tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post8835140428265289189..comments2023-05-19T04:46:54.536-07:00Comments on Beautiful rubbish:: Five-Minute Fridays: QuietAmber Cadenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-14884117099910948142012-11-13T20:58:18.704-08:002012-11-13T20:58:18.704-08:00I have such a hard time believing this is hard for...I have such a hard time believing this is hard for you, too. Loving seems to pour out of you - or at least out of your writing (which I believe is pouring from your heart). But it's good to know we're not alone in this. It's funny, as with pretty much everything in life, it seems, that the older I get, the more I realize I know so much less than I thought I did about love. <br /><br />Thank you for blessing me in my honest weakness, Ash. It's a comfort. Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-27938923939386319732012-11-11T18:33:02.278-08:002012-11-11T18:33:02.278-08:00Amber, you seriously break my heart open. Thinking...Amber, you seriously break my heart open. Thinking so much of this love that speaks quietly lately. I, too, feel unable to do it. This part, ohhh: "I ponder these things, on my knees, scrubbing grime from kitchen floors as tears pour down and I'm asking God to scrub the grime from this calloused heart and teach me to love this Quiet-loud. Because I don't know, I just don't know how." How I relate to your words. We do need to be taught to love the quiet-loud. It is so counter to all the grand gestures of this world, that even in love say, "look at me, look at me, look how much I love." <br /><br />"My love is too quiet in all the ways it needs to be loud, and too loud in times it needs to speak just above a whisper." Yes, this is me, too.<br /><br />Bless you for your honest, beautiful weakness, dear Amber.Ashley @ Draw Nearhttp://ashleymlarkin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-23860491342438734912012-11-11T17:19:55.388-08:002012-11-11T17:19:55.388-08:00Well, I'm just happy to hear it was a blessing...Well, I'm just happy to hear it was a blessing to you :-) It is VERY hard to live this love out, that's for sure. But I can't think of a more fulfilling life goal. I keep thinking how deeply thankful I am for this hope, that God empowers us to live the impossible love that he's modeled for us. Bless you!Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-40471958621856183012012-11-11T17:16:56.858-08:002012-11-11T17:16:56.858-08:00Oh, I love that, Sarah... thanks for reminding me ...Oh, I love that, Sarah... thanks for reminding me of that beautiful promise. And thank you for your prayers! Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-24651734424757235532012-11-10T20:19:35.326-08:002012-11-10T20:19:35.326-08:00"And yet love in quiet service can be wonderf..."And yet love in quiet service can be wonderfully, beautifully loud."<br /><br />Mmm. I love this thought. It's so counterintuitive and so very hard to actually live out, but it's so true. Beautiful thoughts, beautifully spoken. Thanks for the blessing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-26588890414614266062012-11-10T19:51:07.549-08:002012-11-10T19:51:07.549-08:00Beautiful post! A comment I left on another blogge...Beautiful post! A comment I left on another blogger's post included the verses from Zephaniah that promises to quiet us by his love & the next breath says that He will rejoice over us with loud singing! Praying for you tonight! <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348134646192641863noreply@blogger.com