tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post7256326328260674081..comments2024-03-28T06:31:14.583-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: Your Dying Spouse 270 - The Safe Place {FMF}Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-39899853404177100582017-02-15T22:06:07.300-08:002017-02-15T22:06:07.300-08:00I'm so glad you're here, Shauna! And I wil...I'm so glad you're here, Shauna! And I will definitely pass on your words to Barb.<br /><br />You're right - I do feel much more contentment and peace and joy, even though the physical reality is much harder. It' an odd dichotomy, but I think I'm more open to the truly transcendent reality of God's Creation, if that makes sense?<br /><br />We do appreciate the prayers for our country. Thank you so much for this.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-14880936771447764782017-02-15T21:51:02.441-08:002017-02-15T21:51:02.441-08:00Oh, Martha, I'm so sorry about the malware. I ...Oh, Martha, I'm so sorry about the malware. I had that problem a few years ago, and it was really unpleasant.<br /><br />I'm so glad you're here, and I will be heading to #88 presently.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-5325729003766474652017-02-15T21:49:13.271-08:002017-02-15T21:49:13.271-08:00Mary, I will be heading over to your place soon. L...Mary, I will be heading over to your place soon. Looking forward to it; nothing of yours I've read could ever be called simplistic. You always cut deep to the truth.<br /><br />I pray for you daily, my friend.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-48608147046443278152017-02-15T21:47:39.006-08:002017-02-15T21:47:39.006-08:00Leigh, you're absolutely right - this world is...Leigh, you're absolutely right - this world is not our true home, and how glad we can be of that!<br /><br />God bless!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-12774303951708624202017-02-14T11:44:27.556-08:002017-02-14T11:44:27.556-08:00Hey! I'm so glad I stopped by... let's say...Hey! I'm so glad I stopped by... let's say "fashionably late" this week. I'm just glad I made it at all.<br />Please tell Barb that she's every bit as lovely as you make her out to be. :)<br />I loved this, Andrew. Your writing sounds today like you have a deeper measure of peace and contentment. Do you feel that? I can feel it. And yes, I agree about the tensions between safety without and safety within. As a Canadian living abroad, we watch and pray for your nation regularly. Trusting Father to give great wisdom to all of your political and national leaders.<br />Shauna (your "fashionably late" neighbour, which is a polite way of saying "last place" :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779023629515870278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-44935753599061023952017-02-11T12:22:36.364-08:002017-02-11T12:22:36.364-08:00i love your comments on refuge andrew:) sorry i ha...i love your comments on refuge andrew:) sorry i have been awol. my site has been inundated with malware and i don't know what else. it totally knocked it out:( now it is being monitored and scanned at great cost to me for awhile. i'm at 88 today.martha68https://www.blogger.com/profile/16210599251566858182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-90028623193752017262017-02-11T06:46:20.633-08:002017-02-11T06:46:20.633-08:00Thank you Andrew for raw reality in words. This wo...Thank you Andrew for raw reality in words. This word stirred so up so much in me that all I could write was so simplistic in the light of this world we live in and what we see in people every day, including ourselves and those closest to us. You are close in my heart. I'm #84Mary Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528465484642169618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-79314821263845164582017-02-11T04:01:09.979-08:002017-02-11T04:01:09.979-08:00Thank you for keeping it real and using such power...Thank you for keeping it real and using such powerful imagery. I do more praying now for our current administration than I ever have before. So many issues at hand, but yet this world is not our real home. Blessings!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-17611446539223702302017-02-10T22:50:51.914-08:002017-02-10T22:50:51.914-08:00It's a wonderful thing, Paula, to feel God'...It's a wonderful thing, Paula, to feel God's eyes on us.<br /><br />Thanks so much for being here today.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-2353379718370382972017-02-10T22:49:42.621-08:002017-02-10T22:49:42.621-08:00A safe classroom is SO important! And a home whenc...A safe classroom is SO important! And a home whence cometh the Good Cookies...brilliant! Can I stop by?<br /><br />You're absolutely right; we're not expected to do it all, but we are expected to do our part.<br /><br />I'll give the two lovelies in the photo a hug for you!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-55347445862377509882017-02-10T22:47:59.467-08:002017-02-10T22:47:59.467-08:00Jan, thank YOU. It's a kind of terrible privil...Jan, thank YOU. It's a kind of terrible privilege to be able to write from my difficulty, in the hope that it will help others. But knowing that people have found my words a help, I would not change a thing. Terrible, but a privilege nonetheless.<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-86765789063798465872017-02-10T22:46:31.707-08:002017-02-10T22:46:31.707-08:00Lesley, thank you so much! I didn't realize ho...Lesley, thank you so much! I didn't realize how much safety meant until illness stomped it into my head that I couldn't cope on my own any more; I needed that safety, simply to survive. Quite a lesson.<br /><br />And so many others need it, too.<br /><br />Thanks so much for being here!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-30788125547457748642017-02-10T22:44:54.766-08:002017-02-10T22:44:54.766-08:00Amy, thank you so much for this. Far too many men ...Amy, thank you so much for this. Far too many men and women could not find that safety, and the strain just became too much.<br /><br />We can't afford to lose them. Not one of them.<br /><br />So glad you're here.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-26614967804654785862017-02-10T22:36:10.805-08:002017-02-10T22:36:10.805-08:00Oh, Tara, what a dreadful connexion to discover! M...Oh, Tara, what a dreadful connexion to discover! My heart hurts for you, my friend.<br /><br />I'm so grateful for your presence, my friend, now and always.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-67436740385236751142017-02-10T22:33:59.236-08:002017-02-10T22:33:59.236-08:00Cheryl, thank you for this graceful summation...yo...Cheryl, thank you for this graceful summation...you're so right. God doesn't call us to do everything (or just give up because we CAN'T do it all), but to do what He asks.<br /><br />Thank you so much for this!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-4003661311019447822017-02-10T22:29:54.934-08:002017-02-10T22:29:54.934-08:00Susan, thanks so much! I read "The Elephant I...Susan, thanks so much! I read "The Elephant In The Room", and you're spot on. Anyone reading this PLEASE click on Susan's name and go to read her wise words!<br /><br />XOXOXOWaggyWaggyWOOF!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-38368168824430697782017-02-10T22:14:00.721-08:002017-02-10T22:14:00.721-08:00Christy, I'm glad you don't have to know t...Christy, I'm glad you don't have to know those bad things, too. That's "what I'm here for"; to be a shield for your eye and heart.<br /><br />I've given Sylvia and Barb a hug from you, and the prayers are sure appreciated.<br />Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-35106289983751757592017-02-10T22:11:10.530-08:002017-02-10T22:11:10.530-08:00Indeed, Carol, He is the only Safe Place...and tha...Indeed, Carol, He is the only Safe Place...and that's how it's supposed to be.<br /><br />We're so grateful for the prayers!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-48249849544534487942017-02-10T22:10:19.738-08:002017-02-10T22:10:19.738-08:00Debbie, thank you for this, and above all for your...Debbie, thank you for this, and above all for your prayers. I really appreciate them!<br /><br />And it's SO GOOD to see you in FMF again!!!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-77423139828274874992017-02-10T22:09:25.626-08:002017-02-10T22:09:25.626-08:00Bonnie, thank you so much; your words here really ...Bonnie, thank you so much; your words here really mean a lot to me, and make the effort worthwhile.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-85764779368669298602017-02-10T21:51:44.067-08:002017-02-10T21:51:44.067-08:00Amanda, I LOVE the way you said this - "God i...Amanda, I LOVE the way you said this - "God is watching, what can we do to help?" You distilled it to the essence.<br /><br />So glad you are here!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-85014003726495013932017-02-10T21:49:42.496-08:002017-02-10T21:49:42.496-08:00Lux, I'm so glad God watched over you through ...Lux, I'm so glad God watched over you through those times!<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-60420700455551119512017-02-10T21:49:03.121-08:002017-02-10T21:49:03.121-08:00Thanks so much, Julie, for this lovely, gracious c...Thanks so much, Julie, for this lovely, gracious comment! I will keep going as long as I can, and we so appreciate the prayers!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-15172109931517350922017-02-10T18:47:26.130-08:002017-02-10T18:47:26.130-08:00And because God is watching, I feel safe! You gave...And because God is watching, I feel safe! You gave me much to think about!!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406717262345866373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-60028439581116754662017-02-10T16:57:35.098-08:002017-02-10T16:57:35.098-08:00You post some gerat questions, Andrew. I strive t...You post some gerat questions, Andrew. I strive to make my classroom a safe place, my home a safe place (of course, my students think my home is a place for good cookies...but I'm ok with that ;)). If we all do our part to reach out and create a safe space for others, I think we'll be doing what God wants us to do. Love the photo of Sylvia and Barb!blestbutstresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058280295906350992noreply@blogger.com