tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post111514277353758347..comments2023-08-20T04:40:04.843-05:00Comments on Stephen M (Ethesis): Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1118368695619050822005-06-09T20:58:00.000-05:002005-06-09T20:58:00.000-05:00Great post, Stephen.Great post, Stephen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115347100328961812005-05-05T21:38:00.000-05:002005-05-05T21:38:00.000-05:00My wife is doing as well as I am. She is hoping t...My wife is doing as well as I am. She is hoping to find a place where she doesn't have to work 24 hour shifts or nights, but you know how it is.<BR/><BR/>She is so wonderful. With a 16 year old and a five year old I'm glad I don't have grandchildren, though at 49, I often feel like I should have a few.<BR/><BR/>And you are right, I miss them so.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115345684337267802005-05-05T21:14:00.000-05:002005-05-05T21:14:00.000-05:00One of the hardest things I've had to overcome is ...One of the hardest things I've had to overcome is the idea that people who haven't lost a child have, that after 6 months, or whatever, we are better.<BR/><BR/>With me, it's been 13 years, and just this year, I'm feeling better.<BR/>I still cry (alone) when I think of my sons (Davey died 32 years ago August), it will never stop hurting. But I feel serenity and joy a lot of the time, and hope. annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115293511922469892005-05-05T06:45:00.000-05:002005-05-05T06:45:00.000-05:00annegbI should have been clearer. I try to assume...<B>annegb</B><BR/><BR/>I should have been clearer. I try to assume (though I often fail) that people mean well and that they would be justified by context. With some people I do better.<BR/><BR/>And, in your case, I was right.<BR/><BR/>For a process that the literature indicates takes 3-5 years at a minimum, <I>Stephen, I don't ever want a free pass from hurting others or being insensitive. I Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115261115638001252005-05-04T21:45:00.000-05:002005-05-04T21:45:00.000-05:00A beautiful and profound exploration of silence. ...A beautiful and profound exploration of silence. My husband and I were just discussing yesterday that subject. My friend taught us once in Relief Society a quote from Brigham Young: "Sometimes God wants us to be righteous in the dark" I probably mangled it, but her point was sometimes God is just quiet because He's giving us the opportunity to stretch.<BR/><BR/>Stephen, I don't ever want a annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115260681124545802005-05-04T21:38:00.000-05:002005-05-04T21:38:00.000-05:00A great essay on God speaking is at:http://mormond...A great essay on God speaking is at:<BR/><BR/>http://mormondoctrine.blogspot.com/2005/04/sunstone-west-2005.htmlhttp://mormondoctrine.blogspot.com/2005/04/sunstone-west-2005.htmlStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115173034311457372005-05-03T21:17:00.000-05:002005-05-03T21:17:00.000-05:00Ichan,Thanks for your comment. I just read "The C...Ichan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. I just read "The Color of Water" (about, among other things, the color that God is) and I like the idea of God being like the wind.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115157124598331912005-05-03T16:52:00.000-05:002005-05-03T16:52:00.000-05:00Stephen,This is a beautiful post. I have always e...Stephen,<BR/>This is a beautiful post. I have always envisioned God as something that we can mover closer to or farther from (not God choosing to remove Himself from us), but I really love your perspective.<BR/><BR/>I think of God as being silent, almost perpetually. But when I have felt the spirit or felt God's love, it was a beautiful silence. <BR/><BR/>I see God as the wind (inspired by lochanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215653832995730501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1115152296893803802005-05-03T15:31:00.000-05:002005-05-03T15:31:00.000-05:00Kate,Too bad you didn't read the entire post. The...Kate,<BR/><BR/>Too bad you didn't read the entire post. The entire thrust of it was to address those times that God withdraws when people are not sinning (and, I do brush against Job's friends who sinned towards him, though that is a complete essay by itself).<BR/><BR/>Visited your blog <I>Really, I should not be allowed to write when I am angry over matters of betrayal, overt stupidity, and Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.com