Struggling, schmuggling...
Everywhere I go, young people talk to me about how they're struggling with this and that.
"I mean, I'm just really struggling, you know--just really, really struggling."
Sometimes "struggling" is a nice word for "postponed obedience".
- Elizabeth Elliot, in a speech, about 20 years ago (I wasn't there)
A friend mentioned having heard this on a podcast recently and it cuts right through the crap, doesn't it?
posted by Lorie @ 1:44 PM
13 Comments:
Yeah. Unfortunately I know a little something about postponed obedience. That's a very perceptive way to put it.
Amen. I was going through a "struggling time" about 2 years ago. I was spilling everything to an older sister of faith. Her answer to me was not an "I know" or "I can see how that is hard" or "Don't worry it will works it way out" which would have left me feeling better about myself. Instead she told me... "Sometimes God turns up the pressure in order to find out whats inside." That was what my soul needed to face my sin head on.
Heck yes! That's amazing.
Sista...bring it...
Absolutely...I wish I had the courage to speak that bluntly to the ones I love the most. But fear of hurting them or pushing them away has recently deflated any courage I might have had. I have tried the "nice ways", the understanding comments...
okay, convicted!!! Great quote!!
sure does!
Wow-this is a great quote, Lorie! It sure does cut through the crap...I think I need to write this out and keep it close.
I miss you!
NIKKI!!! Congrats, married woman. :) I heard it was be-you-tiful. I keep checking your blog to see if there's any new news, so I'm glad to see you're back. Email me! We miss you!
Tatom! You come on King's blog an not mine. I see how it is. An I didn't git no weddin' invitation either. Maybe you don't WANT all those carrots I got you an your'n fer establishin' yer life together.
If that don't beat all.
I thought this commetn was a tad bit harsh, but I still can see where it is coming from. Does give ya something to look at.
I have not posted on here in SOOOO long. Lorie, good food for thought.
Glad to have you back. :)
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