Comments on: Tuesday November 29, 2005

By: TheSaltnLight

TheSaltnLight — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:12:00 +0000

People are interesting creatures………..I mourn for a friendship lost, butI wonder why it is so easy for ust to hold on to anger and bitterness….why do we love it’s company? When you feel wronged, when the cause can’t be undone, when there is no way for the problem to be made right completely what do you do? Why can’t I let go? Why can’t i forgive?

I’m struggling….

By: Czolya

Czolya — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:19:00 +0000

RYC: The picture with the pillar in it is from Istanbul. I was visiting the Sultan's palace that day. Here's a to some pictures on my site from Istanbul and the Palace. There are more, if you'd like to see them. Just look on the left-hand side of my site and you'll see Turkey Picture links.

Enjoy!

And best of luck with your MA!

By: kathrynxa

kathrynxa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:59:00 +0000

Great thoughts, beautifully written. I could not agree with you more. Well Done dear sweet Esther, well done.

By: lew829

lew829 — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:32:00 +0000

I sent you an e-mail. Enjoy! Haha… Tryin’ to check out your competition there, eh?

By: lew829

lew829 — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:59:00 +0000

Haha! My e-mail is lew829 at hotmail dot com or lwrigh27 at jhu dot edu. I look forward to the fun! Thanks!

By: osubeth

osubeth — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:55:00 +0000

renee and kathryn blogged a few days back about safe relationships. if we can’t make mistakes, hold grudges, repent, and forgive within the confines of our safe relationships, then they aren’t safe. a safe relationship doesn’t mean a perfect one. it just means an accepting one-where we work through the difficulties. this takes honest communication-this is where it tends to fall apart in my experience. it is hard to be honest because you don’t know what the response will be. a safe relationship will eventually work through the honest thoughts shared. an unsafe relationship is one where you pretend alot or where honesty never pays off. i so cherish my friendship with you. i would work through anything with you!

By: lew829

lew829 — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:04:00 +0000

Hey there! So Nick has created a banner. I was thinking about posting the two of them when finished and having people vote on them. Haha! You guys are so much fun! Xanga is such a fun yet unexpected place.

By: lucentblue

lucentblue — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:53:00 +0000

great post esther. even when those unhealthy relationships need to be released or mended, forgiveness is essential. it’s sometimes hard to get to a place where you can pray for and hope the best for a person from God’s heart. That’s one of my measuring sticks. ps – haveyou seen diary of a mad black woman?

By: Czolya

Czolya — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:47:00 +0000

You've written about something that is very important to all of us - forgiveness. I think a lot of people find reasons, worldly reasons not to forgive.

People wrong and wrong and we are suppose to forgive them? It seems to go against natural selection but if you think about it, ideally, it would benefit us all greatly.

What are you planning to study in graduate school?

By: KatieYG

KatieYG — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:14:00 +0000

Mmmmm…this is good stuff Esther. I really don’t see this as offensive at all–if anything, convicting. And I love it. Definitely makes me step back and re-evaluate all of my relationships that I’ve had. Thanks.