tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post7270239992937977239..comments2024-03-11T18:20:02.120-05:00Comments on crumbs from His table: Revisiting "Delight"tinuvielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462001159262770932noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-49568082640143668222011-06-21T10:39:36.484-05:002011-06-21T10:39:36.484-05:00@ Stefanie - Some of my favorites, too. Yes, it is...@ Stefanie - Some of my favorites, too. Yes, it is hard to grasp.<br /><br />@chris - I agree with your thoughts about the multi-leveled and reciprocal nature of delight in healthy relationships.<br /><br />Your comments also provide much to think about.<br /><br />Thank you very much for your prayers. My next rheumatologist (lupus doc) appointment is at the end of the week, so I will try to give an update after that. Overall, things are much better than they were, and for that I'm grateful.tinuvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462001159262770932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-49519543660323615012011-06-21T05:09:50.938-05:002011-06-21T05:09:50.938-05:00lots to think about, and to try to live!
i was st...lots to think about, and to try to live!<br /><br />i was struck by the way, in your story about Livvy, delight was reciprocal, and also "multi-levelled". you delighted in Livvy. as evidenced by the way she threw herself into your arms, she delighted in you. you in turn delighted in her delighting in you, just as, I'm sure, she delighted in your delighting in her.<br /><br />that's how it is in a good marriage, too: the spouses delight in each other, and also in each other's delight in each other. a marriage in which one one or both partners were primarily focused on a (conjugal) "list of duties", or on "getting [conjugal] stuff done" would be sadly impoverished.<br /><br />and it should be the same with us and God. God delights in us, and He wants us to delight in Him and in His delight in us, thus giving Him more to delight in.(What better way to express gratitude to God for delighting in us than to give Him more to delight in?) Just as we cannot do that, if we are exclusively or excessively focused on our own shortcomings, we cannot do that, if we are too focused on "lists of duties" and "getting stuff done". (Perhaps the story of Mary and Martha is a warning against excessive focus on duties, at the expense of responding to God's delight in us with our delight in Him).<br /><br />hope this wasn't too abstract! i'm so glad to hear you've had less pain lately, and, like Amy, i'm praying that God will protect you from further pain, or work it for your good...chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673834639722877016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-21204214419648348922011-06-20T17:06:37.732-05:002011-06-20T17:06:37.732-05:00Some of my favorite verses. So hard to grasp that ...Some of my favorite verses. So hard to grasp that God delights in us...but wonderful to know it is true.<br />Stefaniestefanie cunningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273124591324740138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-26815757101093629752011-06-20T15:44:24.091-05:002011-06-20T15:44:24.091-05:00@Craig Craig, thank you for sharing your perspecti...@<a href="#c1438371892280646392" rel="nofollow">Craig</a> Craig, thank you for sharing your perspective. May God keep you mindful of His delight in you today.tinuvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462001159262770932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-14383718922806463922011-06-20T14:36:13.208-05:002011-06-20T14:36:13.208-05:00first of all, your story – I think there were two ...first of all, your story – I think there were two gifts that day – one the child to you – the other you to yourself – you allowed the joy to happen. And from your thank you list – the last one – about leaning on your hubs – that makes me smile because that's what marriage is supposed to be. What's not to heart about this post? God bless and keep you and all of yours this day. thank you for this :-)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376005422623882947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-10025471187958386292011-06-20T12:04:26.130-05:002011-06-20T12:04:26.130-05:00@Amy Thank you for the gift of your prayers. The p...@<a href="#c82069525959545281" rel="nofollow">Amy</a> Thank you for the gift of your prayers. The pain is SO much better than it was, but we are still waiting for "pain-free." God bless you and yours in whatever this almost-summer day holds.tinuvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462001159262770932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86563362162856229.post-820695259595452812011-06-20T10:36:06.617-05:002011-06-20T10:36:06.617-05:00What a precious story and time with that little gi...What a precious story and time with that little girl. Yes, delight. Saying a prayer for your protection from pain--or God's provision in the midst of it if He sees it for your best.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886843349775095643noreply@blogger.com