tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post3072451326858936801..comments2023-04-04T15:41:24.585-04:00Comments on Grace with Silk: Such Good and Perfect Gifts Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641003094865906821noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-23882192076325309422015-09-25T11:05:02.916-04:002015-09-25T11:05:02.916-04:00That sounds like an amazing book!
The best gifts u...That sounds like an amazing book!<br />The best gifts usually aren't the most expensive :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-42196909440731500542015-09-25T09:06:14.184-04:002015-09-25T09:06:14.184-04:00Ellen,
I'm glad you felt like you accompanied ...Ellen,<br />I'm glad you felt like you accompanied me -- always good to have you travel along with me here! xoValerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-35541497318505984122015-09-25T09:05:39.928-04:002015-09-25T09:05:39.928-04:00Trudy,
I'm with you! I pray for change and yet...Trudy,<br />I'm with you! I pray for change and yet the very things that could bring those changes happen to me and I view them as unwanted disruption and dismiss the inconvenience they are bringing to me -- oh for eyes that see the work God is doing in my life! Always love your encouragement here! xoValerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-10721975065137624082015-09-24T13:13:24.594-04:002015-09-24T13:13:24.594-04:00Ah, Valerie, I feel like I've just taken a qui...Ah, Valerie, I feel like I've just taken a quick trip to Italy! How refreshing during my lunch break!! And yes, I can see the hints of God’s promises in the distance of my future! Thank you for refreshing my view!Ellen Chauvinhttps://www.ellenchauvin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-33707977811626665052015-09-24T11:50:13.426-04:002015-09-24T11:50:13.426-04:00That's so cool that you remained friends with ...That's so cool that you remained friends with a pen pal from so many years ago. And her gift is so unique and suited to you. :) I am with you in wondering how hard things can be gifts, and I love how you describe it - "the gift lies in the invitation to tell it all to God." Beautifully said and so comforting, Valerie. I'm also moved by this - "Disruption in my plans becomes the magnetic pull for the transformation I deeply want when I pray, God, change me." It makes me think how I pray that I may be made more into the image of Christ and yet I balk when God disrupts my plans for His. And yet His plan is the very thing we've been praying for! Thank you for refreshing my heart today, Valerie.<br />Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179372917600231306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-10161576870507261202015-09-24T08:36:55.703-04:002015-09-24T08:36:55.703-04:00Heather,
Yes! I almost included what Gail said abo...Heather,<br />Yes! I almost included what Gail said about you being her competition but I edited it out for length! :) And while we're praying for change, I'm also looking forward for what God is going to do in both of our lives! xoValerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-33385084434504295792015-09-24T08:35:24.824-04:002015-09-24T08:35:24.824-04:00Hi Susie,
I look forward to your encouraging words...Hi Susie,<br />I look forward to your encouraging words and I'm so grateful that you stop by each week. I think that God has so much more for us than we could ever imagine if we could look at our lives like he does {quite the challenge, though, isn't it?} and try to see as he does -- he sees the things that are not as though they are -- I just love that verse in Romans! And I'm praying that for both of us! xoValerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-45903000382800162562015-09-24T08:31:20.681-04:002015-09-24T08:31:20.681-04:00Linda,
Thank you for all the sweet words you offer...Linda,<br />Thank you for all the sweet words you offer here! You are truly gifted as an encourager and I'm so grateful to have met you too, on this blogging journey! And I shall save a spot for you in case Gail and I ever lead a tour . . . to anywhere! :)Valerie Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235325506474887234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-14150269904052623552015-09-24T07:45:23.716-04:002015-09-24T07:45:23.716-04:00Oh, Valerie, you do know how to weave the most bea...Oh, Valerie, you do know how to weave the most beautiful posts with your heart-words and stunning photos and winsome stories that bring us right in to your experience.<br /><br />I always leave here refreshed and encouraged to reach a little higher. I'm so grateful you're in my life.<br /><br />And for what it's worth, I think you'd make the most incredible tour guide ... to wherever!<br /><br />;-}Linda Stollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568264417855502332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-39475062355461126692015-09-23T22:37:28.295-04:002015-09-23T22:37:28.295-04:00Hi Valerie- I love this -"He knows what delig...Hi Valerie- I love this -"He knows what delights our hearts, what whets our appetites and kindles our passions. All the things he fills our lives with are meant for our good, and he promises to work even the hard things into good for us'<br /> I love the thought of gifts too and how when some one really knows me how much they hit the spot- great to think and ponder on that and how wonderful God is and how well he knows me. I also love the idea of "God's sacred vision of my life"---Hard to believe my life could be sacred and amazing to think God has a vision for it! -Thanks for all these good thoughts and helping me to trust in God's good character- even when there is disappointment-always look forward to your posts and visiting you! Hugs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237333093557464861.post-1484062620186153032015-09-23T07:58:55.686-04:002015-09-23T07:58:55.686-04:00...oh how we so quickly want to scoff at God's......oh how we so quickly want to scoff at God's good and perfect gifts when they don't come wrapped in the package we think they should... ♥ What a cool book and lovely friend you have in Gail--- (my English competition?!?! LOL!) xoxo Valerie!! Thank you as always for the perfect reminders of a God who is greater than all our questions and disappointments. Praying right here with you for God to change me as well : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com