Comments on: an invitation to be not-fine https://tooverflowing.com/invitation-not-fine/ teaching women to think on true things Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: l a r a w i l l i a m s https://tooverflowing.com/invitation-not-fine/#comment-29941 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:54:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=11559#comment-29941 In reply to Patti Parnell.

Yes, “as long as I don’t park there too long.” I’m with you on that. I want to be real with God and with my trusted friends, while also allowing Him to refine me and not getting stuck. Also, I’ve tried to stop saying “I’m fine” when asked how I am. Instead I (sometimes remember to) say, “Pressin’ into Jesus.”

]]> By: Patti Parnell https://tooverflowing.com/invitation-not-fine/#comment-29892 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:44:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=11559#comment-29892 Hey Lara: I am there and even though I do wear the FAKE “I’m Fine” in front of many, God has opened me to go to my truly trusted long time prayer buddies and be totally raw. They let me talk, they listen, they pray and sometimes God gives them the words to love me through the process. I am ok with not being fine in this season because this is the real world. and I have learned that I cannot always show this face of perfection because that is NOT REAL. It is good for me to not be ok at times as long as I do not park there too long and allow God to refine my thought process, my spirit and my heart. But I will openly admit… I do not necessarily like this place. I sometimes prefer the fake so I do not have to deal with the messy. But learning that I am such a work in process and this is just another layer of the onion being peeled back towards renewal. God is faithful.

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