Comments on: What I am into (Feb 2013 edition) and Progress on New Year’s Goals https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/#comment-19273 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42067#comment-19273 In reply to LA.

Thanks, LA. Yes, I guess God is always surprising. I hope I am beginning to learn to be open to him in whichever way he chooses to reveal himself–in words, or silence, or even, I guess, laundry!!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/#comment-19272 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:14:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42067#comment-19272 In reply to HopefulLeigh.

Thanks for hosting an interesting link-up. I enjoy browsing it!
(And I remembered to link up properly this month:-)

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/#comment-19271 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:13:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42067#comment-19271 In reply to Adele Chapman.

Oh, thank you, Adele. It was a bit of a Feb-funk month, but on recapping it, I realized it had more beauty than I realized!

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/#comment-19270 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:50:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42067#comment-19270 Congrats on your progress…I am, as you can see slowly getting back into the swing of reading and keeping up with my blogs more. I’m glad that you find God at the bottom of your inkwell as opposed to the bottom of your laundry basket. Not every encounter of God is going to come from a place of complete non-doing. That time around, maybe to encounter God best was as the ink flowed from the pen and the words escaped your brain into cyberspace. God touches us in the way HE wants to, not always the way we’re expecting. I read the whole “God coming in a whisper” passage differently. He came in a whisper because he was expected in a shout. If the prophet was listening for a whisper, I believe God would come in a shout. We do to know the hour or the means by which he contacts us, so we must be alert to his contact however that may occur and it is likely to be unsuspecting. Which is why I don’t seek God as much as make a place in my heart for him to be welcome and I expect the unexpected. So, no sigh needed after saying it turned into a writing retreat…because the bottom of your inkwell is where God was waiting for you that time and you found him there.

BTW, I use the whole “God at the bottom of the laundry basket” thing all the time with my women friends…it holds a fantastic message for women and ministries of the church. It always elicits a giggle and a triumphant “yes, that’s so true!!!” You have created a meme!

]]> By: HopefulLeigh https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/#comment-19269 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:14:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42067#comment-19269 Your retreat in Wales looks and sounds heavenly! I could use some more bookshelf space. Have fun filling that up!

Thanks for linking up with What I’m Into!

]]> By: Adele Chapman https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/01/what-i-am-into-feb-2013-edition-and-progress-on-new-years-goals/#comment-19268 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:40:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42067#comment-19268 Wow, what incredible pictures. Sounds like you had a beautiful month. 🙂

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