Comments on: Bad Stories http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:56:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nancy Ann http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-347369 Nancy Ann Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:19:20 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-347369 Valerie, sometimes you have to be your very own Marshwiggle and stomp, stomp, stomp. When Puddleglum did the stomping, he didn't see what good it would do in the end; he was just acting in obedience. One way to stomp it out is to get out two sheets of paper. On one, write all your blessings. On the other, list your troubles. Valerie, sometimes you have to be your very own Marshwiggle and stomp, stomp, stomp. When Puddleglum did the stomping, he didn’t see what good it would do in the end; he was just acting in obedience. One way to stomp it out is to get out two sheets of paper. On one, write all your blessings. On the other, list your troubles.

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-347368 Valerie (Kyriosity) Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:40:42 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-347368 Revisiting this one after a while. I'm still not very good at putting it into practice. I think my trouble is that I can't seem to remember enough good stories, and the ones I know just aren't as loud as the bad stories are. When everything goes black in my mind, and stays that way for a long stretch, it's even harder to muster enough faith that there is light and to encourage myself to rejoice in the light in any kind of meaningful way. I need a Puddleglum to come along and stamp out the witch's deceiving fire, but there seems to be a severe shortage of Marshwiggles in our world. Revisiting this one after a while. I’m still not very good at putting it into practice. I think my trouble is that I can’t seem to remember enough good stories, and the ones I know just aren’t as loud as the bad stories are. When everything goes black in my mind, and stays that way for a long stretch, it’s even harder to muster enough faith that there is light and to encourage myself to rejoice in the light in any kind of meaningful way. I need a Puddleglum to come along and stamp out the witch’s deceiving fire, but there seems to be a severe shortage of Marshwiggles in our world.

]]> By: Nancy Ann http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-332426 Nancy Ann Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:50:51 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-332426 Mary, Of course you may copy this and use it any way you would like. Thank you for checking first. Blessings, Nancy Mary,
Of course you may copy this and use it any way you would like. Thank you for checking first.
Blessings,
Nancy

]]> By: Mary http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-332413 Mary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:56:34 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-332413 Mrs. Wilson, I would like to print this post and give it to the ladies at our church as it is something I know I struggle with and I am sure everyone does to some degree. Is this okay with you? Do you have a policy regarding the copying of your material? Thank you so much for sharing with us what God has taught you. Mrs. Wilson, I would like to print this post and give it to the ladies at our church as it is something I know I struggle with and I am sure everyone does to some degree. Is this okay with you? Do you have a policy regarding the copying of your material?

Thank you so much for sharing with us what God has taught you.

]]> By: Kerri http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331737 Kerri Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:55:15 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331737 True story today at 3:40pm: So, I was mowing the lawn & taking care of the leaves by myself, AGAIN, while hubby was off working. I was feeling very sorry for myself, thinking about all that I do for the kids, my man, the house, the yard, blah blah blah....my story took me from "happy warm day to enjoy" to "my life is falling apart" in about 2 minutes. I prayed hard for a moment, realizing that my mental car was soon going to crash. Instead of entering the bathroom turn on the hoses full blast, I decided to keep praying and look for something encouraging to read on your blog and voila, I came across this post in the nick of time! Were you spying on me or what? :) Praise the Lord He used you to help this story have a happy ending! True story today at 3:40pm:
So, I was mowing the lawn & taking care of the leaves by myself, AGAIN, while hubby was off working. I was feeling very sorry for myself, thinking about all that I do for the kids, my man, the house, the yard, blah blah blah….my story took me from “happy warm day to enjoy” to “my life is falling apart” in about 2 minutes.
I prayed hard for a moment, realizing that my mental car was soon going to crash. Instead of entering the bathroom turn on the hoses full blast, I decided to keep praying and look for something encouraging to read on your blog and voila, I came across this post in the nick of time! Were you spying on me or what? :) Praise the Lord He used you to help this story have a happy ending!

]]> By: Amy http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331278 Amy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:31:37 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331278 I just read my little girl a Pooh book last night called "Oh Bother, Somebody's Grumpy!" It dealt with this very thing & how they broke the grumpy/negative cycle by being cheerful. It was nice to read about this topic today--on a grown-up level & from a Christian perspective. Thanks! :-) I just read my little girl a Pooh book last night called “Oh Bother, Somebody’s Grumpy!” It dealt with this very thing & how they broke the grumpy/negative cycle by being cheerful. It was nice to read about this topic today–on a grown-up level & from a Christian perspective. Thanks! :-)

]]> By: Amanda http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331240 Amanda Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:25 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331240 Thanks. I have been thinking about this A LOT recently. A wise woman once taught me that the inventive stories I created in my mind which led to me being victimized, abused, mistreated, etc. could be termed "vain imaginations". I learned to deal with them as the Bible says: to cast them out, just as you have poetically put it! Thanks for this! Thanks. I have been thinking about this A LOT recently. A wise woman once taught me that the inventive stories I created in my mind which led to me being victimized, abused, mistreated, etc. could be termed “vain imaginations”. I learned to deal with them as the Bible says: to cast them out, just as you have poetically put it! Thanks for this!

]]> By: Kate http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331051 Kate Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:38:51 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-331051 Absolutely wonderful post, Mrs. Wilson. Thank you so much for taking the time to say so eloquently what we need to hear. Absolutely wonderful post, Mrs. Wilson. Thank you so much for taking the time to say so eloquently what we need to hear.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-330986 Jennifer Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34:09 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-330986 Thank you so much for this post. Thank you so much for this post.

]]> By: julie beth http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-330980 julie beth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:57 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/11/05/bad-stories/#comment-330980 Thanks for this post. Very convicting. Thanks for this post. Very convicting.

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