Comments on: i want to live free

By: my deepest fear : Grit and Glory

my deepest fear : Grit and Glory — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:58:31 +0000

[...] tired of living in the chains of these fears. I want to live free. To stop believing lies. To change this lifelong habit of response. To carry myself as though [...]

By: TheNorEaster

TheNorEaster — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:53:04 +0000

“I don’t know a formula for living wholly surrendered. I don’t know the strategy to avoid taking back from God what I just gave over to Him.”

There is no formula. And there is no strategy. If there were, our lives would be reduced to behavior modification and it wouldn’t matter at all where our hearts are.

Stop striving.

As God told David, “It is well that is it within thine heart.”

(At least I think it was David.)

By: alece

alece — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:29:35 +0000

“recovering from a hard heart is a whole lot harder than people make it out to be” — that is so true. but most people aren’t willing to admit it.

i’m glad God brought you here…

By: Prudence

Prudence — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:53:45 +0000

Found your site by the sheer providence of God. I was looking for an image of dry, cracking ground for a blog post I’m wanting to write, and your site came up. For a while now I’ve been dealing with a hard heart towards God because He has my husband and I on this journey that in my humaness I feel we should be seeing progress in and we aren’t. At least not with human eyes. I think for the first time in my Christian walk I’m seeing that recovering from a hard heart is a whole lot harder than people make it out to be. My flesh wants to hold on. Realizing just how much of a sinner I am. Your line in this post about not wanting to be an Indian Giver hit home. I want to be all His, but still struggle to not hold on.

So glad I found you here. Will be checking in again.

By: Julie Todd

Julie Todd — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:26:18 +0000

I found you through Sarah….

I feel your words and understand some of what you are walking through.

You are the object of His deep affections. He will not rest until you know how deeply you are loved. I know….He’s not rested until I have seen.

I see you live in Atlanta. I live north of there in the mountains.

He is coming for you and your heart. I see it so plainly. I look forward to seeing how deeply He heals your heart. I’ll be following your blog.

I’d love to have you stop by my blog for a visit. I love meeting new people.

By: it’s not all his fault : Grit and Glory

it’s not all his fault : Grit and Glory — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:20:07 +0000

[...] determine my thoughts which impact my actions. So I’m starting at the beginning to change my foundational beliefs. My thinking and my actions will eventually [...]

By: tam

tam — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:36:44 +0000

youre right, its not good to take things back…when offered in surrender. but the step it takes to give it away in the first place is so admirable, alece…and the hardest part.

hopefully the temptation to grab it back again gets less and less as daily we choose to pry our fingers off the hurt. i know i have to pry every day too. your story helps to equip me, and others im sure, to truly surrender a number of things in my life to the Lord.

thank you…

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:44:46 +0000

Alece,

Bravo for being strong enough to say out loud all that you’ve been going through. I hope you have been met with loving people to help you on the way to healing and restoration and peace….

“This living sacrifice wants to stop crawling off the altar.” What an awesome thought. But, nothing can separate us from the love of God. Where you are becomes an altar before the Lord…because He never leaves us. He’ll always, ALWAYS be faithful to you.

By: Steph!

Steph! — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:12:00 +0000

Yup. Good old Carman! :) )’satan, bite the dust.’)

By: gitz

gitz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:30:24 +0000

I know you don’t think you’re brave, but nothing could be braver than what you did in that session.

I admire you SO much, woman.