Comments on: why I don’t like the “good and easy” https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/ teaching women to think on true things Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Nicole Jones https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3030 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:29:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3030 I had a very strong sense of this today when I asked Him to take away a trial I’m enduring. As I was praying this calm came over me and said “Not yet”. I have to finish something first…I then proceeded to try to bargain with Him. I’m glad our Heavenly Father has a sense of humor.

]]> By: Jen B https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3025 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:05:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3025 When things are going well, after coming out of the fire so to say, I always miss the feeling of dependence on Christ. I want it all the time, but without the struggle. It is in brokenness, that I find Christ holding me….Life is full in those times. They are such sweet times. I totally get it.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3019 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:32:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3019 In reply to laurenwlutz.

Stinkin’ blog post. Wouldn’t you know that yesterday wasn’t “good and easy.” I gotta be all real and prove that I mean what I say. Stinkin’ blog post. Ha.

Seriously, I love the way Piper emphasizes the chief end of man as enjoying God. Too often we replace Him with every other thing or person on the planet trying to fulfill that longing. When it’s for Him. Wow. Love to you, sister. Praying we delight in Him today.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3018 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:28:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3018 In reply to Kristina Tanner.

“Stinkiest of times.” Yes. If only it could be the opposite: growing in the midst of the best of times. Blessings to you, Kristina.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3017 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:27:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3017 In reply to Stephanie Hanes.

What a testimony, Stephanie. I don’t wish for the trials, but He has proven that they can be a gift. Encouraged to hear how He faithfully ministered to you in the midst of such dark valleys. Love to you, sister.

]]> By: Stephanie Hanes https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3016 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:11:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3016 Yes, THIS: “When faced with challenges, we’re more prone to press into Him for wisdom and healing and hope.” I see this at work in my life, day in and day out. I have waded through the storm of PPD and come out the other side, walked through the valley of two NICU experiences, faced the grief of losing three grandparents in less than three years…and yet, despite how hard and hopeless it felt in the midst of it, I saw how He used those dark times to draw me nearer and nearer to Him. I wouldn’t know Him the way I do without those trials.

]]> By: laurenwlutz https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3014 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:28:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3014 I completely disagree with this post and find it heretical.

April Fool’s!

I can’t help but think of how Piper takes that answer to the first question in the (Baptist?) catechism and twists it. What is the chief end of man? “To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” –> “To glorify God by enjoying him forever.” And then I think of Psalm 37:4. And then I think… wow.

]]> By: Kristina Tanner https://tooverflowing.com/why-i-dont-like-the-good-and-easy/#comment-3013 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:37:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=7375#comment-3013 This is so very true. I find that I grow most in the stinkiest of times and then when I feel like I might have some sort of (imaginary) grip on my life I find myself falling back into laziness…thanks for this reminder.

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