tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986270693452382001.post871260184986294136..comments2022-12-02T00:45:05.209-06:00Comments on Dazzling Wings: Forgiving GodTanya T. Warringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00838074093892841482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986270693452382001.post-26518804379148335302009-04-24T16:22:00.000-05:002009-04-24T16:22:00.000-05:00Tracy, I'm so glad that my thoughts helped you. Ha...Tracy, I'm so glad that my thoughts helped you. Hang in there. I really encourage you to keep on "working things out with God."<br /><br />Spending time looking at nature is healing for me. I believe God made it all and that his ways can be seen in His created things. I've looked at what I call "survivor trees"--trees that grow out of a rock. Often smaller trees than neighbor trees that grow in the dirt. I admire their tenacity. I've also noticed really thick trees growing right by a stream or river. Their roots are feed daily with life-giving water. When I think of myself I can see seasons of being similar to each type of tree.Tanya T. Warringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00838074093892841482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986270693452382001.post-50539692415410455372009-04-23T13:42:00.000-05:002009-04-23T13:42:00.000-05:00This is exactly what I've been thinking about late...This is exactly what I've been thinking about lately. I have been questioning where God was, and trying to come to terms with it. I guess I finally understand that God was there... because things could have been a lot worse. I struggle with not knowing WHY I have had to deal with the issue of abuse. As I look around at nature though, I can't help noticing that trees don't grow in perfectly straight lines. And sometimes the ones that seem to have had the hardest time (being all twisted up) are the most interesting. Which still doesn't answer the why, but it does seem to make it a little better somehow. I love what you said about the way God answered you. I need to work things out with God myself. Your words are very helpful, and I am grateful to have found your blog. Thank you.<br />- TracyTracyhttp://www.twistedtree.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986270693452382001.post-85503256386639299082009-04-23T13:40:00.000-05:002009-04-23T13:40:00.000-05:00Jamey, thank you for your comment! I think many wi...Jamey, thank you for your comment! I think many will relate to what you said.<br /><br />Isn't it interesting how much anger we feel for the one(s) who looked the other way? Getting in touch with anger took me a really long time, but when I did, I discovered that I felt as much anger at the one who looked the other way as I did toward the one who raped me. It surprised me. But it was authentic and needed to be felt, so that I could move onward in my healing. <br /><br />I felt a huge relief when I realized, deep in my soul, that God had not failed me and that I could live with the horrible reality of what some people did to me in the past.Tanya T. Warringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00838074093892841482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986270693452382001.post-30165710056535713572009-04-23T04:35:00.000-05:002009-04-23T04:35:00.000-05:00I went through a lot of the questioning God and be...I went through a lot of the questioning God and being angry at him when I was in my teens. I couldn't understand why God could not make it all stop. Once I understood that everyone has free will and God will not force his will on us, it started to make more sense. God never failed me, the people who hurt me and those who chose to look the other way were the ones who failed me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com