Comments on: Just a little blogging therapy…

By: Lisa writes...

Lisa writes... — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:18:00 +0000

A non-perfect pessimist mom of four boys here as well…

Thanks for your honesty. You are not alone as you “fight for joy” (to borrow Piper’s term though I haven’t read the book–it is on my To Be Read list though!)

By: Linds

Linds — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:53:00 +0000

Have you read Prayer by Philip Yancey? I am half way through at the moment, and I have just read a section where he points out that David, and others throughout the Bible, yelled at God. They were real. They took everything that was in them and spewed it out to God. They did not edit what they said. If they were pessimistic, they said so. If joyful, they said so. Anger? Rage? Oh yes. They argued with God. Bartered with Him. He knows we are blessed, and He knows we KNOW we are blessed too! And yet he loves every single pessimistic bone of our bodies too. God wants us to be real. Not the shiny cleaned up version. All of us. He knows us, and He just wants us to know that even then, we are just fine. I am rambling a bit here. But after being somewhat cautious most of my life, I have had to leap off the cliff and trust God to catch me, and oh my word has He done just that.
I love reading your thoughts, Laurel. You make me think.

By: Millie

Millie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:07:00 +0000

Let the Lord be ours pedestal. Thank you so much for this wonderful post. Most of time I am optimistic. But sometime pessimism is in my inner when I feel alone…Thank the Lord, he is always with me, accompanies me..

You are really a great encourager for me..