Comments on: Free to look for joy http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/ Reading, writing, and raising kids Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: About A Spirited Mind | A Spirited Mind http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-619 About A Spirited Mind | A Spirited Mind Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:03:55 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-619 [...] deeply about where I am and where I’m headed.  On A Spirited Mind I write about issues like choosing contentment, how to be an encourager, where I find my identity, and whether the hard way is always the best [...] [...] deeply about where I am and where I’m headed.  On A Spirited Mind I write about issues like choosing contentment, how to be an encourager, where I find my identity, and whether the hard way is always the best [...]

]]> By: Wendy http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Wendy Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:22:12 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-307 I am realizing that I haven't popped over here since your Mar. 8th post (for shame!), but I have really needed to read this one. I have been indulging in a sinful amount of Facebook Envy lately. Everyone (it seems) is going on lovely trips for spring break. My brother just returned from 10 weeks studying in London and then spent a week with his family and other friends in California. My mother had surgery in Mar. and I so wanted to go be with her (which I admitted in my status, only to then learn that my sister went with her daughter - from VA to FL to visit her and now they are back in FL again celebrating spring break with a trip to Disney). Woe is me, here I am TRAPPED in the deserted wastelands of IN, and feeling like I will never travel again. Trust is most definitely the primary issue. I don't fully trust that God knows what He is doing. I might be willing to admit that this move to my husband's grandmother's house was the best thing for our family, but I cannot seem to allow myself to admit to God that He had my best in mind as well. Thanks for this post (and several others, I would have responded to, if I had been faithfully reading). I really needed to hear this word about contentment and finding joy in whatever it is that God has placed before me. I am realizing that I haven’t popped over here since your Mar. 8th post (for shame!), but I have really needed to read this one. I have been indulging in a sinful amount of Facebook Envy lately. Everyone (it seems) is going on lovely trips for spring break. My brother just returned from 10 weeks studying in London and then spent a week with his family and other friends in California. My mother had surgery in Mar. and I so wanted to go be with her (which I admitted in my status, only to then learn that my sister went with her daughter – from VA to FL to visit her and now they are back in FL again celebrating spring break with a trip to Disney). Woe is me, here I am TRAPPED in the deserted wastelands of IN, and feeling like I will never travel again.

Trust is most definitely the primary issue. I don’t fully trust that God knows what He is doing. I might be willing to admit that this move to my husband’s grandmother’s house was the best thing for our family, but I cannot seem to allow myself to admit to God that He had my best in mind as well.

Thanks for this post (and several others, I would have responded to, if I had been faithfully reading). I really needed to hear this word about contentment and finding joy in whatever it is that God has placed before me.

]]> By: Lisa http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Lisa Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:28:46 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-219 Wow. Your first pragraph hit me right between the eyes. "It’s as if I think that finding joy in a difficult situation would give God the all clear to keep it ongoing, whereas kicking against it or accepting it with a martyr’s deep sigh will alert God to the fact that I had other plans in mind." I just got done crying over something that I'm finding difficult, and your words were exactly what God wanted to say to me. Be joyful. Trust Him. THANK YOU! :-) Wow. Your first pragraph hit me right between the eyes. “It’s as if I think that finding joy in a difficult situation would give God the all clear to keep it ongoing, whereas kicking against it or accepting it with a martyr’s deep sigh will alert God to the fact that I had other plans in mind.” I just got done crying over something that I’m finding difficult, and your words were exactly what God wanted to say to me. Be joyful. Trust Him.

THANK YOU! :-)

]]> By: Weekend Links http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Weekend Links Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:02:52 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-217 [...] good thought about choosing joy in difficult circumstances (via an article from Practical Theology for Women):  “God is working for your good.  And [...] [...] good thought about choosing joy in difficult circumstances (via an article from Practical Theology for Women):  “God is working for your good.  And [...]

]]> By: Heather E http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Heather E Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:48:00 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-206 "It’s as if I think that finding joy in a difficult situation would give God the all clear to keep it ongoing, whereas kicking against it or accepting it with a martyr’s deep sigh will alert God to the fact that I had other plans in mind." Wow. Wow. Wow. So insightful. I do that with God and with my husband. “It’s as if I think that finding joy in a difficult situation would give God the all clear to keep it ongoing, whereas kicking against it or accepting it with a martyr’s deep sigh will alert God to the fact that I had other plans in mind.”

Wow. Wow. Wow. So insightful. I do that with God and with my husband.

]]> By: Amy @ Hope Is the Word http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Amy @ Hope Is the Word Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:04:05 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-189 That's a good word, Catherine. I find it most difficult to be content when I begin looking around (i.e. at others--shame on me!). Also, when I begin to doubt the path we've chosen (single income, etc.). Thanks for the reminder! That’s a good word, Catherine. I find it most difficult to be content when I begin looking around (i.e. at others–shame on me!). Also, when I begin to doubt the path we’ve chosen (single income, etc.).

Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Alyssa http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Alyssa Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:57:26 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-188 It does sound pathetic when you write it all out like that... but sadly enough I can totally relate to those feelings. Thank you for this encouragment. It does sound pathetic when you write it all out like that… but sadly enough I can totally relate to those feelings.

Thank you for this encouragment.

]]> By: Heidi http://aspiritedmind.com/2010/03/free-to-look-for-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Heidi Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:39:30 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/?p=1185#comment-187 Wow, I needed that. I'm sure Stephen and Danny would have preferred I read it last week when I was truly cranky, but then I probably wouldn't have appreciated it as much because I was too busy sulking. :) Wow, I needed that. I’m sure Stephen and Danny would have preferred I read it last week when I was truly cranky, but then I probably wouldn’t have appreciated it as much because I was too busy sulking. :)

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