Comments on: Held http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Myrnie http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-34034 Myrnie Wed, 13 May 2009 05:36:12 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-34034 Thank you for saying this- I needed it. I often find myself quoting the line about Martha "Thou art careful and troubled about many things, but thy sister Mary has chosen the better part." Oh, how often I find myself careful and troubled about so many thing, trying to get things just perfect so I can go and enjoy the "better part" Christ offers, when I should really just sit still for a moment and just be. This thought is often followed by "Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof." Took me a while to learn that one, too! thank you. Thank you for saying this- I needed it. I often find myself quoting the line about Martha “Thou art careful and troubled about many things, but thy sister Mary has chosen the better part.” Oh, how often I find myself careful and troubled about so many thing, trying to get things just perfect so I can go and enjoy the “better part” Christ offers, when I should really just sit still for a moment and just be.

This thought is often followed by “Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.” Took me a while to learn that one, too!

thank you.

]]> By: darci http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-34013 darci Tue, 12 May 2009 03:19:44 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-34013 i have just begun reading your blog from a book recommend from another blog (renee at steppin' heavenward). So your book is on my Amazon order :) and your blog is now on my fave's list. What a beautiful post. I'm glad I found you. i have just begun reading your blog from a book recommend from another blog (renee at steppin’ heavenward). So your book is on my Amazon order :) and your blog is now on my fave’s list. What a beautiful post. I’m glad I found you.

]]> By: jeannie http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33998 jeannie Mon, 11 May 2009 05:21:18 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33998 i can't believe that was eight years ago. as soon as i read 'eight years' i was startled. truly, time is going faster, isn't it? or is it just me? i totally remember it happening to you; we've been friends a long time. a wonderful reflection on a certain period in your life. insight from looking back and realizing things. i had a 'realization' the other day; one that came from deep inside where I knew it was the truth: i could not be the parent i am without my husband. he completes me. i was arrogant enough to think i could do it alone but i can't. well, i could if i had to...but it is HE who balances us out. it's hard to explain in your comments section (!) but perhaps one day i'll write about it. it just reminded me, reading yours. i can’t believe that was eight years ago. as soon as i read ‘eight years’ i was startled. truly, time is going faster, isn’t it? or is it just me? i totally remember it happening to you; we’ve been friends a long time.

a wonderful reflection on a certain period in your life. insight from looking back and realizing things. i had a ‘realization’ the other day; one that came from deep inside where I knew it was the truth: i could not be the parent i am without my husband. he completes me. i was arrogant enough to think i could do it alone but i can’t. well, i could if i had to…but it is HE who balances us out. it’s hard to explain in your comments section (!) but perhaps one day i’ll write about it. it just reminded me, reading yours.

]]> By: Marian http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33992 Marian Sun, 10 May 2009 18:18:24 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33992 I'll be thinking of you and this post this summer, I am sure! We had to postpone surgery on my torn rotator cuff (which was supposed to happen April 2) due to my son's overwhelming needs, but it's coming in June. People keep coming out of the woodwork just to tell me how utterly helpless I will be, how much pain there will be, how much time therapy will take, how I won't be able to sleep, and how I could re-injure the whole thing if I do anything I'm not supposed to... and I'm too swamped right now to get things readied for it! Praying that my husband and children will step up in ways I've never seen before... I’ll be thinking of you and this post this summer, I am sure!
We had to postpone surgery on my torn rotator cuff (which was supposed to happen April 2) due to my son’s overwhelming needs, but it’s coming in June. People keep coming out of the woodwork just to tell me how utterly helpless I will be, how much pain there will be, how much time therapy will take, how I won’t be able to sleep, and how I could re-injure the whole thing if I do anything I’m not supposed to… and I’m too swamped right now to get things readied for it! Praying that my husband and children will step up in ways I’ve never seen before…

]]> By: Noel http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33991 Noel Sun, 10 May 2009 13:37:39 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33991 Thank you so much for this beautiful post. I broke my elbow 2 years ago and can definitely relate in a lot of ways. Being the control freak that I am, having to sit back and let my husband do everything from clean the house to help me fix my hair was so hard for me to deal with at first. But eventually I had to learn to let go and let someone else be in control and realize that things were not going to be done my way, but that was just fine - a great metaphor for how our relationship with God should be. Two years later the screws in my elbow still scrape and the bone aches from time to time, just a little reminder of the time I had to sit back and let someone else be in control. Thanks again! Thank you so much for this beautiful post. I broke my elbow 2 years ago and can definitely relate in a lot of ways. Being the control freak that I am, having to sit back and let my husband do everything from clean the house to help me fix my hair was so hard for me to deal with at first. But eventually I had to learn to let go and let someone else be in control and realize that things were not going to be done my way, but that was just fine – a great metaphor for how our relationship with God should be. Two years later the screws in my elbow still scrape and the bone aches from time to time, just a little reminder of the time I had to sit back and let someone else be in control. Thanks again!

]]> By: Tami http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33989 Tami Sun, 10 May 2009 02:12:07 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33989 Thanks you for sharing your story. I have been in constant pain from a back "injury" for the last year and have just been told my only hope is surgery. Surgery that means not being able to be Martha for at least 2 weeks, and a total recovery time of about 1-2 months. I completely heard myself in your descriptions of yourself and needed to be reminded that sometimes God calls us to just slow down and become more like Mary. So thanks. Again. And again. Thanks you for sharing your story. I have been in constant pain from a back “injury” for the last year and have just been told my only hope is surgery. Surgery that means not being able to be Martha for at least 2 weeks, and a total recovery time of about 1-2 months.
I completely heard myself in your descriptions of yourself and needed to be reminded that sometimes God calls us to just slow down and become more like Mary.
So thanks. Again. And again.

]]> By: Kelly @ Love Well http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33988 Kelly @ Love Well Sun, 10 May 2009 01:26:15 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33988 Wow, do I relate. I learned this lesson the hard way a few years ago. But now that the metaphorical bone has healed, I find myself getting busy and rushed again. Why do you think it's so hard to stay in that peaceful place? Wow, do I relate.

I learned this lesson the hard way a few years ago. But now that the metaphorical bone has healed, I find myself getting busy and rushed again.

Why do you think it’s so hard to stay in that peaceful place?

]]> By: Sandi http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33987 Sandi Sun, 10 May 2009 00:50:03 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33987 Beautiful post. Thank you for your insight. It was something I needed to read. Beautiful post. Thank you for your insight. It was something I needed to read.

]]> By: Faith http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33986 Faith Sun, 10 May 2009 00:13:17 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33986 What a beautiful story, actually made me tear up a bit and that's sayin' somethinng;) What a beautiful story, actually made me tear up a bit and that’s sayin’ somethinng;)

]]> By: jenny http://www.owlhaven.net/2009/05/09/held/comment-page-1/#comment-33985 jenny Sat, 09 May 2009 23:45:28 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=4323#comment-33985 I love your blog. Once again beautifully written. I love your blog. Once again beautifully written.

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