Comments on: One more http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:44:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: erika http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28632 erika Wed, 02 May 2007 20:59:19 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28632 Jamie, And thank YOU for being a great (if distant!) companion on many of these roads. Jamie,

And thank YOU for being a great (if distant!) companion on many of these roads.

]]> By: erika http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28631 erika Wed, 02 May 2007 20:57:47 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28631 Masaki, Thanks for taking the time to comment in the midst of what I know can only be a crazy and full week! I actually thought a bit about you guys as I wrote this, because the more I thought about it the more I realized that most any kind of costly commitment (of which marriage of course is) is at once a one-time declaration/decision/promise as well as an every day (sometimes every hour) kind of choice that we make. Life with God in general is much the same, I imagine. I remember C.S. Lewis having some cool things to say about that... Masaki,

Thanks for taking the time to comment in the midst of what I know can only be a crazy and full week!

I actually thought a bit about you guys as I wrote this, because the more I thought about it the more I realized that most any kind of costly commitment (of which marriage of course is) is at once a one-time declaration/decision/promise as well as an every day (sometimes every hour) kind of choice that we make. Life with God in general is much the same, I imagine. I remember C.S. Lewis having some cool things to say about that…

]]> By: erika http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28629 erika Wed, 02 May 2007 20:54:56 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28629 Robyn, Thanks for the encouragement! I sometimes wonder about my level of transparency here and how that is used, but it would seem that God does use it for the blessing of others in so many different contexts. For that, I am so totally grateful. Baby is fine as far as we can tell, and I am just really, really sore. Thanks, as always, for asking and for sharing our concerns. Robyn,
Thanks for the encouragement! I sometimes wonder about my level of transparency here and how that is used, but it would seem that God does use it for the blessing of others in so many different contexts. For that, I am so totally grateful.

Baby is fine as far as we can tell, and I am just really, really sore. Thanks, as always, for asking and for sharing our concerns.

]]> By: erika http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28626 erika Wed, 02 May 2007 20:45:06 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28626 Thanks, Kent. It IS the relentlessness of it that is so terribly difficult. Emotionally, spiritually, physically even...I think I am feeling it especially now because, like I told Doug last night, whatever reserve of strength and endurance I normally have to be present here in the midst of all that is just gone right now. Thanks, Kent. It IS the relentlessness of it that is so terribly difficult. Emotionally, spiritually, physically even…I think I am feeling it especially now because, like I told Doug last night, whatever reserve of strength and endurance I normally have to be present here in the midst of all that is just gone right now.

]]> By: kent http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28569 kent Wed, 02 May 2007 12:40:42 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28569 Erika, it is the sheer volumn of violence that you deal with that stuns me. I have seen violence ends lives in rural Iowa. But it was a shockingly rare event. So much so it paralyzed the community. But in your situation it almost becomes the norm, the expected, which is why it is almost the face of evil. Can you do one more? Probably better than I could. Erika, it is the sheer volumn of violence that you deal with that stuns me. I have seen violence ends lives in rural Iowa. But it was a shockingly rare event. So much so it paralyzed the community. But in your situation it almost becomes the norm, the expected, which is why it is almost the face of evil. Can you do one more? Probably better than I could.

]]> By: Robyn http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28564 Robyn Wed, 02 May 2007 11:49:18 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28564 Erika -- are you and baby okay? Praying for you this morning, and thanking God for you and your willingness to open your life up to us. I am learning so much from you. I'm in "comfortable" suburbia, and your thoughts have really challenged me to look closer at my own life, and what God wants from me. Thank you. Erika — are you and baby okay?

Praying for you this morning, and thanking God for you and your willingness to open your life up to us. I am learning so much from you.

I’m in “comfortable” suburbia, and your thoughts have really challenged me to look closer at my own life, and what God wants from me.

Thank you.

]]> By: Masaki http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28536 Masaki Wed, 02 May 2007 06:58:47 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28536 Snap. I am utterly shocked and silenced by the profound paradox of this post: unassumingly simple and unabashedly bold. Snap.

I am utterly shocked and silenced by the profound paradox of this post: unassumingly simple and unabashedly bold.

]]> By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/comment-page-1/#comment-28526 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Wed, 02 May 2007 03:45:16 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/one-more/05/#comment-28526 Your wisdom and perseverance are encouraging and comforting. Thanks for living out loud in this way. Peace, Jamie Your wisdom and perseverance are encouraging and comforting. Thanks for living out loud in this way.

Peace,
Jamie

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