Comments on: Have You Heard the Great News? Every Day Is Full of Trouble!

By: RDM

RDM — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:58:59 +0000

Thank you Anita. A beautiful post and a timely reminder to me to live with His grace which is sufficient for today. Going through a difficult period and need to fully trust Him to see me through this.
God bless.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:47:09 +0000

Thank you so much for these inspiring and much needed words …

By: Joy

Joy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:58:54 +0000

Thank you for those words. I really needed to hear them.

Loved the pictures of the Northwest as well. I was just up there last week! Wonder if we were there at the same time?

By: anita

anita — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:13:15 +0000

Anon and Aly –> So glad there was something here that spoke to you in this moment.

By: anita

anita — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:12:28 +0000

Christy–> I think it’s only natural to play through it all before it ever happens and in some ways those “trial runs” help us get prepared for what we might encounter. My only concern is that sometimes we get so stuck in what might be that we become paralyzed to move forward into what will be which is at least something that once made real we can continue to move through. I hope your worst fears about your family are not true but if they are, and what you fear comes true then trust there will be another side to the pain; that God will carry you through, that there will be those who will walk with you and not leave you to bear it alone and that in time there will be the hope that God will restore any relationships that are strained or fractured through this journey. Surround yourself with support in any way that you can before moving forward even if that support is found here among the community of SisterFriends. Many GLBTQ people have suffered loss in coming out but there is also so much that’s gained in claiming all that you really are and standing in the wholeness in which you have been created. Above all, don’t push yourself to come out to anyone until you’re ready and only you will know when that is. Be gentle with yourself and patient with yourself. You’re doing just fine!

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:01:32 +0000

A beautiful post and all of it true. I have gone through the same fears and rejections playing my coming out over and over in my head. I have finally managed to come out to some people in my life, but not all. I can’t seem to find the courage. I know that there is no shame, it is not wrong to be who I am because God made me this way. But to face my mother, my sister and some others in my life, as you know, will be devastating for me to see that disgust and condemnation on their faces and in their eyes. I have already heard their opinion of homosexuality when it comes up in the news, and it isn’t good. I suppose it would be easier if I had a partner to go through it with, to bolster my courage. I also know I can’t continue living a lie, there will be no peace for me until I do.
Thank-you for this post, there is much I need to learn from it.

By: Aly N.

Aly N. — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:16:51 +0000

This was something I REALLY needed to hear today. Thank you! I am quite the worry wart and I tend to worry about things I have no control over. I need to let go and let God.

Anita, know that you are in my prayers for your coming surgery. I pray everything goes well for you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:46:58 +0000

This was so encouraging to me. For this very day. For this very moment.

Thank you.

By: anita

anita — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:37:55 +0000

Laura–> Thank you so much for the prayers. And BTW, I will follow up on the email you sent. The topic is one I’m continuing to sort through and you gave me much to think about.

By: Laura H.

Laura H. — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:35:35 +0000

Such a beautiful post – thank you Anita! Such true words and wisdom; such a needed message.

You will certainly be in my prayers on Wednesday, and I’m sure I’m accurate in saying you will be in many Sisterfriends prayers that day and the days following.

Blessings to you, D, and the kitties…