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Comment on Not yet… by janberry

janberry — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:13:00 +0000

I’m adding a comment to this post myself because it was so fitting and I hope anyone who reads the article, reads this comment too…it’s comforting and gives hope…It’s from the blog of singer Shelly Wilson…

Without pain, there would be no dance..a Moment with Jesus
Funny how pain drives us to seek more…love more…trust more…without it would we bother at all with God? Would He ever be invited into our lives? For we are a people who seek Him in time of dire need…rather than realizing we are alwaysin dire need…for it is why the Savior came.This morning while I prayed I heard Him say, “if there had been no pain, there would be no dance..” I found myself saying, “you are right Lord. Without illness I would never had been still long enough to hear you speaking to me..without tears I would never have learned when your heart too cries. Without various pains of seasons of life there would be no song…and without burdens so deep that mere words can’t be found, I would not have learned to pour it out to you in dance..which to me was a new joy and a new freedom I had yet to know at your feet.”So..thank you for the pains of life…and the things I ask you to take away from time to time…I wouldn’t miss the dance for anything and I know you waste nothing…let each one bring you MUCH glory as I allow you to make my heart stronger in you and your ways…for you are beautiful to me.. by Shelly WilsonWithout the pain, without the tears
Without that all consuming fear.
Without the rain that sometimes pours,
Without the hours on my knees …seeking you more.Without the cry from deep within
Without the “whys” my mind wrestles with
Without the dark that left me still
Without the brokenness of heart in the years of being ill..There’d be no dance….there’d be no song….there’d be no sweet melodies from a heart becoming strong..
There’d be no love …authentically…there’d be no passion to share..what you’ve learned from me….
And most of all…yea most of all…there’d be no dance.Without the loss of words in times of grief
Without the scars of hidden memories
Without the lessons learned that sometimes sting
From years of what seemed like broken dreams..There’d be no dance….there’d be no song….there’d be no sweet melodies from a heart becoming strong..
There’d be no love …authentically..
there’d be no passion to share..what you’ve learned from me…
And most of all ..yes most of all…there’d be no dance.Yet in that moment of emptiness when you question your strength
And when you’re overcome by heaviness..
Freedom comes..when you dance for me…………yes dance for me…There would be no dance….and there would be no song….there’d be no sweet melodies from a heart I’ve made strong..There’s be no love…birthed authentically..there’d be no passion to share..what you’ve learned from me….And most of all yes most of all…..there’d be no dance….there’d be no sweet dance…

Comment on Desiring God deeply and fully… by KW

KW — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:48:43 +0000

Hi J,
Sometimes there is the chance of being greatly decepted without knowing it, as I have experienced. My heart was in the right place yet still I did something that was wrong, I was greatly decieved, I really thought, at the time that God was answering my prayer. It was not a selfish prayer because I was not asking for me, I was asking on behalf of others. The short of it is the enemy came good and I fell right into it. Now I’m always looking over my shoulder, I can’t afford to let my guard down. I want to be alert at all times. That was a painful experience for me, I couldn’t believe that I didn’t see it for what it is.

Comment on Desiring God deeply and fully… by janberry

janberry — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:48:03 +0000

Praise God AM,

I read this over and over till I fully comprehended and internalised what you were saying…and my favorite parts…

“And in such a state of self denials not only is the fence brought down it is destroy as many waters cannot quench love.”

“The greatest desire (passion) therefore is the greatest and first commandment i.e. Love for God with all our heart, soul, mind, strength!”

- I’m so grateful that God is who he is….I’m blessed to be in his arms, since this is all true…

Comment on Desiring God deeply and fully… by AM

AM — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:47:05 +0000

Jan,

I find these truths to be very relevant and pointed to these times of so much indifference to the heart and will of God. The depth of God’s desires and love for us in fellowship and communion is for the most part glossed over by a veneer of mere outward religion. One can hear the pain in the Father’s heart through his prophets and servants..crying out for authentic relationships springing from a new creation in Christ Jesus.Through Isaiah God speaks of the people who draw near with their lips but their hearts are far from Him. Through neglect of intimacies of the hearts where deep calls unto deep the way of the fleshly and carnal believer brings grief to the Spirit of Love.

Yes, it is a love affair..and He who loves much is much forgiven..and much desirous of pleasing the One who forgives.. to the extent of dying to all self-will, desires and ambition for the Son of God who loved us and gave Himself for us. And in such a state of self denials not only is the fence brought down it is destroy as many waters cannot quench love. Nothing and no one in this world or in the world to come can get between such a love to bring about any separation or willful disobedience.

True love always find a way..a way to be reconciled to the beloved. Allowances/provisions have being made for “falls” – for restorations…remember Peter? Do you love Me? After a failure is love still there? So if we sin we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous and if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive, to cleanse, to restore and much more…….with His Love still burning with yearnings towards us and for us.

The greatest desire (passion) therefore is the greatest and first commandment i.e. Love for God with all our heart, soul, mind, strength!

Comment on I want a love… by janberry

janberry — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:52:32 +0000

haha! I like IT! “kinda wish I could order it on ebay-love”…

Comment on Lord prepare me… by Dgree

Dgree — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:54:55 +0000

;->
Positive music helps. Maybe you’d like Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up” and “Don’t Give Up” as well as Celtic Thunder – I’ve been wondering about the name, ‘Celtic’ as it as a single-story-dark view on Celts but insofar, their music is good – at least those I’ve heard. And lastly, a song my mother dedicated to me, “Lee Ann Womack – I hope you dance”

Comment on I want a love… by Dgree

Dgree — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:50:27 +0000

That’s some deep love, ocean rocking love, seashore calming love, easy to settle in book readin reading love. Sweet love, a little bit out sour love, some hot love too, just beacause… kinda wish I could order it on ebay-love, Almost wish too I’d not thrown away such love, doe eye casting love that just….. It’s nice that you can sum it up, because I wasn’t likely too

Comment on ..this story just won’t let me be.. by CB

CB — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:20:14 +0000

It helps.

Comment on ..this story just won’t let me be.. by janberry

janberry — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:13 +0000

hmmm…I guess my fears, are reasonable after all, then…

Comment on moon my ego by Dgree

Dgree — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:01:40 +0000

nice