tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post612006783193709479..comments2023-09-20T07:06:19.249-05:00Comments on Seeking Faithfulness: Changing meHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419728761742443893noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-79722035684774574742010-01-19T16:00:34.509-06:002010-01-19T16:00:34.509-06:00Actually, Sara, that is EXACTLY what you can do......Actually, Sara, that is EXACTLY what you can do....and you can love. I think that loving people enough to hurt with them does count for something - because it causes us to pray and fast and give. Allowing ourselves to hurt with others can be hard - at least for me. <br /><br />I like your insight.Hollyhttp://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-40465063937792306052010-01-19T14:02:28.429-06:002010-01-19T14:02:28.429-06:00MREs - meals ready to eat
Holly,
I was thinking...MREs - meals ready to eat<br /><br />Holly, <br />I was thinking just yesterday or maybe today - I don't know, the days seem so long lately - but I was thinking that there was a time when I could/would not look at suffering because I couldn't "handle it" but now I am beginning to realize that closing my eyes does not make it go away - it just makes me cold. <br /><br />I used to think that people who helped the truly hurting people must have some special ability but now I think that they just do it because it needs to be done. Is that true? Can anyone help? <br /><br />And I think too, that I've been afraid to look because I don't know that I can do anything that will make a difference to anyone - but I can fast and pray and give where I am able. What else can I do?sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372272007182679464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-17785663880198379472010-01-19T10:30:31.133-06:002010-01-19T10:30:31.133-06:00Have you read the posts at MommyLife.net by Greta ...Have you read the posts at MommyLife.net by Greta and her family? Must reads!<br /><br />Greta writes: "I'm ashamed to admit this, but at first, I hid myself from the tragedy. Initially, I heard about the earthquake from messages left on my answering machine. I didn't run to the TV. I avoided seeing the pictures. So much of my heart is still in Haiti. I didn't want to be overcome with grief. Then, God mercifully showed me that Jesus never hides from our pain, does He? He isn't afraid of it. He looks us full in the eyes and never even blinks. Let's run as fast as we can into His open arms. Let's pour out our hearts to Him about our own pain, and the pain of the Haitian people. He is seated on the throne. He pours down His mercy."<br /><br />Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-32552896623380284132010-01-19T09:09:14.252-06:002010-01-19T09:09:14.252-06:00p.s. I think I made a mistake in an earlier comme...p.s. I think I made a mistake in an earlier comment. What do they call those meals that the military gives out? Meals ready to eat? MREs? I need help, here. :)<br /><br />I think that MROs have to do with manufacturing - something about raw materials. My husband used to be in purchasing, and that sounds familiar...LOL.Hollyhttp://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-4479097233447077112010-01-19T09:07:18.575-06:002010-01-19T09:07:18.575-06:00Thank you Sheri, it is so nice to see you and hear...Thank you Sheri, it is so nice to see you and hear from you. I love your heart.<br /><br />Vanessa - I think you are right - different things at different times. Yet, for me, I know that it is because I have let other things come first. Each of us can only know how God is working in our own hearts - I couldn't even begin to speak for others.<br /><br />Politics are important - I think so, anyway. I mean, if no one cares about the structure of government, you end up with dictatorships, which has been a true tragedy in Haiti over decades past. But for me - over the last year - God has shown me that I just put too much faith in "my side." My faith wasn't really in him. I trusted more in the power of talk radio than I did in the living God. That was wrong for me, and God showed me that. But good governance is still a huge blessing for the people of any country - and people need to do their part. I hope that I'm not being confusing or misunderstood. Anyone? :) <br /><br />Leanne, April - thanks. Just, thanks for being here, for being friends!Hollyhttp://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-49183583979021848982010-01-19T08:25:15.852-06:002010-01-19T08:25:15.852-06:00Holly,
Thank you for posting the article and vid...Holly, <br /><br />Thank you for posting the article and video. My heart has been very heavy as well for Haiti...so much sadness, loss, despair. We have SO much and it really puts things in perspective. The Lord is really working in my heart too...changing my thinking...how I live...to focus on how I can give more, pray more, help more...for those that are in need. Seeing these children just makes me want to round up a bunch of them and feed them, hug them, take care of them.<br /><br />I have a dear friend and her husband who are trying to get visas for 2 children to get them out of Haiti. They adopted a little boy (Luke) from Haiti over a year ago. Now they are trying to get Luke's sister and best friend. They are at the embassy this morning trying to get visas....pray, pray, pray.<br /><br />Lord, please show us how You want us to be your hands and feet to these dearly loved ones in Haiti. Change our hearts so that we can live lives with open hands...not clinging to the things of this world, but freely giving what you have given to us. Thank you Jesus. Amen.Sheri Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514075948183385486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-80401695394567665692010-01-18T23:26:33.387-06:002010-01-18T23:26:33.387-06:00I often think God puts different things on our hea...I often think God puts different things on our hearts at different times. I think He divies up the work that way. :) I sometimes wonder if that's why different tragedies affect us in different ways, you know?DarcsFalconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757804686134389853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-73639287827941992082010-01-18T23:11:05.918-06:002010-01-18T23:11:05.918-06:00Patricia - back now. I had not seen your particul...Patricia - back now. I had not seen your particular link - but I did read about that case in another news agency. That is part of the hurt going on in my heart...oh, my.<br /><br />I am wondering - if several news agencies have reported this, why has not someone brought them some MRO's? I know that they are distributing them, right there. I am sure that they are working on taking care of the ones they think have a good chance of survival, and the elderly...well...<br /><br />BUT - HOW could you report it and not come back bearing food? I am hoping that in this particular case (and really, in hundreds if different instances) some food is coming through somehow.<br /><br />I know that in the cases of some of the orphanages even - God's Littlest Angels comes to mind - the director has been on Larry King and interviewed by Wolf Blitzer - and they still are worrying that they are running out of water and food. I don't see how that could be happening? Surely the orphanages should be a priority?<br /><br />Let me know as you learn of ways to help, Patricia!<br /><br />I have been thinking that this IS one way God might test "even us," in the land of prosperity. How much can we love, and give from free hearts? How much are we willing to do in the face of blatant suffering?<br /><br />Rise up, O Church, and put aside petty divisions...Let's be God's hands and feet.Hollyhttp://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-68447381474888588312010-01-18T22:59:23.337-06:002010-01-18T22:59:23.337-06:00Patricia, I had not caught that. I will go check ...Patricia, I had not caught that. I will go check out your link. Thanks so much.<br /><br />This crisis is so huge. So huge. And too, praying and thankful that the body of Christ has an opportunity to respond with love and true tangibility.Hollyhttp://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-52862879329061817732010-01-18T21:44:19.901-06:002010-01-18T21:44:19.901-06:00Thanks for writing this, Holly.
LeanneThanks for writing this, Holly. <br /><br />LeanneLLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322706230480848456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-53526051686802743332010-01-18T21:30:23.245-06:002010-01-18T21:30:23.245-06:00(try again!)
Thanks for this post, Holly. Did you...(try again!)<br /><br />Thanks for this post, Holly. Did you see <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=682532161&ref=nf#/profile.php?v=wall&ref=nf&id=682532161" rel="nofollow">my latest on FB?</a> I have been so grieved for the people of Haiti...for the children...for all of them. The article I linked to on FB is a story I cannot shake. Emily and I have been brainstorming ideas for something tangible that we can do beside sending money...which we have done, as well. The Catholic church in S. Fla. is working with the gov't to have children flown up here. Gov. Crist has also been discussing the possibility of 10's of thousands of Haitians coming into S. Fla. I read that most people are not getting out of Haiti with more than a backpack, if that. These people/children coming in will need clothes and basic necessities. It is very possible that a call for these items will be made in the very near future and that is something we feel like we can help to coordinate from here.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435071269417046903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-60650115968634464062010-01-18T21:28:58.636-06:002010-01-18T21:28:58.636-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435071269417046903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193225017879543369.post-37462323070819483872010-01-18T21:10:24.530-06:002010-01-18T21:10:24.530-06:00Wow. I just watched that video. I need Kleenex a...Wow. I just watched that video. I need Kleenex and a Bible to process. Love to you...Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155256816626940605noreply@blogger.com