tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post8684321492032805075..comments2024-02-14T01:13:37.420-08:00Comments on Sharon Sharing God: CARVED DEEPERSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00840994989201507494noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-72236844909901322422014-08-14T10:30:18.919-07:002014-08-14T10:30:18.919-07:00Ok, if I ever get to come see you I will for sure ...Ok, if I ever get to come see you I will for sure come in the daytime...I am scared of those lonely, remote long narrows driveways where the trees and bushes come right up to the car...<br /><br />Great post Sharon...love the analogy, the outline...always amazed at how much you put into your post. God has poured much into you my friend and I am so glad pour it out on us who read you. Wise Heartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890246183434576719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-18903594122905761602014-07-27T06:31:04.638-07:002014-07-27T06:31:04.638-07:00Thank you for your article. The cowboy sculpture i...Thank you for your article. The cowboy sculpture is very beautifully carved. Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246834295123351186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-5613159599492738932014-07-21T19:00:53.752-07:002014-07-21T19:00:53.752-07:00Sharon~this is your best post! I'm with Beth o...Sharon~this is your best post! I'm with Beth on this one. And maybe it's the best because it explains so much for me how God works not only in my life but in the lives of other strong, Godly Christians. I've struggled with how everything seemed perfect when I first came to the Lord some 40 years ago but how these awful characteristics keep showing up in me. I thought I was made new in that instant and would never be the same yucky person again. But now I see. There are several steps He needs to take in making me into that beautiful creature that reflects His beauty all the time. This sculpture analogy will stick with me forever! And if I forget it, please feel free to remind me.<br />Thank you, Sharon, for allowing the Lord to carve you deeper!<br />Blessings,<br />JanisJanis Van Keurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291628430833626275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-45680707322421140932014-07-20T15:11:37.566-07:002014-07-20T15:11:37.566-07:00Beautiful post, Sharon. Love your list of contrast...Beautiful post, Sharon. Love your list of contrasts between what we think and what God wants! <br /><br />And that is my favorite scene from The Voyage of the Dawn Trader. Walden Media redeemed themselves, slightly, in my eyes for including it, after failing miserably with Prince Caspian. But I digress...<br /><br />Well done, connecting scriptures to the sculpting process! I love it when God shows Himself and His ways through the practical. Have a blessed week, Sharon!Inspired By Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846209740481251443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-20657572777390035782014-07-20T12:26:01.498-07:002014-07-20T12:26:01.498-07:00I've not read Voyage of the Dawn at reader but...I've not read Voyage of the Dawn at reader but connected with the section you shared. I wrote something like it in my post today...likening my skin as a covering he wants removed. I love when our posts connect like this. One mind, one heart, one Jesus. Blessings Sharon. seespeakhearmama.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474930545685485489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-41315385225579370822014-07-20T09:45:21.011-07:002014-07-20T09:45:21.011-07:00I love the Chronicles of Narnia. I read the whole ...I love the Chronicles of Narnia. I read the whole series to my now three teenagers. Your post reminds me of the scripture, He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.... He's our refiners fire. Certainly not comfortable, but definitely necessary. Thanks for linking on my weekend blog hop! I wish you a blessed week ahead.Christina Morleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392106710659332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-78821714403293922252014-07-20T06:30:14.311-07:002014-07-20T06:30:14.311-07:00Sharon,
Just good - I can't help myself, I al...Sharon, <br />Just good - I can't help myself, I always read posts in at least three ways (probably because these are what I'm working toward....) I look at the message and application, I enjoy the word-smithing, and I think about scriptural connection. I know, scary but true... This post hit all three. Thank you for the references to creating art and to one of my favorite all-time authors - and especially thank you for the scripture connections. Well done, friend. Well done!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263629738556756592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-80566103340000365052014-07-20T03:02:30.442-07:002014-07-20T03:02:30.442-07:00No, no seminary background. Just a love for God a...No, no seminary background. Just a love for God and His Word, and a desire to know what He's up to in my life. But thank you, I am complimented that you thought so!!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840994989201507494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-56643684743814607572014-07-19T19:56:37.508-07:002014-07-19T19:56:37.508-07:00This has been my life for the past ten years! Som...This has been my life for the past ten years! Sometimes I feel like I can't take anymore storms or chaos, but God has always been faithful to provide peace, strength and hope. Thanks for sharing this wisdom at the Saturday Soiree Blog Party and hope you'll join us again next week!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558737836052830092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-58722445433792863132014-07-19T15:46:37.318-07:002014-07-19T15:46:37.318-07:00Hi Sharon,
I loved your post! So good! I loved the...Hi Sharon,<br />I loved your post! So good! I loved the parallel you drew between this Voyage of the Dawn Treader passage and sculpting. You have really encouraged me because I am in the process of planning the new first of the month series for my site, uncommongrace.net, on thoughtful books that have been really influential in my walk with Christ and I wanted to include this, but was hesitant since it is fiction, but now I am thinking otherwise! I'm glad it was so impactful for you too! Thank you again for sharing!<br />-S.L.Payne<br />uncommongrace.netS.L. Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837798121398117463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-42316725062599702332014-07-19T11:31:18.588-07:002014-07-19T11:31:18.588-07:00Wowzers!! What a great post about how God uses us,...Wowzers!! What a great post about how God uses us, how He picks us up and refines us. It never ends until the day we are called home to be with Him. I praise God for all the peeling and chunking off He has been doing to me. It hurts at times, it's a deep painful hurt, then after the pain comes the soothing balm of His love and I am healed. I just love that don't you?<br />I am a new follower from Faith Along The Way blog party. <br />http://www.vibrantcountrycottage.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-42515433699601980622014-07-19T11:29:38.243-07:002014-07-19T11:29:38.243-07:00Ceil, I didn't like the idea of chunks or bein...Ceil, I didn't like the idea of chunks or being peeled either. I have been going through it and let me just say it hurts like crazy sometimes. I know in the end it's worth it though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-69578096963374198292014-07-19T07:12:46.880-07:002014-07-19T07:12:46.880-07:00My iPad does wonky commenting things. Haha! This I...My iPad does wonky commenting things. Haha! This IS good. Skip all the other weird grammar. michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855240895148103436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-42733379712906204362014-07-19T07:11:31.946-07:002014-07-19T07:11:31.946-07:00This it his is so good Sharon so very good. freein...This it his is so good Sharon so very good. freeing humans trapped inside of their sin.michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855240895148103436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-65820691038667145422014-07-18T20:30:15.450-07:002014-07-18T20:30:15.450-07:00Hi Sharon,
Great post! I like that, "carve me...Hi Sharon,<br />Great post! I like that, "carve me deeper." There were and still are things in my life God wants/ wanted gone; things I just did not want to give up, but God kept chipping away. Now I look at my life before being saved and after, and what a big difference.<br />Blessings,<br />KenKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01778220319438098870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-2404536192197717042014-07-18T12:45:36.431-07:002014-07-18T12:45:36.431-07:00Very insightful post. Do you have a seminary back...Very insightful post. Do you have a seminary background?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01871801446113377170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-66148894694422568332014-07-18T12:27:01.603-07:002014-07-18T12:27:01.603-07:00Marvelous as usual, Sharon... Love all of this. If...Marvelous as usual, Sharon... Love all of this. If you are the Cousin to Captain Obvious, you must be the Queen of Analogies-- because you always share a great one! Thank you for your perfect words over at #EverydayJesus. Blessings! Sharita Knoblochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499132955069545784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-1912687981245893132014-07-18T08:00:41.840-07:002014-07-18T08:00:41.840-07:00His love is what makes all the difference. Hard to...His love is what makes all the difference. Hard to resist. Glad too that He never gives up on us. Happy Friday, Sharon. Nikki (Sarah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-44824406711725061162014-07-17T18:36:42.148-07:002014-07-17T18:36:42.148-07:00Freeing humans trapped inside of their sin. I lov...Freeing humans trapped inside of their sin. I love this thought. Any kind of freedom has to be bought, Jesus did that for us. But for us to walk in freedom requires daily dying, each little chip of flesh that gets chipped off of us is getting closer to Him who lives inside our soul. Soon, when He calls we will shed this dress of flesh and burst out into total freedom, the master carver will be finished with us. He'll present us to the heavenly host and God the Father a finished beautiful work. Good post Sharon, so many application to be taken from it. Good writing. <br />Wise Heartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890246183434576719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-26667110783705913732014-07-17T14:33:33.397-07:002014-07-17T14:33:33.397-07:00I love your writings. I rarely comment, but I enjo...I love your writings. I rarely comment, but I enjoy reading! You have a gift, friend. This could possibly be my favorite! Blessings!Kaylene Yoderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652174599514076971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-79397548248083560462014-07-17T05:20:52.647-07:002014-07-17T05:20:52.647-07:00So grateful for the shaping work of God in my life...So grateful for the shaping work of God in my life. Great analogy, Sharon. Appreciate your encouragement and your link up to Testimony Tuesday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-57265689928833154612014-07-16T11:21:10.667-07:002014-07-16T11:21:10.667-07:00Great post! Really resonated. I love The Chronicle...Great post! Really resonated. I love The Chronicles of Narnia and how you used that part of Eustace's story. Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423296276797361892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-84871873780735362582014-07-16T10:35:04.490-07:002014-07-16T10:35:04.490-07:00Wow, excellent post! Thank you, this post is reall...Wow, excellent post! Thank you, this post is really inspiring....I love it. Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-91675533925687065432014-07-16T10:12:36.265-07:002014-07-16T10:12:36.265-07:00Hi Sharon, Spot on again. God BlessHi Sharon, Spot on again. God BlessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205365191840035777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168946904182381428.post-17584674621374949362014-07-16T05:55:48.651-07:002014-07-16T05:55:48.651-07:00Friend, I absolutely adore you and everything you ...Friend, I absolutely adore you and everything you share. THIS may be my favorite post of yours. Just beautiful. I watched the first Narnia before becoming a believer and need to go back and watch again. I'm so grateful for you. <3Simply Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583157577579026991noreply@blogger.com