tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post3478176019256297112..comments2023-09-27T05:34:06.282-07:00Comments on Blessed...: God + Humiliation = HumilityJoanne@ Blessed...http://www.blogger.com/profile/07290913410660688626noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-33920642429545818112008-05-08T00:07:00.000-07:002008-05-08T00:07:00.000-07:00This blog was perfect for me this week and next we...This blog was perfect for me this week and next week, and the week after that. I had an event take place this week and felt God really helping me to say very little although I wanted to run off with my "experience". God is good and this post blessed me.elizabeth embracing lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876091343873784997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-58504735078028352072008-05-06T06:12:00.000-07:002008-05-06T06:12:00.000-07:00I hope your weekend left you with a great perspect...I hope your weekend left you with a great perspective to start fresh in a humble heart. :)Jonathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681088237984867302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-34699152879514079782008-05-03T21:46:00.000-07:002008-05-03T21:46:00.000-07:00Joanne- thank you so much! I really needed to hea...Joanne- thank you so much! I really needed to hear that! And I needed that hug- thank you! I am going to staple your words in my prayer notebook. So I can re-read them whenever I want! GOD IS IN THIS. Those words alone cause a little bit of peace to stir in my heart. And the more I think about them, the more that peace filters in. This morning I was focusing on how scarey this is, how hisMeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564867608505648805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-47396464717287505852008-05-03T18:48:00.000-07:002008-05-03T18:48:00.000-07:00This is a lesson we all have to learn; Unfortunate...This is a lesson we all have to learn; Unfortunately sometimes it needs to be repeated!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440602705415606589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-62154843465185953662008-05-03T17:42:00.000-07:002008-05-03T17:42:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing this. I can so identify! I gu...Thanks for sharing this. I can so identify! I guess that's why the Bible says that "Pride goeth before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." (Prov. 16:18) I've certainly fallen flat on my face more times than I care to remember!Mocha with Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387717261200678465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-55355504307958305612008-05-03T08:36:00.000-07:002008-05-03T08:36:00.000-07:00Oh Lord its hard to be humblewhen your perfect in ...Oh Lord its hard to be humble<BR/>when your perfect in every way<BR/>can't wait to look in the mirror<BR/>I get better looking each day!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Yes, being humble is hard for everyone. <BR/><BR/>Glad that your dispatch job got easier after you prayed. Kinda interesting how things were so mumble jumbled before and now God is opening your ears. All of us need our eyes and ears opened up.<BR/><Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09503898736916457976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-2308743406389141202008-05-03T08:10:00.000-07:002008-05-03T08:10:00.000-07:00Hi Joanne! I haven't been here in a little while,...Hi Joanne! I haven't been here in a little while, and it is like a breath of fresh air. I'm glad to be here!! :)<BR/><BR/>P.S. I don't know how you do your job. You are amazing! I am *done* with my husband's job right now. Lastnight I got a phonecall from him. He was in a shooting and won't be home for 12 hours. (I didn't hear the rest, but it was about interviews and lawyers and such.)Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564867608505648805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-6766652858529673122008-05-03T05:07:00.000-07:002008-05-03T05:07:00.000-07:00Joanne~As always, your post blessed and touched my...Joanne~<BR/>As always, your post blessed and touched my heart.<BR/><BR/>Being humble.....isn't easy, but oh so necessary. For when we truly submit to the Father....he gives us the grace to be humble.<BR/><BR/>The process is often hard and difficult, but oh so necessary.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the scriptures.....I needed to reminder that it's not about me.....but rather HIM.<BR/><BR/>Kiim~Kim@Seasons of My Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17562441645287044164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-33193721107535474262008-05-03T03:55:00.000-07:002008-05-03T03:55:00.000-07:00I'm sorry you had such a tough week at work. But ...I'm sorry you had such a tough week at work. But it is not wasted if you take from it and grow. <BR/>We all have our times when a little humility would do us some good. I will try to take from your lesson too ;)Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065188969643402603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-3335327442306812222008-05-02T16:55:00.000-07:002008-05-02T16:55:00.000-07:00Oh Joanne, I so want to hug you! Everyone of us h...Oh Joanne, I so want to hug you! Everyone of us has a problem with pride. I can speak so with authority and I hate it. I am really trying to deal with this. I have been for quite some time now. I so want to please God with my words and actions.Thank you for the encouragement that when you prayed and humbled yourself, God restored you. I like that! Press on, dear friend.Cherdecorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790199524063763787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-55536750530467575682008-05-02T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-02T12:31:00.000-07:00Isn't it sad though that we have to be humiliated ...Isn't it sad though that we have to be humiliated before we are humble! I am so with you, that PRIDE thing is terrible! Just when I think I get it licked I get cocky and boom there it is!A Stone Gathererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763530057889661436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-88379325019937940582008-05-02T10:32:00.000-07:002008-05-02T10:32:00.000-07:00Thanks for the gentle reminder. I hope things go w...Thanks for the gentle reminder. I hope things go well for you at work.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447128976667732712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379084251319531443.post-49503856984867330102008-05-02T10:25:00.000-07:002008-05-02T10:25:00.000-07:00I went to a prayer retreat earlier this year and t...I went to a prayer retreat earlier this year and the biggest thing I took away from it was how prideful I can be. It is amazing how many places it can creep into and how easily it sneaks back. It's something to be always aware of!Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289456727508305342noreply@blogger.com