Comments on: Windshields http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Megan Lindsay http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-40215 Megan Lindsay Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:52:09 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-40215 This is a superb metaphor, Nancy. Thank you so much for passing it along. This one, along with Rachel's about the tupperware neatly stacked in the cupboards, are really helpful reminders for me in those moments when I feel I'm beginning to swerve off the road (now to mix metaphors!). They're also really helpful tools for teaching our 2, 4, and 6-year olds about the loveliness of a cheerful, content heart. This is a superb metaphor, Nancy. Thank you so much for passing it along. This one, along with Rachel’s about the tupperware neatly stacked in the cupboards, are really helpful reminders for me in those moments when I feel I’m beginning to swerve off the road (now to mix metaphors!). They’re also really helpful tools for teaching our 2, 4, and 6-year olds about the loveliness of a cheerful, content heart.

]]> By: ladyrita http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39271 ladyrita Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:47:30 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39271 Encouraging reminder not to tire of making attitude adjustments. I have to remember that my attitude is like a river, and I can't stop swimming against the current because I never stay put. Encouraging reminder not to tire of making attitude adjustments. I have to remember that my attitude is like a river, and I can’t stop swimming against the current because I never stay put.

]]> By: Monica http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39259 Monica Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:16:08 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39259 What a great illustration! I read "Future Grace" years ago, and don't even remember that - maybe I should pick it up once again. What a great illustration! I read “Future Grace” years ago, and don’t even remember that - maybe I should pick it up once again.

]]> By: Luma http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39255 Luma Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:41:39 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39255 Thank you Nancy, needed it this morning. I've been so exhausted from baby being sick, reading a book that is doing surgery on my heart, a toddler that needs consistent discipline, an almost 9 year old that I can't keep up with (bursting with life and joy and ideas) and a teenager who needs me more than all of them combined. These are all GOOD things of course, what's not good is letting exhaustion warp my perspective. Which I must confess that I have, so time to just stop it, confess and get on with my day with a smile on my face as I see all the very very very good things the Lord has bestowed upon me and my family. I thank God upon every remembrance of you. And Geoff and I have been listening and re-listening and re-re-listening to the "Loving Little ones" sermons by Pastor Wilson. The Lord is SO timely with His answers. Thank you for ministering to us. Here's a plug for that sermon series, if this doesn't put a spring in your step, I don't know what will. Here you all go: http://www.christkirk.com/Sermons/RATable.asp Thank you Nancy, needed it this morning. I’ve been so exhausted from baby being sick, reading a book that is doing surgery on my heart, a toddler that needs consistent discipline, an almost 9 year old that I can’t keep up with (bursting with life and joy and ideas) and a teenager who needs me more than all of them combined. These are all GOOD things of course, what’s not good is letting exhaustion warp my perspective. Which I must confess that I have, so time to just stop it, confess and get on with my day with a smile on my face as I see all the very very very good things the Lord has bestowed upon me and my family.

I thank God upon every remembrance of you. And Geoff and I have been listening and re-listening and re-re-listening to the “Loving Little ones” sermons by Pastor Wilson. The Lord is SO timely with His answers. Thank you for ministering to us.

Here’s a plug for that sermon series, if this doesn’t put a spring in your step, I don’t know what will. Here you all go:

http://www.christkirk.com/Sermons/RATable.asp

]]> By: Martha http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39221 Martha Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:14:26 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/05/windshields/#comment-39221 What a wonerful post. Might we also be wise enough to see that the dirt and crud deposited on our windshields often comes from other drivers! They can spray our windshields with an awful lot of stuff that decreases our vision. Hmmm... Kiind of like other people? What do we do? We use our wipers and our windshield cleaner. That involves us doing something more than complaining and letting others limit our vision. It involes more than cries to God to make our hughway clear and our windshields clean. It is also more economical to purchase windshield cleaner in gallon containers during periods of inclement weather! What a wonerful post. Might we also be wise enough to see that the dirt and crud deposited on our windshields often comes from other drivers! They can spray our windshields with an awful lot of stuff that decreases our vision. Hmmm… Kiind of like other people? What do we do? We use our wipers and our windshield cleaner. That involves us doing something more than complaining and letting others limit our vision. It involes more than cries to God to make our hughway clear and our windshields clean. It is also more economical to purchase windshield cleaner in gallon containers during periods of inclement weather!

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