tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post2820351009597804821..comments2024-03-29T00:10:51.155-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: How To Receive a Blessingterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-18999003580067119312016-08-17T14:09:16.352-04:002016-08-17T14:09:16.352-04:00A timely reminder of how the flow of blessings wor...A timely reminder of how the flow of blessings work! It's amazing how you begin to see even more blessings in life when you are grateful with a heart of receiving for the ones that are given.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251936768042830801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-82398624977943145562016-08-16T00:47:14.891-04:002016-08-16T00:47:14.891-04:00We have often been the ones on the giving end of t...We have often been the ones on the giving end of things. This past year, we have been on the receiving end a lot. We have learned to say thank you and enjoy the blessings. At first, it was hard, but we also felt that when people told us that God had told them to give "it" to us, we should receive it with thankfulness. Just as we felt blessed time and time again when we shared with others, we did not want to rob them of their blessing. Complicated, but simple, at the same time:) It will be our turn to share again--life has it's seasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-58553700702377080542016-08-15T20:46:44.293-04:002016-08-15T20:46:44.293-04:00Terri - Sometimes we do this with compliments. Ho...Terri - Sometimes we do this with compliments. How many times have people complimented us and we are too prideful to acknowledge these beautiful acknowledgements.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-67961207250782123522016-08-15T16:49:07.058-04:002016-08-15T16:49:07.058-04:00I hadn't thought of giving and receiving this ...I hadn't thought of giving and receiving this way...thank you!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710629007170091862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-45625457041195227482016-08-15T12:14:27.920-04:002016-08-15T12:14:27.920-04:00I had this happen to me. I did it. I came to kno...I had this happen to me. I did it. I came to know a women and gifted her with a little something that I knew she would like. Later she gifted me with hand made pottery her family made. They seemed to precious to give to someone they did not know well. I felt awful like I was taking someones birth right. On top of that they were big and heavy. Frankly they are nothing I could use. What to do?? Chances are they would never ever be in our home. I could put them away forever in a closet? I checked and no one in the family wanted them either. I kept thinking and wondering if I should even have them again and again. My mother made so many things and gave them away and the family has nothing of hers now. I put myself in their shoes and worried they too would have nothing hand made like this later either. Finally I took them to their house and give them back. I tried to explain why. It did not go well....At All. They did not understand my point and pretty much shut the door in my face. I would never do that again. But still wonder what to do with something so unique as that I really can't use and also something that seemed like heirloom pieces? If seem there would be no denying that they were the ones given to me. Regifting them or donating them seemed out of the question then. In the end there is no denying that I did wrong by returning them. Lesson sadly learned. SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-84671158917297491102016-08-15T11:45:28.453-04:002016-08-15T11:45:28.453-04:00Terri, thank you for such a wonderful loving post....Terri, thank you for such a wonderful loving post. Oh how wonderful that God loves us and sends us these blessings.. And all we have to do is accept. Such a loving God we have.<br />I am so sorry that the man refused the gift. Broke my heart , just to read it. Know it made you two feel terrible.. And I just know this man , has some kind of trouble on him, that he cant accept that he is loved and the gift was a gift of love. I will add him to my prayer list.<br />Have a blessed day. JudySew Blessed Maw [Judy]https://www.blogger.com/profile/15474519379303505290noreply@blogger.com