tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post6253936164330108842..comments2023-10-29T03:15:57.291-07:00Comments on By This Still Hearth - Age with Purpose: First LightJoAnne Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-66666123452580222542013-05-31T08:10:32.933-07:002013-05-31T08:10:32.933-07:00Thank you. That was the intent.Thank you. That was the intent.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-12743785435507752922013-05-30T15:36:34.474-07:002013-05-30T15:36:34.474-07:00You have some great verses here for people to fall...You have some great verses here for people to fall back on if they need them!mail4roseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850985344834209198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-85159337131820368132013-05-29T21:51:25.393-07:002013-05-29T21:51:25.393-07:00Hopping over from Crafty Spices. =)
I would love f...Hopping over from Crafty Spices. =)<br />I would love for you to share and link up at my weekly TGIF Link Party if you haven't already this week. The party is open every Thursday night and closes Wednesday's at midnight.<br />http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/. AND starting Wednesday June 4th I will be hosting a Wordless Wednesday link party. Hope you will join us! Have a wonderful week!<br />Hugs, CathyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141853270687555964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-73775590007291190062013-05-28T14:34:19.450-07:002013-05-28T14:34:19.450-07:00Yes, ma'am. Not always easy, I do think.Yes, ma'am. Not always easy, I do think.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-5055133088119829012013-05-27T14:55:50.416-07:002013-05-27T14:55:50.416-07:00Oh, we all have those small, teeny battles we figh...Oh, we all have those small, teeny battles we fight daily like you have mentioned. Although it is not life threatening, we will do well to leave ourselves in our Pappa God's hands, asking Him to glorify His name! Not always easy though, don't you think.<br />Blessings from Michelle's.<br />MiaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765891733244054084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-44802057261374802792013-05-27T11:45:03.308-07:002013-05-27T11:45:03.308-07:00Sounds like this fine man is still with you all to...Sounds like this fine man is still with you all to care for and love. No war is pretty, but that one, at the crossroads of an era of whole new kinds of suffering, was particularly hard hit. Those men (and they were almost all men, then. Women hadn't much yet sought out that particular kind of pain) came back having to hide from the ones they most needed to put strong arms around them. And many still feel the lack of that desertion. Sounds like yours did not. God bless you all this day for the fight you surely are still fighting.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-48472936804356286222013-05-27T09:24:01.839-07:002013-05-27T09:24:01.839-07:00My MIL's husband is a disabled Viet Nam vetera...My MIL's husband is a disabled Viet Nam veteran. He was a sergeant, got shot, went to the hospital, and went back into combat. Then there was a landmine with part of his name on it. He lost both legs to the hip, one arm and several fingers on the remaining hand. And still he fired to protect his comrades. He came back to "the world", got two Master's Degrees and worked for the DAV for years.<br /><br />MIL says they don't count "that day" as the day he was grievously injured, but as the day he could have died...but didn't. God has a purpose for each one of us.<br /><br />Thank you for this moving tribute to the men and women who are protecting our freedoms.LuAnn @ BackPorchervationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775630749079885915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-19059156862374645772013-05-27T07:03:44.953-07:002013-05-27T07:03:44.953-07:00There's only so much that those of us who have...There's only so much that those of us who have never had to fight can understand. I don't know what else we can do but love them as best we can and pray...JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-317959370766077002013-05-27T06:42:52.712-07:002013-05-27T06:42:52.712-07:00Great encouragement for those of us who love men a...Great encouragement for those of us who love men and women who protect our freedoms. When my kids are deployed, hanging on to God and his word are what keeps me going!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-9491491263472113402013-05-27T06:23:57.372-07:002013-05-27T06:23:57.372-07:00My husband is a Viet Vet, too, and it is only now,...My husband is a Viet Vet, too, and it is only now, after more than 40 years, that he is able by the grace of God, to really process. It has been a long road.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-81188813207330024962013-05-26T16:54:41.408-07:002013-05-26T16:54:41.408-07:00Absolutely - because in all these things, we are m...Absolutely - because in all these things, we are more than conquerors!Covenant Grace https://www.blogger.com/profile/05121575310182113619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-10324373392278956632013-05-26T13:55:45.723-07:002013-05-26T13:55:45.723-07:00Insightful and profound. God's Word says it a...Insightful and profound. God's Word says it all and He is Who we MUST hold on to at the break of each day. No, I have not had to go into this battleground, but am married to a Vietnam Vet who is sharing with me now. I am the daughter of a Navy doctor who cared for many in the south Pacific during WWII. War is tough. I cannot imagine how the day begins and ends, if indeed it does, for all who serve. Thank you for bringing this Memorial Day into my view from a different angle. I truly appreciate it. <br />Caring through Christ, ~ linda @ Being Woven http://beingwoven.org/2013/05/25/in-honor-and-respect/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-46132922214176658542013-05-26T07:38:56.005-07:002013-05-26T07:38:56.005-07:00They are, and sometimes that fight is surrounded b...They are, and sometimes that fight is surrounded by the brokenness that comes from a physical fight, as well. It is that physical part, I think, that we celebrate on memorial day.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-1050582783936015022013-05-26T07:37:21.745-07:002013-05-26T07:37:21.745-07:00These memorial and veterans' day holiday bring...These memorial and veterans' day holiday bring poignant times of remembrance for my husband, and I taste again what soldiers must endure. There are no words for it.JoAnne Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736685999963791015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-12740553016421436922013-05-25T18:17:20.740-07:002013-05-25T18:17:20.740-07:00Thank you for sharing at the hop xoThank you for sharing at the hop xoKatherines Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490354550754091626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-5387796721661971812013-05-25T11:33:20.297-07:002013-05-25T11:33:20.297-07:00Joanne, the Psalm 35 verse, 'say to my soul......Joanne, the Psalm 35 verse, 'say to my soul...' really spoke to me. Our souls (the selves/personalities inside us) are the places we fight, I think. Great analogy.Jody Lee Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017263035298663701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162883238388829088.post-56949677831514730002013-05-25T10:26:13.584-07:002013-05-25T10:26:13.584-07:00What an awesome post! I too cannot imagine the ha...What an awesome post! I too cannot imagine the hardships and sacrifices our soldiers endure. Most of my pain has been emotional and boy, do I reach out to Him in those moments! Thank you so much for writing and sharing this!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588709980154154097noreply@blogger.com