tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post113203435559362564..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Sad FaceStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-27619440359510306922007-05-08T19:32:00.000-07:002007-05-08T19:32:00.000-07:00wow i was just thinking about how people always sa...wow i was just thinking about how people always say i look sad or upset and ask me if i'm ok, and i did a google search on a couple of words and i found this blog entry. it seems that you feel exactly the way i feel, and i've never really understand why people say that about me but what you're saying here really makes perfect sense. thanks for sharingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1132084534012640012005-11-15T11:55:00.000-08:002005-11-15T11:55:00.000-08:00Thank you for that poem...it is difficult and enli...Thank you for that poem...it is difficult and enlightening. It reminds me that we too often wish to have Jesus take away all our pain...but are we really ready to suffer FOR him? Would we - could we - die in his place? Jesus died for what he believed in (namely, us). Oh, we of little faith!!Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1132078712437884042005-11-15T10:18:00.000-08:002005-11-15T10:18:00.000-08:00Dear Sister, I read your blog occasionally. And to...Dear Sister, <BR/><BR/>I read your blog occasionally. And today I'm filled with love and sorrow for you.<BR/><BR/>Fact is, you do "feel the pain of the world more strongly than most people." Because you've been called to share in Christ's sufferings.<BR/><BR/>And that can be a source of blazing joy.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>...And I lay battered,<BR/>Flayed and split,<BR/>And ground to dust <BR/>Beneath him there.<BR/><BR/>But Jesus didn't<BR/>Take the pain;<BR/>He only kissed<BR/>And stroked my hair,<BR/><BR/>And said: "My sister,<BR/>My great love,<BR/>I love you with <BR/>Such boundless grace,<BR/><BR/>That I'll give you <BR/>My sweetest gift<BR/>And let you suffer<BR/>In my place."<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Accept the pain and bear witness to it. <BR/><BR/>It's time for Western Christians to start suffering again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com