Comments on: Of long goodbyes and short lives http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives » I solder the body electric « Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:21:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steven http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-23158 Steven Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:43:35 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-23158 Hi there I was just surfing on short lives and came across your writing. Can I have your permission to use it in my writing and sermons? It is so personal, but yet so well-expressed. Eagerly waiting for your reply. thanks steven Hi there

I was just surfing on short lives and came across your writing.
Can I have your permission to use it in my writing and sermons?
It is so personal, but yet so well-expressed.

Eagerly waiting for your reply.

thanks

steven

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-771 Jimmy Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:39:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-771 We love you, man! I think mom has a picture of you and me in our tree house out in Lone Jack. I need to get that from her to post. Now that's comedy! We love you, man!

I think mom has a picture of you and me in our tree house out in Lone Jack. I need to get that from her to post.

Now that’s comedy!

]]> By: Lynda http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-764 Lynda Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:23:23 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-764 February 18, 2005 11:16 Tears welled up as I read this. I understand how the deeper inner self wants to "protect" you from future hurt. But the sun does shine, you will move through this and you have learned much. Try having God be the One who always fills your heart. He will never hurt you. Then when your earthly relationships form, dissolve or whatever course they take, you will not feel quite as much heartache and lonliness. God created us first for a relationship with Him, secondly for others. There is a reason for this. We sometimes forget the order, but in His divine wisdom He protects us if only we could just follow Him. Just remember Psalm 23 ...when we walk "through" the valley... we don't get stuck there, we go through it. You are special and loved by many. February 18, 2005
11:16
Tears welled up as I read this. I understand how the deeper inner self wants to “protect” you from future hurt. But the sun does shine, you will move through this and you have learned much.

Try having God be the One who always fills your heart. He will never hurt you. Then when your earthly relationships form, dissolve or whatever course they take, you will not feel quite as much heartache and lonliness.

God created us first for a relationship with Him, secondly for others. There is a reason for this. We sometimes forget the order, but in His divine wisdom He protects us if only we could just follow Him.

Just remember Psalm 23 …when we walk “through” the valley… we don’t get stuck there, we go through it.

You are special and loved by many.

]]> By: SciFiChick http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-765 SciFiChick Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-765 i don't really know you, but i'm praying for you too. i don’t really know you, but i’m praying for you too.

]]> By: Carl V. http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-766 Carl V. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-766 I may or may not have told you this before but I'm really sorry about your recent loss. James and I talked about it on the way to Constantine in the snowstorm after I had read his post about not knowing the right thing to say in these situations. As hard as it is and as much as it hurts to be in any sort of relationships with our fellow human beings it is so much better than the alternative. If God hadn't created us with that craving for companionship we'd be in a right mess! Think of how it would be if we didn't have that need for relationships to balance out the baser, more selfish desires. We'd be a mess. I'm glad you're on the road to healing and talking(writing) about it will definitely help. Hopefully when you come here in March I can at least meet you and say 'hi' since I've heard about you for years. I don't know how to end this....hang in there seems trite as does 'I'm praying for you', but I am and as such I'll leave it at that. I may or may not have told you this before but I’m really sorry about your recent loss. James and I talked about it on the way to Constantine in the snowstorm after I had read his post about not knowing the right thing to say in these situations. As hard as it is and as much as it hurts to be in any sort of relationships with our fellow human beings it is so much better than the alternative. If God hadn’t created us with that craving for companionship we’d be in a right mess! Think of how it would be if we didn’t have that need for relationships to balance out the baser, more selfish desires. We’d be a mess. I’m glad you’re on the road to healing and talking(writing) about it will definitely help. Hopefully when you come here in March I can at least meet you and say ‘hi’ since I’ve heard about you for years. I don’t know how to end this….hang in there seems trite as does ‘I’m praying for you’, but I am and as such I’ll leave it at that.

]]> By: Julie http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-767 Julie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-767 I'm glad you are sharing your heart with us. It will help. We are here for you! Time is a great healer. I wish it were faster than that. You have people who care and will walk with you until the sun shines again. I’m glad you are sharing your heart with us. It will help. We are here for you! Time is a great healer. I wish it were faster than that. You have people who care and will walk with you until the sun shines again.

]]> By: Julie http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-768 Julie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-768 Rob, I encourage you to read the Psalms. I think they will bring you hope. Read Psalm 34. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Rob, I encourage you to read the Psalms. I think they will bring you hope. Read Psalm 34. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-769 Jeff Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-769 Rob, I know the voice of that isolated alter ego from my own life, too. Let me assure you that isolation is an addictive drug as well -- I found myself wearing the pain of my lonliness like a shield, using it to keep back the friends who were trying to break through to love and care for me. Consider that the whole history of salvation is of God calling out again and again for a wayward people to return to Him. He, more than anyone else, has certainly known the pain of broken relationships, and is more qualified than any other to meet us in our hurt and carry us through. God Himself will restore your spirit, and He will use the love of friends around you to encourage you along the way. Rob, I know the voice of that isolated alter ego from my own life, too. Let me assure you that isolation is an addictive drug as well — I found myself wearing the pain of my lonliness like a shield, using it to keep back the friends who were trying to break through to love and care for me. Consider that the whole history of salvation is of God calling out again and again for a wayward people to return to Him. He, more than anyone else, has certainly known the pain of broken relationships, and is more qualified than any other to meet us in our hurt and carry us through. God Himself will restore your spirit, and He will use the love of friends around you to encourage you along the way.

]]> By: Rob http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/comment-page-1#comment-770 Rob Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2005/02/of-long-goodbyes-and-short-lives/#comment-770 Thank you all for your extremely kind words of peace. I appreciate your prayers and support. I am blessed. :-) Thank you all for your extremely kind words of peace. I appreciate your prayers and support. I am blessed. :-)

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