tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post4403717723518036841..comments2024-03-27T15:49:02.037-04:00Comments on Two Shades of Pink: You Know What Goes Well With Disappointment?Two Shades of Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449326595781439458noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-7469617254279767562010-03-13T10:47:35.969-05:002010-03-13T10:47:35.969-05:00Sooo??? Yes, no, maybe? Did you offer, will they t...Sooo??? Yes, no, maybe? Did you offer, will they take it? Just wondering :)Katharinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855516868480135076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-81007883965714722032010-03-11T15:25:22.000-05:002010-03-11T15:25:22.000-05:00Jess, I'm so sorry to hear this fell through. ...Jess, I'm so sorry to hear this fell through. God is preparing a place for so many of us in this crazy situation. It feels impossible sometimes to take what God gives and release what was never ours. Hang in there.Skookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561981284201416183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-44452746737477494412010-03-10T21:47:27.985-05:002010-03-10T21:47:27.985-05:00Oh Jess! This is like your IVF story! OMW. I am...Oh Jess! This is like your IVF story! OMW. I am so praying hard for you. Please give me specific prayers for you - specific. Please call me when you can!Beautiful Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381229135381200346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-5053830993488878112010-03-10T14:06:20.279-05:002010-03-10T14:06:20.279-05:00Well...you've slept on it. What did you decide...Well...you've slept on it. What did you decide? Did you make a new offer? Come on! You're killing me!3 Chicks and a Dudehttp://www.3chicksandadude.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-72230751664192342652010-03-10T01:32:52.846-05:002010-03-10T01:32:52.846-05:00What??? You have sneaky money??? Oh, this is so aw...What??? You have sneaky money??? Oh, this is so awesome. So......I am waiting.......Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000815937078399278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-80980672329742593152010-03-09T22:05:07.618-05:002010-03-09T22:05:07.618-05:00I so wish I could describe to all of you what your...I so wish I could describe to all of you what your comments have meant to me regarding this post. I had no idea God would use this to encourage some of you and I stand in awe of our Maker. God is so good, so mindful of us. And I just love all of you for your uplifting, empathetic, encouraging comments. And right now I am going to do something sneaky. I am going to see how many of you actually come back and read these. Because today we were offered some extra money by a family member to possibly come back and re-offer again. Not sure what they will do but what an amazing turn of events. Funny thing is...we are not sure if that is what God wants us to do. Praying for clarity on that one...love to all of you.Two Shades of Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449326595781439458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-9581898301813751392010-03-09T21:41:52.793-05:002010-03-09T21:41:52.793-05:00Oh my, Just like Marla above, I just finished writ...Oh my, Just like Marla above, I just finished writing this big long comment and when I clicked to publish, it got deleted. HAHAHA! OK, so just want you to know that your post put into words a lot of things I'm dealing with right now in my prayer life. Thanks for making it coherent. My prayers have been a lot different today - just asking God to renew an intimacy in my prayers to Him. And a whole lot fewer memos thrown His way. Anyway.. Thanks, Friend! I needed that. I love you and am praying for you and this house thing.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02594401190299002611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-7692933576805173682010-03-09T09:02:07.207-05:002010-03-09T09:02:07.207-05:00"Lean not on your own understanding...."..."Lean not on your own understanding...."Beautiful Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381229135381200346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-6993448632032466252010-03-09T00:05:30.582-05:002010-03-09T00:05:30.582-05:00i have the weirdest prayers too!
sometimes i think...i have the weirdest prayers too!<br />sometimes i think the Lord is like <br />"What!.. My poor little girl(as He pats my head).. you need extra help" lolFree Pretty Things For Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238222682565274049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-48076162566542431982010-03-08T23:11:57.050-05:002010-03-08T23:11:57.050-05:00You are a very, very good writer Jess.
Love you,...You are a very, very good writer Jess. <br />Love you,<br />Jenn N<br />xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-76054782175840332602010-03-08T22:40:35.313-05:002010-03-08T22:40:35.313-05:00thanks so much! this was so convicting and inspiri...thanks so much! this was so convicting and inspiring for my newest post! it is so neat to be learning in the Lord through strangers in blogger world!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910214667647805115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-37059428932643129972010-03-08T21:59:15.646-05:002010-03-08T21:59:15.646-05:00REJECTION IS GOD'S PROTECTION. I heard this on...REJECTION IS GOD'S PROTECTION. I heard this on the bonnie hunt show last week and I thought how true. Maybe it will help.franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830114531516782398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-83771958704603662172010-03-08T21:53:30.957-05:002010-03-08T21:53:30.957-05:00I still am a little amazed that I have been awake ...I still am a little amazed that I have been awake in the night praying for someone I have never met, who lives in another country and who I don't know, but I have! I know the disappointment of lost realestate, twice. :) I wish I had all the answers for you, but I do know this: Honesty is always best, God knows it anyway, none of this is new information for Him! Disappointment, sadness,.. and everything that comes with it, is normal and needs an outlet, and never, never means that you are faithless or sinful or wrong. And last...m&m's and icecream, are a wonderful combination-'nuff said! God is good always!~ Hang in there!Katharinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855516868480135076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-44786893590154803202010-03-08T19:28:19.740-05:002010-03-08T19:28:19.740-05:00ok...so the good thing is and i didn't want to...ok...so the good thing is and i didn't want to tell you is we are praying about selling our house! want it? really...it's a little farther north than everything we do and we have out grown it! it was a great starter, but we're praying that God might have something better for us out there. we'll let you find your's first though...and by the way...i'm hoping we're not the neighbor libbie was referring to.3 chicks and a dudehttp://www.3chicksandadude.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-15391354433277456882010-03-08T18:11:55.962-05:002010-03-08T18:11:55.962-05:00Thank you for this post. I needed chocolate and i...Thank you for this post. I needed chocolate and ice cream today too, but since we have none, I've used my toddler's Goldfish as a miserable substitute. I'm dealing with a huge disappointment right now, and I too need to be honest with God about my emotions and desires. I've given others this advice a dozen times, yet I can't seem to follow my own advice. It's time for some honest prayer. Thanks for the reminder!Gabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429881962286637130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-69137431203978432472010-03-08T18:03:23.697-05:002010-03-08T18:03:23.697-05:00I can't wait to see what His bigger and better...I can't wait to see what His bigger and better plan is...let's just hope it comes before we both eat pounds and pounds of M&M's. :)Jen@balancing Beautyand Bedlamhttp://www.beautyandbedlam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-44080308987204857912010-03-08T17:50:07.834-05:002010-03-08T17:50:07.834-05:00I wrote a big, long, comment full of my incredible...I wrote a big, long, comment full of my incredible wisdom and when I clicked "post comment", it vanished! I hate when God tells me to shut up already.<br /><br />Love you, Jess. I am praying for you!Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000815937078399278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-60917752380074479302010-03-08T17:43:34.919-05:002010-03-08T17:43:34.919-05:00oh goodness, you must be honest with your Father s...oh goodness, you must be honest with your Father since He knows your heart anyway. Sometimes we don't come around to wanting God's will right away. We fight it, but just like you still love your girlies when they fight you, oh how much more does God still love you Jessica! When we got our ugly ole farm, I was living in the house of my dreams, yes my dream house, we had just built! I pinched myself... 6 months into it, hubby wanted more room. I said I WILL NEVER LIVE IN THAT UGLY RUST HOUSE!! Well here I am, I fought it tooth and nail, but oh my, if I only would have known... how much I would love it here. But we are not meant to see the future or we would surely change it, and God already has it just right.. just pray for His will no matter what, I've learned I will never be happy unless I am in His will, even if it is not what I would choose.<br />Your poor realtor got sick too?<br />PrudyPrudencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022571627691517049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-56836896655215135902010-03-08T17:01:39.117-05:002010-03-08T17:01:39.117-05:00I am a firm believer that God doesnt mind one iota...I am a firm believer that God doesnt mind one iota if your upset with his decision to not give you this house. His feelings aren't hurt and he has created you in such a way that he knows your excited and hopeful and that your trying to work it out in your heart right now,,, but he created you knowing that you'll need time.<br /><br />Its not that something better may come,, its that something better WILL come.:)<br /><br />hugs<br />DDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724525798896434318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-43630875677861551212010-03-08T16:54:14.610-05:002010-03-08T16:54:14.610-05:00I am so, so sorry. I hate house hunting. I hate ...I am so, so sorry. I hate house hunting. I hate house SELLING even more, but house hunting is the worst. It truly turns me into a shallow mess of a human being because I stomp my feet and want homes that God doesn't want for me and I handle it far less gracefully than you just did.<br /><br />I love how honest you are in this-and you made me examine something about myself. Am I being honest with my King? Am I pretending with Him as well? <br /><br />I know that you know this and this is cliche...but there is a house out there for you. He has a plan and it is far better than you can imagine. Who knows, maybe that house had hidden mold. Or termites. :)Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853736729995601953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323297981944211492.post-49726401623983457402010-03-08T16:48:02.617-05:002010-03-08T16:48:02.617-05:00Well I heard the next door neighbors to that house...Well I heard the next door neighbors to that house are crazy maniacs so you are soo lucky you didn't get it...well not really but hoping that will make it a little easier. It is hard when our desires are different than God's plan...& maybe you will never even know why...maybe you will never even know that next month a pipe will burst & the whole house has to be redone but your trust in God is soooooo eveident & beautiful & Yeah...he knows you are sad, you're right no hiding it even if we say the right things. This post is a great reminder to me how to pray. I was just telling my small group from church that my prayer life seems so forced & dry lately & I am not sure how to fix it. But I think you are helping me with that...just be real...be "brutally honest"...talk to my best friend who knows me better than anyone...thank Jessica....you have hepled me today :) Oh & And I really can't believe you didn't even save me a bite of that ice cream :)Libbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707633636581398829noreply@blogger.com