[Faith-talk] Reflection

[Ericka]

You're welcome Debbie. Sending you a big hug and I hope to meet you again sometime at convention someday. I remember Dave Hyde introduced me to you.

Ericka Short
 from my iPhone 6+

> On Jun 30, 2017, at 8:00 PM, debby phillips via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Erica, I love this. I so much agree with you. This week while helping at a BELL Academy, I realized how different we all are, because we are individuals, and we all have different ways of learning and doing things. Certainly we should believe the best of each other, and expect the best. But what is best for me is different than best for someone else. For instance, I know that I can be kind and patient, but I know that I often fail at that. So God is calling me to be more kind and patient. Anyway, before I start rambling, back !Erica's reflection. You did a great job of summing up what a learning experience the last few days have been. Thank you so much. God is using you to encourage us all and to call us on to be better brothers and sisters to each other.    Debby
>> On Jun 30, 2017 4:43 PM, Justin Williams via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Incredible message Erica, great way to put that into words. 
>> Joseph, Tell Jenny that I said to keep shining. 
>> justin 
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>> Hudson via Faith-Talk 
>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 5:56 PM 
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>> Cc: Joseph Hudson <jhud7789 at outlook.com> 
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Reflection 
>> 
>> Hello Erica, I found your message very touching and very moving. I hate to 
>> say, but she informed me over the telephone, that she his safely 
>> unsubscribed herself from this list. Because of dear moderators 
>> communications. But I will forward this message to her private inbox so that 
>> she will see it. She spoke very highly of you so I'm sure that she would 
>> love to continue communicating with you.'m not saying she's going to.ossible 
>> encouragement for her to come back. 
>>> On Jun 30, 2017, at 4:48 PM, Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> Well I've been a doing a lot of cleaning today because the nieces are 
>> coming over tomorrow. To make the chores less boring of course I talk to 
>> God. Well it came to my realization that God sent Jenni in our midst to 
>> teach us all something. 
>>> 
>>> I want to personally thank Jenni for posting on here no matter how it came 
>> out. Second, I want to thank everyone who has given advice and stood by her. 
>> And that's no matter how it came out as well. Third of all if she does not 
>> subscribe to this any longer then I will share this with her. 
>>> 
>>> It's my personal believe that when  you reading the Scriptures/scared text 
>> of faith, or have experiences in your life God is trying to teach you 
>> something. And if he never puts situations in life that tests our faith, 
>> understanding of others, or of ourselves then we are not really growing in 
>> our faith. So with that said, Jenny has taught us a lot! She's taught us 
>> patience. She's taught us how to improve our communication skills. She's 
>> taught us the importance of asking questions. She has taught us that 
>> everyone does not have the same life experiences we do, or financial 
>> situation. Not everyone learns the same way we do which should be obvious 
>> since the NFB  message says that we are like the general population, we just 
>> learn differently. We also learned that sometimes answers can't be found 
>> immediately. We've also learned that even if God is changeless, we need to 
>> be. If we did not need to change our ways and learn from our experiences 
>> then we do not have any need for God.  If we don't need to change then we 
>> don't send therefore we don't need God, right? 
>>> 
>>> So much of the New Testament calls us to walk with our brothers and 
>> sisters, to understand them and to help them. Sometimes we don't know how 
>> but just listening which I think helped Jenny the most and what many of us 
>> did helped the most. I'm done with my reflection and I can greatly say I 
>> have huge respect for pastors who have to have it together every Sunday. 
>> This took a lot of thought and editing. 
>>> 
>>> Praise be to God who never changes but changes us to be more and more like 
>> him every day!  Praise God that he alone knows how we tick and leads us to 
>> those who can help us change!  Praise be to God for everyone on the journey 
>> from the beginning to the end! 
>>> 
>>> Ericka Short 
>>> 
>>> from my iPhone 6+ 
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