Comments on: for when we’re face-to-face with someone’s bad day https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/ teaching women to think on true things Sat, 23 Nov 2013 04:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Trusting God https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3823 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:52:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3823 Thank you for this!! I also do this with my children, and when you said “why do I do that”, I say the same thing. I pray that the Holy Spirit will tame my tongue and calm my reactions towards them. I also pray that God will open their hearts to His love and protection from the snags of this world. They have been told the Truth and have been brought up in a bible teaching church. They have even said they accept Christ as their Lord and Savior, but they do not live the life of Christ. I know that God hears my plea for their lives, and I trust in His time and whatever His will is He will answer my prayer. Not my will but His be done.

]]> By: Jolene https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3799 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:13:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3799 Ahhh my sister! Thanks you for the gentle rebuke Lara…ahhh…my mind and heart are reminded.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3797 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:01:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3797 In reply to Angela Billups Smith.

Ugh. I know the struggle well. I don’t want to be like that either! Praying He gives us a tender heart towards those closest to us — wanting to see like He sees especially in the mess of everyday living.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3796 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3796 In reply to waldenbunch.

I need to check out that book! Sounds really sweet. And yes, we have many of “those” days as well. So thankful for grace.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3795 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:59:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3795 In reply to Nina Blevins.

God is so real. He amazes me how He graciously, faithfully speaks to us. Praying we have ears to hear Him and feet that obey! Hugs to you, Nina.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3794 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:58:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3794 In reply to mariel.

I need constant reminding too, Mariel. Blessings, sister.

]]> By: Angela Billups Smith https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3793 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:50:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3793 Oh, Lara, this is why I love you so much. You seem to know me too well & speak right to where I am struggling the most. I handle strangers the way you discussed here, but not my kids. I totally enter my kids bad mornings or evenings–ruining my previously GREAT day! (I have 4 so any morning can be full of bad days) Oh, Lord, I don’t want to be like that–please help me learn this lesson so that I can be the kind woman I am to strangers to my kids also!!

]]> By: waldenbunch https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3792 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:34:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3792 We have a book that I read to my kids when they were little called The Droodles Storybook of Proverbs. One of the stories tells about one person choosing to turn the day around and the effect it has. Since we homeschool this can be especially hard on “those” days but I know I get to model both grace and humility!

]]> By: Nina Blevins https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3791 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:10:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3791 Just this very morning I read Ephesians 3:14-19, highlighted it, and wrote in the margin of my Bible, “A beautiful prayer to pray…” Then, I get the email telling me you’ve written a new post for me to read. I’d say this message is one God wants me to take to heart, wouldn’t you?

]]> By: mariel https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-were-face-to-face-with-someones-bad-day/#comment-3790 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:01:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=9016#comment-3790 Yes. Good reminder of truth I need to be speaking to my heart today.

mariel

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