tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.comments2023-06-29T03:16:09.145-07:00The Virtual AbbessAbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comBlogger682125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-21084796487433370852015-04-18T02:28:16.476-07:002015-04-18T02:28:16.476-07:00Thank you, friend! ;^)Thank you, friend! ;^)AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-45193837689970350932015-04-17T23:34:04.403-07:002015-04-17T23:34:04.403-07:00Lovely thoughtful post Peggy!Lovely thoughtful post Peggy!Janet Woodlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819278046170432541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-50707741672768639532015-01-02T14:36:53.294-08:002015-01-02T14:36:53.294-08:00Thank you for visiting, Rebecca, and for your enco...Thank you for visiting, Rebecca, and for your encouragement. I find that this journey brings many unexpected companions...and I am glad of your company! Be blessed....AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-43098065342523547632015-01-02T04:32:14.312-08:002015-01-02T04:32:14.312-08:00How I needed the encouragement of your witness! ...How I needed the encouragement of your witness! I heard a radio pastor during the night (last) drawing a lesson from Nehemiah. Two points were #1 Fight, fight, fight. And #2, Don't fight alone.<br /><br />I, too, too have been preserved! Your company in persevering is much needed and appreciated.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-90164159132651311972014-12-17T17:21:22.146-08:002014-12-17T17:21:22.146-08:00Thanks for your thoughtful and gentle post, Peggy....Thanks for your thoughtful and gentle post, Peggy. I'm reminded of a couple of quotes.<br /><br />On the topic of domination and vulnerability, a long-ago college friend said, "Manipulators and martyrs go together in matched pairs." I think the search for understanding the many dynamics of what leads to a dominator and to a victim has become more prominent in the past few years in brad/futuristguyhttp://futuristguy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-26142230373360389522014-12-14T19:53:42.688-08:002014-12-14T19:53:42.688-08:00Thanks for reading and commenting, bro. Although ...Thanks for reading and commenting, bro. Although I have come to move away from a focus on the human heart as evil...and looking more through the eyes of God -- Father, Son and Spirit -- who love me fully with an everlasting love, and call me beautiful names because of what Jesus has accomplished on behalf of all humanity, indeed, all creation.<br /><br />I think "depravity" talk comesAbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-57452129840732776762014-12-13T05:50:28.845-08:002014-12-13T05:50:28.845-08:00Good stuff and, like you said, so often missing in...Good stuff and, like you said, so often missing in any discussion of spiritual growth. Instead, what we hear is "read the Bible and pray more." But every recovering addict or sinner (so everyone?) will recognize the truth of Jeremiah 17:9 -- "The heart is deceitful above all things . . . " C.S. Lewis makes clear in "The Problem of Pain" that we are more evil than T. Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-15560933154885614602014-12-07T00:13:02.277-08:002014-12-07T00:13:02.277-08:00Take a look at this from last Advent: http://abis...Take a look at this from last Advent: http://abisomeone.blogspot.com/2013/12/abi-has-finally-come-home-for-christmas.html<br /><br />...you can see that there has been a lot of sinking in needed from last year's post. It never ceases to amaze me how hard it seems to be for our deepest maps to be redrawn.<br /><br />Perhaps I needed my brain and body remapped before this deeper soul map couldAbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-883413592774159452014-11-19T21:42:15.639-08:002014-11-19T21:42:15.639-08:00Thank you for reading and taking the time to comme...Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment. It is so good to know we are not alone, eh? May we each continue to find hope and courage as we journey together. Be blessed!AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-44542131130249993492014-11-19T20:43:14.737-08:002014-11-19T20:43:14.737-08:00Abi your post is filled with wisdom and truth. I ...Abi your post is filled with wisdom and truth. I know exactly what you are talking about. I have lived through the process you have so carefully and thoughtfully described. Thank you for writing this. You are right on. Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-47083586466636694592014-11-19T18:56:40.800-08:002014-11-19T18:56:40.800-08:00Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment....Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I hope your thoughts are well nourished and you will find yourself strengthened. :^)AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-83044356431961183242014-11-19T18:39:47.450-08:002014-11-19T18:39:47.450-08:00I think that the root of spiritual abuse stems fro...I think that the root of spiritual abuse stems from confusion...<br />wow, this is food for thought. Thanks.The Davenportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274378193721336952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-28802511501771392462014-08-05T20:22:14.415-07:002014-08-05T20:22:14.415-07:00Hello, Abi! Mike Morrell asked me to contact you b...Hello, Abi! Mike Morrell asked me to contact you because he really appreciates your blog and thinks you'd be an excellent candidate for his Speakeasy Blogger Network. Do you like to review off-the-beaten path faith, spirituality, and culture books? Speakeasy puts interesting books in your hands at no charge to you. You only get books when you request them, and it's free to join. Sign up Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108826959433644724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-83940309486904688042014-06-20T00:11:55.380-07:002014-06-20T00:11:55.380-07:00Thank you, Carol, for reading and for your graciou...Thank you, Carol, for reading and for your gracious comment and blessing. Amen....AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-85614719878581914692014-06-19T18:20:31.964-07:002014-06-19T18:20:31.964-07:00Regret is always just a breath away - and your sto...Regret is always just a breath away - and your story is a reminder of how much brokenness we carry with us. Yet every painful shard of the past can be an occasion of healing for those around us as God surrounds them - and us - with his grace. Thank you for sharing your struggle. May God bless you and your family with his strength and joy. Carol Kuniholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879986784917679271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-45280689207366220282014-06-18T10:27:46.490-07:002014-06-18T10:27:46.490-07:00Thank you for visiting ... may your day be blessed...Thank you for visiting ... may your day be blessed with no thoughts of wanting to turn back time! ;)AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-59558467811702340342014-06-18T10:26:21.671-07:002014-06-18T10:26:21.671-07:00Oh, Jeremy...I am so sorry to bring up that memory...Oh, Jeremy...I am so sorry to bring up that memory for you, brother. :( As terrible as it is to have a wounded mother, the loss of a father is beyond imagining. I am so very sorry for your loss.<br /><br />It is such a comfort for us to know that our heavenly Father can never be taken from us and that he is always at work making glorious things out of the disasters in our lives!<br /><br />Be AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-4202969164440217782014-06-18T08:37:05.403-07:002014-06-18T08:37:05.403-07:00What a story! When things like this happen, it...What a story! When things like this happen, it's so easy to spend/waste energy wondering how things would be if just that one little piece had been different. I, too, look forward to the day when the Lord restores what the locusts have eaten! Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564579574880613689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-69724148053788620302014-06-17T21:25:23.878-07:002014-06-17T21:25:23.878-07:00Oh my. What a story. I am so sorry that happened t...Oh my. What a story. I am so sorry that happened to you. <br /><br />When I was two, I was in a similar accident. A semi ran over our car. My brother was thrown through the windshield (but he lived). My father died. <br /><br />As you say, there is no magic wand that can turn back time, and as you point out at the beginning of your post, even if we could turn it back, we might not want to... <br Jeremy Myershttp://www.tillhecomes.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-81621965674897256682014-04-28T17:16:16.181-07:002014-04-28T17:16:16.181-07:00You are kind and I'm better because of your en...You are kind and I'm better because of your encouragement! :^)AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-70479616410183134452014-04-28T14:19:13.778-07:002014-04-28T14:19:13.778-07:00You are wise and I'm better because you are wi...You are wise and I'm better because you are willing to share your wisdom! Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460971267048638389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-12968785845553992372014-03-20T11:49:51.740-07:002014-03-20T11:49:51.740-07:00You're welcome! And I will be saying many more...You're welcome! And I will be saying many more good things about your sweet book soon...it is currently on sale at Amazon! :)<br /><br />Believing with you for healing....<br /><br />XXX to you from afar!AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-48168629457102105072014-03-20T07:26:33.998-07:002014-03-20T07:26:33.998-07:00:0) Thank you for saying such nice things about m...:0) Thank you for saying such nice things about my Lent book! xx<br />That really was a corker of a mischief you did to your leg! My word! May it all be healed, every little bit seen and unseen xxxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-46101165107919845942013-12-27T12:48:07.282-08:002013-12-27T12:48:07.282-08:00Thank you...I was thinking of you when typing that...Thank you...I was thinking of you when typing that last sentence! :-)AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-82573110135374788162013-12-27T08:11:53.710-08:002013-12-27T08:11:53.710-08:00May 2014 be a good year, when life resolves into p...May 2014 be a good year, when life resolves into patterns of purpose and peace. xxxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.com