Comments on Coming Clean: Confessions of an Imperfect Parent: Waiting to Be Ready

I have to laugh at the irony. I'm waiting to a...

2011-08-13T13:46:08.924-04:00

I have to laugh at the irony. I'm waiting to adopt, and until now, thought I would be done waiting when we bring our kids home. I have a feeling I'll be laughing in car lines and practices for the next 18 or 20 years! ;)

I needed this right now, it is a good reminder tha...

2011-01-24T09:12:55.138-05:00

I needed this right now, it is a good reminder that sometimes an unanswered prayer may be frustrating, but it is always right.

Oh, Melinda, I know just how you feel. This is a s...

2011-01-23T17:58:32.205-05:00

Oh, Melinda, I know just how you feel. This is a season, and there will be a season when He has everything in place. If you're waiting on Him and staying open to all He's teaching you right now, you can't go wrong.

More power to you -- and more patience, too. Just stay open to Him.

You totally nailed it. I've been there for a l...

2011-01-23T01:09:10.605-05:00

You totally nailed it. I've been there for a long while too. We have so much in common. I'm working (taking notes too... after being inspired at a Christian writing conference.... :) and I'm just not feeling it's happening yet. But that it's coming. Someday. And then I just heard my toddler's not going to be going to Kindergarten in two years (so I can dig into that calling!) but the district moved it out a year for her age group. Argh!! Wishing so much that I understood.

Praying for peace in the wait for us both. I'm emailing you too. We gotta talk, girl!

Wow. I'm completely blown away. I read this p...

2011-01-23T01:05:05.143-05:00

Wow. I'm completely blown away.
I read this post and can't help but feel like you wrote it JUST to talk to me... ;-)

I'm just completely amazed.

This is such an incredible affirmation; I've known I was suppose to write, and that it (writing) was a gift God gave me on purpose to use for Him- but I've had no clue what I was to write, (save my blog).
Thank you for your transparency during your waiting game (or getting ready game?).
I just feel like it was a sweet way for the Lord to tell me to hold tight, be patient and wait- and when He's ready- He'll open the door.

Before I read this, there was this part of me that seemed to be sitting on the edge of my seat- feeling bad for not pursuing a specific "something" toward writing, knowing that it's what I'm suppose to be doing.

NOw it seems like my hiney just scooted to the back of the seat and reclined!!!

Where do I find information about these Christian Writing seminars?

I asked myself the same thing this afternoon. I th...

2011-01-22T20:17:09.373-05:00

I asked myself the same thing this afternoon. I think I'm waiting to find out.

Waiting to know why you're waiting. Is that a thing?

I just finished a season of waiting... waiting for...

2011-01-22T09:49:29.173-05:00

I just finished a season of waiting... waiting for our son through adoption. He's now one, and although I have been not waiting for a year... now I'm waiting to see how God will continue to grow our family.

And a wise man once said to me, "Perhaps what God is doing to you during the wait is more important than what you are waiting for."

I am still chewing on that, and he said it in a sermon like six months ago. Waiting is hard, but it means God is doing something powerful!

Oh, Melinda, I can't wait to read that book th...

2011-01-21T18:19:01.722-05:00

Oh, Melinda, I can't wait to read that book that God is arranging inside your heart. I do think you've found your niche. I love that we met at the conference.

I'm not waiting---God's waiting on ME! I&#...

2011-01-21T16:48:29.815-05:00

I'm not waiting---God's waiting on ME! I'm dragging and dragging. Everything is aligned and I'm the one stalling. *sigh* I'd rather be the one waiting than feel I'm letting someone down---especially God!

Waiting IS hard. I already love your perspective a...

2011-01-21T11:20:02.119-05:00

Waiting IS hard. I already love your perspective and wisdom gained through 14 years of parenting. So your words are taken to heart for me. But, I do know what you mean and I just know you will write a fantastic book when the time is right.

Waiting is so hard. I see writing opps for you in ...

2011-01-21T09:13:39.745-05:00

Waiting is so hard. I see writing opps for you in the blog and in the short pieces of wisdom you have shared with Focus and others. He is already using your gift for His purpose NOW. That is such a blessing.

Makes me wonder what we call waiting, He call life.

I think its great that you have found something so...

2011-01-20T23:19:42.369-05:00

I think its great that you have found something so meaningful for yourself. It's so hard to do in the midst of all the waiting and doing we do for others. Glad you have found something that calls you that way . . .

Your wait may seem long but in the eye's of Go...

2011-01-20T22:27:03.927-05:00

Your wait may seem long but in the eye's of God, it's just a blink!

It's going to be an inspiring book for sure! Keep up those thoughts!!

Yes waiting on God, seems to be a common theme? W...

2011-01-20T21:59:07.613-05:00

Yes waiting on God, seems to be a common theme? We do wait as parents too. I will look for that book some day:)
kim

It's so hard to wait. The Bible Study I'm ...

2011-01-20T20:30:06.575-05:00

It's so hard to wait. The Bible Study I'm doing right now is on Jonah, called "A Life Interrupted" and a lot of it is about our wants compared to God's plans. I'm learning a lot and your post is reminding me of some of it.