tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post2463412731317915150..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: InnermostUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-41433135050402744332012-03-30T08:34:44.963+01:002012-03-30T08:34:44.963+01:00Ooh! Spooky coincidence of bible reading! That ad...Ooh! Spooky coincidence of bible reading! That added clarity to your thoughts!!Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-18850538161700283102012-03-30T08:32:34.276+01:002012-03-30T08:32:34.276+01:00Have I ever mentioned that a well meaning spiritua...Have I ever mentioned that a well meaning spiritual director (an elderly man) once told me that Christian women should wear make up and take great care with appearance. I am guessing this would include colouring your hair (mine is grey).It is their Christian duty. I had to tell him that a woman who does not wear make-up (me these days) has not let herself go - the same if she does not wear high heels. <br />And on this idea about inner and outer - a recent lectionary reading has me pondering...'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside may also be clean.' (Matthew 23:25,26)<br />Great post. Lots to consider. Asta xAsta Landerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198914250718518607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-4369010888372237062012-03-30T08:27:50.196+01:002012-03-30T08:27:50.196+01:00:0) Thank you JoAnn x:0) Thank you JoAnn xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-23648538062762771302012-03-29T22:41:42.930+01:002012-03-29T22:41:42.930+01:00Thank you!
A wonderful post filled with truth and...Thank you!<br /><br />A wonderful post filled with truth and light that deeply touched my soul.JoAnnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-84183130623250401632012-03-28T22:05:11.387+01:002012-03-28T22:05:11.387+01:00:0) Living at peace with ourselves - what a treat...:0) Living at peace with ourselves - what a treat!Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-42907446373525345732012-03-28T21:24:01.356+01:002012-03-28T21:24:01.356+01:00Thank you, Ember, for once again sorting my muddle...Thank you, Ember, for once again sorting my muddled thoughts into words. <br />The older I get the less I worry about what other people may think of the way I dress. My church friends good naturedly tease me because I walk to church wearing tatty (but comfortable) trainers with my long skirt, pulling behind me my woven willow basket on wheels containing my hymn book and shoes to change into, and teenage daughter would faint if she knew I sometimes nip to the shops wearing jeans with lots of home sewn patches! Hee hee!Hawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538563836252189874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-70148995085175866662012-03-28T21:16:43.006+01:002012-03-28T21:16:43.006+01:00This is all so... true. I'm just finding it ou...This is all so... true. I'm just finding it out myself after all these years of struggling. Your insight about the place inside where we touch the Holy Spirit is most helpful. Guilt that I am not meeting social norms is my worst enemy!! But holding out does, as you say, bring great contentment.<br />Thank you for sharing this with us.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778180450628355234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-67479286901657870102012-03-28T20:02:29.939+01:002012-03-28T20:02:29.939+01:00:0) Hello friends - thank you for your good thoug...:0) Hello friends - thank you for your good thoughts xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-89956582056402150562012-03-28T17:42:24.476+01:002012-03-28T17:42:24.476+01:00A few years ago when I was in debt and paying it o...A few years ago when I was in debt and paying it off through the Consumer Credit Counselling Service I couldn't afford to buy clothes. My wardrobe gradually whittled its way down to one skirt and 2 pairs of identical boots with holes in the toes and I realised something...we don't needs loads of clothes. I do have more T shirts than I need but I tend to keep the ones with marks on the front because I work at home and no-one sees me. I have 2 skirts that are reasonable and 2 that have holes in in weird places but that's fine and I don't wear either when my mother comes around :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-44969368873562348142012-03-28T17:20:57.548+01:002012-03-28T17:20:57.548+01:00Awesome! I completely resonate with all of this. ...Awesome! I completely resonate with all of this. That still small voice will speak God's perception to us -- that we are unique and meant to be what we have been created to be and not like anyone else. It is an interesting journey....AbiSomeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-28006593016870203352012-03-28T16:35:30.772+01:002012-03-28T16:35:30.772+01:00It seems strange that you should have managed to t...It seems strange that you should have managed to teach this so effectively without knowing it for yourself!Buzzfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907833292561328868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-49910502781580934432012-03-28T13:48:43.860+01:002012-03-28T13:48:43.860+01:00Yes. What I am enjoying is the sense of letting g...Yes. What I am enjoying is the sense of letting go of the sense of obligation to comply with any of the norms, and just be who I am.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-50492273277163878772012-03-28T13:43:47.224+01:002012-03-28T13:43:47.224+01:00I grew up Mennonite, but not dressing so plain. I...I grew up Mennonite, but not dressing so plain. I find the struggle to be more against the advertising culture than the social norms of the breathing people I've been around.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-49384625513162047802012-03-28T13:25:26.025+01:002012-03-28T13:25:26.025+01:00:0) Well, we do certainly seemed to have walked th...:0) Well, we do certainly seemed to have walked the same dusty track as each other!!Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-20454142740428408992012-03-28T12:19:51.469+01:002012-03-28T12:19:51.469+01:00Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Are you sure we ...Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!<br /><br />Are you sure we are not sisters? Now, at this moment, I am looking deep within myself and seeing myself from the inside out. Not what others want, or what others do, but what I want...what brings me joy!<br /><br />Clothing is so personal, so much a part of who I am, it has been a hard struggle to accept myself completely, freely. <br /><br />Our walk is so special, so unique to us, why do we want to look like everyone else?<br /><br />m.mariahttp://amomentinmyday.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-40909100851815024312012-03-28T10:54:51.776+01:002012-03-28T10:54:51.776+01:00Hi Daisyanon, hi Lynda -
Yeah, I'm in there s...Hi Daisyanon, hi Lynda -<br /><br />Yeah, I'm in there somewhere, with all those other people . . .<br /><br />;)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-63775275970797849422012-03-28T10:24:25.082+01:002012-03-28T10:24:25.082+01:00Wonderful post Ember!
I'm just coming out of ...Wonderful post Ember!<br /><br />I'm just coming out of the 'mennonite way'. Not their beliefs....mine still line up with theirs more than other denominations (at least at this stage), but their way of dress - cape dress and bonnet only - which I find too restrictive and do not agree is the only modest way to dress.<br /><br />I'm so glad you've found yourself :o) xxLyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372513528828334944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-29484944634166934692012-03-28T08:58:23.921+01:002012-03-28T08:58:23.921+01:00That's all very interesting Ember. I shall po...That's all very interesting Ember. I shall ponder that.DaisyAnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680034482022415405noreply@blogger.com