tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post8490896920928441275..comments2007-07-02T04:35:02.884-07:00Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-12249264735556349312007-07-02T04:35:00.000-07:002007-07-02T04:35:00.000-07:00Heather - Welcome! I'm so glad this post has spoken to people. Thank you for liking it enough to share it.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-58218219633101933002007-07-02T01:24:00.000-07:002007-07-02T01:24:00.000-07:00I forwarded this on to a few friends. Thank you for baring your soul.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09032691538301396112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-22465151791601754252007-07-01T23:31:00.000-07:002007-07-01T23:31:00.000-07:00Mary - I'm very glad you were encouraged.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-947664163737359732007-07-01T23:20:00.000-07:002007-07-01T23:20:00.000-07:00This is great - real, encouraging, and what I needed to hear. Thanks.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210237440245609870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-12857991743611181942007-06-29T04:24:00.000-07:002007-06-29T04:24:00.000-07:00Hi Lee - Welcome!<BR/><BR/>Yes, we are found in all sorts of strange places! It never ceases to amaze me the ways in which God works. I read your blog and am going to leave you a few comments, even on older posts, because you said some things which encouraged me.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-3445330795052404662007-06-29T01:46:00.000-07:002007-06-29T01:46:00.000-07:00Thanks for your honesty and openess about your pain. It brings tears to my eyes to read it as it reminds me a little of my own journey. Thank God that he is so much bigger than the church and that his people are found in all sorts of strange places! LeeLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336752713979808898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-19731115898476783152007-06-28T16:25:00.000-07:002007-06-28T16:25:00.000-07:00FL - Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your kind words. As much as I doubted healing would ever come, I have to testify that it has. Not in entirety - I know we will never experience total healing this side of heaven; but I do know that bitterness and shame have been replaced by peace.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-71331911079236809282007-06-28T16:02:00.000-07:002007-06-28T16:02:00.000-07:00Wow, Erin, I have been away for a few days full of busy and just sat down to read this in full.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to see the addition that your heart and head had to the discussion. It is brilliant and speaks my heart too.<BR/><BR/>It gives breath to the fact of healing and wholeness.<BR/><BR/>thanks,<BR/>former leaderjust mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357293290630832549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-56429941684527753602007-06-27T22:22:00.000-07:002007-06-27T22:22:00.000-07:00Hi Jon - I know this community is real, but so many people look at me crosseyed when I talk about my blog community. I say "Find the 21st century, people!" It took this place for me to find people who understood, and now some of them are good real life friends. I say judge the fruit.<BR/><BR/>Very interesting what you said about your "travels". I never thought of it that way.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-63975432058760512392007-06-27T18:54:00.000-07:002007-06-27T18:54:00.000-07:00it's good to know that healing will come. some days it seems as if the wounds have healed, and sometimes it seems as if they are as fresh as ever. thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>and i concur. there is something very special about this blogworld community. which, in my opinion, is not "pseudo" at all. in pouring my heart out in this place and allowing other people to pour out theirs, without fear, i have found much more genuine community than i have in having worthless and uncomfortable small talk face to face on many occasions.<BR/><BR/>it's always interesting to think that as i write this here in minnesota, even though it is not me, it <STRONG>IS</STRONG> "me", a written representation of me. which then in turn can end up with "me" popping up all over the globe whenever anyone pulls up a page to read it. so far i have been in canada, spain, england, argentina, and austrailia all without leaving my desk!! what an amazing time we live in. an amazing way for those who have been wounded to realize they are not alone. and allow them to be touched by someone a world away...<BR/><BR/>if only we could organize... <BR/><BR/><BR/>drcaxjONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16955771465084412855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-91781179236588716652007-06-27T09:18:00.000-07:002007-06-27T09:18:00.000-07:00Paul - Thanks. A little bit of a limp, but it gets better. ;-)Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-30561975993382851902007-06-27T05:22:00.000-07:002007-06-27T05:22:00.000-07:00Thanks erin, that is beautifully hopeful and helfpul... it also reminds me that many who have walked in church for awhile end up with a limp :)paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15933987855938734565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-17736483791392237722007-06-26T14:01:00.000-07:002007-06-26T14:01:00.000-07:00Thanks Bill!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-23197446564162994902007-06-26T13:40:00.000-07:002007-06-26T13:40:00.000-07:00Thanks for adding to the commentary, Erin. Well said. I've linked to it at my blog.Bill Kinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112672149549278379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-18704469525334529602007-06-26T09:00:00.000-07:002007-06-26T09:00:00.000-07:00Thanks Rhonda. I think it's probably more meaningful to me than to anyone else, but I appreciate that you liked it.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714549.post-40806323145528177802007-06-26T08:24:00.000-07:002007-06-26T08:24:00.000-07:00Wonderful post.<BR/>These words bring life.Rhondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352928421716515304noreply@blogger.com