Comments on: My Handful http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/ Jenni Clayville Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kris H http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/comment-page-1/#comment-10319 Kris H Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:12:07 +0000 http://www.jenniclayville.com/?p=5091#comment-10319 Yes. And dude, I'm still thinking about it. Yes. And dude, I’m still thinking about it.

]]> By: shellie (baylormum) http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/comment-page-1/#comment-10316 shellie (baylormum) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:54:24 +0000 http://www.jenniclayville.com/?p=5091#comment-10316 Isolation is a dangerous place for me. I did that during active addiction. I didn't even realize it. An insane mind goes places (like moving the body-j/k, Jason) that a normal mind doesn't. It's because, even though I was isolated, I stopped listening. Not only for God, but my other personality. You know, the one who looked down her nose at addicts when they came to the pharmacy. She was not smart personality. That's for sure! She acted on her own. Then when it fell down, she had no one to turn to. Except God. I tear up at the thought of God's grace. I am overwhelmed with God's grace. Recovery and a relationship with God are not "me" relationships. They are "we" relationships. I cannot work a program of recovery on my own. The same goes for my relationship with God. I don't have all the answers. None of us do. It takes action on my part to accomplish these relationships. To surround myself with like-minded people. I no longer want that Lone Ranger mentality. It is called "the Body" of Christ for a reason. Each of us has a role to play & we fit together like puzzle pieces. Each bringing something to the relationship. And I am no longer alone. Isolated with "addict girl" doing all the talking. Your spiritual battle last week shows courage in speaking about it & asking for prayer. When you bring those battles into the light the enemy backs off. Prayer warriors come to fight the battle alongside you and gives the enemy even less power! It works. It just works. Isolation is a dangerous place for me. I did that during active addiction. I didn’t even realize it. An insane mind goes places (like moving the body-j/k, Jason) that a normal mind doesn’t. It’s because, even though I was isolated, I stopped listening. Not only for God, but my other personality. You know, the one who looked down her nose at addicts when they came to the pharmacy. She was not smart personality. That’s for sure! She acted on her own. Then when it fell down, she had no one to turn to. Except God. I tear up at the thought of God’s grace. I am overwhelmed with God’s grace.

Recovery and a relationship with God are not “me” relationships. They are “we” relationships. I cannot work a program of recovery on my own. The same goes for my relationship with God. I don’t have all the answers. None of us do. It takes action on my part to accomplish these relationships. To surround myself with like-minded people. I no longer want that Lone Ranger mentality.

It is called “the Body” of Christ for a reason. Each of us has a role to play & we fit together like puzzle pieces. Each bringing something to the relationship. And I am no longer alone. Isolated with “addict girl” doing all the talking.

Your spiritual battle last week shows courage in speaking about it & asking for prayer. When you bring those battles into the light the enemy backs off. Prayer warriors come to fight the battle alongside you and gives the enemy even less power! It works. It just works.

]]> By: shellie (baylormum) http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/comment-page-1/#comment-10315 shellie (baylormum) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:37:47 +0000 http://www.jenniclayville.com/?p=5091#comment-10315 Move bodies?? Am I on the correct post?? Move bodies?? Am I on the correct post??

]]> By: Bill Johnson http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/comment-page-1/#comment-10296 Bill Johnson Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:43:39 +0000 http://www.jenniclayville.com/?p=5091#comment-10296 "I'm gonna see how many lies I can tell you" - wait. is that a lie? :-) Looking forward to tonight, and that's no lie! This whole sentence is a lie. “I’m gonna see how many lies I can tell you” – wait. is that a lie? :-)

Looking forward to tonight, and that’s no lie!

This whole sentence is a lie.

]]> By: jenni http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/comment-page-1/#comment-10284 jenni Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:35:01 +0000 http://www.jenniclayville.com/?p=5091#comment-10284 i love your post. agree with all of it. lying is such a vicious cycle. most people lie because they don't want to be outcasted and lose their friends... but when you get caught in that lie, you end up losing what you are most trying to hold on to. i'm looking forward to our families getting together tonight. i'm gonna see how many lies i can tell you ;) i love your post.

agree with all of it. lying is such a vicious cycle. most people lie because they don’t want to be outcasted and lose their friends… but when you get caught in that lie, you end up losing what you are most trying to hold on to.

i’m looking forward to our families getting together tonight. i’m gonna see how many lies i can tell you ;)

]]> By: Bill Johnson http://www.jenniclayville.com/my-handful/comment-page-1/#comment-10281 Bill Johnson Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:29:04 +0000 http://www.jenniclayville.com/?p=5091#comment-10281 A friend is, above all, trustworthy and full of grace. I think I'm about the same - A LOT of people I like and a lot of acquaintances, but a very small handfull of people that I have a close friendship with; mostly due to trust. Nobody likes to be lied to, but I feel like I'm ultra-sensitive because of past trust issues (gossip, deception, yada yada). I may joke a lot, but I won't lie - and, I don't care what's in a person's past, as long as they don't lie to me. I wrote a post about grace awhile ago: http://www.billjonline.com/20090619/serious/friendship/grace A friend is, above all, trustworthy and full of grace.

I think I’m about the same – A LOT of people I like and a lot of acquaintances, but a very small handfull of people that I have a close friendship with; mostly due to trust. Nobody likes to be lied to, but I feel like I’m ultra-sensitive because of past trust issues (gossip, deception, yada yada). I may joke a lot, but I won’t lie – and, I don’t care what’s in a person’s past, as long as they don’t lie to me.

I wrote a post about grace awhile ago: http://www.billjonline.com/20090619/serious/friendship/grace

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