Comments for Real Grace http://blog.real-grace.org A Safe Place to Heal. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Why didn’t God stop my abuse? by karenp http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/08/20/why-didnt-god-stop-my-abuse/#comment-49 karenp Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:50:30 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/08/20/why-didnt-god-stop-my-abuse/#comment-49 Thank you, Colleenmae. I also agree with your statement that we may never fully understand things here on earth. God is God and I am not! However, it does help to have a little insight and I feel I gain that the more I understand who He really is. Thank you, Colleenmae. I also agree with your statement that we may never fully understand things here on earth. God is God and I am not! However, it does help to have a little insight and I feel I gain that the more I understand who He really is.

]]> Comment on Why didn’t God stop my abuse? by colleenmae http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/08/20/why-didnt-god-stop-my-abuse/#comment-48 colleenmae Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:31:59 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/08/20/why-didnt-god-stop-my-abuse/#comment-48 While I do not think we will ever understand this side of heaven why God allows suffering, I think your explanation of free will is excellent and it is what I believe, too. That last paragraph says it all. Thanks. While I do not think we will ever understand this side of heaven why God allows suffering, I think your explanation of free will is excellent and it is what I believe, too. That last paragraph says it all. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Words are powerful. by karenp http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-47 karenp Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:47:39 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-47 Sunny, thanks again for your wonderful words of validation and support. I completely understand when you say how the statement brought up "images of scenes". That's exactly what it did for me as well and I am so thankful that I can also see that God had nothing to do with those scenes and I'm so excited to hear that you see that as well. Be blessed my co-blogger! :) Jess, thanks so much for your comment. You've been such an incredible support to me. I love you too, my friend! Sunny, thanks again for your wonderful words of validation and support. I completely understand when you say how the statement brought up “images of scenes”. That’s exactly what it did for me as well and I am so thankful that I can also see that God had nothing to do with those scenes and I’m so excited to hear that you see that as well. Be blessed my co-blogger! :)

Jess, thanks so much for your comment. You’ve been such an incredible support to me. I love you too, my friend!

]]> Comment on Words are powerful. by jessagary http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-46 jessagary Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:16:11 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-46 Karen I love what the Lord has done! You have been able to process so gracefully, if that is a word! Praise the Lord not only for what He has brought forth in you, but the wisdom He has given you to help others who cannot see so well through the enemies lies.... I Love you, my friend! Blessings Jess :) Karen I love what the Lord has done! You have been able to process so gracefully, if that is a word! Praise the Lord not only for what He has brought forth in you, but the wisdom He has given you to help others who cannot see so well through the enemies lies…. I Love you, my friend! Blessings Jess :)

]]> Comment on Words are powerful. by downinsunnysandiego http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-45 downinsunnysandiego Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:47:56 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-45 Oh my goodness ... I had such a strong reaction to "I thank God for my abuse". It immediately brought up images of scenes for me of my abuse and how horrifying it felt to live during those times. I can't believe I experienced what I did. There is no way that God had anything to do with the abuse. Your post on this was excellent and I found myself nodding in agreement as I read it. For me, I get that my abuser was (and probably still is) a very sick person. I have forgiven her, but not forgotten. However, through the process of recovering from her hand on me, I thank God for His grace in helping me heal. I thank God for teaching me what love is all about and giving me strength to walk through an awful time in my life. That is what I thank God for, not the sin of another person. Oh my goodness … I had such a strong reaction to “I thank God for my abuse”. It immediately brought up images of scenes for me of my abuse and how horrifying it felt to live during those times. I can’t believe I experienced what I did. There is no way that God had anything to do with the abuse. Your post on this was excellent and I found myself nodding in agreement as I read it. For me, I get that my abuser was (and probably still is) a very sick person. I have forgiven her, but not forgotten. However, through the process of recovering from her hand on me, I thank God for His grace in helping me heal. I thank God for teaching me what love is all about and giving me strength to walk through an awful time in my life. That is what I thank God for, not the sin of another person.

]]> Comment on Words are powerful. by karenp http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-44 karenp Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:48:24 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-44 Thank you, Colleenmae. I'm so thankful to be at a place in my healing where I can process things like this that would have caused more wounds in the past. Thanks for reading! :) Thank you, Colleenmae. I’m so thankful to be at a place in my healing where I can process things like this that would have caused more wounds in the past. Thanks for reading! :)

]]> Comment on Words are powerful. by colleenmae http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-43 colleenmae Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:44:42 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/07/25/words-are-powerful/#comment-43 Great post. I so agree with you. I was thinking the same thing before I reached the part where you thanked God for the healing that made you who are you are today. God bless. Great post. I so agree with you. I was thinking the same thing before I reached the part where you thanked God for the healing that made you who are you are today. God bless.

]]> Comment on Could this really be restoration? by colleenmae http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/06/28/could-this-really-be-restoration/#comment-42 colleenmae Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:42:33 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/06/28/could-this-really-be-restoration/#comment-42 Karenp, Yes, those words do help me. Breaking the cycle was definitely needed. Thanks so much. Karenp, Yes, those words do help me. Breaking the cycle was definitely needed. Thanks so much.

]]> Comment on Could this really be restoration? by karenp http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/06/28/could-this-really-be-restoration/#comment-41 karenp Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:10:40 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/06/28/could-this-really-be-restoration/#comment-41 Thank you for your prayers, Colleenmae. I'm so very sorry to hear that you had to break it off with your father. I do understand that very well. I wish I could tell you what it was that changed my parents understanding and how they know now, what they need to do. I guess that's why I do feel to proceed with caution until more is revealed. I don't know if this will help you but while I was pretty much estranged from my parents it helped me to remember that part of the purpose I was estranged was to break the cycle of dysfunction in our relationship. Dysfunction is a breeding ground for abuse and it needed to stop. You are in my prayers as well! Thank you for your prayers, Colleenmae. I’m so very sorry to hear that you had to break it off with your father. I do understand that very well. I wish I could tell you what it was that changed my parents understanding and how they know now, what they need to do. I guess that’s why I do feel to proceed with caution until more is revealed.

I don’t know if this will help you but while I was pretty much estranged from my parents it helped me to remember that part of the purpose I was estranged was to break the cycle of dysfunction in our relationship. Dysfunction is a breeding ground for abuse and it needed to stop. You are in my prayers as well!

]]> Comment on Could this really be restoration? by colleenmae http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/06/28/could-this-really-be-restoration/#comment-40 colleenmae Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:58:05 +0000 http://blog.real-grace.org/2009/06/28/could-this-really-be-restoration/#comment-40 Karen, how wonderful! Will keep you in my prayers. Very ironic. I just broke off with my father after years of trying. But I am so happy for you and I am so glad your heaviness is gone. God bless. Karen, how wonderful! Will keep you in my prayers. Very ironic. I just broke off with my father after years of trying. But I am so happy for you and I am so glad your heaviness is gone. God bless.

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