tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653214394685966035.post2873047120442462768..comments2023-10-10T05:23:36.364-05:00Comments on Happily Scrappin' Today: Well, here I go... are you ready to listen?Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842831409261960274noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653214394685966035.post-60334166992110295882009-11-14T20:10:08.675-06:002009-11-14T20:10:08.675-06:00Funny...I was on the web looking up scrapbooking r...Funny...I was on the web looking up scrapbooking room decor ideas...then I stumble upon a site with a picture of a girl and her dad in a page and her tear jerking message that she wishes he was there...then I see your comment about losing your own dad and a link to your page...then I read this blog... <br /><br />and I see such a raw...real...open message about something completely personal but something we go through and wonder to ourselves "what's wrong with me" "why do I carry this unspoken (and sometimes spoken) burden and feel not whole."<br /><br />There are so many answers...to why...but I want to tell you what I think... I went through it...and sometimes still at times do... but what I realized is that the "crud" you feel forces you to turn to God... it's like sometimes He wants us to know that we really can't be in any way without Him... and we try to control everything... and we try to fit into this world that has so much wrong in it all around us... and we need our focus so wholly on Him in every turn that the "crud" hangs on to us to push us to Him. You are His child... <br /><br />so...here are some things I did... I started surrounding myself with Him more. I started listening only to the Christian radio station...on the way to work...on the way home... any time I wanted to listen to music or a message...I started going to church more regularly...now I don't really miss a week...I started reading the bible (I mean really reading it, not just a page here and there)... I had never really really wholeheartedly done these things in my life and that "crud" was ever so strong in those days. I almost thought I might suffer from depression back then...(even though others saw smiles) What the change did... actually changed my soul... I started seeing things differently...started obeying His word more...His word started living in my heart in every move... now, am I perfect...no...but that "crud"...the veil of "crud"...I will tell you has been lifted. Now the "crud" only creeps in when I let those things I changed slide...and when I feel it happening...I know what to do!<br /><br />I appreciate your sharing...so much...because in it...I realize us women...us Christian trying women...are so much really cut from the same cord... ;) and that cord is His!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497027361891741343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653214394685966035.post-72111422786396263912009-09-12T23:42:20.040-05:002009-09-12T23:42:20.040-05:00Lisa I will definately keep you in prayer. I like ...Lisa I will definately keep you in prayer. I like to read the book of Psalms when I have the cruds, its so soothing.Paper dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05795755438281903166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653214394685966035.post-76283645801502654362009-09-08T14:39:28.781-05:002009-09-08T14:39:28.781-05:00Oh Lisa! Girl I hear and feel your pain!!! I mys...Oh Lisa! Girl I hear and feel your pain!!! I myself have been struggling for about 3 years now! My best advise is to try to see a Christian counselor! It's so difficult to struggle and there are resources-I encourage you to reach out!!! Lots of good Moms and good Christians go through this! It's okay and you are too!!! One thing that has helped me recently is Beth Moore's and Invitation to Freedom CD-I can play this in my vehicle and on my I-pod as often as I need to hear it to get rid of the cruds and hear Gods word!!!! <br /><br />Hugs!!! <br />Janetredheadbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010723692290299906noreply@blogger.com