Comments on: Afraid of the Dark http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:46:54 -0700 hourly 1 By: Another link « Reformed TN Girl http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10611 Another link « Reformed TN Girl Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:07:27 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10611 [...] January 26, 2010 Another link Posted by reformedtngirl under Life, quotes, thoughts Leave a Comment  I was, once again, feeling slightly discouraged and restless last night. I couldn’t exactly figure out why, but I decided to take a look at some YLCF posts. I’ll be honest here and say that I was really hoping the articles I read would help me fall asleep. I came across an article that helped me define part of my discouragement and ease a bit of my restlessness. So, I thought I’d share it here with y’all: Afraid of the Dark. [...] [...] January 26, 2010 Another link Posted by reformedtngirl under Life, quotes, thoughts Leave a Comment  I was, once again, feeling slightly discouraged and restless last night. I couldn’t exactly figure out why, but I decided to take a look at some YLCF posts. I’ll be honest here and say that I was really hoping the articles I read would help me fall asleep. I came across an article that helped me define part of my discouragement and ease a bit of my restlessness. So, I thought I’d share it here with y’all: Afraid of the Dark. [...]

]]> By: Hayley http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10213 Hayley Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:45:43 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10213 Thank you, thank you, thank you! I cannot tell you how much this post has meant to me. Now I am certain of what I am called to do for today - to do the little things at my feet while I am waiting in the dark. How foolish of me to neglect these small things in a vain search for what God has not yet chosen to reveal! After a year of struggle, your words have moved me in the right direction. I'm so glad I stopped by today! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I cannot tell you how much this post has meant to me. Now I am certain of what I am called to do for today – to do the little things at my feet while I am waiting in the dark. How foolish of me to neglect these small things in a vain search for what God has not yet chosen to reveal! After a year of struggle, your words have moved me in the right direction. I’m so glad I stopped by today!

]]> By: Kirsten C. http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10183 Kirsten C. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:49:49 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10183 Thank you for sharing this, Chantel. It's always encouraging to know others have been there...and to be reminded of the truth that our future is safely and beautifully in His hands. He knows the end from the beginning! Your mention of being called to "small things" reminded me of something either Helen Keller or Mother Teresa said: "One can do no great things, only small things with great love." Thank you for sharing this, Chantel. It’s always encouraging to know others have been there…and to be reminded of the truth that our future is safely and beautifully in His hands. He knows the end from the beginning!

Your mention of being called to “small things” reminded me of something either Helen Keller or Mother Teresa said: “One can do no great things, only small things with great love.”

]]> By: Around the Internet « Music Maiden http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10162 Around the Internet « Music Maiden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:47:43 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10162 [...] Chantel’s post at Young Ladies Christian Fellowship was very encouraging to me. “God’s way is perfect, and so is His timing.” [...] [...] Chantel’s post at Young Ladies Christian Fellowship was very encouraging to me. “God’s way is perfect, and so is His timing.” [...]

]]> By: Rebecca http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10160 Rebecca Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:42:23 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10160 Wow, what a ministering post this is. I am married now, but have done my share of waiting... My husband and I were talking to one another about my younger brother, and the walk of trust he is embarking on, as he grows up to be an adult. Wondering what to do with his life, what jobs he will be doing, etc... 18 years old is a difficult time in a person's life. There is so much truth here, and it is deceptively simple. Trust God, wait for answers, and He will be faithful to provide. If we can just hang on! Thank you, Chantel. Wow, what a ministering post this is. I am married now, but have done my share of waiting… My husband and I were talking to one another about my younger brother, and the walk of trust he is embarking on, as he grows up to be an adult. Wondering what to do with his life, what jobs he will be doing, etc… 18 years old is a difficult time in a person’s life.

There is so much truth here, and it is deceptively simple. Trust God, wait for answers, and He will be faithful to provide. If we can just hang on!

Thank you, Chantel.

]]> By: Rachelle http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10159 Rachelle Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:51:37 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10159 Wow! This post was exactly the wind in the hair that I needed today! Thank you so much! What a blessing! As I read the first couple paragraphs, my eyes grew wider and wider! It was like I was staring at a page from my own journal. Then the insight became deeper and the truths more prevalent than in my currently up-in-the-air life and I realized it has never been up in the air. Thank you very much for reminding me that no matter how dark, He is there and He has a plan. I can wait "for I know who holds the future." Wow! This post was exactly the wind in the hair that I needed today! Thank you so much! What a blessing! As I read the first couple paragraphs, my eyes grew wider and wider! It was like I was staring at a page from my own journal. Then the insight became deeper and the truths more prevalent than in my currently up-in-the-air life and I realized it has never been up in the air. Thank you very much for reminding me that no matter how dark, He is there and He has a plan. I can wait “for I know who holds the future.”

]]> By: Samantha R. http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10157 Samantha R. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:39:59 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10157 Thank you for sharing your journey with us.... I knew you had once wanted to go into nursing but I didn't know you had scholarships too! Wow! :) <i>"Sometimes, He just wants us to wait on Him, and to take up the little work that is right in front of us today, and not worry about what might be in the darkness that night or in the days to come."</i> I can relate to that above statement! :) Seeking, Trusting and Waiting, Samantha Thank you for sharing your journey with us…. I knew you had once wanted to go into nursing but I didn’t know you had scholarships too! Wow! :)

“Sometimes, He just wants us to wait on Him, and to take up the little work that is right in front of us today, and not worry about what might be in the darkness that night or in the days to come.”

I can relate to that above statement! :)

Seeking, Trusting and Waiting,
Samantha

]]> By: Katie A. http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10156 Katie A. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:41 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10156 Thank you Chantel. I am facing this darkness now. What I thought was a courtship leading to marriage has ended. The places I thought I'd be at are no where on the horizon. There is darkness, and I feel like I can't see the path, can't see what I'm following. But I can wait, and I can do the next thing, and I can trust that He will lead me if I will listen and follow to the best of my ability! Thank you Chantel. I am facing this darkness now. What I thought was a courtship leading to marriage has ended. The places I thought I’d be at are no where on the horizon. There is darkness, and I feel like I can’t see the path, can’t see what I’m following.

But I can wait, and I can do the next thing, and I can trust that He will lead me if I will listen and follow to the best of my ability!

]]> By: Anna http://ylcf.org/2009/10/afraid-of-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-10154 Anna Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:17:39 +0000 http://ylcf.org/?p=3952#comment-10154 Thank you so much for this post! you'll never know what a blessing it was. Thank you so much for this post! you’ll never know what a blessing it was.

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