tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post1871532747355877492..comments2023-05-11T03:42:43.251-07:00Comments on The Happiest Sad: Footprints in the SandJill Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077847438322979630noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-71912313211433140002011-08-12T20:50:46.389-07:002011-08-12T20:50:46.389-07:00Great. I'm so glad I met you and tamra.Great. I'm so glad I met you and tamra.MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697672279877434305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-68810406663062051242011-08-09T09:41:01.775-07:002011-08-09T09:41:01.775-07:00Beautifully put, my friend! You have a gift for a...Beautifully put, my friend! You have a gift for articulating your thoughts so beautifully. I also have fibromyalgia, for I feel for you in that regard! And I love what you said about God letting us hurt when we need to hurt. I know that your pain has not only strengthened you, but those around you as well. I, for one, have been touched by your example and faith. Your words carry such influence and strength because of your struggles, not in spite of them. I think pain allows us to minister to others in a way that we could never have done without those difficult experiences. So thank you for sharing your heart with the rest of us! You are awesome!Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999802705013967764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-32285001088689128872011-07-27T16:18:53.659-07:002011-07-27T16:18:53.659-07:00I've never thought of it that way, but I think...I've never thought of it that way, but I think you're right.Shianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629520455672189553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-19794372989522391232011-07-27T14:57:34.018-07:002011-07-27T14:57:34.018-07:00Not smug at all. It was just awesome. That poem is...Not smug at all. It was just awesome. That poem is fluff and that is comforting to some people but what you wrote is substantial and real and that is where true comfort comes from in my opinion. Thanks for sharing.A. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04898416810018837782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-79342141797374408302011-07-26T18:34:18.936-07:002011-07-26T18:34:18.936-07:00This post is really great. I just threw away my f...This post is really great. I just threw away my framed Footprints poem that was hanging in my room for years. It just didn't work for me anymore either. Like you said, it used to be nice, but now just lacks the purpose it once served. I too believe that you have to walk through the pain to reach the other side.Chris, Dana and Addison: Hoping to Grow through Open Adoptionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733217271944383293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-19049138611966475502011-07-26T16:05:12.807-07:002011-07-26T16:05:12.807-07:00Not smug at all. You are Captain Awesome!Not smug at all. You are Captain Awesome!Black Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280969106974676574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-38458352246436365762011-07-26T15:38:36.917-07:002011-07-26T15:38:36.917-07:00I'm so glad I'm not the only one who doesn...I'm so glad I'm not the only one who doesn't believe that concept of that poem. It is beautiful, it really is, but I don't see it that way. I'm more like you. If He knows it will help, he won't stop the pain. He won't abandon me either. He'll stay right by my side and help me work through it. Beautiful post.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584445611402346917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-35123065163583326112011-07-26T14:51:59.260-07:002011-07-26T14:51:59.260-07:00LOVE THIS POST. I'm glad you pressed "pub...LOVE THIS POST. I'm glad you pressed "publish" :)A Life Being Livedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702473000464603292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980531981336832789.post-76564743967219339052011-07-26T13:15:03.318-07:002011-07-26T13:15:03.318-07:00I completely understand what you are saying. I fe...I completely understand what you are saying. I feel the same way. My trials & pains are not taken away, but I am strengthened through Him to be able to handle them. <br />Thanks for sharing Jill. :)Mother of the Wild Boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247511282238437472noreply@blogger.com