tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725159535648034956.post4583074641643654936..comments2024-03-19T03:32:32.931-06:00Comments on Refracted Lite: The Mood is Melancholy. . .Refracted Litehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013665563299743836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725159535648034956.post-6230150947340476962009-02-28T19:00:00.000-07:002009-02-28T19:00:00.000-07:00I loved this post as it reflects many of my feelin...I loved this post as it reflects many of my feelings! There are people whom I have never met but feel very close to. It is amazing! But then so is God and He knows just when we need someone to fill a certain empty place in our lives. The Lord provides! <BR/><BR/>The same feelings you were experiencing when looking at the pictures, I get those too when looking at photos of New England. I long to be back there and also, belong, as most of my family is still there. But then I realize that God has me right where He wants me at this moment. It doesn't make me stop wishing I could go "home" but it does help to comfort me knowing that God has me in His care. In his perfect timing, if it is His will...I will return there. In the meantime, I will grow where I am planted! <BR/><BR/>As far as hearing certain music...I experience the same. Whenever I hear, "Our God is An Awesome God" it places me right back in Awana where I was a leader and my kids were right along side of me. I get the same "deja-vu" when I smell certain things too. When light my gas stove...it transports me to my grandmother's house as she was making tea. Wonderful memories! Happy memories! <BR/><BR/>I could go on and on about smells and music. There are so many that trigger a memory or feeling. As much as I miss my friends and family in New England, I am glad I do have those memories as they comfort me when I am feeling lonely.<BR/><BR/>Hebrews 13:5 (New King James Version) ...be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725159535648034956.post-1180497978470575112009-02-28T05:08:00.000-07:002009-02-28T05:08:00.000-07:00This writing touches me.....I can relate to so muc...This writing touches me.....I can relate to so much of it - especially the friend part. I like nothing more than to sit with a friend - a long ago one or a new one - and just connect. Women can do that for hours and it never grows old. We all have so many feelings in common and even similar situations when it comes to our families and our lives.<BR/><BR/>It was so neat to hear you mention DC Talk! Sometimes I think you and I have the same soul in different parts of the country! I LOVE their original music. I used to listen to them for hours, and Just Between You and Me is one of my most favorites. I actually went to a luncheon in the early nineties at a church in Fox Chapel that they were at. It was before they were very well known. It was in the church social hall and there was a copy of their cassette tape at each of our places with their pictures on the front. They came in and sat amongst us and Toby sat directly across from me - I didn't even know it was him. I don't think I said two words to him and now when I look back I can't believe the opportunity I had to talk with him and didn't even know what to say!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your blog. Keep up the great work!!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923071173836974555noreply@blogger.com