tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post6003465552002677774..comments2023-05-02T04:17:09.271-07:00Comments on [Un] Closeted Pastor: Good TimingCeciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812791378130572065noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-40968082259306319792007-11-17T18:43:00.000-08:002007-11-17T18:43:00.000-08:00Yes, C, and that's one of the things I really wond...Yes, C, and that's one of the things I really wonder about this religion stuff of yours (pl). SO many faiths believe one should just gut it out and be miserable in a marriage that isn't working, rather than find happiness, and, well, blessings in a relationship that does. It just challenges all logic that so many faiths would rather see people miserable for 30 years than happy.<BR/><BR/>ITAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-26182781578230104212007-11-16T10:58:00.000-08:002007-11-16T10:58:00.000-08:00I love this online community. I so appreciate ever...I love this online community. I so appreciate everyone's sharing of their experience.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, I'd like to say that I think remaining in a marriage without love may be the sin. I don't know. I know my husband left me for just that reason... he seems happy. I was tempted to do that ten years before he did it (leave the marriage for another woman!), and concluded there was real love for me in the marriage. (As well as young children.)<BR/><BR/>I honestly don't think God judges us as harshly as we judge ourselves.Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812791378130572065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-79006507540008223812007-11-16T10:35:00.000-08:002007-11-16T10:35:00.000-08:00I had given up on the idea of True Love. And then ...I had given up on the idea of True Love. And then I met mine.<BR/><BR/>I went through hell trying to deny it, because I was still married (though miserably) when I met him. I nearly killed myself out of despair and grief.<BR/><BR/>And then I let go. I did not have an affair, but I gave up the safety and security of my loveless marriage for a shot at happiness.<BR/><BR/>I have never regretted it for a moment. I was not wrong. He was/is the love of my life. Everything about our relationship feels holy and God-blessed. He brings out the very best in me, and has renewed my faith in a loving and merciful God.<BR/><BR/>The timing was rotten. I sinned to be with him. But I am alive in all ways because I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-31432882052187143092007-11-16T07:47:00.000-08:002007-11-16T07:47:00.000-08:00Oh NancyP, that sounds way too....rational. I thi...Oh NancyP, that sounds way too....rational. I think we do stumble into possibilities, and I suspect there are more possibilities than we acknowledge but I don't think most of us are looking for "reasonable candidates". We are looking for The One.<BR/><BR/>And I think many people never find The One. Which suggests to me that there aren't that many "resaonable candidates".<BR/><BR/>Hey, I'm allowed to be romantically irrational on this one subject, I found My One. If I believed in God I'd be thanking Him daily for the gift she is to my life. :-)<BR/><BR/>ITAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-39507351648352621182007-11-16T06:36:00.000-08:002007-11-16T06:36:00.000-08:00Don't know what "good timing" would be for a relat...Don't know what "good timing" would be for a relationship. God offers opportunities, and we have to reach out and take them. It's sort of like the God-phone to me; all I have to do is connect; the line is always open.sharecropperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138522185303347235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-76345247281625950492007-11-15T18:55:00.000-08:002007-11-15T18:55:00.000-08:00There is no One Perfect Partner readymade. There a...There is no One Perfect Partner readymade. There are just opportunities. The two of you find each other to be reasonable candidates, then you each grow into being more and more loving as time goes by. The opportunities and the support thereafter are all gifts from God.<BR/><BR/>NancyPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-50427394300037051032007-11-15T10:29:00.000-08:002007-11-15T10:29:00.000-08:00Everything leads us to where we are, right now. M...Everything leads us to where we are, right now. My life could have, should have, turned out so differently had I not chosen to take certain paths, or turned different corners.<BR/>Could the timing have been better for you and your beloved? Yes, absolutely! I believe that God would have still led you to be together. In hind sight, everything has led me to this place, while not perfect, exactly where I, we are supposed to be!Catt.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07417005690599299484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-28040127436108350992007-11-15T10:25:00.000-08:002007-11-15T10:25:00.000-08:00This is so heartfelt and reflects so many of the q...This is so heartfelt and reflects so many of the questions I ask myself. Good timing....God's timing? Dear One and I "hurtled in" too, eleven plus years ago, we "saved" each other, we were both "answers to prayer" for each other that neither of us even knew we were asking for....I think, IMHO we can claim those things from the One who loves us beyond imagining. It is, after all, a little more significant than parking places. :) Blessings to you and Beloved!RevDrKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043193615563649333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-86879908551560436942007-11-15T06:15:00.000-08:002007-11-15T06:15:00.000-08:00first. i wish b. could get over this business of h...first. i wish b. could get over this business of her just being around. i have seen her too many times to know that is true. second. thanks for your really good post on where god is in all this. i have been asking...LittleMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178617028863825445noreply@blogger.com