tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post4912870708788737787..comments2023-10-30T08:25:12.432-04:00Comments on Off The Beaten Path: The Knowing PlaceJan Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642571561383445699noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-81843895524761648292010-06-19T18:05:33.830-04:002010-06-19T18:05:33.830-04:00Thank you so much for taking the time here to read...Thank you so much for taking the time here to read, Amanda. I think it is important to live in the present, but at times God renews and brings new insight through our past. Every once in a while I glance back and every time I do, I see His provision and faithfulness to me.<br /><br />I'm glad you 'found me' and I have just spent a few minutes over at your blog. It is lovely!<br /><br />Jan LynJan Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642571561383445699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-4463314567480871072010-06-16T07:36:06.635-04:002010-06-16T07:36:06.635-04:00I drunk in the words of this post. I felt like I ...I drunk in the words of this post. I felt like I was revisiting my own childhood, as I read about yours. I relate on some many levels...<br /><br />I love how you write and I feel the Lord through your words.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Amanda<br />(Australia)Amandahttp://www.amandassecretgarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-49340852224587066202010-06-04T23:33:32.775-04:002010-06-04T23:33:32.775-04:00Dear Renee~I appreciate your gentle hugs and kind ...Dear Renee~I appreciate your gentle hugs and kind remarks. It truly was a special place and a blessing to recall the beginnings of my faith journey.<br /><br />Juls, I think some times it is good to 'go back' in order to move ahead. I can in my mind, to the beautiful. Thanks for naming more of THE GOOD, yes the cold clay and cherry tomatoes...so much good there! I hear you and I stand amazed that we name all that was/is outdoors, not inside the house. Intruiging. But I've got one, maybe more...? Think 'roll the ball'. :) Life is like a track and the good and bad can exist at the same time, especially here in the now and some how that's all good. All from his gracious, good hand. <br />Lots of love,<br />JanJan Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642571561383445699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-74472302118582389092010-05-30T22:11:01.442-04:002010-05-30T22:11:01.442-04:00Beautiful Janikins! Love you, Younger sister led t...Beautiful Janikins! Love you, Younger sister led to re-live it for some reason. Thinking God wants me to remember there was lots of good there before lots of bad... cold wet clay, fish, tadpoles, frogs, trees to climb, kittens, puppies, bunnies, chickens, warm sunkissed cherry tomatos, peace and quiet. Love you. JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-88633355106686631202010-05-22T16:47:42.500-04:002010-05-22T16:47:42.500-04:00This is so very powerful, Jan Lyn. It brought a sm...This is so very powerful, Jan Lyn. It brought a smile to my face and tears to my eyes and I could "see" you special place of your childhood...the beauty of it...Your faith is a deep testimony for me and others here. We are blessed to be able to "iisten" to what you have to say and be nutured by it.<br />Thank you, friend. Thank you for giving me even a deeper desire for sit at God's feet. <br />Gentle hugsReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089685282700680525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-54978470928466944862010-05-20T23:23:01.855-04:002010-05-20T23:23:01.855-04:00Yes, that is right, Ganeida. I am speaking here o...Yes, that is right, Ganeida. I am speaking here of abiding with Christ, rather than a place or symbol actually. I like CS as well and actually this piece grew out of a study of Oswald Chambers I am doing with others over at Living Whole with Chronic Pain. We have been discussing being in that place of abiding so intamately that one need not constantly inquire or struggle discerning God's will, but be as one in him and know what he would want and offer to us.<br /><br />TY for taking the time to stop over.Jan Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642571561383445699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1182452919488844490.post-71639037940149691602010-05-18T05:22:17.321-04:002010-05-18T05:22:17.321-04:00Your posts are always so deep sometimes I'm no...Your posts are always so deep sometimes I'm not sure how to respond. I think I have always found God in nature & the hardest place I've ever lived was in the suburbs where I was so closed of from nature. I've always had special outside places. Here it's the mangroves though my verandah is not a bad 2nd best. ☺ I can see into the mangroves & the bush comes right up & around. The cats adore it & spend hours just sitting curled with slitted eyes meditating on the moving shadows. All that to say I understand & share your love of a special place ~ which as C.S lewis so succintly pointed out is only the shadow of the reality. Like you I am trying to remember to grasp the reality instead of the shadow. Pax. ♥Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.com