tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post2206187139602178360..comments2024-03-18T08:33:25.907-04:00Comments on Inkwell Inspirations: Advice?Lisa Karon Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-1298744125705278772010-01-04T23:23:28.207-05:002010-01-04T23:23:28.207-05:00Lisa, I've never heard that song. It's ado...Lisa, I've never heard that song. It's adorable.Suzie Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296203324088418271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-31594103857446984262010-01-04T23:19:05.675-05:002010-01-04T23:19:05.675-05:00Thanks Suzie. It sure isn't easy learning thes...Thanks Suzie. It sure isn't easy learning these lessons, and it doesn't seem to get any easier with time. <br /><br />PatriciaW, your comment made me think of that old Sunday School song--He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be. It took him just a week to make the sun and the stars, the earth and the moon and jupiter and mars. How loving and patient he must be, he'Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-4804428103615719462010-01-04T19:41:49.182-05:002010-01-04T19:41:49.182-05:00You're not the only one. Last year I learned ...You're not the only one. Last year I learned major lessons about obedience. I suspect my lessons are not done.PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-79952704285768137622010-01-03T23:38:14.445-05:002010-01-03T23:38:14.445-05:00Lisa, I agree. It is so easy to follow when things...Lisa, I agree. It is so easy to follow when things are going they way we want them to. But oh so hard to follow when it's out of our comfort zone. This is one area where I really want to be able to discern God's will and his leading from my own desires or discomforts.<br /><br />The doggie picture is just precious.<br /><br />Thanks for drawing me out of my comfort zone today and making Suzie Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296203324088418271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-52991603458866671122010-01-03T21:30:01.821-05:002010-01-03T21:30:01.821-05:00Great prayer, Susanne. If we can just please God, ...Great prayer, Susanne. If we can just please God, nothing else really matters does it?Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-61813702786150883552010-01-03T18:06:17.428-05:002010-01-03T18:06:17.428-05:00What a beautiful devotional, Lisa. You spoke right...What a beautiful devotional, Lisa. You spoke right to my heart. I am guilty of not tursting God, discounting Him and His love and care, when He is the greatest provider, protector, and ally I'll ever know. Why do I do that? Ugh, ugh ugh.<br /><br />Writing is one area where many of us struggle as we trust and hope, reach and wonder... I pray that in this process -- whether or not I'm everSusanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-75977473623822949942010-01-03T16:24:50.934-05:002010-01-03T16:24:50.934-05:00Ladies, I love hearing the prayers of your heart. ...Ladies, I love hearing the prayers of your heart. They are all so beautiful so unique and so very, very precious.<br /><br />Deb, sadly that's not Max. Max is a mix between a chihuahua and a dachshund. Bloodhounds have the best noses of all, and I thought that puppy pic was adorable.<br /><br />Jill, sadly I know the scattered/unfocused feeling you describe. I'm praying for you. I think Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-72843729159526157332010-01-03T15:18:51.047-05:002010-01-03T15:18:51.047-05:00I love your analogy, Lisa. Crazy how we are so wil...I love your analogy, Lisa. Crazy how we are so willing to follow and trust a dog's nose, or trust an airplane to stay in flight, or trust strangers who work for the bank with our moneyand yet we are so often quick to dismiss God, whose presence sustains us moment by moment.Wenda Dottridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086728367896516923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-77946246702543698922010-01-03T13:32:37.192-05:002010-01-03T13:32:37.192-05:00Deb, I am the same that my writing is the hardest ...Deb, I am the same that my writing is the hardest area for me to hear from God right now. It is also the area I most need to write down when I do hear Him speak, because I can let myself get into such a tizzy over it.Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-13024066358227527742010-01-03T13:23:13.584-05:002010-01-03T13:23:13.584-05:00I want to really be able to hear. God just brought...I want to really be able to hear. God just brought me through a very difficult year and now things seem so calm. Am I the only one who finds themselves in the calm and wonders 'how long with this last?'<br /><br />I'm feeling so optimistic and encouraged in my writing goals. I want so much to be published but I want to be able to hear God if He says no, or not now, or put it aside. Debra E. Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853387871623424853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-17027556070183599302010-01-03T13:09:00.089-05:002010-01-03T13:09:00.089-05:00Lisa girl, I love this post. I love the doggie too...Lisa girl, I love this post. I love the doggie too. I talk to my animals all the time. :)<br /><br />I'm praying for a focused and organized life. Not only for my writing purposes, but for work and home as well. Some family members have ADD and I think I've absorbed it into my being. I've never felt so unfocused. To me that's a signal to get back into the Word big time.<br /><br /Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-86121507945143672992010-01-03T10:37:59.149-05:002010-01-03T10:37:59.149-05:00DIna, that quote reminds me of something C.S. Lewi...DIna, that quote reminds me of something C.S. Lewis might have written. He always has a way of giving me a new perspective I've been trying to get my mind around how much higher His ways are than ours, and I don't think my feeble understanding can even come up with an analogy for the difference, much less understand it.<br /><br />D'Ann, it's good to know I'm not alone!Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-26345252543271506192010-01-03T10:11:58.436-05:002010-01-03T10:11:58.436-05:00You are not alone, Lisa! My desire is to follow Hi...You are not alone, Lisa! My desire is to follow His lead, whatever path that entails, but sometimes that is easier said than done! Thanks for the encouragement!Anne Mateerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330467138236037032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-10723969909763118432010-01-03T09:43:14.104-05:002010-01-03T09:43:14.104-05:00Beautiful, Lisa.
I have to share a little about I...Beautiful, Lisa.<br /><br />I have to share a little about I book I finished yesterday. "In the Arms of the Immortals" by Ginger Garrett. It's a bizarro medieval thriller about the black death. And I'm still not sure I understood everything.<br /><br />But...she had some insanely beautiful moments in it. She has an incredible way with words.<br /><br />Here is a quote from when Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-31820732351817358422010-01-03T09:31:38.281-05:002010-01-03T09:31:38.281-05:00Mary, I love that prayer! Perfect for a writer, or...Mary, I love that prayer! Perfect for a writer, or anyone who wants to see God make a mark on the world.Lisa Karon Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-25562353228302451082010-01-03T09:13:56.634-05:002010-01-03T09:13:56.634-05:00I am asking God to lead me out of bad relationship...I am asking God to lead me out of bad relationships and into good ones - ones that inspire - with people who encourage one another and build each other up.<br /><br />Another phrase I often pray is: God, let me be your ink.Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.com