Comments on: Don’t be invisible

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:44:06 +0000

In reply to Caroline. Thanks, Caroline. We're alike in so many ways so I understand needing that kick. If I got it everytime I needed it, I'd stay sore. :-)

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:41:51 +0000

In reply to Jean Wise. I also love your phrasing here, Jean: "God calls me to be faithful not successful." I've known for years that I'm too much into efficiency and checking off my to-do list every day. I've found a little more balance but I'm not there yet. Thanks for this heartcheck again.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:24:21 +0000

In reply to Angie in Guernsey.

I can be a perfectionist in my home too. 🙁 Some friends stopped in the other day and commented on how clean it was and I immediately started noting the things I had NOT done. Must get over that. I don’t want to be either too proud when I’ve done a “good job” or feel bad when I think I haven’t.

So yes, I’m quite a work in progress too, in multiple areas. We’re blessed to have a Lord who goes at just the right pace in working with us. 🙂

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 03:22:18 +0000

Awesome, Lisa. I really need this kick sometimes, since I’m like this, too: “But if I wait until I get it perfect, you may never see it at all.”

This is huge: “Sometimes the bravest thing you can do—the strongest, the most loving—is just be who you are.” Thanks, friend.

By: Angie in Guernsey

Angie in Guernsey — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:47:28 +0000

In reply to Jean Wise.

‘God calls me to be faithful not successful’ – a hard lesson to learn! We struggle, but GOD LOVES US! Doesn’t He just love it when we take these steps in faith?

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:14:58 +0000

I’ve read some of her books but not this one. Good advice. I know I am very accomplishment oriented. I want to be successful so don’t look until I am complete. I am learning that God calls me to be faithful not successful though. hard lesson to learn but I am slowly getting the idea!

By: Angie in Guernsey

Angie in Guernsey — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:04:23 +0000

This was very timely, Lisa. I’m usually quick to spot perfectionism in others and am blind to it in myself, but your post has shown me an area in which I have a BIG problem with trying (and failing!) to be perfect.

As for areas in which I’ve succeeded against perfectionism… well, I would have said being houseproud, but I’ve just spent a quite a bit of time spring cleaning. I would have said I didn’t have too much of a problem, but Jesus is showing me all kinds of areas in which, when I lose control of a situation I find myself demanding perfection…so quite a work in progress. “The heart is deceitful above all things’ – Jeremiah 17:9

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:33:53 +0000

In reply to laura.

Especially being female and in the position you are in, I know you would relate to much of what she says in this book, Laura. I found it delightfully rich!

You give your sons wise counsel. It’s when times are tough that our true colors show through about who we’re trusting in–ourselves or God?

By: laura

laura — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:07:35 +0000

What good advice Brown Taylor’s rector gave her. Yes, this is helpful. I often tell my sons that it’s easy to be gracious when things are going our way but it’s how we act when things take an unexpected turn that can glorify God if we allow it. I really need to read this book.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:52:21 +0000

In reply to beverley.

“but where i lack God picks up the slack”
Nice poetry as well as truth here, Beverley. 🙂 Thanks.