tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post5165792966240929925..comments2023-09-23T03:39:15.565-04:00Comments on a Rock for Him: surrendering superwomanarock4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-67458593678606018912013-06-06T10:28:09.147-04:002013-06-06T10:28:09.147-04:00I am excited for all that God has for you, Amy. I&...I am excited for all that God has for you, Amy. I've captured bits and pieces over the last year or so, but there are new developments here. What I wouldn't give for a one-on-one, face-to-face afternoon with you someday. Jennifer @ JenniferDukesLee.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934656581948719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-43106293275735620662013-06-06T08:58:16.895-04:002013-06-06T08:58:16.895-04:00I need to remember this, Kim -- I won't arrive...I need to remember this, Kim -- I won't arrive and won't "tackle" this; it will come around again, and again, and again. But yes, grace is the strength that emerges each time and there is such beauty in this. I appreciate your reminder. arock4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-13228077792069816592013-06-05T21:17:15.240-04:002013-06-05T21:17:15.240-04:00This brings to mind images of Joseph wrestling wit...This brings to mind images of Joseph wrestling with the angel. This painful place of surrender isn't a one time visit, is it? But such beauty, grace, and strength emerges each time. Thank you for your honesty.Kim Hylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697575743515143840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-18797922533751383592013-06-05T20:46:13.601-04:002013-06-05T20:46:13.601-04:00oh, friend -- I desperately want to walk this life...oh, friend -- I desperately want to walk this life with Him and yet so often I trudge ahead in frustration for what I don't yet see. He's teaching me to wait patiently and I'm incredibly grateful for the patience He has with me in my surrendering to the waiting. Your encouragement breathes life to me -- thank you. arock4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-23332967004404487772013-06-05T20:44:30.703-04:002013-06-05T20:44:30.703-04:00You help me to remember the necessity in surrender...You help me to remember the necessity in surrender, Kris. I am incredibly grateful. arock4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-40545051609856407332013-06-05T16:36:28.016-04:002013-06-05T16:36:28.016-04:00Amy I feel so privileged to be beautifully exposed...Amy I feel so privileged to be beautifully exposed to your words. They are a living breathing testament to this life of love walked out with Him. I don't know everything you are going through specifically but I can share that we had one child biologically adopted and then had another right on the heels of adoption. So one never knows how he will knit and form our families. I look forward to walking out this wonderful blessed masterpiece that is His call on your days and your gifts. Thank you for your honest words. They are such a gift, your beautiful story is being written.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-79499665576961280792013-06-05T14:12:26.602-04:002013-06-05T14:12:26.602-04:00oh the messy surrender! it's beautiful in it&#...oh the messy surrender! it's beautiful in it's purpose, in spite of the pain that must be endured. you are brave, my friend. the transformation is tangible--His glory revealing.... love you.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593825567437102334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-21915291148057443892013-06-05T13:14:00.430-04:002013-06-05T13:14:00.430-04:00Oh, Rachel -- "the blessings I almost lost&qu...Oh, Rachel -- "the blessings I almost lost" -- we have no idea. Though it seems so "nearly lost" by us . . . we have no idea just how much in His grace we still are. I'm grateful for how He reminds us that we can't so easily fall out of His will. Though, I, too, consider what I could have lost by my disobedience and it does move me to surrender a bit more -- indeed, more grace. arock4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-31775431548271295622013-06-05T13:12:20.406-04:002013-06-05T13:12:20.406-04:00Yes, it is exciting, indeed! Blessings to you as w...Yes, it is exciting, indeed! Blessings to you as well, Tresta.arock4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-60997872937694866612013-06-05T12:52:47.587-04:002013-06-05T12:52:47.587-04:00when we trust Him anyway. oh, my tears fall this m...when we trust Him anyway. oh, my tears fall this morning as I realize that I have not been surrendering. that my way is so much easier than His, and so I take my own road and not His.<br /><br />and then I start to see the pieces falling into their appointed places, and I am devastated by the blessings I almost lost. Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927558035256871985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-36318817541211209872013-06-05T10:35:27.117-04:002013-06-05T10:35:27.117-04:00Beautiful and brave. It's exciting to anticipa...Beautiful and brave. It's exciting to anticipate what God can do with complete transparency and surrender. Blessings, Amy, whatever way He takes you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470113742996663933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-14667039551503232292013-06-05T09:03:50.760-04:002013-06-05T09:03:50.760-04:00Oh, Holly! I have tears . . . for you and all of u...Oh, Holly! I have tears . . . for you and all of us. These words came at such a cost -- such a hard fought surrender. That, though we don't share the same exact experiences we can still relate, is such grace! arock4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400505592390868019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193460338001013445.post-81097218793073811972013-06-05T08:45:18.478-04:002013-06-05T08:45:18.478-04:00Oh Amy... this.
I find myself wrapped around examp...Oh Amy... this.<br />I find myself wrapped around example after example here. There is just so much truth and grace smeared all over these words and how I wish you could see my tears and smiles so that you could know that you are not alone.<br />This line:<br />"eventually i learned that though i am capable of a lot, i am usually not asked to do as much as i think is expected of me." I learned this hard reality when my back went out and I had an infant and I, literally, could not find words to ask for help. I was so used to doing EVERYTHING that I didn't know how to ask someone else to do it! It was the most humbling moment of my life, as well as the most transformative. I began therapy shortly after that, so that I could find the words.<br />And then this:<br />"when we trust Him anyway . . . <br /> even though we don't have it all together <br /> and even though everything is happening altogether . . . <br />we are living by faith and we are actively living out worship."<br />I will be taking this with me for a long, long time.<br />So very thankful for you, Amy. So.thankful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219986489903886940noreply@blogger.com