tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987520056622836009.post679139175875806806..comments2013-04-22T05:24:55.027-04:00Comments on Strange Mercy: War ZoneStormchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039949137714076734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987520056622836009.post-6822676086927502522009-10-14T20:34:01.443-04:002009-10-14T20:34:01.443-04:00Thank you. I've just visited your blog and am ...Thank you. I've just visited <i>your</i> blog and am awed...<br /><br />I'm still here; but I've received even stranger mercy recently, and find myself greatly blessed, quite unexpectedly, after a long, long time in the desert - at a time when many people are suffering far more than usual. <br /><br />It's difficult to deal with this, very difficult to express proper thanks to God for present blessings while attuned to the widespread, concurrent difficulties and misfortunes of others. <br /><br />But that's the problem of grace [and the scandal of its particularity] in a nutshell.<br /><br />I think Shakespeare's Lear had a proper response: "... to feel what wretches feel, That thou may'st shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just." <br /><br />We are blessed that we may share, thus multiplying blessings. <br /><br />So... rather than giving up, I suppose one could say I've been up, giving. With a full and grateful heart. But I haven't had much to say about it til now. <br /><br />Thank you, again - for prompting me to share this.Stormchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039949137714076734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987520056622836009.post-80317177740809957422009-10-12T16:22:16.141-04:002009-10-12T16:22:16.141-04:00This is brilliant. What has happened to your blog ...This is brilliant. What has happened to your blog ?have you given up ?Blue Eyed Ennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181985609681328032noreply@blogger.com