tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post5629964718975928869..comments2023-03-25T08:47:15.072+00:00Comments on Waiting For Our Blessed Hope: Is Your God Big Enough?Diana Lovegrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849754637056012241noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-68120384651190702312011-06-02T22:41:01.458+01:002011-06-02T22:41:01.458+01:00Hi Lisa, I really appreciate you stopping by and l...Hi Lisa, I really appreciate you stopping by and leaving this encouraging word. God bless you sister!Diana Lovegrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849754637056012241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-63752200527718064702011-06-01T23:19:13.729+01:002011-06-01T23:19:13.729+01:00I don't know what to say. Stories like these l...I don't know what to say. Stories like these leave me without words... <br /><br />I thank you for sharing it and for maintaining your faith in God and your love for your sister. Your life is an encouragement!Lisa notes...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07103364395238899215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-4147125802133968212011-05-21T20:44:07.667+01:002011-05-21T20:44:07.667+01:00Dearest Diane, thank you so much for your words of...Dearest Diane, thank you so much for your words of comfort. How true it is that God comforts us in our troubles so we can comfort others. All the struggle you’ve been through with your Mom’s suffering – so thankful she is now at peace, released and free. “And so often, it is not until we look back that we understand that His grace was sufficient.” Wise words indeed. God bless you, dear Diane. May He continue to comfort you and all your family.<br /><br />Oh Petra, I join you in your wish to be able to have a closer contact than is possible online! One day, dear sister, we will be face to face…until then, I thank you for your kind words, and most of all, your prayers, and even more, your hope. Thank God we worship the God of Hope!<br /><br />And sweet Christina, I am so thankful that you’ve been able to see God’s faithfulness to us as a family. And I think as a family we need to embrace more fully the quote of Joni Earickson Tada’s on your blog: “God has not redeemed you and me to make us happy, or healthy, or free of trouble. God has redeemed you and me to become more like Jesus Christ… and this is why He destined trials for you, my friend”. And thank you for your prayers. I treasure them dearly. Love to you.Diana Lovegrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849754637056012241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-53143656692179722162011-05-21T01:05:43.827+01:002011-05-21T01:05:43.827+01:00Oh, Diana!
I just don't think there are wor...Oh, Diana! <br /><br />I just don't think there are words to express how humbled and moved I am to have read this. How can I thank you for opening up your heart and sharing your past -- your mom, your sister and and all of the valleys and trials He has seen you through. I see so clearly the track record of faithfulness that God has with you and your family. And, I am so encouraged and strengthened in my faith to see the grace of God at work in you, Diana. You truly are an amazing woman of God! <br /><br />I love what you said hear dear friend: ""...in the crucible of testing we are likely to revert to the natural theology of man, the theology of glory, unless we learn from God's Word how to meet the trials. So I will continue to wrestle."<br /><br />It is my honor to join you in praying for Helen! May God be glorified in and through her and may He bless and protect her all the days of her life. Surely, our God is mighty to save! <br /><br />I love you more than words my dear sister. XOXOXOChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831822017833351066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-88868579420365039392011-05-20T04:46:50.661+01:002011-05-20T04:46:50.661+01:00Diana, I don't know what to say and wish I cou...Diana, I don't know what to say and wish I could just slip through this screen to hug you, your mom and your sister. But I do know that God is big enough, and that He knows, better than anyone, all about suffering and how fragile we really are, especially without Him. And as I look at my feeble attempt at words, I realize that neither 'big' nor 'enough' rightly describe God who is so much more than we can wrap our heads or words around. 'Big' and 'enough' are in our vocabulary only to describe the limit of what we understand, but have no place or meaning with God! He is the I AM! I am amazed how your sister, though trapped so heartbreakingly, would comfort the staff member. God is at work in all things. There is a beauty that shines, or sometimes it only flickers, but it's there--His grace, His fingerprints--even in the worst of circumstances. <br /><br />Hugs and prayers and hope,<br />PetraPetrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199528755284144670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-13910531295281803532011-05-20T04:43:47.435+01:002011-05-20T04:43:47.435+01:00Oh Diana,
My heart goes out to you, your mum, an...Oh Diana,<br /><br /> My heart goes out to you, your mum, and most of all your dear sister Helen. Thank you for sharing your heart on such a matter as this. We simply cannot understand all the ways of our Lord, yet we know He doeth all things well.<br /><br />"God is most present precisely when He seems most absent" <br /><br />Such wise words Horton has written here. His words are true. It was less than 4 days ago that I sat holding my poor mom's hand as she entered eternity after a long, long torturous battle to the very last breath. I was her sole caregiver and watched her suffer slowly for many years - I frequently wondered how long the Lord would allow it to go on. <br /><br /> We walk by faith and not by sight my dear sweet sister. And one day He will wipe away every tear. And so often, it is not until we look back that we understand that His grace was sufficient. <br /><br />I love you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-18977565230236112462011-05-19T22:08:53.805+01:002011-05-19T22:08:53.805+01:00I love you too Diana! And Becky too. Thank you Jes...I love you too Diana! And Becky too. Thank you Jesus for these precious Sisters!Teresahttp://www.musicfrombrokenchords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-27351109730729666782011-05-19T11:38:32.923+01:002011-05-19T11:38:32.923+01:00Sweet Teresa, thank you so much for sharing as you...Sweet Teresa, thank you so much for sharing as you have. I love your honesty. I find it so healing. To know it’s ok to have questions, that I won’t be condemned for not being in a place of “peace”, rather than have my theology all sewn up tightly. It’s odd – I know that in recent months I’d withdrawn emotionally from all this, and was in that place of God’s in control, what will be will be – but I wasn’t being honest with myself or with God. Actually, I was worse than a Job’s comforter sometimes with my mum trying to get her to stop worrying. And now the emotional barriers are back down and I find I don’t have any answers, other than I know my Redeemer lives and He is a Good God and I have no place to turn, no one to trust, other than Him. “Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.” (Ps 73:25)<br /><br />Dearest Becky – I am greatly touched by your beautiful words. I don’t think I can express in words what it means to me that God has brought sisters in Christ alongside to help shoulder the pain. <br /><br />Love you both very much.Diana Lovegrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849754637056012241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-3558550901347821952011-05-19T04:48:36.545+01:002011-05-19T04:48:36.545+01:00Amen Becky, God is sufficient.Amen Becky, God is sufficient.Teresahttp://www.musicfrombrokenchords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-92048508878330386692011-05-19T01:52:23.104+01:002011-05-19T01:52:23.104+01:00My precious sister,
How can I read this and not ...My precious sister, <br /><br />How can I read this and not cry? How can I read this and not want to be closer to you now and kiss your cheek? How can I not wish we did not have an ocean between us? <br /><br />I have no words of my own, but God's Word is enough, it is sufficient for you today in the middle of this mess. <br /><br />Love you, love you!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316091397642506393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-3566869711673902922011-05-19T00:42:50.279+01:002011-05-19T00:42:50.279+01:00Diana I am going to be as honest as I can. I am so...Diana I am going to be as honest as I can. I am so troubled by Helen. Just looking at her beautiful face breaks my heart. I had so many emotional problems growing up, even though it's no comparison I was trapped in a personal Hell all my own. I don't know why God chose to free me and not Helen. I just don't have any answers and I am learning that it's ok. God is ok with us having questions like this. Just lean on Him, pour it all out on Him. He can bear it and give you the grace to endure, even if this never changes. I asked these same questions when my Dad suffered so for 11 years, no relief only worsening pain. Its' so hard to watch, you feel helpless and I got mad and frustrated at God so many times. Diana He can handle it. I really like how Horton explains that God is so much bigger than some sentimentality, sometimes life is just plain brutal and there is no putting a smiley face on that situation. I love you, and I know in these situations God brings people along with us to shoulder the pain. I always think of Moses, and his tired arms! Just when I think I have hit my limit God always provides a loving arm to rest in, either His or one of His other Children. I think we will wrestle with some of these things for a lifetime, but I pray that Helen is healed, and I pray that God gives you much comfort and peace. I love you my friend...so very much! Thank you for writing this Diana...it was so hard to read thinking of you and your Mom and Helen in pain, but I praise God that he's involved in all of it. Even if we dont' understand it yet.Teresahttp://www.musicfrombrokenchords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com