tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post2243640041132935025..comments2024-03-18T08:33:25.907-04:00Comments on Inkwell Inspirations: In All CircumstancesLisa Karon Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-9624049586367190232011-11-21T00:12:11.648-05:002011-11-21T00:12:11.648-05:00Thank you, CJ, I will definitely pass that along t...Thank you, CJ, I will definitely pass that along to them. I have to say, as hard as it is for me as a mom, they all love their particular jobs. But I am sure many angels are dispatched to battlefields in response to mothers' prayers. Which is the only way I can think about those things. <br /><br />I find researching personal accounts of other eras very fascinating, too... almost a form of Lilly Maytreehttp://www.lillymaytree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-66628825673443502352011-11-20T21:35:10.353-05:002011-11-20T21:35:10.353-05:00Hi, Lilly. Can you imagine how many mothers sent t...Hi, Lilly. Can you imagine how many mothers sent their sons off and never saw them again--and in many cases, they probably had no notion of what happened to them.<br /><br />And keeping with the theme of gratitude, please thank your children for their service from me.C.J. Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026386802434435296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-77008072947801419222011-11-20T16:25:08.481-05:002011-11-20T16:25:08.481-05:00Thirty years of war! Funny how you remember those ...Thirty years of war! Funny how you remember those things from school (how we rattled it off for one test, or another)... but can you imagine what it was like to be sending your young people off to fight for an entire generation? Having three kids in the military, I think about these things.<br /><br />It is amazing how a "zero-in" on history can give you an entirely different Lilly Maytreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749276313502544046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-22271821792280339592011-11-20T15:18:29.921-05:002011-11-20T15:18:29.921-05:00DeAnna, we didn't sing it this morning (we did...DeAnna, we didn't sing it this morning (we didn't sing anything Thanksgiving hymns -- what's up with that?), but I heard the organist play it during the prelude.C.J. Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026386802434435296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-13032764730485577122011-11-20T15:17:02.267-05:002011-11-20T15:17:02.267-05:00Deb, you're right. It seems like tragedies bri...Deb, you're right. It seems like tragedies bring out either the best of worst in us -- like they emphasize what is already there and put it out there for everyone to see.<br /><br />Of course, God could see it all along.C.J. Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026386802434435296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-14886098056910586252011-11-20T14:09:42.405-05:002011-11-20T14:09:42.405-05:00I hadn't heard of that hymn either, but thanks...I hadn't heard of that hymn either, but thanks for sharing it.<br /><br />And, yes, give thanks. No matter what. :)DeAnna Julie Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006564626571868446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-56035404167082955852011-11-20T07:26:08.020-05:002011-11-20T07:26:08.020-05:00Tragedy tends to pull us to God or push us away, d...Tragedy tends to pull us to God or push us away, doesn't it? <br /><br />This is quite a story and I hadn't heard of Rinkart before, either. Thank you for sharing it today, C.J. <br /><br />God keeps us in such amazing ways but I can't imagine facing what Rinkart went through with death all around him--war, a plague. We tend to want to be numbed to pain when it mounts up around it so Debra E. Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853387871623424853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-4507536365678251152011-11-20T06:42:50.862-05:002011-11-20T06:42:50.862-05:00Thanks, Suzie.
I had heard the story about Rinkar...Thanks, Suzie.<br /><br />I had heard the story about Rinkart many years ago, so when Susie wrote about Frances Havergal, it gave me the idea to do this for around Thanksgiving.<br /><br />I decided I needed some background on the Thirty Years War, and almost ended up getting absorbed in the research. Fascinaating and sad. I figured one reason I was so unfamiliar with it is because Britain was C.J. Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026386802434435296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-18279865100904332242011-11-20T03:24:20.004-05:002011-11-20T03:24:20.004-05:00CJ, a funny coincidence... I was just not less tha...CJ, a funny coincidence... I was just not less than an hour ago, reading about the Thirty Years War. <br /><br />And not so funny, believe it or not... I have never heard that hymn before. It's beautiful. More-so after reading about Martin Rinkart and all he endured. It's so awesome to see how God sustains people through dark times. Thank you for the reminder.<br /><br />Lovely post!Suzie Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296203324088418271noreply@blogger.com