tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post2768941550639866084..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: A Turbulent HeartSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-49216164064922115062012-12-12T10:37:46.815-07:002012-12-12T10:37:46.815-07:00MB, this obviously is not my blog, but I wanted to...MB, this obviously is not my blog, but I wanted to say that I appreciate your comments here. Sometimes the focus is so much on getting through a day or an hour or a moment that it is difficult to keep the proper perspective. I think there is an elusive balance (at least for me) between accepting current circumstances vs hoping and striving for improvement. For me, trying to change my view to aJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516673063029867326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-76275164726345673332012-11-26T22:14:56.134-07:002012-11-26T22:14:56.134-07:00"I long to cast off all masks and still be so..."I long to cast off all masks and still be someone to whom others can come to be healed. I want to be able to trust again, to give trust that is deserved. But I doubt it is possible. No one is that strong, loving, or caring. Everyone wants friendship for themselves, not for what they can give others. And as long as you give, they will never think to give back. Not until your structure MBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-8845847046745497742012-11-09T13:30:46.931-07:002012-11-09T13:30:46.931-07:00Thank you, both.Thank you, both.SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-56653628208037527202012-11-09T09:54:03.008-07:002012-11-09T09:54:03.008-07:00Lovely post. Do so wish we wandered closer circle...Lovely post. Do so wish we wandered closer circles, as you continue to strike me as someone worth knowing better. I'm glad for your perspective on those posts. I don't think either were very reasonable, just ranty, and were immediatly answered by many people jumping in with their own rants for or against rather than giving measured responses.Frank Pelletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830375239700028422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-71337495672434131692012-11-08T10:40:25.249-07:002012-11-08T10:40:25.249-07:00Your point about the American (or even Western) te...Your point about the American (or even Western) tendency to criticize and feel superior to our leaders is something that has been working around in my mind a lot lately. I've been thinking about how God speaks of his church as a kingdom, which is handled on entirely different assumptions. I kneel before my maker. I do not stand at a distance and critique his robes.<br /><br />I also Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191017963027895446noreply@blogger.com