tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post116278479634331255..comments2023-11-02T02:15:53.002-07:00Comments on Job's Tale: Dreading, Bitter and SweetCurious Servanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564580536911743558noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163529468404838962006-11-14T10:37:00.000-08:002006-11-14T10:37:00.000-08:00CS- I don't want to say anything to diminish the ...CS- I don't want to say anything to diminish the pain you still feel... but I just have to say it: What a cool family you have, when everyone (including grandma) goes along for dreds! That kind of wild, supportive family community is just amazing.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979627849688965995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163417795078949662006-11-13T03:36:00.000-08:002006-11-13T03:36:00.000-08:00Brother,Thank you for this post. I am struggling w...Brother,<BR/>Thank you for this post. I am struggling with words that express just how it touches me, but I can't seem to say anything better than...Thanks.Garry Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576501820657549682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163354345686045162006-11-12T09:59:00.000-08:002006-11-12T09:59:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday Isaac...(I am a bit late)...and con...Happy Birthday Isaac...(I am a bit late)...and continued blessings to you and your family Will.<BR/><BR/>DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163299328472520822006-11-11T18:42:00.000-08:002006-11-11T18:42:00.000-08:00happy birthday, isaac! hi, CS. i missed reading yo...happy birthday, isaac! <BR/><BR/>hi, CS. i missed reading your posts. been away for some time and i'm so glad to be back. =)<BR/><BR/>God bless you and your family!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163172644135190132006-11-10T07:30:00.000-08:002006-11-10T07:30:00.000-08:00I am a 45 yr olkd single Christian woman from Indi...I am a 45 yr olkd single Christian woman from India. I have also suffered a oot in my life, but thank GOD FOR ALL MY TRIALS. My suffering has shaped me. I feel for you my brother. what you say is true <BR/>AmritaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163120674223699552006-11-09T17:04:00.000-08:002006-11-09T17:04:00.000-08:00This is so amazing and speaks right to my heart. M...This is so amazing and speaks right to my heart. My youngest is 15 and wants to get his ears pierced. I said OK as did his Dad.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the bitter things in life help keep us close to God and to family.<BR/><BR/>Your son is a very handsome young man...I pray he stays close to God.Ms. Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296728970210715746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163118064081272292006-11-09T16:21:00.000-08:002006-11-09T16:21:00.000-08:00this post leaves me... well... speechless, CS. j...this post leaves me... well... speechless, CS. <BR/><BR/>just speechless.G~https://www.blogger.com/profile/01969427159227958306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163018320337573582006-11-08T12:38:00.000-08:002006-11-08T12:38:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday Isaac!I know exactly how you feel a...Happy Birthday Isaac!<BR/>I know exactly how you feel about them growing up and it being bitter sweet. As you know my youngest child turned 15 the other day and got his ears pierced. For the past few days I can hardly look at him with out crying. I am so proud of how he is growing up to be such a wonderful young man, yet I desperately miss the little boy that he was. You and your wonderful insightful post!! You got me all teared up now! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1163017234522615892006-11-08T12:20:00.000-08:002006-11-08T12:20:00.000-08:00He looks nice in his 'dreads.' Your post resonates...He looks nice in his 'dreads.' Your post resonates deeply in my own desperation this very day. Ah, so maybe desperation is good.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I dropped by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162942778625756392006-11-07T15:39:00.000-08:002006-11-07T15:39:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday to Isaac!! Through the many differ...Happy Birthday to Isaac!!<BR/><BR/> Through the many different bitters I have unwillingly swallowed over the years, I have not had to taste that of losing a child. Even if I had, I still wouldn't know YOUR pain.<BR/><BR/> I wish one of our abilities was to be able to burden anothers pain. I would shoulder of yours what I could bear if I could.<BR/><BR/> All I can do is cry and pray.<BR/>And I do.<BR/><BR/> Love,<BR/><BR/> JustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162877384537706152006-11-06T21:29:00.000-08:002006-11-06T21:29:00.000-08:00Wow. Your posts are always so deep and challengin...Wow. Your posts are always so deep and challenging. We really do need to be desperate for God. Too bad it takes crisis and tragedies to bring us to that point. I'm so sorry for your loss and the painful memory.<BR/><BR/>And Isaac's dreads are cool. What cool dad for letting him do it.Looney Momâ„¢https://www.blogger.com/profile/02300676154667006653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162871777578698932006-11-06T19:56:00.000-08:002006-11-06T19:56:00.000-08:00God's embrace to you and yours. this is the topic...God's embrace to you and yours. this is the topic that first conected us in the blog universe...and i think that bitter sweet is the only way to express it; i say cruel life with occassional sunsets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162837159616010202006-11-06T10:19:00.000-08:002006-11-06T10:19:00.000-08:00beautiful post...may we always remain "poor in spi...beautiful post...may we always remain "poor in spirit" that we would be filled with Him...<BR/>and don't worry about the dreads...this to shall pass...:)Jada's Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788954125336097153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162831676511523742006-11-06T08:47:00.000-08:002006-11-06T08:47:00.000-08:00thanks for this post!i pray you and yours will be ...thanks for this post!<BR/><BR/>i pray you and yours will be flooded with His riches blessings and love this week.Cinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015361230897796116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162824269670082092006-11-06T06:44:00.000-08:002006-11-06T06:44:00.000-08:00amazing how that happens - chemical changes that s...amazing how that happens - chemical changes that sweep through us so turbently and rapidly that we find ourselves weeping in the sorrow of the aftertaste of the poison. your words lift off the page and i taste, too, your bitter sweet. and i understand, in different ways, bitter sweet. <BR/><BR/>very beautiful picture.Amehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358641966141610513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162816677040504252006-11-06T04:37:00.000-08:002006-11-06T04:37:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday, Isaac. Did you watch good so you ...Happy Birthday, Isaac. Did you watch good so you and your Dad or Mom can do the locks next time?<BR/>I can remember being there, doing that sixteen thing, five times. Bitter and sweet is an apt name for it. Yours will be more pronounced than any of mine were because of the diversities and hardships being experienced in the child raising time of your lives.<BR/>Hang in there guys!<BR/>..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162813463823496572006-11-06T03:44:00.000-08:002006-11-06T03:44:00.000-08:00CS, I don't know what too say! but thank you , ple...CS, <BR/>I don't know what too say! <BR/><BR/>but thank you , <BR/><BR/><BR/>please tell Isaac happy birthday!<BR/><BR/>God bless you and your family~<BR/><BR/>huggs!!!!jelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468151130326112121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162806301127848482006-11-06T01:45:00.000-08:002006-11-06T01:45:00.000-08:00dreads are way cool, will -- what a wonderful post...dreads are way cool, will -- what a wonderful post, a thought-provoking testimony of your Spirituality, honest and pure.<BR/><BR/>God bless you and yours. you are a great dad and are doing a wonderful job; yes, it actually can get a bit more difficult as they grow older, but things change and become new over and again.<BR/><BR/>(maybe it's time for max to try dreads again...his 17th is coming up :)~pen~https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822146312033633535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162801398070560982006-11-06T00:23:00.000-08:002006-11-06T00:23:00.000-08:00People who would not fit in well at church.this ma...People who would not fit in well at church.<BR/><BR/>this makes me so sad. They are as loved by God as you or I are ... yet we make the threshold to God so high, cos the threshold to church is a huge barrier.<BR/><BR/>It's time to do things different ... but I don't know what :(<BR/><BR/>thanks for taking time to stop by my place. and congratulations on the 16th birthday. My son reached that milestone last spring and yes it's a time of change. Fitting in and not. Hard for us all. Boundaries become blurred and being a parent is suddenly even harder again...<BR/><BR/>thanks for another thought provoking postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075278.post-1162791513747253622006-11-05T21:38:00.000-08:002006-11-05T21:38:00.000-08:00Myrrh, one of the gifts brought to Christ as a bab...Myrrh, one of the gifts brought to Christ as a babe, is bitter, and was indeed a bittersweet gift for Mary to accept, for it was a burial resin. Imagine receiving a kingly gift of myrrh for your beloved little newborn.<BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry about your losses. <BR/>Dear God, life is hard. I'll keep you folks in prayer.<BR/><BR/>I love your son's dreds.. :-)<BR/><BR/>May God bless and ease you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com