tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901932.post3101772371319279870..comments2023-07-01T07:32:24.073-07:00Comments on Musing Melissa: When not knowing what to say and where to say it leads to not saying anything at allMelissa Enshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249931047478891932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901932.post-70086572276501279602012-07-14T15:07:30.629-07:002012-07-14T15:07:30.629-07:00Lol, I've actually been thinking in the opposi...Lol, I've actually been thinking in the opposite direction. I have one blog and always think I should compartmentalize more. I think my problem is more that I understand now what "living in a fishbowl" is like. I've even gone so far as to create other blogs and never write in them. I just don't know what the balance is. On the one hand I see public figures now who are so public that pretty much any mistake they make is widely publicized and I think those things wouldn't have happened 20 years ago because we didn't have social media. Anyway, I'm not even sure what my point was. I'm just rambling on your comment section. I think this is almost a blog in and of itself. Sorry for that. I should probably have just saved all this for Tuesday. ;)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217295297413419505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901932.post-55495564779838295072012-07-09T19:29:26.174-07:002012-07-09T19:29:26.174-07:00I can relate to the part about not saying anything...I can relate to the part about not saying anything because one does not feel kike getting dressed up. Newsletters are a challenge that way-to communicate the struggles that need praying about along with wanting to somehow encourage or build up the church that you are writing to.<br /><br />No answers, though.Edd Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326594257118221312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901932.post-23627671910245767812012-07-06T20:21:06.412-07:002012-07-06T20:21:06.412-07:00I don't know if you ladies will see this or no...I don't know if you ladies will see this or not, but thank you! : ) I'm feeling a bit free-er already and agree, Monica... there has to be a way to combine the two... I think it just makes me a bit nervous. yet I have also decided that it's okay to have different places for different styles of writing. I think both of my/our blogs have different audiences, so while I want to risk a bit more on the other, I'll still always give myself a lot more freedom to ramble over here than I do on that one. (Even in the comments! ha ha!) Thanks...Melissa Enshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13150144883345686275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901932.post-55969992129040758312012-07-06T11:12:15.921-07:002012-07-06T11:12:15.921-07:00Melissa,
Wow! After reading that I feel like one...Melissa,<br /><br />Wow! After reading that I feel like one of those women who just showed up to a prayer meeting and heard your heart. I have those women too in my life, but I am not brave like you to step out of my comfort zone, leave those women behind, let God uproot me to another country. But in truth is being uprooted even possible with the Lord? In a miraculous way the roots just go deeper in the same soil but the scenery of the tree changes. Sometimes it sees the desert or wilderness. The tree changes too with the seasons: beautifully colored and full in the fall, naked and exposed in the winter, new life blossoms in the beauty of spring and there is a boldness of green in the summer. Our seasons as women can change daily and that can be very discouraging. No matter what the season of the day, though, His strength in the roots keep us standing (or kneeling, or prostrate) in His presence. And the prayer meeting women are still there too, walking the same walk. The scenery is different but roots are the same, so we get it, or at least I get it. And I am praying for you and am blessed to be your sounding board just like many others I am sure. So whether your leaves are blown and tossed in the wind or perfectly still in the stale air as if hairsprayed you are covered in prayer and loved much! <br /> I am praying the Lord graces you with exactly what you need for today, just like He did yesterday and am trusting that He will do it again tomorrow. Blessings to you my friendī<br />Love, <br />RachaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901932.post-51656088755025782162012-07-06T00:19:04.929-07:002012-07-06T00:19:04.929-07:00Melissa,
first of all, I feel ya. I just asked J...Melissa,<br /><br />first of all, I feel ya. I just asked Jesus for grace for you... I guess mainly that u can give it to yourself! you're going thru A LOT!!!<br /><br />you didn't even mention TEACHER on top of everything else... I think that's where a lot of your energy and joy is going to right now!!<br /><br />I think sometimes in "church" as a whole, we're used to separating the "dressed up" and the "flip-flops." But remember truefaced? our unmasked faces revealing the glory of God? something like that? I think it would be a welcome thing to say in a more "dressed-up-expected to have it all pulled together" scenario to say... hey...this is hard. it aint easy, would you pray for us?/me? I think it would be refreshing for more people to do that. So I hope you can do a little dressed up flip flop writing... with no pressure.<br /><br />am thinking of you in the midst of all this... and how alike we are. may Jesus hold and comfort you.<br /><br />love, peace, grace<br /><br />Monicaromihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065633410768833857noreply@blogger.com