tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874236216969112528.post1719810656697006309..comments2023-04-11T09:43:47.733-07:00Comments on Raising Little Shoots: On Being A Godly Wife.....Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02842327865295227316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874236216969112528.post-75311980703885483412009-11-11T11:24:24.132-08:002009-11-11T11:24:24.132-08:00Clare, no I havent seen those books, but thank you...Clare, no I havent seen those books, but thank you for the heads up! i will look into them : )Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842327865295227316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874236216969112528.post-9092223653893268792009-11-10T14:27:36.263-08:002009-11-10T14:27:36.263-08:00Hi Lynn, I decided to start reading your blog from...Hi Lynn, I decided to start reading your blog from the beginning! Anyway, just wanted to say what a fantastic post this is - am printing it off to put in my prayer diary. Have you come across Nancy Wilson (The Fruit of Her Hands and Praise her in the Gates)? I love her books, I think they say a similar thing.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285599469234772471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874236216969112528.post-64000160766516392792007-10-14T10:49:00.000-07:002007-10-14T10:49:00.000-07:00And I thought I was the one really wanting or "hav...And I thought I was the one really wanting or "having" a relationship with the Lord! I know in my heart these things I need to do but my disappointments have run away with any godly sense or desire to even do these things for my husband.<BR/>I am so confused!<BR/>How can I think I love God so much and want to serve Him but find that when it counts most I fall so obviously short. My heart longs for what seems impossible. Me having a loving, joyful, trusting, meek heart that knows how to show Christ.(not just talk about what it should be like!)I have sought His face, I have cried and begged at His feet until I thought I sensed His forgiveness and strength to be a daughter pleasing to Him only to fail when it really matters. I leave my prayer closet ready to serve My Lord no matter what, Yes , I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me attitude, just to have the gates of hell prevail against me and find myself defeated! I think the Lord must be so disappointed with me. The guilt of repeating this same thing over and over has me believing that I must not REALLY love God because Jesus said, "If you love me you will obey my commands." I am so guilt ridden I have almost become numb at going to Him because He already knows I will disappoint Him. Sometimes I feel like I am going to go crazy because I know and don't want to go back to the person I was before Christ but feel stuck that I can't become the person Christ wants me to be either. I have walked out of a church service and gone home knowing I can't sing another song about surrender or how amazing He is and not giving Him that from my life. How is it that you can KNOW that you know He IS the ANSWER, that it's not out in the world or in some other thing and be so messed up?LrngHiswayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341135887781331905noreply@blogger.com