tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141494108042579772.post6255644535529796943..comments2021-09-01T20:36:54.460-05:00Comments on A Life So Blessed: NeedingChristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289121058613962393noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141494108042579772.post-68116841742815457862010-05-26T09:49:19.613-05:002010-05-26T09:49:19.613-05:00Ha! Not any time soon, I'm afraid, Chris -- I...Ha! Not any time soon, I'm afraid, Chris -- I was ... very active in a forum for several years, and I've pretty badly burned out on carefully putting words together.<br /><br />It was (and still is) a great forum, and the folks there are actually civil to one another, for the most part. Trouble was, as a moderator, I was one of the folks who broke up the "fights" that did occur, and it got to the point that that was *all* I was doing. It's a pretty draining thing to manage using only text and emote-icons.<br /><br />The occasional pithy comment is one thing, but right now the thought of any sort of formalized arrangement is actively repulsive to me. Besides, I don't have pithy thoughts of my own all that often, so it'd probably be a pretty sparse blog. (shrug)NatChhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506294593883672989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141494108042579772.post-31825557881377352922010-05-26T08:36:34.575-05:002010-05-26T08:36:34.575-05:00Manda, thank you for stopping by my blog, and for...Manda, thank you for stopping by my blog, and for your well-wishes.<br /><br />Nathan - I am so glad you read my blog and make comments like this. And I'm so glad to know I'm not the only person who feels like this. So when are you going to start your own blog? ;)Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289121058613962393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141494108042579772.post-88577718312199372472010-05-25T22:33:55.352-05:002010-05-25T22:33:55.352-05:00"Are we so independent that we think we have ..."Are we so independent that we think we have to do everything ourselves? Or are we so arrogant that we think we are above receiving help, that getting help is for the weak?"<br /><br />I've recently been thinking a lot about this myself. I think the American culture as a whole has a serious problem with this. (Of course there's a whole subculture that has a totally different problem with it, insisting on help as a right, but that's a whole other sack of knots)<br /><br />Because I've been thinking about the matter in terms of leaning on God's help, my thinkings have brought me to consider this, arguably destructive, "independence" as a Submission problem.<br /><br />Until *very* recently I deliberately sang the words wrong in a "Devo" song that I know you also know " ... to you alone *does* my spirit yield .... " -- 'does' instead of 'may' -- how arrogant is that? I mean, the lyrics are straight out of Psalms, and for years, decades, I've been changing them to suit my own, self-important delusions of self-determination, instead of what they really are and should be: a plea to God to grant that my spirit not submit to any other than Him.<br /><br />I haven't really reached any conclusions yet (other than that I'm, still, an arrogant knothead sometimes -- yes, I know you're shocked), but I'm coming to see that the only way I can really overcome some of the things I struggle with may be to admit that I can't, and stop trying to stand on my own strength which has repeatedly proven so patently insufficient. <br /><br />I think you've put your finger on it: getting help *is* for the week, and we are, every one of us, weak, but we *can't* get help unless and until we admit that small but overwhelming truth.<br /><br /><br /><br />I do hope that you get to feeling better quickly, I know how nasty stomach bugs can be.<br /><br />You can get through this -- you're too stubborn yourself to do anything else -- stubborn isn't necessarily a bad thing, if you're stubborn about the *right* things.NatChhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506294593883672989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141494108042579772.post-63312112427051469552010-05-25T12:16:02.505-05:002010-05-25T12:16:02.505-05:00Awe, I'm so sorry you're not feeling well....Awe, I'm so sorry you're not feeling well. If I lived closer I'd bring you some chicken noodle soup, a crossword puzzle book, and a daisy to brighten your day.<br />Hoping today is better!Mandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050840301329283403noreply@blogger.com