tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post8936807042622657048..comments2023-11-26T09:28:37.701-08:00Comments on Abiding Love, Abounding Grace: When Excuses Fade Away and Truth Takes Over... a Five Minute Friday post.~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-38784626212911963042017-11-21T07:40:12.312-08:002017-11-21T07:40:12.312-08:00I shared but I need to re-read!!! Excuses, right?I shared but I need to re-read!!! Excuses, right?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364430951695372897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-50627784526452934332017-11-20T14:15:24.482-08:002017-11-20T14:15:24.482-08:00Oh brother, it does my heart good to see you here!...Oh brother, it does my heart good to see you here! You are so right ... forgiveness is up to me... reconciliation is up to us.~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-91742127148273610962017-11-20T14:14:44.378-08:002017-11-20T14:14:44.378-08:00Thanks so much! Happy to have you stop by, Paula!Thanks so much! Happy to have you stop by, Paula!~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-82279691385860516972017-11-20T14:14:24.298-08:002017-11-20T14:14:24.298-08:00He alone is trustworthy with our whole hearts... e...He alone is trustworthy with our whole hearts... even the busted up and bruised parts! Thanks so much for stopping by, Bettie! ~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-71572395816206069482017-11-19T22:14:58.097-08:002017-11-19T22:14:58.097-08:00Love this karrilee. Indeed yes, forgiveness and re...Love this karrilee. Indeed yes, forgiveness and reconciliation are not the same.<br /><br />For me, forgiveness is one-sided...I can forgive those who would still try to destroy me.<br /> <br />Reconciliation takes two. A bit harder to arrange, that.<br /><br />#1 at FMF this week.<br /><br />https://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2017/11/your-dying-spouse-406-precious.htmlAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-12738563275093882792017-11-19T18:25:15.585-08:002017-11-19T18:25:15.585-08:00Lots of food for thought here. Thanks!Lots of food for thought here. Thanks!Paula Kigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627600101739835713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-48170981383384632772017-11-18T20:46:37.033-08:002017-11-18T20:46:37.033-08:00I am so thankful that we can trust our hearts with...I am so thankful that we can trust our hearts with Jesus. He does know what He's doing, even when it makes no sense to me. And when I have given my heart over to Him? Well,His heart of forgiveness has taken me to places I wouldn't have gone on my own! Blessings to you! BettieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184677704960428160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-13728896761210692252017-11-18T15:03:21.561-08:002017-11-18T15:03:21.561-08:00Right? It feels easier to choose to forgive over a...Right? It feels easier to choose to forgive over and over, rather than to do the hard work of WITH... of Reconciliation, where we actually talk about the hurts that caused us to have to choose to forgive in the first place. It feels easier... but in the long run, it's not.<br /><br />Harmony... Friendship... Consistency. These will become my new mantra when I, too, find myself chewing on old hurts!<br /><br />xoxo~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-52228026841034100322017-11-18T14:40:37.249-08:002017-11-18T14:40:37.249-08:00"What we should long for is harmony, is frien..."What we should long for is harmony, is friendship, is consistency in our connection."<br /><br />Mmmmm. I think that, sometimes, I do long for this, but I'm afraid I won't get it, so I keep the walls up. I keep chewing on the old hurts, because if the old hurts are still fresh, then new ones can't blindside me. <br /><br />Going to be thinking on this one for awhile.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280944336944538944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-33985133451735520702017-11-18T14:14:22.088-08:002017-11-18T14:14:22.088-08:00I just KNEW you would get it! xoxoI just KNEW you would get it! xoxo~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-54258537879562092642017-11-18T13:22:52.184-08:002017-11-18T13:22:52.184-08:00We are Christ's living kintsugi!We are Christ's living kintsugi!Tara Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619365758739247929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-72669993657585714962017-11-18T11:03:54.652-08:002017-11-18T11:03:54.652-08:00Amen, Jim! Two books that have made this (at leas...Amen, Jim! Two books that have made this (at least the forgiveness part) easier for me are Unoffendable by Brant Hansen and an older book called Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness by Jerry Cook and Stanley Baldwin. I highly recommend them both!<br /><br />Praying for you! Thanks so much for stopping by!~Karrilee~ from Abiding Love, Abounding Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698176066735604032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687432.post-71588548232115014802017-11-18T10:02:22.868-08:002017-11-18T10:02:22.868-08:00Forgiveness is hard. It's something I've...Forgiveness is hard. It's something I've struggled with over the last decade. Let us pray for each other.<br /><br />---your Facebook FMF neighbor :)Jim Hugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511601437999143700noreply@blogger.com