tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866251333575873059.post2094691286990896551..comments2023-10-01T11:20:42.321-04:00Comments on Laughing - Listening - Learning: Gratitude Doesn't Mean I UnderstandSandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03185618671629086331noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866251333575873059.post-40087321576931970902011-10-30T16:35:34.856-04:002011-10-30T16:35:34.856-04:00Here is what I have learned....I have had some sig...Here is what I have learned....I have had some significant seasons of sorrow, angst, grief, loss...Jobian times for sure. And I mean that in all seriousness...I have wailed and mourned...and, I think God is ok with that. God can take it. But the amazing thing is, after awhile I tired of feeling that way. My life circumstances did not change. It was still awful. But my inner sense of self did, in large part because I continued to pray, to converse with God, to trudge through the muck. The way I knew God's presence, despite the circumstances not changing, was the peace that filled my heart and spirit. Was able to live through that time without bitterness, able to have compassion.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866251333575873059.post-1159909378974051542011-10-30T09:16:32.072-04:002011-10-30T09:16:32.072-04:00I find lamenting, complaining, whining, whatever y...I find lamenting, complaining, whining, whatever you choose to call it -- does little good for me. Describing past or current sorrows solves nothing.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116903234641971344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866251333575873059.post-69006230142837730152011-10-29T08:23:16.153-04:002011-10-29T08:23:16.153-04:00I think we have to experience---really experience ...I think we have to experience---really experience the lament to understand gratitude...nice reflections today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523060897792410266noreply@blogger.com