tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post111369769005149247..comments2023-10-17T07:34:35.780-05:00Comments on Pearls and Dreams: A Swamp Plant & A CactusDreaming againhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717590226520457326noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post-1114144514962684082005-04-21T23:35:00.000-05:002005-04-21T23:35:00.000-05:00True, Peggy...you know I do not know how anyone ma...True, Peggy...you know I do not know how anyone makes it without a wonderful Messiah such as we have to help us! The hardest part is to watch your children or grandchildren suffer and not be able to do much about it! But I cling to the fact that the trials of this journey will be lost in the joys of THE FEAST, yet to come. And something Max Lucado said really helps me too: "There are certain passions only learned by pain. And there are times when God, knowing that, allows us to endure the pain for the sake of the song." May we ever be singing! And there is a worse pain than the ones above...that of having a child reject God and that has happened to us...is happening to us! But yes, we too cling to the promise that He will restore what the locusts have stolen...and it may not be very far off either from the looks of things continually happening these days...<BR/>ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post-1113788993727251452005-04-17T20:49:00.000-05:002005-04-17T20:49:00.000-05:00how blessed they are that have to be their gardene...how blessed they are that have to be their gardener!daisymariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335423179107661562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post-1113785465401185662005-04-17T19:51:00.000-05:002005-04-17T19:51:00.000-05:00OMG, girl... Bless you as you raise those two beau...OMG, girl... <BR/><BR/>Bless you as you raise those two beautiful children of the King!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979627849688965995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post-1113760602018565742005-04-17T12:56:00.000-05:002005-04-17T12:56:00.000-05:00Your sons are lucky to have such a great mom! I ...Your sons are lucky to have such a great mom! I think u missed your true calling as a child psychologist. <BR/>By the way, could u help my son out with his........lol<BR/>LoriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post-1113748026898653702005-04-17T09:27:00.000-05:002005-04-17T09:27:00.000-05:00Bronwyn ... I cheat in the stepping back and analy...Bronwyn ... I cheat in the stepping back and analyzing ... my dad taught in special ed for 42 years, my mom for 25. <BR/>I was a special education major when I did go to college ... only educational classes I actually got to take were psych classes (If I were to go back, I'd probably go into a psych field). <BR/><BR/>Plus, he's had a great team of speach therapist, occupational therapist, behavioral psychologists, pediatric neurologists, physical therapists, developmental pediatricians that have helped me to figure Benjamin out, then watching Samuel and realizing he's just the opposite, just took the same principals they helped me to take apart Bj's behavior ...and viola ... I had Samuel's taken apart too! <BR/><BR/>It doesn't hurt that I find human behavior facinating and I have a very weird sense of humor. <BR/><BR/>Elizabeth, I do have my hands full. Life is never boring. But ... aren't the joys more intense when you understand what true sorrow is? There are times that I think I would trade all of this in a heart beat ... and then when I experience something like the day Benjamin read one of my poems in front of his class for the first time ... the joy and the pride ...something that most parents never get to experience in that intensity ... i'm not sure ... <BR/>I don't like the suffering, that's for sure. But God promised to restore the years the loctust have stolen .. and I have seen him do that over and over and over and over and over and over again. The joy and rewards far outweigh the sorrow and cost.Dreaming againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717590226520457326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988655.post-1113747337299266202005-04-17T09:15:00.000-05:002005-04-17T09:15:00.000-05:00My, you have your hands full! Thanks for describi...My, you have your hands full! Thanks for describing things so well. Our little grandson has a whole basket of physical problems which is yet being investigated. Life is never easy for some! Blessings to you in this path. I have often thought of Job (yea, we have some challenges in this household too) and what he said: "Even if HE slays me, I will still trust in HIM"! God is looking for those who will follow HIM, no matter the cost! And sometimes that cost is health problems.<BR/>ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com