tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post1085143445175998037..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: Closing the gapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-10330810065190199772010-12-06T22:32:10.338+00:002010-12-06T22:32:10.338+00:00Hi Cora :0) Waving!Hi Cora :0) Waving!Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-85430822794770682802010-12-06T19:47:40.169+00:002010-12-06T19:47:40.169+00:00I have a hard time being completely transparent on...I have a hard time being completely transparent only because not too many take kindly to who/what I *really* am. I try my best to be kind, open minded, honest, to let the Light shine through in my actions and words. <br /><br />I *adore* Cicero and much enjoy the quote you shared. I wish more people would read him. Perhaps then it wouldn't be so hard for some us to be transparent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-30238553316487972552010-12-06T12:53:05.227+00:002010-12-06T12:53:05.227+00:00Ganeida, I'm very interested in your comment, ...Ganeida, I'm very interested in your comment, "We shine what light we have as it is revealed to us." <br />That has echoes for me of the insistence in the gospels (especially Mark & John) of the importance of seeing (the Light). Our progress is led by our visio is what they teach. The importance of keeping one's eye on the ball. x<br /><br /><br />Hi tisagifttoreceive! For me, the chances of getting it right any of the time are maximised by maintaining a discipline of simplicity, so I give myself the space I need to make considered choices. x<br /><br />Hi Julie :0)<br />When I was a child, my granny had a prism. I loved it, and spent ages holding it up to the light, turning it this way and that, my soul fed by its rainbows. When she died, I was asked if I wanted anything of hers, and I asked for the prism. By that time I had young children oof my own. We kept the prism on top of the piano, and within a week or two one of them had got it down to look at, and dropped and broken it. I feel that the soul within me is something like that. There is an aspect which *is* faithful and therefore clear and beautiful, and another aspect which is clumsy and breaks things and ruins what was clear and beautiful. Like all of us I guess. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-5454839446555932372010-12-06T10:33:57.639+00:002010-12-06T10:33:57.639+00:00I have seen His Light shining through that precise...I have seen His Light shining through that precisely cut crystal that is Ember. And am very thankful...Julie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14372718712032820169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-72886189584491566132010-12-06T09:53:49.512+00:002010-12-06T09:53:49.512+00:00Transparency. Honesty. I grapple with this all the...Transparency. Honesty. I grapple with this all the time because I value truth, clarity, honesty. I don't have time to put up with plastic, sculpted relationships and words. <br />But how to juxtapose this with modesty, restraint, gentleness, esp. being God's woman AND a writer? Like you, I don't want to let it all hang out. <br />I claim James 1 and 3 as my guide--that teachers will be judged more strictly but God will give wisdom when we ask. Beyond this, I have no answers! Thanks for your honesty here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-27722174407675813952010-12-06T01:39:01.341+00:002010-12-06T01:39:01.341+00:00Ember: I think we, all who are Christ's, striv...Ember: I think we, all who are Christ's, strive for that transpency, living our lives in such a way that no man can condem us while acknowledging we are still sinners in need of grace. What is true & beautiful & good is still true & beautiful & good however ugly I may become. We shine what light we have as it is revealed to us & trust God for the rest. Bless you for shining so bright a light! ♥Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.com