Comments on: What Are Middles For? To Live In

By: Lisa @LisaAppelo.com

Lisa @LisaAppelo.com — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 21:05:03 +0000

Yes! So much of life is lived in the middle! I’m learning to live where God has me as well. Gotta admit though, that it’s a process. Thank you for today’s reminder, Lisa. 🙂

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:21:32 +0000

I’m struggling with this right now. We’ve just moved and I keep waiting to really live. Waiting for the house to be just right or the friends to come knocking or the …. anything really! Thanks for convicting me to life in THIS moment fully! Blessings!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:44:34 +0000

I just love this. “What are the middles for?” Middles are meant to be lived. I am always tending to either go back and dwell on my regrets or forward with worry and struggle with living in the “now.” What a sweet reminder.

By: Sarah Donegan

Sarah Donegan — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:02:42 +0000

I love the idea that God is here now, so we should be too. I tend to be anxious but want to be present now. Thanks for this!

By: David

David — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:12:55 +0000

Dear Lisa

I have always been terrible for regrets, resentments, and anxieties, so your “Now” theme and posts like this are very good for me. There’s a related lack of confidence about the present (“Is /this/ the best thing for me to be doing?”) which come to think of it is really a raking over the recent past (whenI decided to do /this/).

Now, thinking of a Psalm will help lift me out of all that; often just a line will do (e.g., a semi-ironic, “Oh Lord, how many are my foes”). Thinking of Jesus with me and the Lord around me makes me happier with myself and more at one with my situation.

David

By: floyd

floyd — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:49:30 +0000

Great thoughts. Every second is a gift and the mixture of our wisdom from God and the free will that comes from being made in His image, is nothing short of a miracle.

Wishing the “middle” portions of our lives away, is still wishing our lives away.

By: Neca | The GreatBIGLife

Neca | The GreatBIGLife — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:00:50 +0000

Hi Lisa! I like that you used “middle” to describe “the now”…it helps give a sense of location – that indeed “now” isn’t nowhere but in the space in between. Thank you sharing!

By: Karen Woodall

Karen Woodall — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:17:26 +0000

Agreed! We are way to worried about what will happen tomorrow or angst over what happened yesterday and missed what is NOW. But when we do that, we trade what we have for what is gone or what may never be. As Paul says, let us always learn to ‘make the most of our time for the days are evil.’

By: Anita Ojeda

Anita Ojeda — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:41:22 +0000

Amen! It’s taken me awhile to learn to live in the middle and enjoy it. But middles ARE very important–they prepare us for endings and new beginnings.

By: Susan Shipe

Susan Shipe — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:18:59 +0000

Trying my best to stay in the moment!