tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post2610015465223659508..comments2007-11-16T04:37:52.763-08:00eLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845894193543130893extragrace@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-90582025560721972332007-11-15T08:10:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:10:00.000-08:00it is truly amazing to think of PURE LOVE. a love w/o alterior motives. a love not based on "what can i get out of it". i am sure many of us have been hurt by that type of love. thanks for sharing your heart so openly. i have recently moved through some forgiveness with a parent too, but i can never talk to them about it, as they will never understand. But God sees into our hearts, and shows us a "love pure and simple, undefiled."<BR/>thanks for a great post!JeanetteYorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607844601476258928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-72018443245943321042007-11-14T17:29:00.000-08:002007-11-14T17:29:00.000-08:00Um, wow! Thank you. I need to go and apologize to my hubby & my girls now. Thank you for sharing this. I've been challenged again...Big Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070677313964848193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-63971593986239299712007-11-13T20:15:00.000-08:002007-11-13T20:15:00.000-08:00Thank you for sharing so honestly Elise. I really appreciated your take on this week's quote.<BR/>BonnieBonnie Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00348002062378879350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-25896272325374146922007-11-13T19:08:00.000-08:002007-11-13T19:08:00.000-08:00[I am so easily irritated] Thank you so much for your transparency. These words were so convicting. My daughter's brain was damaged by prenatal exposure to alcohol. I have had so much trouble with being patient with her this week. I realized that her behavior is the same as it has always been... it is my response to her that is different ~Julie@Shanan Trailhttp://acceptancewithjoy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-29829188638143703422007-11-13T17:45:00.000-08:002007-11-13T17:45:00.000-08:00Elise,<BR/>THAT was just such a beautiful look into your heart. <BR/>You are so right, and how AWESOME is God that HE can continue to move us in ways we do not even realize we need to move...<BR/>It was beautiful~<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing..you blessed me with this one!<BR/>peace,<BR/>lorilorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17533409277703652869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-92141369575005942572007-11-13T14:14:00.000-08:002007-11-13T14:14:00.000-08:00This was so beautiful, so honest and I believe so true, "FOR ALL OF US" as well.<BR/><BR/>Until we really learn how to love the way God loves us, we'll continually come up short.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for being so real. You gave me so much to think about and consider in my own life. <BR/><BR/>Sounds like a great book.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you,<BR/><BR/>SusanSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495342741364402414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-49849242877882737052007-11-13T13:27:00.000-08:002007-11-13T13:27:00.000-08:00What a great revelation and response to it. May God continue to lead you and love you as you learn to lay down your life for others. Boy will we be surprised to finally see love in it's purest form! Blessings on you...ellen bhttp://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/tuesday-in-other-words-2/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-39805587629985508692007-11-13T13:26:00.000-08:002007-11-13T13:26:00.000-08:00Funny! Your book greatly interests me that you have mentioned and I found it on-line in our library system, and have reserved it. I came from a "rejected" childhood, and my dad and I are just starting to talk after 20+ years. THANK YOU for sharing. :)Lonihttp://joyinthemorning.clubmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-65820422004640334342007-11-13T11:53:00.000-08:002007-11-13T11:53:00.000-08:00Challenging post. Bless you for sharing.MiPahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18418972749843611051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-41733511084620148102007-11-13T11:20:00.000-08:002007-11-13T11:20:00.000-08:00"I am so easily irritated each time I have to put aside my own desires for my family's sake. I know in my head that what the loving thing is to do, but in my heart, my selfishness does battle with sacrifice"<BR/><BR/>This is a struggle I share. This constant struggle has shown me how powerless I am to do what's right without the lifechanging power of God to help me. <BR/><BR/>God is so good and patient with me, and though I fail, his love never fails. I am so underserving, but so thankful!Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441766598211586159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-20060194238855547862007-11-13T11:12:00.000-08:002007-11-13T11:12:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for taking this direction. I tell you, I struggle so much with my own selfishness. With loving conditionally. I really connected with this part:<BR/> I am so easily irritated each time I have to put aside my own desires for my family's sake. I know in my head that what the loving thing is to do, but in my heart, my selfishness does battle with sacrifice.<BR/><BR/>I see in my head the error of my ways, and I do battle with myself, and quite often my selfishness wins. I am finding that I am totally powerless on my own to do what I want, but God can change me, and it is something I continually have to ask God to change in me, and to give me the strength to love like Him. . .<BR/><BR/>God bless you for such a wonderful post today!Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441766598211586159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010918693758511304.post-86772408133464444892007-11-13T11:11:00.000-08:002007-11-13T11:11:00.000-08:00Thanks for sharing your honest feelings, bless you.Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275456448997619944noreply@blogger.com