Comments on: The Sadness of Christmas http://shoreline.marshillchurch.org/2007/12/07/the-sadness-of-christmas/ The latest information on Mars Hill Church | Shoreline Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:22:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike vona http://shoreline.marshillchurch.org/2007/12/07/the-sadness-of-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-693 mike vona Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:09:03 +0000 http://voxpopnetwork.com/shoreline/2007/12/07/the-sadness-of-christmas/#comment-693 thank you Malana: it is most up-lifting to hear someone else reflect what is in my heart and I am sure the hearts of so many who struggle with their emotions and feelings at this time..you give a good insight and way to deal with them. thank you. mike thank you Malana: it is most up-lifting to hear someone else reflect what is in my heart and I am sure the hearts of so many who struggle with their emotions and feelings at this time..you give a good insight and way to deal with them. thank you. mike

]]> By: Justin Schaeffer http://shoreline.marshillchurch.org/2007/12/07/the-sadness-of-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Justin Schaeffer Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:12:48 +0000 http://voxpopnetwork.com/shoreline/2007/12/07/the-sadness-of-christmas/#comment-692 Wow Melana. Your posts are so consitent in their grittiness. Many of us do not take the time or are unwilling to truly investigate our hearts (especially the dark or sad parts) as deeply as you do in your posts. I welled up with tears a bit at the thought of Mary holding the sweet fragile Jesus, myslef knowing the end of His story as a man. The Lords ways are certainly not man's ways and I praise Him for His wisdom, mercy, and kindness. He is much wiser than we in His grand scheme to work heartache for His glory and our glory. I am so glad to hear that your gloominess during this season is not the final resting place of your heart, but that you have been able to find in it fertile ground to produce the fruit of Thanksfulness and Trust in God - which are of more worth than the most expensive Christmans present! Wow Melana.

Your posts are so consitent in their grittiness. Many of us do not take the time or are unwilling to truly investigate our hearts (especially the dark or sad parts) as deeply as you do in your posts. I welled up with tears a bit at the thought of Mary holding the sweet fragile Jesus, myslef knowing the end of His story as a man.

The Lords ways are certainly not man’s ways and I praise Him for His wisdom, mercy, and kindness. He is much wiser than we in His grand scheme to work heartache for His glory and our glory.

I am so glad to hear that your gloominess during this season is not the final resting place of your heart, but that you have been able to find in it fertile ground to produce the fruit of Thanksfulness and Trust in God – which are of more worth than the most expensive Christmans present!

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