tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138659554856582409.post8162018384327922483..comments2023-06-22T07:38:56.015-07:00Comments on When Love was Not Enough: Parenting our RAD Child: Sick Day w/o PayStory of our Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01617622682686871400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138659554856582409.post-89445974765295668322008-10-13T17:19:00.000-07:002008-10-13T17:19:00.000-07:00Hi,I found your blog through another blog while I ...Hi,<BR/>I found your blog through another blog while I was searching about disruption. I read through all of it and have learned so much, I cant imagine what any of you went through, I wont even pretend to try. I have been trying to read up as much as I can, to try and just be a friend to someone who is going through a similar situation.<BR/><BR/>In reading, I noticed a couple times you referred to God not giving you more than you can handle. I dont know if this will help at all, but I felt led to share it with you.<BR/><BR/>I think its interesting how often this verse is misquoted…I Cor 10:13 says "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."<BR/>It doesn’t say He won’t "give" you more than you can bear, He won’t let you be “tempted” more than you can bear. He most definitely allows things to happen that one cannot bear. Why some more than others only God knows.<BR/>2 Cor 1:8 Paul says "We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. vs 9- Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead"<BR/><BR/>Far beyond our ability to endure<BR/><BR/>Beth Moore puts it this way....<BR/>When our hardships surpass our ability to endure, God wants us to discover His...<BR/>Surpassing POWER 2 Cor 4:7<BR/>Surpassing GLORY 2 Cor 4:17<BR/>Surpassing COMFORT 2 Cor 1:3-5<BR/><BR/>I know this doesn’t change or possibly even help what you and your family went through, easier said than done, but I know for me in my own circumstances, which have nothing to do with adoption or disruption, I don’t have to live with the feeling of guilt in thinking I didn’t do enough, that I am less of a Christian because I couldn’t handle it and it really was more than I could bear. <BR/>An amazing burden was lifted by just knowing that people really are given more than they can bear.<BR/>I pray that in the very least, you feel His surpassing comfort.<BR/>JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138659554856582409.post-65877612082984597962008-10-11T20:43:00.000-07:002008-10-11T20:43:00.000-07:00Topamax has really helped my migraines. Hope you ...Topamax has really helped my migraines. Hope you get relief.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967858167380568996noreply@blogger.com