tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post7924091505932252395..comments2023-11-03T01:19:22.270-07:00Comments on The Gypsy Mile: Canaan's Story (Part Two)Rossiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14781079838392420547noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-80951024899089071902011-02-25T13:40:18.703-08:002011-02-25T13:40:18.703-08:00I hope that your husband is much more loving, resp...I hope that your husband is much more loving, respectable, kind, happy, and enjoyable than you tend to make him seem whenever you write about him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-68907871877974891062010-02-18T12:55:56.443-08:002010-02-18T12:55:56.443-08:00Ditto that! Can I use it for our newsletter at MO...Ditto that! Can I use it for our newsletter at MOPS too?HAPPYHANERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554119693424274660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-28629483665985736412010-02-18T11:59:23.803-08:002010-02-18T11:59:23.803-08:00hi. this week i have had to counsel two women in t...hi. this week i have had to counsel two women in that very thing. your wording, though, was sweet and palatable and encouraging. would you mind if i put some of it in a newsletter i send out to friends for encouragement (with your blog<br />site listed, of course)? please let me know @ encouragingforyou@gmail.com. thanks lizan encouragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901872603465017271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-26756658133990665332010-02-17T14:30:48.676-08:002010-02-17T14:30:48.676-08:00Thank you thank you thank you LORD for Rossie and ...Thank you thank you thank you LORD for Rossie and Phil, for your wonderful guidance, for your clear instructions regarding marriage and submission, and for giving us the HONOR of submitting to our husbands and in turn receiving the rcihest of rich blessings within our homes...peace, love, respected, happy men, with whom we can raise our families. <br /><br />I love you Rossie and am thankful for your clarity and commitment to sharing God's prupose.<br /><br />No question that first woman has surfaced in me from time to time only to meet the sad sad consequences. I am thankful that I now ENJOY being the second woman (most of the time) and that I have a wonderful man, like Phil, who leads our family!!HAPPYHANERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554119693424274660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-3724282030407030492010-02-17T08:08:13.983-08:002010-02-17T08:08:13.983-08:00I think you answered my question from Part 1 (shee...I think you answered my question from Part 1 (sheepish grin)... Great comparison between the two women. I am trying hard to be the 2nd one, but I am awful at it. My example was my mother who was definitely a #1 woman... she always go her way, but never saw the damage it did. I saw the damage, but when you are raised with one example that is all you know. Even if you know it is wrong you do not know a better way sometimes. So... I am working on it. <br /><br />Obviously, you have earned your husband's trust. <br /><br />18 months ago my husband also said to get rid of everything. He also signed up for a vasectomy! When the papers came in the mail I was supposed to sign them, but I just could not do it.... and yes, I got the submission speech, but my heart was too heavy over it. My husband respected that and he trusted that I had a reason that he might not truly "get" at that point. I just did not want to have regrets after a few years passed. Guess what? Around the time the baby turned one he started getting that twinkle in his eye! HE wants more... not I, really.... I am frightened, but love my kids... He told me a few days ago that 8 or 9 would be okay with him! This from a man that wanted a vasectomy! I am saying this because this is an example of when I acted rational and did not tell my husband this is the way it is going to be and he was not having a vasectomy. Instead I handled it gracefully and told him that he could have it... he could even forge my signature, but I just could not be the one to sign it. I told him it was HIS choice and I would support it even though I did not want him to do it. And see what happened.... amazing. I just wish I could handle every issue so gracefully. ;) On another note... look where it has gotten me, though!! LOL!! He wants not just one more, but several more!!! OH MY GOSH!!! Amazingly, I am fully aware that it is him turning to God's ways and not his own ways. He is seeing the joys of God's ways!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682234408333714885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-39636487570232493032010-02-17T06:36:30.627-08:002010-02-17T06:36:30.627-08:00That was a great example of the two women, thank y...That was a great example of the two women, thank you! I struggle here also. I am striving to be a help meet!<br />BlessingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-12256134209375276122010-02-17T05:48:29.092-08:002010-02-17T05:48:29.092-08:00love your example of the two women! Very good........love your example of the two women! Very good.....and I would have done the same stubborn thing with the offer to drive to the hospital. We think we are helping by not wanting to put them out, and they WANT to help!!!!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420653041847535481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470320771794217486.post-13329751210670620252010-02-16T21:46:17.237-08:002010-02-16T21:46:17.237-08:00Oh Rossie! What a gift to read! You really GET IT...Oh Rossie! What a gift to read! You really GET IT don't you! And what an amazing husband you have! Your submission has made your good man, and GREAT man! We should all strive to be that 2nd woman! But it is truly only in our dependence on the Lord that we can take the journey of being a submissive wife! I honestly just LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!Too Many Kids In The Bathtubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387120358645721985noreply@blogger.com