tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3687662895306829381.post7728799746449852354..comments2023-08-15T06:25:46.197-07:00Comments on Off the Beaten Path: Madame ZebedeeHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04833443946754459389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3687662895306829381.post-81046388951532248752009-02-26T11:17:00.000-08:002009-02-26T11:17:00.000-08:00Amen! Thanks for sharing. It is a very good remi...Amen! Thanks for sharing. It is a very good reminder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3687662895306829381.post-71142474010020288712009-02-24T19:27:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:27:00.000-08:00It's good to know we are not alone in choosing a (...It's good to know we are not alone in choosing a (dare we say) simpler life for ourselves and our kids. Maybe we can start a movement. That would give a happy spin to our poverty. :) All kidding aside, it is challenging to live the gospel for our children to see. I think of the apostle Paul saying "imitate me as I imitate Christ." I've never felt ready to say that, but it seems now that I don't have much choice in the matter. We just have to take a deep breath, pray hard, and do our best.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833443946754459389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3687662895306829381.post-76740077646479208422009-02-24T15:48:00.000-08:002009-02-24T15:48:00.000-08:00I was ready to thank you for the relief you bring ...I was ready to thank you for the relief you bring – we are not in a dirty back alley, but the direction I am taking in life has not delivered wealth or anything approaching a standard life in our society. Weird, or at least unusual, is more the case. And I often worry about the quality of input into the boys' lives. As I say, I was ready to thank you for the message of relief.<BR/>Then I read on.<BR/>Now I can thank you for the challenge and the reminder that we can go to Jesus in our unbelief and inadequacy. A different "thank you", probably a deeper one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com