{"id":5403,"date":"2010-10-18T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2010-10-18T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T13:26:00","slug":"wiw-heavy-hearts-and-dashed-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20101018-5403.htm","title":{"rendered":"WiW: Heavy Hearts and Dashed Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently, three star night<\/a> posed the following question:<\/p>\n

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If you couldn’t read it, the (rather syntaxically awkward) question was:<\/p>\n

“Is it worse to hope that things will stay the same and find that they’re different? Or hoping that things will be different to find that nothing’s changed?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sure, the question is worded in an awkward manner. But the question resonates. What do we do with hopes that flounder or die? When you want changes but get different ones than you wanted? When you want things to stay the same, but find it impossible to continue on the way things have been?<\/p>\n

That’s where I’m at. I’m right here, right there–in two places at once, in two jobs at once, with two hearts at once. I’m here with a heavy heart and dashed dreams.<\/p>\n

Justin Buzzard writes from the same place:<\/p>\n

“My brother and I are learning that when plans fail and dreams die, God has us right where he wants us.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s when plans fail and dreams die that we come to the end of our strength, wisdom, and resources. It\u2019s in these times that we face situations totally beyond ourselves. We can\u2019t fix it! We don\u2019t know what to do! And where do we find ourselves? Flat on our face, ‘bowed down to the dust,’ crying to God for help.”<\/p>\n

~Justin Buzzard, from Buzzard Blog<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn’t an easy road; it’s not a fun path–but it’s a reminder to entrust my heart to the King of the Universe; it’s encouragement to make Him my supreme Dream and Delight. It’s a coming to the end of myself, when I cling to Him.<\/p>\n

I need Him, O how I need Him. And O how I know it in those times when my heart is heavy and my dreams are dashed.<\/p>\n

Collect more quotes from throughout the week with Barbara H’s<\/a> meme “The Week in Words”.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, three star night posed the following question: If you couldn’t read it, the (rather syntaxically awkward) question was: “Is it worse to hope that things will stay the same and find that they’re different? Or hoping that things will be different to find that nothing’s changed?” Sure, the question is worded in an awkward … Read more WiW: Heavy Hearts and Dashed Dreams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}