Comments on: Platinum and Rubies: In which a Story can Change the World (A guest post by Deidra Riggs) https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:56:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22021 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 22:42:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22021 In reply to Michelle DeRusha.

Hello Michelle, thanks for the encouragement of your visit!

]]> By: Deidra https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22020 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:36:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22020 In reply to Michelle DeRusha.

I remember talking about this with you once, on one of our amazing adventures. Fun times!

]]> By: Deidra https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22018 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:35:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22018 In reply to Lisha Epperson.

Thanks so much for clicking through to read this, Lisha. Sometimes, people are just so generous with their stories, and it blows me away. A true and rare gift.

]]> By: Deidra https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22019 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:35:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22019 In reply to dukeslee.

Thanks, Jennifer. Earlier today I read a comment where someone called you the greatest cheerleader ever. I concur. 🙂

]]> By: Lisha Epperson https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22017 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:49:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22017 So I’m not alone in hearing and feeling the stories of the passerby and stranger. Each story holds so much beauty, hope, grace, peace, inspiration, power….each a redemptive expression of His love – even when heart-breakingly painful. If I could just sit long enough to hear and pray over them all.
Hearing and having a story shared is beautiful …and so well described in your post as being “given a gift like rubies in a platinum ring.” Will smile to myself the next time it happens. Thanks for this Deidra!

]]> By: dukeslee https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22016 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 21:46:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22016 Keep changing the world, Deidra, one story at a time.

]]> By: Michelle DeRusha https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22015 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:14:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22015 I get that feeling, too, Deidra – especially in airports and in doctor’s offices. Just today I get a message from someone on Facebook that prompted me to say to Brad, “Everyone has a story. Everyone is carrying something around with them.”

I’m so glad you are telling your story, Deidra – it helps the rest of us do the same.

(and hello Anita! Thanks for hosting Deidra here today!)

]]> By: Deidra https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22014 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:51:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22014 In reply to ro elliott.

I am so intrigued by the stories other people carry that sometimes I make up a story for them! I’ll see someone in the grocery store, or on the subway, and by the time they’ve passed out of my view, I’ve constructed an entire life for them. It’s the writer in me. The storyteller. But even better is actually hearing a person’s real, true story. What a gift!

Blessings to you as you serve your brother this week.

]]> By: Deidra https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22013 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:49:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22013 In reply to HisFireFly.

Thanks for these kind words, Karin. As they say…it takes one to know one. 🙂

]]> By: HisFireFly https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/07/platinum-and-rubies-in-which-a-story-can-change-the-world-a-guest-post-by-deidra-riggs/#comment-22012 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:01:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46671#comment-22012 you are beyond price, like the glittering gems you write of, leading others to His throne — stories, yes!

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