Comments on: Change your tone

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:44:23 +0000

In reply to Amy Young. Thanks, Amy. Your One Word reminder in the middle of the month is a great time for me to check on my resolution of the month to make sure I'm doing it. I could always be doing better with tone. ;-)

By: Amy Young

Amy Young — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:45:42 +0000

Thanks for linking up with The Messy Middle and #Oneword365 — compassion and tone. That’s a good pairing to tune-into in myself!

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:31:18 +0000

In reply to Micah. Glad you stopped by, Micah. I really hope to pay more attention this month to how we all talk to each other, and see which is encouraging and which is not. Praying for your stretching to be more open goes well!

By: Micah

Micah — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 07:59:33 +0000

First time visiting here. Love this post! I think this is something God is drawing my attention to at the moment. To being more open and giving with my time and energy and resources, even when I feel stretched and feel like holding back. So this is very timely for me. Thanks for writing.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:14:09 +0000

In reply to Pamela. Excellent words from your senior pastor, Pamela. Sometimes we will be duped, but that's not on us; it's on the person doing the deceiving. Our task is to give as best and as wisely as we know how, and leave the rest up to God. Thanks for sharing this. Good advice.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:12:48 +0000

In reply to Amber @ Beautiful Rubbish. Working directly with the public has to be very difficult, Amber. I had a retail job one summer and it taught me a lot...about myself. ha. (And about the worth of good shoes!) Your point is a valid one that we do have to operate within boundaries with our physical resources, but our spiritual resources are an everlasting spring. Thanks for sharing this.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:11:03 +0000

In reply to Beverley. (Confession first: I had to look up "nappies" since I didn't know the term. Diapers, right?) Your story of someone getting twice the amount they expected reminds me of Jesus feeding the 5000. May he give us wisdom in handing things out, and may he multiply it as it goes!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:49:14 +0000

Oh the tone! It makes all the difference in the world–in marriage, parenting and church, too. We once helped a family at Christmas time who gave a sad story. Our church people truly sacrificed to give. Then I found we were one of about 10 churches who fulfilled the need–if it was the need. I’ll never forget what the senior pastor told me–“it’s ours to answer, regardless of the outcome.” I’ve had to use that advise more than once since then. ~Pamela

By: Amber @ Beautiful Rubbish

Amber @ Beautiful Rubbish — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:25:50 +0000

Oh ouch, Lisa. This one hit me in a place I’ve been struggling lately, too. Working with the public as I do, in customer service, I can grow very weary of feeling taken advantage of. I get stingy, stubborn, resentful and nit-picky, and it’s never something I’m proud of. It can be hard to know, in different settings where what we’re giving away isn’t ours to give freely, per se, how to have that boundary – but the tone and the love ARE ours to give away, and as you said, overflowing. I want to overflow. Thank you for this.

By: Beverley

Beverley — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:29:37 +0000

so many food banks, so many people in need these days its almost crazy! I feel i am very blessed because in times of desperation the church will help with welfare needs such as food and nappies and someone i know well said to me recently that someone else had ordered the food on their behalf and there was twice as much as what they were expecting and i replied then make sure you use it wisely and share it when you can.