Contrariwise

  It could be jealousy (in Christian love, of course).  It could be because I am hurting due to lack of friends.  It could be hormonally induced...

  Well...I take issue with some things she wrote.  I agree that life is hard, but that is not a hope-filled statement.  What about "the joyful anticipation of good in every area of my life"?  Remember "do hard things"?   Am I more concerned about me looking stupid than I am about misrepresenting Jesus?  Do I ever have "control" of my children?  Is it a learning opportunity to think through and recognize that I chose wrongly to begin with, knowing all that was likely to occur?

  Now, do I feel better and smarter than she?  Does this help me to feel like I could be valuable to someone as a friend, even though my blog is not even close to hers in content and eye-appeal?  Naw...actually I feel kinda cheap and small...and still lonely and not so valuable.

  Yeah, this is what happens when I try to provide for myself or to protect myself.  Time to lift my eyes up to God, where my help comes from. 



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