tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post8631337357229282690..comments2024-03-29T00:01:27.290-06:00Comments on fountains of home: When Easter Feels Harder Than LentChristy from fountains of homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11130888193737436970noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-30920561785879988732015-04-22T22:26:56.147-06:002015-04-22T22:26:56.147-06:00Yes. So much yes! Little Lenten sacrifices went we...Yes. So much yes! Little Lenten sacrifices went well and were encouraging for me this year for the most part. Then came Holy week and the weeks proceeding and I haven't been at my best for sure. It's. so. hard! I heart you and am thankful you shared this. I want so much to celebrate and am trying but definitely getting stuck more than I care for. Hugs to wonderful you!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18162208045999030991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-50980568330231064642015-04-20T22:50:21.197-06:002015-04-20T22:50:21.197-06:00So glad you said this; it puts words to the realit...So glad you said this; it puts words to the reality that so many of us are living. There are no real "answers", but sometimes it just feels good knowing you're not alone in wrestling through this tension on this side of heaven!Shannon Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132362764232121720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-21862357786750932472015-04-15T10:33:04.427-06:002015-04-15T10:33:04.427-06:00Right before Lent I was in a mini dark night. I k...Right before Lent I was in a mini dark night. I knew I was there, did not really care, and had no desire to do the work to get out of it. Then Lent began and I went to confession for the first time in about 6 months..that was the glorious beginning of the end for me. In that confession the priest told me to say the Divine Mercy. I did. I got some. It does not always work out that way. It was a grace this passed lent and now into Easter. But you really do grow through the hard days as much, if not more, than through the good ones.<br />Molly Melnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952640799113115478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-29841376633761913902015-04-14T09:57:59.472-06:002015-04-14T09:57:59.472-06:00My baby died right before Easter last year so ther...My baby died right before Easter last year so there was absolutely no joy in my Easter. I was hoping for better this year but was weighed down by the fact that her birthday was on the horizon. I am finding through this very long year that the only way I can manage is to find something, even if it's one tiny thing, to be thankful for. It does seem to help. Especially if I can turn the thing I am complaining about into something to be thankful for. For example, earlier today I was annoyed because I was knee deep in bills, paperwork, check book balancing, etc. And I was grumbling out loud to myself. I stopped. Asked God to forgive me and then I thanked him that we had a home and money in our checking account to pay the bills and almost instantly my grumbling closed heart shifted to an open thankful one. Beth Cotellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536268080265726705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-50428518968268604122015-04-14T06:53:16.925-06:002015-04-14T06:53:16.925-06:00You're so right!You're so right!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162985502341523594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-2964844278736833242015-04-13T20:11:07.419-06:002015-04-13T20:11:07.419-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16487382705962244008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-30152652243033845782015-04-13T19:59:02.342-06:002015-04-13T19:59:02.342-06:00Beautiful :-) :-) Thank u for this!!Beautiful :-) :-) Thank u for this!!Anabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16487382705962244008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-66820238800647238812015-04-13T14:48:26.510-06:002015-04-13T14:48:26.510-06:00Yeah, it's a lot easier to just go back to cho...Yeah, it's a lot easier to just go back to chocolate with joy. I hear you.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841896917157596550noreply@blogger.com