tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post3045257914508799753..comments2023-04-04T15:41:24.585-04:00Comments on Grace with Silk: How to Fill Your Life With Wonder & AweAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641003094865906821noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-35632617865502456822015-08-29T10:44:40.814-04:002015-08-29T10:44:40.814-04:00Sarah,
I'm with you! I thought maybe I could g...Sarah,<br />I'm with you! I thought maybe I could gain some skills in the art department but I'm pretty sure they're inborn! Keep encouraging your daughter to develop her art -- what a talent!Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-62469534538270765582015-08-29T10:43:26.119-04:002015-08-29T10:43:26.119-04:00Oh Linda! I love sharing my travel adventure with ...Oh Linda! I love sharing my travel adventure with you! I am so grateful to know your generous heart through your blog and experience your encouragement! Maybe one day our traveling paths will cross and we will get to meet! :)Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-55823478074993032122015-08-28T22:26:16.708-04:002015-08-28T22:26:16.708-04:00Truly, I am enjoying my travels with you, lovely l...Truly, I am enjoying my travels with you, lovely lady. You're opening my eyes, touching my heart, enlarging my vision.<br /><br />Thank you seems insufficient. But I know you hear what I'm saying.<br /><br />Hugs for your weekend's journeys ...Linda Stollhttp://www.lindastoll.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-61036629844332069382015-08-28T16:11:28.377-04:002015-08-28T16:11:28.377-04:00What an amazing sight that must have been! I am al...What an amazing sight that must have been! I am always awestruck when anyone can draw or paint. ;) My daughter thankfully takes after my sister in the art department!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-16997564109657848152015-08-27T15:52:29.053-04:002015-08-27T15:52:29.053-04:00It really was a once in a lifetime trip!It really was a once in a lifetime trip!Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-368275890601491842015-08-27T15:52:12.045-04:002015-08-27T15:52:12.045-04:00Trudy,
I only wish I could have taken a photo! But...Trudy,<br />I only wish I could have taken a photo! But I bought a bookmark, mug and postcard at the church's gift shop! I can drink my morning coffee looking at the painting now. :) Living in the ordinary is hard so much of the time so I'm trying to see it through a different perspective and I'm glad you're pondering these thoughts too, friend!Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-80733570540975747422015-08-27T12:52:40.855-04:002015-08-27T12:52:40.855-04:00When I first started reading this, I thought I can...When I first started reading this, I thought I can't wait to get to the picture she took of the painting. Then I read you weren't allowed to. But I can see how it was an awesome, memorable experience. This is such a heart-searching question that I need to open my heart up to - "What if this is the time is to develop the awe, the reverence for what God can do through something in your life that you once thought was mundane and ordinary?" Thank you, Valerie. Also for sharing your Italy pics. They really are amazing. I'm so happy you were able to go on that trip. :)<br />Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179372917600231306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-24403528376325617562015-08-27T11:21:56.727-04:002015-08-27T11:21:56.727-04:00A truly extraordinary trip A truly extraordinary trip Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-60308729705913291652015-08-27T10:08:58.839-04:002015-08-27T10:08:58.839-04:00Patti,
So grateful for your kind words!Patti,<br />So grateful for your kind words!Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-3135688417480462622015-08-27T10:05:24.741-04:002015-08-27T10:05:24.741-04:00Susie,
Thank you so much for your encouraging word...Susie,<br />Thank you so much for your encouraging words! I'm there with you -- in a season of ordinary! But sometimes I feel like God is preparing me for more by asking me to see the extraordinary in this ordinary space -- and that is hard for me! So I'm trying to look at what I'm doing as a holy ordinary -- is that even possible?! But I love how you expressed it and YES I think we can find him there and THEN it makes it extraordinary, doesn't it? So grateful for you! xoxoValerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-35421295388859290352015-08-27T09:57:20.765-04:002015-08-27T09:57:20.765-04:00Aww : ) And sometime soon we will have to find a w...Aww : ) And sometime soon we will have to find a way to just that in the same room!♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-34556817493967745152015-08-26T21:56:54.967-04:002015-08-26T21:56:54.967-04:00Valerie- this is so beautiful and good for me to t...Valerie- this is so beautiful and good for me to think on, as I feel like I am in a season of ordinary. I have been trying to re -think things some- in that maybe all these "unimportant things' that fill ,my days are really the important things- You know? I just get frustrated thinking when will I get all the everyday things done so that I can do what is really important- but God keep whispering to my soul that he is in the ordinary and that it is a holy work he is doing there- I so badly want to experience more of Him in the everyday- and slowly I am learning to find him there - So grateful for your heart and how you share it with such beauty and grace- xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-37652216563036935302015-08-26T20:38:41.310-04:002015-08-26T20:38:41.310-04:00SO good! Yes Lord, show me your Presence in my ord...SO good! Yes Lord, show me your Presence in my ordinary. Thank you Valerie and rich blessings to you,<br />PattiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897728865673891051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-16503681078628204742015-08-26T16:56:22.992-04:002015-08-26T16:56:22.992-04:00Thanks sweet friend! Abiding in his awe-inspiring ...Thanks sweet friend! Abiding in his awe-inspiring presence instead of our shabby views of the pit we think we're in -- love the way you said that! Love thinking of us doing this together, linking from Virginia to Florida! :)Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-50998516640890504822015-08-26T10:13:29.518-04:002015-08-26T10:13:29.518-04:00---> "What if this is the time is to devel...---> "What if this is the time is to develop the awe, the reverence for what God can do through something in your life that you once thought was mundane and ordinary?" <--- YES! <br />Oh girl I think it would serve us all well to learn how to truly live like that-- abide in His awe-inspiring wide open presence continually rather than our shabby views of the pit we think we're in! Thanks for a much needed wake up call this morning! Rallying with you here in VA looking for how God is moving here in the day to day. ♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com