tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post7546962278076083348..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Damaged GoodsSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-23271777260316758372013-05-13T21:01:46.119-06:002013-05-13T21:01:46.119-06:00Oh, agreed absolutely, but you misunderstand me. ...Oh, agreed absolutely, but you misunderstand me. You said that they didn't value you because you didn't remain friends. I'm simply saying that's an unreliable metric of anyone's value (yours or theirs). I'm saying don't think the lack of friendship is an indicator of you being damaged goods (which is what your original statement sounded like).<br /><br />Apologies Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-46490121488239332013-05-13T18:26:39.826-06:002013-05-13T18:26:39.826-06:00A broken heart and a contrite spirit is what I see...A broken heart and a contrite spirit is what I see in your words. And, it is what's required to become sanctified. I have both, too. Over and over again. I feel it makes me close to the pulse of what an authentic life is all about, and I think that is what you are experiencing. <br />"Damaged goods" is just another way of expressing it, although with time and age (which I have daiseedebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375072309441148556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-7268419025926809832013-05-12T07:01:02.020-06:002013-05-12T07:01:02.020-06:00Thank you.Thank you.SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-92221349152760396712013-05-12T07:00:21.287-06:002013-05-12T07:00:21.287-06:00Thank you for your comments. I don't expect a ...Thank you for your comments. I don't expect a relationship to "survive it's own dissolution," but I do expect a relationship to have more to it than just romance. I expect the man I marry to be able to weather the parts of our relationship that aren't made of roses. I expect a relationship to be built on more than feelings of satisfaction via self-fulfillment. My heart SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-68343057761301004532013-05-11T23:17:34.706-06:002013-05-11T23:17:34.706-06:00Thank you for sharing your experiences, thoughts, ...Thank you for sharing your experiences, thoughts, and feelings. The only thing I want to say is - I hope you will continue to trust your insights. It sounds like you and God are communicating so well, and that you have great clarity about your life. Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925446198525052740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-67137672535103912962013-05-10T19:03:41.640-06:002013-05-10T19:03:41.640-06:00"You see, I believe that I'm damaged good..."You see, I believe that I'm damaged goods, too. It's not something that counseling can help me with. Because it isn't in my mind or reason. It's in my heart and experience. They are a lot harder to convince. Especially after I've tried to convince myself time and time again, only to fail."<br /><br />That, sadly, is where I am right now. It's a profound thing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-39509666926571581312013-05-09T14:47:09.958-06:002013-05-09T14:47:09.958-06:00"How can broken goods be of infinite worth? B..."How can broken goods be of infinite worth? Because no damage or brokenness is permanent. And a broken (and thus open) heart is essential for God to work with and in us and to transform us, to heal us, so that we can better perceive and realize our fundamental and infinite value, which is not diminished by whatever we have done or, ultimately, whatever has happened to us."<br /><br />+1Richard Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921970283086332560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-18571767257993602402013-05-08T21:12:51.838-06:002013-05-08T21:12:51.838-06:00I think I didn't make my point well enough, if...I think I didn't make my point well enough, if you feel pity for me because of what I have written here. This is why I used the analogy of compost. It may be garbage, others may think it is of little worth. But this is not about "poor me," it is about acknowledging reality, finding a way make something worthwhile out of it.<br /><br />Perhaps that is only worth pity to you. But it SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-12265604868045432532013-05-08T17:41:28.152-06:002013-05-08T17:41:28.152-06:00I am a little lost. I love your writing because it...I am a little lost. I love your writing because it is often so authentic. This time, not so much. You are a complicated, wise, and strong woman. To define yourself as damaged goods is either really sarcastic--or you're berating yourself before others will get around to it. And to play into the hands of people like that is, well, it's not authentic. I have been sorrowful about the things Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437887353855668111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-65631138589073514662013-05-08T11:45:43.983-06:002013-05-08T11:45:43.983-06:00I am so so sorry for what you have experienced and...I am so so sorry for what you have experienced and what you have felt and continue to feel. <br /><br />I have also felt (and sometimes feel) like severely damaged goods, of little worth to self, God or others.<br /><br />On the one hand, we are all damaged goods, we are all broken. Period. On the other, we are all children of God and of infinite worth. Period.<br /><br />How can broken goods DavidHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063521832060823052noreply@blogger.com