tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post2137426472937870003..comments2023-07-01T07:55:51.614-07:00Comments on Un Vase Fragile: BreakingMistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06971852036197350639noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-16308951753739527652011-07-13T08:14:13.127-07:002011-07-13T08:14:13.127-07:00I understand that feeling -- trying to teach kids ...I understand that feeling -- trying to teach kids to be careful, but then being merciful when they accidentally wreck things. Both are necessary. If the items had no value, then the mercy and forgiveness wouldn't be real. But I think if our kids were to indicate which had the most value to them -- the bauble or the grace -- I have a feeling they'd pick grace.Julie@One Penny Jumble Packethttp://onepennyjumblepacket.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-78505121726462538532011-07-07T22:19:41.174-07:002011-07-07T22:19:41.174-07:00you are so wise. Thank you for this post.
I will...you are so wise. Thank you for this post.<br /><br /> I will pray for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00732203991908884482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-83980388957657375632011-07-07T20:56:22.605-07:002011-07-07T20:56:22.605-07:00oh friend. i'm afraid of breaking too. thankfu...oh friend. i'm afraid of breaking too. thankfully he loves to put us back together... what a tender-hearted, raw post. loved it.Mommy Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989213786947802537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-44385565198561502062011-07-07T10:51:14.516-07:002011-07-07T10:51:14.516-07:00i also know that unlike me with my little trinkets...i also know that unlike me with my little trinkets, when i break, he does not get angry and lash... he restores and heals the broken-hearted.<br /><br />Love this! <br /><br />When my kids or someone else's kids, or the lawncare people destroy something of mine, I keep repeating "people are more important than....". It's been hard, more with the lawncare people than my own children, but we are all God's children, all precious. After biting my tongue, I practice forgiveness which doesn't always come as easily...alittlebitogracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877901425923760323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-39687734942517243922011-07-07T08:21:33.036-07:002011-07-07T08:21:33.036-07:00my poor boys keep testing my patience, which fails...my poor boys keep testing my patience, which fails often. i feel we're all about to break -- i must break first.Bethany Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01767559135432032568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-14607913156177778922011-07-07T07:00:09.006-07:002011-07-07T07:00:09.006-07:00We all just broken vessels...
and oh how I still f...We all just broken vessels...<br />and oh how I still fear the braking part even though I know that each time I have been cracked open by God's hand my life has pour sweeter (after I have had a fit of course ..lol) still working on the trusting completely through the emotions<br />Great post.... I pray your sister mends beautifully...amen!starlahttp://www.starleeta.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-67379997967730273532011-07-07T05:32:31.292-07:002011-07-07T05:32:31.292-07:00I'm so glad Vicki included the Hosea reference...I'm so glad Vicki included the Hosea reference in her comment. My brain was fumbling around trying to find it as I was reading your post. The other phrase that kept coming to mind was "Wounded Healer."<br /><br />And, yeah, I get that tension between wanting to teach kids to be careful with fragile things and extending them grace when they get it wrong!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881750571782158938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-68296859220130340582011-07-07T05:26:51.335-07:002011-07-07T05:26:51.335-07:00So many great reminders in your writing today.
And...So many great reminders in your writing today.<br />And this: "He who was broken and rejected breaks us so that He may spill forth." Powerful and beautiful.Amanda MacBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333540126086381630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8911909193911121656.post-80471067374746559332011-07-07T03:59:28.409-07:002011-07-07T03:59:28.409-07:00sort of like, he has to crack you, so that he can ...sort of like, he has to crack you, so that he can find his way in. if our lives were perfect and happy all of the time...we wouldnt need him very much, and he doesn't want that. he wants to be needed. perhaps being broken is a blessing! your post reminds me of this which i just learned recently...<br /><br />Come and let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us; He has stricken so that He may bind us up. (Hosea 6:1)<br /><br />God bless you Misty, and your sister :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com