tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245453398125762812.post2920614155412772538..comments2023-05-23T03:13:18.546-05:00Comments on Blessings: Ground Hog Day and The Green Eyed MonsterJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735227386646447249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245453398125762812.post-20981512751941557452007-11-03T20:28:00.000-05:002007-11-03T20:28:00.000-05:00Hello, I found your blog on from a comment you lef...Hello, I found your blog on from a comment you left on another blog...maybe Rachel's? I just wanted to say thanks for such an amazing post. I too feel like I am caught in a competition sometimes with people around me. If I would focus on God and not everything else, I think the unimportand stuff would fade into the background. Thanks for the reminder to be grateful to God for where we are!Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276475049126664906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245453398125762812.post-69089812685242781442007-10-25T17:46:00.000-05:002007-10-25T17:46:00.000-05:00when my children were younger, i couldn't always s...when my children were younger, i couldn't always stay home because of $$$, but from time-to-time, my husband didn't mind if i didn't work, and i was able to contribute some thru unemployment or part-time work. that was before i was a christian and when my husband was living.<BR/><BR/>i'm a widow now, but when my husband died, God told me He would take care of me. that turned out to mean i didn't work for about 6 years, but in the meantime, i really learned to trust God to meet my every need. i didn't have all i wanted, or even all that <I/>i thought i needed,</I>, but God took care of me.<BR/><BR/>my children are both married now with children of their own. they both went to college; my daughter has her masters, and my son is working on his now. <BR/><BR/>it's just me now, and i miss having family. i often think if i had children today, i'd homeschool them. but i'm a lot older and wiser now; who knows, maybe one day i may end up being one of my grandchildren's homeschooling instructors.<BR/><BR/>i understand what you're saying, but a lot of women probably envy you too. thank you for this post because even i have to stay focused, and remember to be thankful for where God has me right now. <BR/><BR/>i'm 5 classes away from my degree, but God detoured me last december, and is doing some things in my life right now before i finish up the 5 remaining classes. i don't always like where i am, or what God is doing in my life, but i know He's an all wise, all-knowing God, and knows what is best for me and my life. so i wait patiently, getting the teaching He wants me to have at this moment. it's easy to be distracted, so i pray for focus and discipline, and for being thankful and content in the place where i am at this moment, knowing my future is in His hands, and He's my guide, my teacher, my instructor, my God in whom I worship. thanx for such a beautiful post.heiresschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02769921885594197625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245453398125762812.post-29008133202174291812007-10-24T11:00:00.000-05:002007-10-24T11:00:00.000-05:00I hear ya. That's why I do the Thankful Thursdays...I hear ya. That's why I do the Thankful Thursdays--though I probably need to do it every day!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397122617482008646noreply@blogger.com