Comments on: silver lining

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:26:42 +0000

My Silver Lining: Hope.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:24:04 +0000

That He’s not done with me yet!

By: Liza Tucker

Liza Tucker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:19:05 +0000

Carol Anne, I would love to have some of your ideas for your Advent calendar. I love that you are filling their eternal sides versus just their human sides. This is the first year I am trying to do Advent and I think I’ve made it WAY too hard (an activity every evening). Like I said, I would love your ideas and thoughts.

Marla, my silver lining is that although I have three kids under five that have this dag-blasted thing called a sin nature, they love each other so much As soon as her 7-week old brother starts to cry, my two year old instantly brings him her three most prized possessions.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:08:26 +0000

That was a really good message, thank you. My silver lining is God’s grace. I’ve been praying that I could forgive, and I finally have. Praise!

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:05:12 +0000

We are making a third less than what we did two years ago. It gets worse every day. Instead of filling the little doors in my girls’ Advent calendar with little trinkets (Christmas bracelets, smal toys, etc.) I fill them with a card describing a piece of their Nativity and they go on a hunt. When the piece is found, they also find a printed note with the corresponding Bible passage of the day in Advent. Along with it, I explain various things (what a manger is, what it would be like to see an angel come out of Heaven, etc.) and remind the girls to remember throughout their day, what Advent is really about. They are having fun with it and my oldest wants to make an Advent book with hers. My silver lining is that we are spending way less money and we are really focusing on our spirituality. It was hard initially not to shop for them or pick up little baubles when I would see them. But now, it is so much more rewarding to sit down each night and reflect upon what I want to teach them the next day. Sorry for being so wordy….

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:56:59 +0000

Beautiful post.

The silver lining today? My kids clingy-mommy-mommy-mommy-I-need-you-now-now-now might drive me bonkers but it means that we have a special mother-child bond.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:30 +0000

Your optimism, and your honesty about not always being that way, is so encouraging to me. My silver lining is that tomorrow is a new day!

By: Marla Taviano

Marla Taviano — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:29:03 +0000

Janelle–so thrilling!
Kelli–praying!
Gail–you’re beautiful.
Krysten–I’ll bet your family is eating this up!

By: Krysten

Krysten — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:22:47 +0000

I was in a car accident that has prevented me from being able to work for the past two months and I won’t be able to work for the next two months. My silver linning is that being unable to work has provided me more time to spend with husband and family.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:13:49 +0000

I think I did a similar kind of survey while student teaching. (The high school juniors I taught were not as enamored by my face.) But I totally get what you’re saying about our tendency to overlook the positives.

In my life, I have a particular spiritual battle regarding obedience with food, not letting it be an idol. It is a painful area of my life, and God has used it mightily to bless me as I minister to others and to teach me about His unfailing love. I may hate my pants size, but I love my God.