Comments on: Perennial as the Grass https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/ Movement, Color, Sound, Story Sat, 16 May 2020 21:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: lucindaj https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2497 Thu, 07 May 2015 23:08:36 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2497 Yes, Lydia! Amen to that.

]]> By: Lydia Bailey https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2496 Thu, 07 May 2015 14:18:43 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2496 Thanks for sharing Lucy! I have struggled much in this area of “love” and have come to realize that our hearts must first be consumed by Christ, who is the One and Only faithful lover. He alone can satisfy our longings, and desire for love, and acceptance. While people we thought we could trust will let us down, He wont!

]]> By: lucindaj https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2487 Tue, 05 May 2015 12:42:37 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2487 Hearing God’s voice is a subjective thing.God does make Himself known to me or reveal His will at different times in different ways, and I am not discounting that. It is potent. But there was one time when I clearly felt God’s Spirit and misinterpreted what he told me according to my own desires. And there have been other times when I was very emotional and interpreted those emotions as God’s voice, when in retrospect I see it was probably just that–emotion. Emotion and desire can be tricky things.

]]> By: Joel https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2486 Tue, 05 May 2015 01:47:59 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2486 In reply to lucindaj.

That’s the problem, I really did believe I heard God’s voice and it has all become so intertwined with questions of faith that it is hard to know my up from my down sometimes. If there was something God ordained about who I would end up with this would be the one. But I fear I was very wrong.

]]> By: lucindaj https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2485 Mon, 04 May 2015 22:57:11 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2485 It’s an awkward sort of thing, isn’t it? But you can’t force it. If you are praying about your future, God has the right girl in mind for you. I think sometimes dreams that come true only make us miserable–we don’t know ourselves as well as we think, and even less the other person–but the things we never planned are the things that bring happiness.

]]> By: Joel https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2484 Mon, 04 May 2015 21:45:06 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2484 As inexcusable as it is for someone my age and experience level, I ‘fell in love’ with a young woman that doesn’t return an ounce of the same feeling. That was a year ago now and a year of the worse emotional and spiritual turmoil of my life.

I’ve never been good at ‘the game’ or winning the initial attraction contest. I have terrible anxiety, lose the confidence I would otherwise have, and bumble around awkwardly. I had hoped my courage would win the day, that there would be something loveable in my effort, but, no.

Over the past year she has avoided me like the plague. Any chance of love reciprocated, let alone friendship, seems impossible. Yet, I feel so very strongly that she would like me if she knew me. I rushed in. I took her completely off guard. All I want now is to try again.

]]> By: Lavina https://lucindajkinsinger.com/perennial-as-the-grass/#comment-2483 Mon, 04 May 2015 14:25:01 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=2509#comment-2483 :-)

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