Comments on: Flying Solo http://hopeforlife.org/2008/07/flying_solo/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:51:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wesley http://hopeforlife.org/2008/07/flying_solo/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Wesley Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://hopeforlife.dreamhosters.com/?p=47#comment-242 Jerusha, Thanks for commenting. The way you continued the kite metaphor is great! Donna, Isn't it amazing how God can work good out of the most difficult experiences. I praise him this morning for working such good in your life. Jerusha,

Thanks for commenting. The way you continued the kite metaphor is great!

Donna,

Isn’t it amazing how God can work good out of the most difficult experiences. I praise him this morning for working such good in your life.

]]> By: Donna http://hopeforlife.org/2008/07/flying_solo/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Donna Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://hopeforlife.dreamhosters.com/?p=47#comment-236 I had a feeling someone was tapping me on my shoulderfor a couple of years. Then I found out that my husband was having numerous affairs. So when I went to a christian counseller and he asked whether I would like to accept Christ in my life I knew right away it was the right thing to do. I haven't looked back. Every thing I was axious about became calm and I know He was the reason. I just told Him, I couldn't handle it anymore and could He please look after things for me and He has. People ask me why I am so calm about everything and why I have so much positive feelings that everything will work out and I say because it's not in my hands anymore. My ex is so surprised that I don't call him anymore in panic mode worrying about this or that. I just smile and say it's out of my hands and I can't do anything about it, someone else is looking after it for me. It's been four years and all I can say to my ex is thankyou for letting this happen to me. He looks at me as though I've lost my marbles. But I haven't, I found them! God is good. I had a feeling someone was tapping me on my shoulderfor a couple of years. Then I found out that my husband was having numerous affairs. So when I went to a christian counseller and he asked whether I would like to accept Christ in my life I knew right away it was the right thing to do. I haven’t looked back. Every thing I was axious about became calm and I know He was the reason. I just told Him, I couldn’t handle it anymore and could He please look after things for me and He has. People ask me why I am so calm about everything and why I have so much positive feelings that everything will work out and I say because it’s not in my hands anymore. My ex is so surprised that I don’t call him anymore in panic mode worrying about this or that. I just smile and say it’s out of my hands and I can’t do anything about it, someone else is looking after it for me. It’s been four years and all I can say to my ex is thankyou for letting this happen to me. He looks at me as though I’ve lost my marbles. But I haven’t, I found them! God is good.

]]> By: Jerusha http://hopeforlife.org/2008/07/flying_solo/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Jerusha Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://hopeforlife.dreamhosters.com/?p=47#comment-149 I love your illustration of the kite and how we get tangled up when we try to "fly solo" in this life. I thought about those strings which give the kite the ability to soar to new heights (when the conditions are right) in the wind. However, I also thought about a kite trying to fly on it's own, it would soon come to disaster as you discovered. When we want to do things our own way we also come to grief in one form or another. The kite needs someone to control those strings, to give it the ability to fly and the one who holds the strings provides a base and a secure anchor from which it is launched. God should be the one who holds the strings of our lives, the very thing which we might feel restricts us, is the very thing which gives us the right amount of freedom (within guidelines or boundaries) to protect us from unseen danger, He knows just how much string to allow us in certain conditions and what tension to use to enable us to take off and fly. A kite can't fly by itself and neither can we soar to new heights in our Christian life and faith without God's guiding hand on the strings of our lives. I love your illustration of the kite and how we get tangled up when we try to “fly solo” in this life. I thought about those strings which give the kite the ability to soar to new heights (when the conditions are right) in the wind. However, I also thought about a kite trying to fly on it’s own, it would soon come to disaster as you discovered. When we want to do things our own way we also come to grief in one form or another. The kite needs someone to control those strings, to give it the ability to fly and the one who holds the strings provides a base and a secure anchor from which it is launched. God should be the one who holds the strings of our lives, the very thing which we might feel restricts us, is the very thing which gives us the right amount of freedom (within guidelines or boundaries) to protect us from unseen danger, He knows just how much string to allow us in certain conditions and what tension to use to enable us to take off and fly. A kite can’t fly by itself and neither can we soar to new heights in our Christian life and faith without God’s guiding hand on the strings of our lives.

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