tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post905348869200049833..comments2023-09-29T02:54:36.953-07:00Comments on Words of Joy: Wounded WarriorsJoy Lentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-88254562200233215282013-03-10T07:41:54.042-07:002013-03-10T07:41:54.042-07:00Hi Joan. Thank you very much for this lovely encou...Hi Joan. Thank you very much for this lovely encouraging comment. Bless you :)xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-90205570574950285602013-03-09T09:18:23.524-08:002013-03-09T09:18:23.524-08:00Lovely poem, Joy. And oh so true, we need to be re...Lovely poem, Joy. And oh so true, we need to be real - not just saying a lot of fluffy jargon and Christianese terms.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />JoanJoan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430939897829160498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-2443150749677251502013-03-09T07:55:15.568-08:002013-03-09T07:55:15.568-08:00Hi Kim. Your words are manna to my soul. It is alw...Hi Kim. Your words are manna to my soul. It is always my desire to be real and stay true to the message God is giving me to write and share. Thank you very much for this lovely comment and for supporting the work God is doing through my writing. I really appreciate it. Bless you :)xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-47679496818642667612013-03-09T07:51:10.293-08:002013-03-09T07:51:10.293-08:00Thank you for your kind comment. I really apprecia...Thank you for your kind comment. I really appreciate it. Bless you :)Joy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-55646931109295502962013-03-09T07:50:28.475-08:002013-03-09T07:50:28.475-08:00Hi Debby. Thank you so much for sharing your own j...Hi Debby. Thank you so much for sharing your own journey. My heart goes out to you in recognition of how hard it can be to keep soldiering on. Our God is so faithful to supply more grace just when we need it. I am truly grateful for your thoughts and they echo my desire to write a book...one day! The timing, ways and means are very much in God's hands. Stay encouraged in Him and in fellowship with fellow sufferers who can share your pain. Love and prayers xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-76231345051200321262013-03-09T07:45:29.575-08:002013-03-09T07:45:29.575-08:00I am delighted to hear it, Tanya, and grateful to ...I am delighted to hear it, Tanya, and grateful to be able to bless one who blesses me so much with her own sweet words. Thank you, my friend!:) xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-83334896923957399672013-03-09T07:43:36.979-08:002013-03-09T07:43:36.979-08:00I really appreciate your comment, Anita. Thanks ve...I really appreciate your comment, Anita. Thanks very much for stopping by to cheer me on! Bless you :)xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-41839014269719498392013-03-09T07:42:23.567-08:002013-03-09T07:42:23.567-08:00And thank you too, Penelope, for sharing your grat...And thank you too, Penelope, for sharing your gratitude for the words God has graced me with. Such encouragement means a lot. Bless you :)xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-77682982730473544572013-03-09T07:40:29.075-08:002013-03-09T07:40:29.075-08:00Yes, Kelli, we do vary in how we wear our wounds. ...Yes, Kelli, we do vary in how we wear our wounds. I tend to lean toward those bruised reeds with more ease too as they feel like kindred souls. Yet, I acknowledge that anger and lashing out are a part of pain for many and have been for me in the past. I do grieve greatly over those in pain of any description, lost lives, hurting people who unwittingly hurt others, and the way church as a whole can grieve us further in its flawed perceptions of the way to handle those in pain. Thank you for seeing and understanding, fellow wounded warrior. :)Joy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-68663154860717123482013-03-09T07:32:45.962-08:002013-03-09T07:32:45.962-08:00Thank you, Mandy. That was my intention. You have ...Thank you, Mandy. That was my intention. You have summed it up so well. Blessings and peace to you. xx Joy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-88380499925571225252013-03-08T11:42:50.502-08:002013-03-08T11:42:50.502-08:00This is beautiful, Joy. Sensitive and and hopeful,...This is beautiful, Joy. Sensitive and and hopeful, AND authentic. Thank you.Kim Hylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697575743515143840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-61769083209005899672013-03-08T07:01:19.175-08:002013-03-08T07:01:19.175-08:00I love this poem. So needed to read it. Thank you ...I love this poem. So needed to read it. Thank you :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-70884520616589320412013-03-07T16:34:56.941-08:002013-03-07T16:34:56.941-08:00Joy, you ministered to me with your lovely writing...Joy, you ministered to me with your lovely writing. I could have written those words myself, for I know those lines by heart, in my heart and in my life. I have not even read the next step to God-sized dreams or written mine, because I was a overcome with feelings of depression over the weariness that comes with Chronic Fatigue taking over my life, Again. I cried, I prayed, and God has answered giving me more strength of spirit and will, than I have had in a month. I suppose I was confused again, and growing weary of well-doing, not what God wants of us. Thank you for the poem and your lovely writing. You need to publish a book. You are a true poet. Truthfully, I would love to read more and hold it in my hand, not a computer. The computer makes me feel as if I need to think faster, and I feel muddled sometimes. I want to slow down to those times, where I read through a poetry book or one of those great classic books, we had to read in school, and be inspired to write my own book. Oh my, how I go on. Think I will just go slow and grow as God allows. From one friend and writer to another. Love, DeborahDeborah Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010919623550536062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-89038473588395337812013-03-07T12:48:55.829-08:002013-03-07T12:48:55.829-08:00This poem was beautiful. It ministered to my spiri...This poem was beautiful. It ministered to my spirit - thank you. Tanya Marlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987731615948337720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-46718319593043145272013-03-07T09:39:29.837-08:002013-03-07T09:39:29.837-08:00Lovely. Thanks, Joy!Lovely. Thanks, Joy!Anita @ Dreaming Beneath the Spireshttp://anitamathias.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-85087084058472560692013-03-07T09:28:25.882-08:002013-03-07T09:28:25.882-08:00Thank you. Thank you. THank you.Thank you. Thank you. THank you.Penelope Swithinbankhttp://www.ministriesbydesign.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-90123865829711598112013-03-07T05:53:51.325-08:002013-03-07T05:53:51.325-08:00Love this, Joy. Sometimes those who are wounded c...Love this, Joy. Sometimes those who are wounded can be fragile and delicate on the inside, but seething and protective on the outside. These are the ones who I find it hardest to give grace. Like the injured animal that bares its teeth at my approach.<br /><br />And then there are others. The ones that are like a bruised reed, almost broken completely. These are the ones I find it easy to run to, but also the company of which I am a part. A wounded and weary part.<br /><br />Your words are so merciful and healing. Grief must've handed you the pen, like it does me. Thank you.Kelli Woodfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693942264588745151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-34706323987676431472013-03-06T17:26:01.414-08:002013-03-06T17:26:01.414-08:00Such a beautiful and encouraging post Joy, remindi...Such a beautiful and encouraging post Joy, reminding of the love of God and our friends when the path seems just too steep and lonely. Thank you :)Mandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-45118458844451847822013-03-06T13:48:43.357-08:002013-03-06T13:48:43.357-08:00Dear friend, your lovely comment makes me want to ...Dear friend, your lovely comment makes me want to praise Him who gifts us with words to encourage one another. I am so pleased this spoke to you, Joyce. Blessings in abundance from one wounded soul to another. xxJoy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006877034360892497.post-5552545670124595492013-03-06T13:11:57.518-08:002013-03-06T13:11:57.518-08:00Joy -this post is wonderful, beautiful and crammed...Joy -this post is wonderful, beautiful and crammed with grace & encouragement for me. Thankyou so much. His gentle whispered blessings to you xxxJoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150169808844097249noreply@blogger.com