Comments on: To Obey is Better Than Sacrifice http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/01/sacrifice/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JuRita http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/01/sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-7123 JuRita Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:56:41 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2187#comment-7123 Just stopped by and catching up on some of your blogs. Can I say I feel the same way as you do in this one??? thanks for sharing. I have been struggling with my faith of the future. And HELLO! I know God is my confidence... why can't I just not be anxious sometimes? Love the boys in their history get up. Its a great book. I have yet to finish reading it to Elizabeth. We'll catch up one of these days in person too :) God bless you.. oh, be careful not to run too far off the deep end;) Just stopped by and catching up on some of your blogs. Can I say I feel the same way as you do in this one??? thanks for sharing. I have been struggling with my faith of the future. And HELLO! I know God is my confidence… why can’t I just not be anxious sometimes?
Love the boys in their history get up. Its a great book. I have yet to finish reading it to Elizabeth.
We’ll catch up one of these days in person too :) God bless you.. oh, be careful not to run too far off the deep end;)

]]> By: bethany (dreadlock girl) http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/01/sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-7090 bethany (dreadlock girl) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:06:44 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2187#comment-7090 Thank you heather for sharing that! It is hard to go through seasons when we feel people don't understand us. But the benefit of obedience (as you know) far out weighs it all. I hope to see you around,I tried to find you in the directory, but it is hard since I don't know your last name!! :P Anyway, thanks for your honesty and vulnerability. Thank you heather for sharing that! It is hard to go through seasons when we feel people don’t understand us. But the benefit of obedience (as you know) far out weighs it all.

I hope to see you around,I tried to find you in the directory, but it is hard since I don’t know your last name!! :P Anyway, thanks for your honesty and vulnerability.

]]> By: Heather http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/01/sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-6970 Heather Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:12:58 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2187#comment-6970 I went through some similar emotions 2 1/2 years ago when my former church was falling apart and people were leaving in droves. I did my best not be be part of the gossiping crowd, went straight to some pastoral staff and did not like the responses I got, or the feelings God was laying on my heart, so I bought a book on Christian principles for decision making and spent a couple months going through the book and praying and waiting. I wanted to be sure I was moving on God's terms and not based on my own emotions. When God told me it was time for me to leave that church and go to Calvary, I knew I was doing the right thing, NOT because "everyone else" was leaving, but because God had told ME to leave. I found myself defending that decision to everyone I ran into, and got so frustrated by the comments and looks that said, "Yeah, right - you just left because everyone else was leaving!" I have always been a person who cares way too much what everyone else thinks about me, and God really dealt with me on that. I finally let people think whatever they wanted: that I left the other church because I couldn't handle the conflict and was following the herd, or that I came to Calvary just because they'd finished building a beautiful new church - and rested in the knowledge that only God's opinion of me mattered. How freeing! I have seen you around the hallways at Calvary and wondered where you've been the past few months (I linked here from Sean's blog) - I, for one, will be glad to see your little family again! Even if you don't have any idea who I am! Oh, and I also loved Nickel and Dimed - that is one of those books that has stuck with me, years after reading it. Reading about that pregnant housecleaner was heartbreaking. :) Thanks for sharing and letting me share - it's comforting to know how others struggle in some areas I do - I went through some similar emotions 2 1/2 years ago when my former church was falling apart and people were leaving in droves. I did my best not be be part of the gossiping crowd, went straight to some pastoral staff and did not like the responses I got, or the feelings God was laying on my heart, so I bought a book on Christian principles for decision making and spent a couple months going through the book and praying and waiting. I wanted to be sure I was moving on God’s terms and not based on my own emotions. When God told me it was time for me to leave that church and go to Calvary, I knew I was doing the right thing, NOT because “everyone else” was leaving, but because God had told ME to leave. I found myself defending that decision to everyone I ran into, and got so frustrated by the comments and looks that said, “Yeah, right – you just left because everyone else was leaving!” I have always been a person who cares way too much what everyone else thinks about me, and God really dealt with me on that. I finally let people think whatever they wanted: that I left the other church because I couldn’t handle the conflict and was following the herd, or that I came to Calvary just because they’d finished building a beautiful new church – and rested in the knowledge that only God’s opinion of me mattered. How freeing!

I have seen you around the hallways at Calvary and wondered where you’ve been the past few months (I linked here from Sean’s blog) – I, for one, will be glad to see your little family again! Even if you don’t have any idea who I am!

Oh, and I also loved Nickel and Dimed – that is one of those books that has stuck with me, years after reading it. Reading about that pregnant housecleaner was heartbreaking.

:) Thanks for sharing and letting me share – it’s comforting to know how others struggle in some areas I do -

]]> By: bethany (dreadlock girl) http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/01/sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-6923 bethany (dreadlock girl) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:37:54 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2187#comment-6923 Yes, I just need to keep remembering, "He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie of change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind" (1 Sam 15:29) Since we KNOW that God told us to do that, and we KNOW that he has called us back- we must KNOW that his purpose is just not what we thought, and trust that He does know what He is doing. Thank you for your encouragement!! Yes, I just need to keep remembering, “He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie of change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind” (1 Sam 15:29) Since we KNOW that God told us to do that, and we KNOW that he has called us back- we must KNOW that his purpose is just not what we thought, and trust that He does know what He is doing.

Thank you for your encouragement!!

]]> By: bethany (dreadlock girl) http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/01/sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-6922 bethany (dreadlock girl) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:34:30 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2187#comment-6922 Thanks becky! It is hard for me to do these sometimes, but friends tell me they love them. It is hard though because I have to be vulnerable and then they never get comments so I don't ever know if I am freaking people out or blessing them! I get to trust that God is using it since He asked me to do it. Still I worry that I will be misunderstood, or that I didn't explain it right...you know, just silly doubts. So, yes thank you for commenting on this, it makes me feel better- much better. What are you feeling you are being lead to do? A missions trip?? The kids thing is hard. Maybe you could let them do whatever it is with you! Kids are so good at blessing people, and breaking down their barriers. I know we think they are frustrating and in the way, but God uses their pure hearts and they love to help you obey God. Blessings Becky! Thanks becky! It is hard for me to do these sometimes, but friends tell me they love them. It is hard though because I have to be vulnerable and then they never get comments so I don’t ever know if I am freaking people out or blessing them! I get to trust that God is using it since He asked me to do it. Still I worry that I will be misunderstood, or that I didn’t explain it right…you know, just silly doubts. So, yes thank you for commenting on this, it makes me feel better- much better.

What are you feeling you are being lead to do? A missions trip?? The kids thing is hard. Maybe you could let them do whatever it is with you! Kids are so good at blessing people, and breaking down their barriers. I know we think they are frustrating and in the way, but God uses their pure hearts and they love to help you obey God.

Blessings Becky!

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