tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post1280309242298079880..comments2023-06-21T02:54:27.907-05:00Comments on The IDD Blog: Broken HeartsThe IDD teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06605079423870764869noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post-37424895903150727012008-11-22T10:03:00.000-06:002008-11-22T10:03:00.000-06:00This is excellent! I completely agree with you. H...This is excellent! I completely agree <BR/>with you. Having the right perspective on broken hearts is very helpful in letting God heal us and make us completely His and His alone. :)nenagracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991332974642375255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post-44658880490312445422008-11-21T14:18:00.000-06:002008-11-21T14:18:00.000-06:00BRAVA!!! excellently put. Perfect. I couldn't a...BRAVA!!! excellently put. Perfect. I couldn't agree with you more. :)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421527245037975857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post-19885184124482768482008-11-21T12:03:00.000-06:002008-11-21T12:03:00.000-06:00Thanks. :)Elizabeth, I personally don't think I wa...Thanks. :)<BR/><BR/>Elizabeth, I personally don't think I was that harsh either, but for someone who's wedded (no pun intended) to that model of courtship, I think it could be a hard thing to hear. Thank you for your encouragement!MaureenEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375521802342642953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post-68970932776440083352008-11-21T09:27:00.000-06:002008-11-21T09:27:00.000-06:00"No. Hearts break. At the risk of sounding callous..."No. Hearts break. At the risk of sounding callous, it is true. Hearts break, but God heals."<BR/><BR/>Excellently put, Krista!<BR/><BR/>Maureen, thank you for writing this post. For the record, I don't think you've been harsh. You've said something that DESPERATELY needs to be said, in my not-so-humble-opinion. Good job!Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615027156871947911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post-49804221289057763342008-11-21T05:08:00.000-06:002008-11-21T05:08:00.000-06:00At the expense of sounding like an echo, I say the...At the expense of sounding like an echo, I say the same as Deb: "Well-said."<BR/><BR/>It's one thing that has bothered me about the courtship movement for the last few years. If you marry the first person you fall in love with, all well and good. It isn't a bad thing to escape with an unbroken heart.<BR/><BR/>But as I have said before: boyfriends and girlfriends aren't the only people that can inflict emotional pain and heartache. A mother can reject her child and do a world of harm. Should her child wonder what he or she did wrong? Assume that it was he or she's fault? Once a person declares a way of doing this as the only means of escaping a broken heart, of preventing hurt, that sets up the implication that if you do come out hurt in the end, whether by deliberate actions to hurt or even by accident (such as one person loving the other while the other decides that it isn't God's will for marriage)...that sets up the implication that you did something wrong. <BR/><BR/>And so there is the guilt. The guilt, particularly when other girls appear to have the 'perfect' story and did everything right. The guilt and the what ifs and the self-doubts and in the end, it can wreak such havoc on relationships! It can cause a girl to want to lock her heart away. It can cause her to blame God and have difficulty trusting Him - because she tried her hardest, still got hurt and why did He let that happen?<BR/><BR/>No. Hearts break. At the risk of sounding callous, it is true. Hearts break, but God heals.Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055678421339871259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682994646408072293.post-68377025867491451242008-11-20T14:43:00.000-06:002008-11-20T14:43:00.000-06:00Well-said Maureen :)Well-said Maureen :)Miss Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17839415844969262108noreply@blogger.com