Comments on: Hopelessly Devoted

By: Thought Collage » The Barbie Doll Cake

Thought Collage » The Barbie Doll Cake — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:09:39 +0000

[...] Check out my Ace of Cakes (www.charmcitycakes.com) obsession and previous cakes here…here…here…and here. Hmmm…we did a cupcake tower for Guini…who has those photos??? [...]

By: Thought Collage » How I Spent My Summer Vacation - The Rhoades Reunion

Thought Collage » How I Spent My Summer Vacation - The Rhoades Reunion — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:17:12 +0000

[...] Sharon (Morrison of Missouri at the time, but who just moved to Washington) got everybody submitting pictures of cakes they have made and decorated over the years and is turning that into a family history of sorts. That was all the fuel I needed for my Ace of Cakes obsession (see my shameless cake promotion here and here, here and here). Some of these I have just done recently, but believe me, Sharon will be getting photos for her cake album! After all the work you put into decorating a cake, it gets cut to pieces and scraped into the trash. But dear, sweet Sharon will honor it and make everyone she knows look at the pictures and all of our hard work will live on in infamy. Her husband Ray (Morrison of Missouri until he moved to Washington this month) is the greatest guy. He is truly a big brother to my husband and all of our kids adore him. [...]

By: joe

joe — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:22:06 +0000

Thanks Sis, for those inspiring words. I have always believed that we are so inextricably connected to God (as his children) that if he moves but one single iota away from us, we suddenly are aware of what seems to be the greatest gulf- as if we are dropped into the middle of a huge, deep, dark arena as the only soul- and it echos with emptiness…and we turn to see where God is…but I have to wonder if, as a response to the way I handle my relationship with him, he doesn't sometimes move that iota away just to see if I'll even notice…sad on my part. I keep thinking that when I arrive in glory (as if by train) I will run as fast as I can to his throne…I should be running to his throne now! Love ya joe

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:24:57 +0000

Good insight honey, Quantity AND quality, you don't hear that much. I'm hopefully (full of hope) devoted to Him and you… xxoo me

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:44:20 +0000

You are so amazingly insightful, Jeanie. You have a way of making the obvious, well… obvious! Isn't it funny that the simple things seem so tough to grasp sometimes? Just the thought of how my human relationships would suffer if I paid so little attention to them was really impactful to me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

By: Tasha

Tasha — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:32:57 +0000

IYou always seem to see the truth behind things and bring them to clear perspective for the rest of us. This is something I have been struggling with for a while now and I have known it is me not God that is coming up short but I just haven't known exactly how to fix it. Thank you for this, I miss you soo much!

By: Tredessa Rhoades

Tredessa Rhoades — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:37:57 +0000

I've been contemplating similar things lately. I so often say that I have a "relationship" with the Lord, but would my human relationships survive when given the same treatment as my relationship with my precious Savior? Probably not, is the unfortunate answer. I wonder why it is that I ask the Lord for answers, but never sit around to hear what He has to say. What would it be like if when we sat to pray together about a situation that we just simply said, "Lord, what do you say about this?" and nobody says one word, but sits and listens? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable and a little intimidating?! Isn't that the way that we talk to each other though? We speak and we let them speak. Why don't we treat Him as though He's sitting in the room with us? He is. Note to Self(as mom would say): When I'm praying about a situation that I need direction on, try asking once and sitting and letting the Lord speak to me then and there as I would any human being I was asking advice from.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:01:38 +0000

You have such incredible insight to everyday situations. I needed this today – thank you!