Comments on: Fresh Vision http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7603 Mary Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:38:49 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7603 Paul, thank you for sharing this with us. What a blessing to be able to still praise after so many years, and such a challenging test to your faith. May God grant you much grace my friend... Paul, thank you for sharing this with us. What a blessing to be able to still praise after so many years, and such a challenging test to your faith. May God grant you much grace my friend…

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7601 Mary Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:57:14 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7601 Amy, I must have been commenting about the same time as you because I missed your above comment until now! I love that quote--heard it first at your blog and it stuck for a while but I'd since forgotten it! Thanks for the reminder, and for always being real! Amy, I must have been commenting about the same time as you because I missed your above comment until now! I love that quote–heard it first at your blog and it stuck for a while but I’d since forgotten it! Thanks for the reminder, and for always being real!

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7590 Mary Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:40:18 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7590 Thank you all, I'm blessed by you guys, and so appreciate your prayers! Juli, thank you for sharing that...especially for the reminder to keep what we have here on earth in the perspective of our eternity! Thank you all, I’m blessed by you guys, and so appreciate your prayers!

Juli, thank you for sharing that…especially for the reminder to keep what we have here on earth in the perspective of our eternity!

]]> By: Amy Wallace http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7589 Amy Wallace Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:33:46 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7589 What a beautiful prayer for 2008! I read an article years ago about the persecuted church in China and one member's quote never left me. She said, "You Americans pray for God to remove your troubles. We pray for God to strengthen our backs." More and more I'm learning to pray less for escape and more for God's strengthening me with His presence as we walk the painful paths. What a beautiful prayer for 2008!

I read an article years ago about the persecuted church in China and one member’s quote never left me. She said, “You Americans pray for God to remove your troubles. We pray for God to strengthen our backs.”

More and more I’m learning to pray less for escape and more for God’s strengthening me with His presence as we walk the painful paths.

]]> By: Paul Martin http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7575 Paul Martin Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:22 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7575 That's the one form of prayer I've found dependably answered - praying for strength. It seems as though the act of asking for it someone releases it if you really mean it. I say this as someone in my fifteenth year of an incurable progressive illness who's mostly bedridden now. That’s the one form of prayer I’ve found dependably answered - praying for strength. It seems as though the act of asking for it someone releases it if you really mean it. I say this as someone in my fifteenth year of an incurable progressive illness who’s mostly bedridden now.

]]> By: Juli http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7571 Juli Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:46:53 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7571 Amen!!! This is so true. God uses hardships to help our souls to grow, and to show us his love and strength. I have gained much of the wisdom and faith that I have today, by enduring my hardships. In a poem I once wrote, even in the deepest darkest pits...beauty still awaits. This life is but a drop in the bucket compaired to what eternity holds for us. It is good to remember it is not all there is. I truly am blessed by reading your web site. Juli Amen!!! This is so true. God uses hardships to help our souls to grow, and to show us his love and strength. I have gained much of the wisdom and faith that I have today, by enduring my hardships. In a poem I once wrote, even in the deepest darkest pits…beauty still awaits. This life is but a drop in the bucket compaired to what eternity holds for us. It is good to remember it is not all there is. I truly am blessed by reading your web site. Juli

]]> By: Colleen http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7567 Colleen Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:57:12 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7567 Thanks, Mary! This is a wonderful post! Thanks, Mary! This is a wonderful post!

]]> By: jen http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-7565 jen Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:28:35 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/01/05/fresh-vision/#comment-7565 Amen and praying the same for you my friend Amen
and praying the same for you my friend

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