Comments on: Ideals and Expectations, Part One

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:38:00 +0000

Lanier your posts are always so good! Thank you for your insights! they are amazing..and yes surrender to our Lord is not only the key, but fundamental part of being a Christian, i sometimes struggle as well with surrender it’s so hard for me sometimes, thanks so much for this post!
It was so timely and so true!
Thank you again Lanier!

I also can’t wait until part 2.

Have a great day and May God Bless you and keep you safe, Lanier

Jane.

By: Yael

Yael — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:27:00 +0000

Great insight! SURRENDER has kind of lost itself in our vocabulary hasn’t it?:)
Blessings and Shalom!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:09:00 +0000

Great post:) It’s so nice to hear from you, Lanier! Anticipating part two, as well…:)-Whitney

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:58:00 +0000

For me this is so timely. It is just what I needed to hear. Thank you.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:59:00 +0000

Thank you so much.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:52:00 +0000

Thank you, Lanier! I’ve been meditating on some of these very issues today. This verse is a great comfort to me: Psalm 34:10b Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. That means that there is nothing that I could add to my life right now to make it better. A husband is a good thing for some, but for me, right now where God has placed me, it isn’t a good thing. And that is an enormous comfort! It’s not a mistake, but part of His sovereign plan.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:50:00 +0000

God knows exactly what I needed to read, and all the doubts that formed in my mind just this evening. Thank you for the timely post and following the Holy Spirit’s leading.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:25:00 +0000

if our expectation is in the Lord Himself...

something i've been thinking on so much lately. thanks for the words that were so upward-focusing! may God give you more wisdom to impart to us!!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:47:00 +0000

Wow, that totally puts the whole matter in perspective! It all boils down to our trust in the Lord, who, if we are surrendered to Him, has been stamping His desires upon our hearts. Can we not trust Him to bring those desires to past if He indeed is the one who has placed them end? Thank you again! Can’t wait for the continuation!

By: ShelleyMariee

ShelleyMariee — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:51:00 +0000

What a wonderful post, Lanier! That is such an important point about surrender, and that when our expectation is in the Lord, we won’t be disapointed, as you said. It’s so tempting to be afraid to surrender at times. I’m often reminded of the story from Leslie Ludy about her fears of being an old maid, then finally meeting an Elmer Fudd type guy, only to die not too long after! It makes me laugh becaus so often, I think we view surrender as something horrid, a last resort, as you said. But when our hopes are in God, trusting Him, whatever He brings and whomever He brings, we won’t be disapointed because He knows what’s best and desires to bless a faithful, trusting servant with His best:-) Looking forward to reading part two!

By: Elizabeth J

Elizabeth J — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:33:00 +0000

Beautiful, Lanier… so true. Eagerly waiting to read part two, myself!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:48:00 +0000

That’s wonderful…thank you for sharing!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:45:00 +0000

Thank you, Lanier! This speaks exactly to some stuff I've recently been going through...especially the Scriptural truth that your sister so simply reiterated...

"If we ask Him for bread, does He give us a stone?"

Thank you again...and I can't wait to read Part Two.