tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086194494955059550.post6943798667756422520..comments2019-01-07T17:59:37.396-08:00Comments on Living Sweetlee: SufferingAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10939748868480799309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086194494955059550.post-8091685501544556472011-07-14T11:58:09.689-07:002011-07-14T11:58:09.689-07:00I didn't know you had a blogspot! My sister sh...I didn't know you had a blogspot! My sister shared this with me recently, I thought you might relate. <br /><br />"What I know now is that His kindness burns through even the deepest betrayals and invites life from death every chance we let Him. There are things that explode into our lives and we call them curses, and then one day, a year later or ten years later, we realize that they are actually something else. They are the very most precious kinds of blessings....we're discovering that lots of times, not every time, maybe, but more often than not, there is something just past the heartbreak, just past the curse, just past the despair, and that thing is beautiful. You don't want... it to be beautiful, at first. You want to stay in the pain and the blackness because it feels familiar, and because you're not done feeling victimized and smashed up. But one day you'll wake up surprised and humbled, staring at something you thought for sure was a curse and has revealed itself to be a blessing--a beautiful, delicate blessing."<br /><br />~Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines<br /><br />.Aspenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15119751266998049770noreply@blogger.com