Thank you for sharing your story. I liked this chapter- with one significant exception which is why I didn't restack it or share it to my friends:
"We escaped the poverty and shame of food stamps and living week to week."
At first I thought you were saying that you lost the feeling of shame when you needed that help but then I realized that probably wasn't what you meant when I read about you buying a farm etc.
I wouldn't want to share this because I don't want to make people believe that there is shame in having to subsist on those kinds of financial situations and supports. Some people have no choice and I feel like this could be shame inducing rather than being excited to be doing better financially than you were. Don't get me wrong I know people take advantage of things and I know that people don't like to be stuck on receiving handouts but I know a lot of people who must rely on help. I am glad that you were able to continue thriving and growing! But this wording seems to put some people down.
I'm not editing out our experience just because it might hurt some people's feelings. If they are that easily hurt/offended, this won't be the book for them.
As a Roman Catholic Christian, I found this to be a really beautiful meditation! In the Catholic Christian tradition marriage is elevated to a sacrament, a visible sign instituted by Christ to give divine grace. Leaning into that grace is so necessary! Thank you for writing!
You indeed have much to be thankful for. Praise God for His goodness and grace. Families testify to the Truth to be found in God’s word. Either in its absence or in its presence. In the end, all will give glory to God, either by the abundance of their resulting blessedness or by the devastation wrought by trying to do “the right thing” according to the counsel of men.
Excellent, love your writing, straightforward, no nonsense, Christ centered. Many thanks!
Really good! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your story. I liked this chapter- with one significant exception which is why I didn't restack it or share it to my friends:
"We escaped the poverty and shame of food stamps and living week to week."
At first I thought you were saying that you lost the feeling of shame when you needed that help but then I realized that probably wasn't what you meant when I read about you buying a farm etc.
I wouldn't want to share this because I don't want to make people believe that there is shame in having to subsist on those kinds of financial situations and supports. Some people have no choice and I feel like this could be shame inducing rather than being excited to be doing better financially than you were. Don't get me wrong I know people take advantage of things and I know that people don't like to be stuck on receiving handouts but I know a lot of people who must rely on help. I am glad that you were able to continue thriving and growing! But this wording seems to put some people down.
I'm not editing out our experience just because it might hurt some people's feelings. If they are that easily hurt/offended, this won't be the book for them.
I wouldn't want you to downplay what you went through, or censor your experience. I just thought the wording could cause shame in others.
I only wanted to add my perspective of someone who works with a lot of people in difficult situations, and how that one phrase might affect them.
When does the book come out?
I think it'll be done by the end of the year.
As a Roman Catholic Christian, I found this to be a really beautiful meditation! In the Catholic Christian tradition marriage is elevated to a sacrament, a visible sign instituted by Christ to give divine grace. Leaning into that grace is so necessary! Thank you for writing!
You indeed have much to be thankful for. Praise God for His goodness and grace. Families testify to the Truth to be found in God’s word. Either in its absence or in its presence. In the end, all will give glory to God, either by the abundance of their resulting blessedness or by the devastation wrought by trying to do “the right thing” according to the counsel of men.