...How do you balance contentment with out being complacent? How do you be content all the while striving to be better? I'm not just talking about tangible stuff but the intangible too. I fear that in my contentment I am too complacent and the important stuff passes me by right along with the little stuff. Sometimes I feel so defeated I find myself saying, "Why bother"?<br /><br />I really do appreciate your words today because I am ever needful of reminders that only God is sovereign, and he has my best interests at heart.<br /><br />ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463045745660696490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-21117935694406641592010-07-13T13:40:43.817-05:002010-07-13T13:40:43.817-05:00I was having this conversation with a friend today...I was having this conversation with a friend today. I told her that I feel like my veneer of happiness has been stripped away, but I feel also that joy is still there. The joy in placing my hope in Christ and His imminent return. If that was always my focus, perhaps I wouldn't sweat the temporary stuff as much.BreAnna Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333404997243127566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-76834209852458330762010-07-13T12:45:11.951-05:002010-07-13T12:45:11.951-05:00Very well said Sarah and thanks for the reminder. ...Very well said Sarah and thanks for the reminder. And the #1 blessing is the very best of all...His Son!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662751045378148853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-42129559571069011712010-07-13T12:27:59.493-05:002010-07-13T12:27:59.493-05:00OH Sarah, do I struggle with contentment! I start ...OH Sarah, do I struggle with contentment! I start getting down on stuff, being a "have not", getting one step ahead only to go three steps back. Then I try to think in terms on WORLDLY scale in which I would definatly fall in the "HAVES", but then I start feeling awful that I can't just open my fridge and hand someone in Africa an apple and a sandwich...<br />No, contentment is NOT easily attained, and after todays Yoga class I can't seem to find my balance either! ;)Sara@iSasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12957397803528050139noreply@blogger.com