Comments on: Loving the Ones You Don’t

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:34:25 +0000

Thanks Carrie. I’m glad you’re getting something out of it. Sorry for the extreme delay in my response. I always try to respond to comments as best I can because really, it’s the community and interaction that is the best part of writing a series like this. Hearing other people’s stories and experiences. I went to a blogging conference and am currently stranded because of the hurricane so it’s been a tad busy and truthfully, I’ve been slacking in formulating the rest of this series but I will be posting more here soon. So, thanks for sharing that. I appreciate it and hope you tune in when I get more posts up.

By: Carrie K

Carrie K — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:48:41 +0000

I cannot even articulate right now what this series is meaning to me…i just CANNOT stop reading! thank you for doing the hard work to put this out there!!

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:07:55 +0000

Right back at you, friend. You bless me so much with your you-ness. Love you.

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31 Days to Why Church? - Narrow Paths to Higher Places — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:20:10 +0000

[...] Day 16: Loving the Ones You Don’t [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:36:19 +0000

I’ve come to realize through time that we are all that “annoying” person and we are all “annoyed” by different people. I guess “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” could be applied here. The key is to remember that just because someone is “trash” (used only to complete the metaphor) to you they are, can be and will be someone else’s treasure. We should always try and treat them like the “treasure” they are, even if they are not our treasure. BTW, I think you are a TREASURE! My treasured friend.

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:12:28 +0000

Aren’t we all? Yes, grace is the only thing can make annoying people lovable.

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:11:53 +0000

Well we certainly need to be fed my Christ to be able to pour out grace. I think He can use other people in the body to help nourish us, but we get our sustenance from Him alone. I know that when I’m not, I am easily annoyed, and irritated. And probably in many ways, annoying and irritating myself with my bad attitude.

By: Karise

Karise — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:26:06 +0000

Good reminders about living in community with others. I’m sure I’m annoying at times- extending grace is so important!

By: JoAnne Potter

JoAnne Potter — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:56:47 +0000

Someone told me once that we need three kinds of people in our lives…ones who help feed us, peers, and ones we feel into…the last ones feeling like the emotional vampires you have described. Since then, I’ve come to understand that the only reliable one who feeds us is our sweet Christ…