Comments on: Taking a Leap of Faith http://jenniferdeshler.com/2010/01/22/taking-a-leap-of-faith/ Life's a Dance Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: JenDeshler http://jenniferdeshler.com/2010/01/22/taking-a-leap-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-211 JenDeshler Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:51:07 +0000 http://jenniferdeshler.com/?p=482#comment-211 Anne, yes always room to grow. At the end of it all, having served in whatever way we're charged with is a blessing in itself. I'd rather be a vessel in small ways than having not been used at all. Thanks for being a good example. Anne, yes always room to grow. At the end of it all, having served in whatever way we’re charged with is a blessing in itself. I’d rather be a vessel in small ways than having not been used at all. Thanks for being a good example.

]]> By: Anne Jackson http://jenniferdeshler.com/2010/01/22/taking-a-leap-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Anne Jackson Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:37:07 +0000 http://jenniferdeshler.com/?p=482#comment-210 Thanks for your kind words. I agree - I am reading a book by Kathleen Norris that is all about faith in the small, mundane things (like laundry) and it has shown me how sometimes I can be really faithful in the dramatic, but not as faithful in the everyday. Guess we always have room to grow! Thanks for your kind words. I agree – I am reading a book by Kathleen Norris that is all about faith in the small, mundane things (like laundry) and it has shown me how sometimes I can be really faithful in the dramatic, but not as faithful in the everyday. Guess we always have room to grow!

]]> By: JenDeshler http://jenniferdeshler.com/2010/01/22/taking-a-leap-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-209 JenDeshler Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:29:37 +0000 http://jenniferdeshler.com/?p=482#comment-209 Hi Susan, You are So right. I love serving in those "small ways" and am exciting about the big ways too. Thank you for sharing great examples of being faithful no matter what the call. Hi Susan,

You are So right. I love serving in those “small ways” and am exciting about the big ways too. Thank you for sharing great examples of being faithful no matter what the call.

]]> By: Susan Cushman http://jenniferdeshler.com/2010/01/22/taking-a-leap-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Susan Cushman Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:01:34 +0000 http://jenniferdeshler.com/?p=482#comment-208 Good thoughts, Jennifer. I think it also takes a leap of faith to remain faithful in the day-to-day things, right where we are. Sometimes it's easier to do the "big things" when such an action is outside the realm of our daily lives. Thank God that many people answer God's call to do those "big things," but the lives of the Saints are also shot through with men and women who remained faithful in what often seemed like tedium. I love excitement--like the thought of going to Haiti to help in the midst of a huge tragedy. But recently, during freezing weather in Memphis, I found a quiet peace in giving out blankets to the homeless who were huddled together just a few blocks from my home in midtown Memphis. Like you, I have responsibilities that I can't (and don't really want to) walk away from. But we can make a difference close to home. Good thoughts, Jennifer. I think it also takes a leap of faith to remain faithful in the day-to-day things, right where we are. Sometimes it’s easier to do the “big things” when such an action is outside the realm of our daily lives. Thank God that many people answer God’s call to do those “big things,” but the lives of the Saints are also shot through with men and women who remained faithful in what often seemed like tedium. I love excitement–like the thought of going to Haiti to help in the midst of a huge tragedy. But recently, during freezing weather in Memphis, I found a quiet peace in giving out blankets to the homeless who were huddled together just a few blocks from my home in midtown Memphis. Like you, I have responsibilities that I can’t (and don’t really want to) walk away from. But we can make a difference close to home.

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