Comments on: Thank God for Spring… http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/ A collection of spillings from the mind of a somewhat displaced Canadian girl. Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Laurie http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/#comment-30 Laurie Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:41:02 +0000 http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/#comment-30 Thank goodness for Spring! :) It does bring joy to the soul hey! I have been enjoying it too. I do enjoy reading your thoughts, and I am so very thankful that you share them with so many of us. The book sounds very interesting! And maybe I will try to read it ! LOL ~ not a very good book reader! :) I am sooo looking forward to being closer to you again Shannon, Hopefully we'll be able to get together often. Right now we have baby on the brain.......he will hopefully be arriving in the next couple of weeks!! Take Care my friend, and soak in that sun/Son!!! Love you! Thank goodness for Spring! :) It does bring joy to the soul hey! I have been enjoying it too.

I do enjoy reading your thoughts, and I am so very thankful that you share them with so many of us.

The book sounds very interesting! And maybe I will try to read it ! LOL ~ not a very good book reader! :)

I am sooo looking forward to being closer to you again Shannon, Hopefully we’ll be able to get together often.

Right now we have baby on the brain…….he will hopefully be arriving in the next couple of weeks!!

Take Care my friend, and soak in that sun/Son!!!
Love you!

]]> By: Janet http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/#comment-29 Janet Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:38:16 +0000 http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/#comment-29 I love reading your thoughts. I have thought about reading that book before, but never got around to it. You've inspired me to take a trip to the library and pick it up. Thanks for your honesty. It reminds me not to hide my thoughts and feelings (the ones I don't like) because they are real. I'm glad for spring too. Kellen enjoyed being outside today. That was the first time I've had him throw a little fit when I brought him inside. He was crawling on the sidewalk, patting it, and acting quite enthralled with it. Poor guy he doesn't even know what a sidewalk is. I don't think he remembers anything from last summer/fall. He is my reminder of how precious life and life's little moments are. He makes me look at the world differently. I love reading your thoughts. I have thought about reading that book before, but never got around to it. You’ve inspired me to take a trip to the library and pick it up. Thanks for your honesty. It reminds me not to hide my thoughts and feelings (the ones I don’t like) because they are real. I’m glad for spring too. Kellen enjoyed being outside today. That was the first time I’ve had him throw a little fit when I brought him inside. He was crawling on the sidewalk, patting it, and acting quite enthralled with it. Poor guy he doesn’t even know what a sidewalk is. I don’t think he remembers anything from last summer/fall. He is my reminder of how precious life and life’s little moments are. He makes me look at the world differently.

]]> By: Andrew MacLeod http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/#comment-28 Andrew MacLeod Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:19:12 +0000 http://sbandura.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/thank-god-for-spring/#comment-28 I'm not bored, just stuck at work for an extra two hours! ;) But really I like to read what's going on in people's lives and how they are struggling and coming to terms with this thing called Life and that blessing called Grace. A number of people that I've been reading have all been struggling with Life and death. A few have lost the lives of young children and older friends, others, many others the birth of new life and one person has both birth and death in her own children. I cannot give you the answer on why it hurts so much and why its so final but I can tell you that God's plan is perfect and He has everything under control even when we will never understand it in times of need. Even saying that still doesn't numb the pain. I know from my own nephew. There are times when I feel the pain of the loss and I never knew him. Yet, you knew your cousin and were close to him. The only thing I can think of is, now I know just a little, just a small portion of the loss God felt when Christ died. We were watching "The Passion" as part of a small group study series that the Toon church is working through, and there's one thing I remember the most. When Christ died, there was a single drop of rain from Heaven that fell, like a teardrop, before the storm occurred. I really believe that God cried for his Son that day. So maybe God is also morning the death of another child of His who has passed in the body of your cousin. I’m not bored, just stuck at work for an extra two hours! ;) But really I like to read what’s going on in people’s lives and how they are struggling and coming to terms with this thing called Life and that blessing called Grace. A number of people that I’ve been reading have all been struggling with Life and death. A few have lost the lives of young children and older friends, others, many others the birth of new life and one person has both birth and death in her own children.

I cannot give you the answer on why it hurts so much and why its so final but I can tell you that God’s plan is perfect and He has everything under control even when we will never understand it in times of need. Even saying that still doesn’t numb the pain. I know from my own nephew. There are times when I feel the pain of the loss and I never knew him. Yet, you knew your cousin and were close to him. The only thing I can think of is, now I know just a little, just a small portion of the loss God felt when Christ died.

We were watching “The Passion” as part of a small group study series that the Toon church is working through, and there’s one thing I remember the most. When Christ died, there was a single drop of rain from Heaven that fell, like a teardrop, before the storm occurred. I really believe that God cried for his Son that day. So maybe God is also morning the death of another child of His who has passed in the body of your cousin.

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