Comments on: An Autobiography in Blog Posts: III. Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Desert Experience https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17348 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:46:04 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17348 Thanks much, Kristi! It's so frustrating when that happens!

]]> By: Kristi Johnson https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17347 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:05:42 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17347 Enjoyed your posts! I had a lengthier comment, but it is lost in cyberspace! I will return…

]]> By: Anonymous https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17346 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:31:02 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17346 nice opinion.. thanks for sharing....

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17345 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:06:44 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17345 Very interesting comment, Na Pan. I guess we definitely learn more from our desert experiences than our flowery valley ones. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Na https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17344 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:10:38 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17344 Wow Anita, i've read all three episodes till now,This is the one in which there is something even more outstanding than the rest.I appreciate the description of the 'desert' , and all that it signifies. Your perseverance does glow all along.Maybe Sister Josephine did rub on a lot of her marvellous qualities to you. Keep writing, and be blessed!

]]> By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17343 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:49:21 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17343 Tanya, Bunyan writes that the Valley of Humiliation and Anonymity eventually becomes so rich and sweet to us that we are sometimes loathe to leave it. http://dreamingbeneaththespires.blogspot.com/2010/06/valley-of-humiliation-john-bunyan.html
“But the way is the way, and there's an end.”

Desert experiences DO end, when we have learned the lessons they have to teach. That is, there is no guarantee that “Williamsburg” or ME will change, but we will change so that we no longer find it a desert–and then, it will be time to move on, metaphorically or actually.

I am certain your “desert” is a temporary camp, spiritually speaking, and God will make you fruitful in the land of your suffering!

Yeah, my main interest is writing, though I do do some ministry. I am co-leading a high-powered St. Andrew's women's group at the moment, for instance, but with a brilliant, mature Christian friend, so very little stress…

]]> By: Tanya Marlow https://anitamathias.com/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17342 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:08:55 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/03/02/an-autobiography-in-blog-posts-iii-williamsburg-virginia-and-a-desert-experience/#comment-17342 Have been catching up on your autobiography – it's amazing stuff! I love reading of your perseverance and drive and determination. And this has been a helpful reminder to me that time spent in the Word is not wasted. It is good for me to be more disciplined in this area. Thanks for the prompt…!

It's funny – I'm at a stage where I would love to be teaching, but I can't; so writing is the 'consolation prize'. I guess that would be the opposite of your instinct, eh? I'm trying to remember that God works in these things; hoping that the desert is a temporary camp, not my permanent home.

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