tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post985327358383715899..comments2023-05-05T00:55:10.868-07:00Comments on Together We Are One Wise Woman!: A Green-eyed MonsterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-43098452328447263922017-07-31T10:44:18.060-07:002017-07-31T10:44:18.060-07:00I'm Loving the Book, enjoying reading the comm...I'm Loving the Book, enjoying reading the comments, I agree its a dangerous trap when we play the comparison game, I pray that we all as we are tempted to compare take a moment and pray,Bettie Piercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-85116121191778076512017-07-22T07:54:53.057-07:002017-07-22T07:54:53.057-07:00"I have basically compared high and low, some..."I have basically compared high and low, sometimes in the same day! I read the Bible not to compare and then bam! I forget" Lynn, I tell you, I have felt the same way because it happens so quickly and silently! And you are also right is saying it is a "very dangerous game" Satan plays with us! Thank you for your comments! They are always insightful!!!Cherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687753526720638459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-72779959011928122552017-07-21T12:25:05.852-07:002017-07-21T12:25:05.852-07:00LynnLynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-25830296270097979802017-07-21T12:23:31.424-07:002017-07-21T12:23:31.424-07:00I just love this book! I have basically compared h...I just love this book! I have basically compared high and low, sometimes on the same day! I read the bible not to compare and then bam! I forget!<br />It is a very dangerous game Satan uses to hurt us and if we are not careful, will get us every. single. time. Pride or insecurity. I read a story on face book this week, basically a person parked like WAY WRONG. The other person came up and boxed him all the way around with grocery carts. The question posed: Who is right? Like my mama used to say, two wrongs don't make a right!!! We don't win either side of this coin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-80905203544501600042017-07-21T10:23:50.327-07:002017-07-21T10:23:50.327-07:00Boy! That is sure the truth, Dawn! Always learni...Boy! That is sure the truth, Dawn! Always learning and always growing! What an adventure!!!<br />Cherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687753526720638459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-12629667863664790962017-07-20T19:00:48.117-07:002017-07-20T19:00:48.117-07:00Wow! This was perfect! I don't have any words ...Wow! This was perfect! I don't have any words just yet...just wow!Ursala Houser Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598721807822395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-68609880109030085972017-07-20T16:13:40.090-07:002017-07-20T16:13:40.090-07:00Lovely post! It's so awesome how, no matter w...Lovely post! It's so awesome how, no matter what age, we are learning and growing into who we really are. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106368566006176647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-72920107312870162672017-07-20T07:32:03.876-07:002017-07-20T07:32:03.876-07:00Fascinating to see how God works continuously on o...Fascinating to see how God works continuously on our spirit and strength, even as we slumber through life. God was working while I slumbered for when I wake up into the sunshine today, the bright lights glare into my solitude and peace, blocking out all the calm of which I have found repose. I have been around my family much more frequently in the last month. It's been a conscious purposeful effort to do so as the anniversary of my aunt's death creeps up and I am much more aware of my longing for family and the brevity of this life. Different scenes with them though cause different lights to shine. Sometimes the warmth of their loving rays help me to find comfort on my summer days as I bask in the blessing of their love. We frolic and laugh like the kids we once were out in the summer fun as my parents encourage us from the yard side. Yet, as the days pass, I feel the increased heat of this sunshine with friction of the pressures baking on our skins and the rays heating our moods in ways where the raised temperatures take us all out of our cool safe places. My family most definitely reflects the rays of the sun. Sometimes, they are the warmth I need to start my day or enjoy my life, the reflections that are priceless but all too momentary. Other times though, they are like the sun with the heat causing friction or the worst Uvrays, silent but deadly, seeping into my skin as every one of my flaws or imperfections are magnified in their hot bright glares. Who then is the rival?<br />While there have been most definitely times in which my siblings have rivaled against each other for affection from my parents and while there are most definitely times in which my parents perhaps unknowingly use us as rivals against each other or even themselves so they can magnify and self-inflate their roles and feelings of worth, I think the true rival in my family's loving but sometimes unhealthy interactions is me. Starved for approval and affection, the mirage I often see gazing ahead of me in the sunshine of my family is a perfect self. Each of them gives me an image of myself that I desperately long to be, a self that is somehow better as a daughter, sister, and sometimes person. This mirage gazes at me and taunts me in the heat of their expectations always being just out of reach, vanishing as I think I'm stepping closer to it or always one step ahead. Although this mirage of self helps me to strive towards betterment, it's left me with lacking worth. If I can be that rival, I will be loved. Accepted. Yet with this constant rival of perfection impossible to attain, I am always less, never good enough and consequently always hurt, broken, useless. Friction has increased the last few days, self-worth decreased. My feeling of being lovable disappearing. And all because I don't know how to enjoy the summer sunshine. Instead of laying and slumbering in the quiet of the sun, I've allowed it's heat to increase my restlessness. Once again, I find myself wanting to step inside, alone, away from the heat, back into the comfortable and embracing life I've made in my home with my sons and husband. Oh so difficult though as I look at the crystals of the sunshine dancing in the rays as they flow down from the sky warming whatever they touch. So how then do I find a balance in the sunshine's rival of my sense of self? I turn to a scripture that has brought me healing nd acceptance the last few years. John 3:16...because He loves me that much and because to Him, even in my imperfections, I am the daughter He loves, perfectly imperfect.practicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526560426246793335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-590543601282090342017-07-19T20:00:33.426-07:002017-07-19T20:00:33.426-07:00You have so spoken to my heart...I am sitting here...You have so spoken to my heart...I am sitting here feeling every word you have written..guilty!!! and yet feeling so thankful that someone else understands...Thank you so much for your inspiring words...I inhale your candor!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335788744359674571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-70863914576974192062017-07-19T07:00:31.940-07:002017-07-19T07:00:31.940-07:00I love your words, Diane..."It's time to ...I love your words, Diane..."It's time to be ourselves and who God made us to be...delighting in Him and all He's given us personally. We are all rich!!! Love! Love! LOVE this!!!Cherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687753526720638459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-86987151880643046062017-07-19T05:25:30.011-07:002017-07-19T05:25:30.011-07:00Amen, sista. It's time to be ourselves and wh...Amen, sista. It's time to be ourselves and who God made us to be - delighting i Him and all that He's given us personally. We are ALL rich! <br /><br />"Comparison and competition are enemies to the call of God." -Michelle McClain-WaltersDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346500352619665782noreply@blogger.com