tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127730574460984345.post1315487792872868674..comments2023-10-23T08:10:29.657-05:00Comments on The World Of Chelle': Love Dare- Day 25!!Chelle'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15831750082703333188noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127730574460984345.post-28514429520611988172008-11-14T13:22:00.000-05:002008-11-14T13:22:00.000-05:00My friend Stacy and I talk often about the negativ...My friend Stacy and I talk often about the negative side of shows such as Greys Anatomy and or ER... <BR/><BR/>We discuss the fact that people within Christian circles tend to discuss shows like this as terrible because they promote things such as lust and the sort. We have a bit of a different perspective. <BR/><BR/>It's not so much that we(and by we I'm generalizing all who watch) lust after show stars like Patrick Dempsy- it's more that we long for the romantic, loving, thoughtful, IMPOSSIBLE relationship Dempsy represents. <BR/><BR/>I've said all along that I like the relationships in shows like Greys much more than the medical story lines. I like the Mer-Der (boyfriend/girlfriend), Grey-Yang (best friend) Big Grey-Little Grey (sisters) relationsihps...<BR/><BR/>BUT when liking the relational story lines interferes with how I think my relationships SHOULD be... when I compare my husband's actions (or reactions) to that of Dempsy... or expect my best friend to function as Meredith would... I have found myself caught up in lust. <BR/><BR/>And so- I am praying against and choosing against lust today. I am choosing fact over fiction... reality over falsehood... life over TV.Chelle'https://www.blogger.com/profile/15831750082703333188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127730574460984345.post-597603305613258892008-11-14T08:28:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:28:00.000-05:00Hey girl, I found your blog on my son's blog, who ...Hey girl, I found your blog on my son's blog, who is now way out in South Dakota. We saw the movie, it was awesome. I've been trying to get my hands on the book. I think it's going to be a Christmas Present for many on my list. It is awesome to "hear" what God is doing in your life. Just wanted to say "Hi" and love ya'!!After His Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935554529791458843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127730574460984345.post-62646589938947521242008-11-13T22:40:00.000-05:002008-11-13T22:40:00.000-05:00Hey I am blogging tonight about a forgiveness issu...Hey I am blogging tonight about a forgiveness issue that happened today- not actually in my marriage but a family in law relationship. It seems your post was just what I needed to hear today. God is working through your blog!The Patterson 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/11365182817547393631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127730574460984345.post-65496126554919380682008-11-13T10:12:00.000-05:002008-11-13T10:12:00.000-05:00Great marriages are not created by people who neve...Great marriages are not created by people who never hurt each other, only by people who choose to keep,"no record of wrongs"(I Corinthians 13.5)<BR/><BR/>I really need to pray about this and I think I will post this over on my mirror and by the sink. I say I forgive but then in the heat of a arguement I bring up past transgressions.<BR/><BR/> My husband on the other hand never brings up things that occurred in the past. He literally forgets.....and not just with me. His dad was feeling some guilt over the time he did not spend with his boys while they were children. (My husbands mother was really sick during his childhood and I imagine things were pretty stressful.) My husband does not remember any thing negative from that time. He only remembers the good times and good things. He does not dwell on when someone hurts him. He forgives and forgets immediately even if they never even ask. AMAZING.<BR/><BR/>The lust stuff (yikes it's steamy over here!) we gaurd against it. Why go near temptation? We are careful about what we watch on TV and the magazines we read and web sites we surf! We are also careful with how we behave at work - I stay away from flirty doctors and Mr P is careful with his relationships at work. <BR/><BR/>I did not really think about lust for other things. Things that you are filling your life with instead of God. Nothing or person can fill the God shaped whole in our hearts. May I continue to seek after God FIRST- taking time to study His Word every day then all other relationships and areas of my life will be in proper order. May God show me areas in my heart where I have not truly forgiven Mr P so I can forgive and may I forget so I can be free. May I forgive as God has forgiven me. May I also seek God with all my heart, soul, mind and strenth and love my husband as myself!The Patterson 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/11365182817547393631noreply@blogger.com