Comments on: Jeremiah http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/ Stories of extraordinary every-day women, stay-at-home moms (SAHMs), and adoptive parents. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Laura Acosta http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-591 Laura Acosta Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:11:09 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-591 Good one Vasthi. After leaving Seattle and returning home to New York in 1996, I became depressed and overwhelmed by life. One day i got on my knees and i sobbed, Lord please help me keep going, I can't do this anymore and he answered by blessing me with Joshua 1:8-10 and those first words "Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discourage, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” I can't express what happened to me at that moment, but suddenly something in me just clicked and life has never been the same again. Don't get me wrong, i still have hard times and unless the Lord comes tonight, i will continue to live in a cruel world but how I respond to those hard times is so different. Now I just say, Lord help me to be strong and courageous and guess what, he does...and I am! Praise God! Good one Vasthi. After leaving Seattle and returning home to New York in 1996, I became depressed and overwhelmed by life. One day i got on my knees and i sobbed, Lord please help me keep going, I can’t do this anymore and he answered by blessing me with Joshua 1:8-10 and those first words “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discourage, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

I can’t express what happened to me at that moment, but suddenly something in me
just clicked and life has never been the same again. Don’t get me wrong, i still have hard times and unless the Lord comes tonight, i will continue to live in a cruel world but how I respond to those hard times is so different. Now I just say, Lord help me to be strong and courageous and guess what, he does…and I am! Praise God!

]]> By: Mercy http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-581 Mercy Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:01:40 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-581 Dude!! You know I began reading Jeremiah and had to stop because I started feeling too depressed!! Now, I think I'll turn back to Jeremiah. I watch the Praise the Lord channel sometimes and I get frustrated with some of the FEEL GOOD stuff. I just don't think these guys are being realistic!! Then I saw TD Jakes the other night and he was saying the same thing you said in your blog!! Like you said, the lord is always with us. I believe that even before anything happens to us it gets filtered through him, at least that's what I think. So,when hard times come (and boy sometimes it seems non-stop) I KNOW that I'll get through it and learn something making my relationship with my God closer!! Afterall, isn't that what he desires for us all? It's my goal. Good blog big sister!! Dude!! You know I began reading Jeremiah and had to stop because I started feeling too depressed!! Now, I think I’ll turn back to Jeremiah. I watch the Praise the Lord channel sometimes and I get frustrated with some of the FEEL GOOD stuff. I just don’t think these guys are being realistic!! Then I saw TD Jakes the other night and he was saying the same thing you said in your blog!! Like you said, the lord is always with us. I believe that even before anything happens to us it gets filtered through him, at least that’s what I think. So,when hard times come (and boy sometimes it seems non-stop) I KNOW that I’ll get through it and learn something making my relationship with my God closer!! Afterall, isn’t that what he desires for us all? It’s my goal. Good blog big sister!!

]]> By: Carmen http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-573 Carmen Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:29:24 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-573 Lately, I have been going through some difficult times, but I make sure that I connect with my Father God before I start my day. I try not to let the difficulties get me down and instead try to be on the same page with Him. It's the best way to get through my days. Lately, I have been going through some difficult times, but I make sure that I connect with my Father God before I start my day. I try not to let the difficulties get me down and instead try to be on the same page with Him. It’s the best way to get through my days.

]]> By: Amanda http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-572 Amanda Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:34:09 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-572 OK Vasthi u are officially my favorite blogger look how u have 17 year old girls so intertained...funny thing is im also reading the book of Jeremiah (god works in misterious ways) and i caught myself feeling the same way but i remember what Pastor Josh said (like your daughter) that god has his army of unqualified soldiers who are willing to to fight for him like Jeremiah and Esther and Mary ect. which says alot for us in this century because we have to work to be perfect like christ and until we are perfect like christ we will be gods unqualified but ready for war soldiers...really loved the blog *~*~*AMANDA*~*~* OK Vasthi u are officially my favorite blogger look how u have 17 year old girls so intertained…funny thing is im also reading the book of Jeremiah (god works in misterious ways) and i caught myself feeling the same way but i remember what Pastor Josh said (like your daughter) that god has his army of unqualified soldiers who are willing to to fight for him like Jeremiah and Esther and Mary ect. which says alot for us in this century because we have to work to be perfect like christ and until we are perfect like christ we will be gods unqualified but ready for war soldiers…really loved the blog

*~*~*AMANDA*~*~*

]]> By: Zila http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-570 Zila Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:01:56 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-570 This reminds me of a video PJ (my youth pastor) showed. It said how Jeremiah was "depressed a lot." But then it went on saying that God's army is the army of the "unqualified but willing." I dunno but that sounds like me. lol Anyway good post mom. ~Z This reminds me of a video PJ (my youth pastor) showed. It said how Jeremiah was “depressed a lot.” But then it went on saying that God’s army is the army of the “unqualified but willing.” I dunno but that sounds like me. lol Anyway good post mom.
~Z

]]> By: Mark http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-569 Mark Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:46:50 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/18/womens-voices/jeremiah/#comment-569 Very good! I feel the same way. Very good! I feel the same way.

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