tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post823242161250014583..comments2023-04-15T01:14:50.228-07:00Comments on Rebel by nature, Righteous by force: Behind the BruisingHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707181627588121525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-78795431945465678342008-06-27T03:46:00.000-07:002008-06-27T03:46:00.000-07:00Howard - amazing words, especialy at this time of ...Howard - amazing words, especialy at this time of year.<BR/>Bless you<BR/>CarolineAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956216374257592997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-37796152939266124892008-06-09T02:29:00.000-07:002008-06-09T02:29:00.000-07:00Thank you, Steve & SW, for your encouraging feedba...Thank you, Steve & SW, for your encouraging feedback.<BR/><BR/>Steve - we know it has to be about applying that healing balm...grace in time of need.<BR/><BR/>SW - the marvel and the awful truth, of course, is that the beauty is already there, and if we're fortunate, our eyes are open to this, and occasionally, we manage to adjust a broken shard in such a way that it reflects something of that towards another.<BR/>Thankfully, He allows us to end our merely stumbling in darkness and see such marvelous light.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707181627588121525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-16311140581856372982008-06-08T10:09:00.000-07:002008-06-08T10:09:00.000-07:00I don't know how you do it, Howard. Consistently c...I don't know how you do it, Howard. Consistently come up with words and ideas so beautiful and profound and deeply meaningful they leave me speechless. And hardly <I>anything</I> leaves me speechless.<BR/><BR/>I think it's all the reverence and wisdom born from suffering and allowing Himself to shape and heal you. Howard, if you did not speak, something precious would be lost.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes beauty is a solemn heavy weighty radiance. Sometimes beauty is a sparkling playful water sprite full of giggles and cool breezes. Your writing is primarily the first. My writing is primarily the second. The diversity of Himself's beauty is, well, beautiful. Admiring other's art that is so marvelously <I>other</I> has made me rich in my soul. Thank you.Sensuous Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684099151087715262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-11235457854272822982008-06-04T07:48:00.000-07:002008-06-04T07:48:00.000-07:00Wonderful words here , Howard.Painfully wonderful....Wonderful words here , Howard.<BR/><BR/>Painfully wonderful.<BR/><BR/>They bring to mind and heart those deeds of evil that I have done wittingly or not, that have affected not only my own well being but that of those around me, who's lives will never be the same because of my selfishness.<BR/><BR/>As you say, it would be a never ending torture were it not for our Lord Jesus.<BR/><BR/>In Him, and Him alone is the healing balm for our sin laden souls.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, my Friend.<BR/><BR/> - SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504238047156860312noreply@blogger.com