Comments on: Altars http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:04:02 -0700 hourly 1 By: Visionary_Maiden http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6545 Visionary_Maiden Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:11:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6545 Altars....what a post. I needed this today, as I whispered and waved good-bye to the dear young man in my life...watched his car drive down the road, knowing that tomorrow we'll be almost 800 miles away...wondering why we have to live so far apart...I read this and was reminded...to lay my love, my heart, my desires on the altar and simply bow my heart to trust the King of Kings. Altars….what a post. I needed this today, as I whispered and waved good-bye to the dear young man in my life…watched his car drive down the road, knowing that tomorrow we’ll be almost 800 miles away…wondering why we have to live so far apart…I read this and was reminded…to lay my love, my heart, my desires on the altar and simply bow my heart to trust the King of Kings.

]]> By: Bec http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6535 Bec Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:01:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6535 Jessica, thanks for your encouragement and timely thoughts. : ) It is truth that I so need right now, maybe not in precisely the same situation, but the same process of letting go of fear and control. Jessica, thanks for your encouragement and timely thoughts. : ) It is truth that I so need right now, maybe not in precisely the same situation, but the same process of letting go of fear and control.

]]> By: Lauren http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6533 Lauren Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:07:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6533 thank you<br/><br/>Lauren thank you

Lauren

]]> By: Shaun http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Shaun Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:35:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6531 Thank you for letting me be part of this post. Honored.<br/><br/>-Shaun<br/><a HREF="http://www.shaungroves.com/shlog" REL="nofollow">Shlog.com</a> Thank you for letting me be part of this post. Honored.

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]]> By: Laura http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6528 Laura Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:35:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6528 I don't usually comment but I wanted to say thank you for your very encouraging post! I have been struggling intensely because one of my closest and dearest friends moved 600 miles away this month but during this time I have been learning about trusting God and giving my expectations to Him as well. Your post comforted me today. <br/><br/>"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." 2 Corinthians 1:4-5<br/><br/>Thank you for sharing the comfort and wisdom you have have been learning through your trial Jessica! May the Lord bless you and continue to be with you!<br/><br/>-Laura I don’t usually comment but I wanted to say thank you for your very encouraging post! I have been struggling intensely because one of my closest and dearest friends moved 600 miles away this month but during this time I have been learning about trusting God and giving my expectations to Him as well. Your post comforted me today.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Corinthians 1:4-5

Thank you for sharing the comfort and wisdom you have have been learning through your trial Jessica! May the Lord bless you and continue to be with you!

-Laura

]]> By: Lydia http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6524 Lydia Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:11:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6524 thanks for reminder from Romans 7.......so true! thanks for reminder from Romans 7…….so true!

]]> By: Raquel http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6523 Raquel Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6523 I think you have an excellent point. I know I struggle with thinking I should be "over this" already when dealing with a sin over and over and over again. <br/><br/>However, I do think 'altars' can be used in a way that's helpful in this struggle, if they point to God's grace instead of our triumph. "Here I raise my Ebenezer" as a sign that God has brought me through this trial before and that He will never fail me no matter how often I have to fight the same battle. <br/><br/>Thank you for a post that captured my struggles right now. I think you have an excellent point. I know I struggle with thinking I should be “over this” already when dealing with a sin over and over and over again.

However, I do think ‘altars’ can be used in a way that’s helpful in this struggle, if they point to God’s grace instead of our triumph. “Here I raise my Ebenezer” as a sign that God has brought me through this trial before and that He will never fail me no matter how often I have to fight the same battle.

Thank you for a post that captured my struggles right now.

]]> By: Melissa http://ylcf.org/2008/09/altars/comment-page-1/#comment-6522 Melissa Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:39:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2008/09/altars/#comment-6522 Thank you for this post. There is truth in it, and it was such an encouragement to me. I have often felt like a failure because my "altars" never seem to last forever. "Haven't I been through this before?" I find myself saying constantly. "I thought I was over this." So when the desire for a husband surfaces after I've resolved to leave it in God's hands, and the loneliness ensues, I can do nothing but feel like an utter failure before God, which does nothing but drive me futher away from Him rather than nearer to Him in abandon and vulnerability.<br/><br/>I will ponder this today. Thank you for this post. There is truth in it, and it was such an encouragement to me. I have often felt like a failure because my “altars” never seem to last forever. “Haven’t I been through this before?” I find myself saying constantly. “I thought I was over this.” So when the desire for a husband surfaces after I’ve resolved to leave it in God’s hands, and the loneliness ensues, I can do nothing but feel like an utter failure before God, which does nothing but drive me futher away from Him rather than nearer to Him in abandon and vulnerability.

I will ponder this today.

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