tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37198543.post6112443776523775370..comments2023-03-30T21:11:29.213-05:00Comments on Big Boots & Little Bare Feet: UnsafeNich_Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484438225345080068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37198543.post-88819925904958641622011-07-24T17:45:52.002-05:002011-07-24T17:45:52.002-05:00You know, Hannah, that when we end up wherever we ...You know, Hannah, that when we end up wherever we end up---Thailand or the Caribbean or wherever---we will be looking for someone to teach our little MK's and make 'em turn out as good TCKs as you did ;-). And Nich is the very talented sort that could do just about anything....maybe you could start cultivating a calling????Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654873620449614286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37198543.post-29309433101520540542011-07-24T15:54:20.455-05:002011-07-24T15:54:20.455-05:00I think God uses lonely times in our lives to draw...I think God uses lonely times in our lives to draw us to himself. I had a lonely time a few months ago....and learned many things about myself (some good and some that needed to change) and about my relationship with God. I learned to make Him my all in all and to not seek fulfillment elsewhere or through others. It's a lesson I'm sure I'll have to learn many more times, but it was a good period of wrestling with my identity in Christ, my purpose in where I am right now - where God has placed me for this moment, and with my contentment with whatever life (God) brings my way. <br /><br />I think that by being released from needing affirmation from other people we can find love and acceptance in Christ and are freed to be the people God wants us to be, not who others want us to be. It doesn't mean I have the freedom to do whatever I want, it means I have the freedom to be whoever Christ wants me to be. As long as that "me" is good, true, loving, accepting, full of mercy, thankfulness, self-sacrifice, servant-hearted, etc., then I can know it's from God. I life of living freely in sacrifice to every person who crosses my path without needing their approval, just God's.<br /><br />I don't know if that makes sense, I'm just trying to share a piece of my journey that God took me through using a difficult circumstance. At the end of it....I found Him to be ever more present in my life than ever before. Praying you'll find Him in it all, MeganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com