tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post4977881527935773110..comments2024-02-17T17:59:25.010+10:00Comments on Christian Writers Downunder: Shedding those extra kilos!Jeanette O'Haganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-64288027799107894112011-11-18T22:33:27.661+10:002011-11-18T22:33:27.661+10:00Thanks Asta. Appreciate your encouragement.
Anusha...Thanks Asta. Appreciate your encouragement.<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-63041597200464920362011-11-14T14:58:57.014+10:002011-11-14T14:58:57.014+10:00Anusha - a really challenging blog. Thank you so m...Anusha - a really challenging blog. Thank you so much. Asta xAsta Landerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198914250718518607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-67697171380366863072011-11-02T21:50:16.699+10:002011-11-02T21:50:16.699+10:00Hey Angie!
Lovely to get your comment. Thank you!...Hey Angie! <br />Lovely to get your comment. Thank you! Yep - your gift was a teeny weight but since there were so many teeny gifts (about 60 - 70 of them!) it added up! :) Glad my blog will spur you on to look inwards.<br />Thanks for your encouragement my friend! Really appreciate it. :) Bless you. xoAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-51846462861973597542011-11-02T20:43:31.394+10:002011-11-02T20:43:31.394+10:00Great post , ah ha , a teeny weeny bit was my gift...Great post , ah ha , a teeny weeny bit was my gift in yr baggage.<br />Anu thank you for telling me about this blog! As always you hit all the right nails! Indeed i am one who hates to look inward.....and have been postponing...now i better hetdown to it..i like your last para! and all the the writer's comments and posts. you have an awesome group here! keep it coming!Angie, Sri Lankaa Robin's lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751878538177551881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-61624263402479948332011-11-01T11:53:27.368+10:002011-11-01T11:53:27.368+10:00Thanks sweet Shala aka NBN! :) Hope that bag of yo...Thanks sweet Shala aka NBN! :) Hope that bag of yours stretches just a little more next time! :) Thanks so much for your encouraging words sweet NBN! Thank you for commenting too! And I was blessed by YOUR thoughts. Bless you. Love always. xoAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-7809649178008422982011-10-31T22:57:33.455+10:002011-10-31T22:57:33.455+10:00Thank you so much for sharing this, aunty Anu!!! T...Thank you so much for sharing this, aunty Anu!!! The comparison you made is so fitting and easy to envision as well, because I often face the task of having to remove stuff I pack in, as a result of overloading my bag! Reading your post made me want to work harder on shedding those extra 'kilos' of unholiness as well as work more on my writing. I feel really blessed by your thoughts. Enjoyed reading all of it! THANK YOU!!! :)Shalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16267214246706376879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-65513625460506696732011-10-31T18:40:13.067+10:002011-10-31T18:40:13.067+10:00Thanks Anushka.Thanks Anushka.Penny Reevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673959533876970193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-57670311425611185532011-10-31T17:23:59.225+10:002011-10-31T17:23:59.225+10:00Thanks Narelle for sharing. Well done on getting o...Thanks Narelle for sharing. Well done on getting on top of your discipline in exercise. I have to agree with you that sometimes it is hard to both see and acknowledge the flaws in our character. I guess that's where we need the Holy Spirit's help? And sometimes, God brings us to a deep place of learning where we are forced to acknowledge what He shows us and forced to change! Thankfully we have a God who is for us and who will help us! :)<br /><br />Thanks Margaret - yes, we do have a wonderful hope, don't we?<br />Blessings,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-23684105804782891372011-10-31T17:16:28.798+10:002011-10-31T17:16:28.798+10:00Thanks Dorothy for those interesting thoughts. She...Thanks Dorothy for those interesting thoughts. Shedding anything comes through discipline doesn't it? And yes, thank God we have His help and His grace to see us through. Thanks Michelle for your encouraging words. <br /><br />Thanks Debbie - you are spot on on what the Word says about shedding those weights that hinder us. Rather a battle isn't it to do that consistently? Thanks for your encouragement.<br /><br />Thanks Rita for those helpful words.<br /><br />Lovely to hear Lynne that your husband had shared something similar and visually using a backpack! Am sure all those who saw that will remember it for a long time!<br />Blessings and thanks,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-43085724871293758372011-10-31T17:09:21.199+10:002011-10-31T17:09:21.199+10:00Loved all your responses everyone. Thanks so much ...Loved all your responses everyone. Thanks so much for your encouragement! :)Paula - I had a good giggle over someone trying to edit my character! I guess that's something what friends do sometimes? Or sermons help us with? I do agree most definitely that it's good it's between us and God! :) Thanks for that.<br />Blessings,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-71974621807283710232011-10-31T15:30:14.636+10:002011-10-31T15:30:14.636+10:00Anusha, great post & I love your analogy! In r...Anusha, great post & I love your analogy! In recent years my discipline with regular exercise has covered my lapses in discipline when it comes to food :) Editing our writing is definitely easier and less painful than editing our character. It can be hard to see & acknowledge the areas where we need pruning in both our writing and character. I've appreciated reading all the comments :)Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-14492111833865587252011-10-31T14:46:16.394+10:002011-10-31T14:46:16.394+10:00Anusha, what an awesome post!
My husband spoke on ...Anusha, what an awesome post!<br />My husband spoke on this very issue in church recently! He took a back pack full of 'stuff' so everyone had a visual to remember! I really enjoyed being reminded of this again! Thankyou! :)Lynne Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813162683082804696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-81243735541327142622011-10-31T14:36:01.886+10:002011-10-31T14:36:01.886+10:00So many great treasures in this post to think abou...So many great treasures in this post to think about<br />xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-53673510547714844572011-10-31T13:16:24.796+10:002011-10-31T13:16:24.796+10:00I'm wholeheartedly with Dorothy's comments...I'm wholeheartedly with Dorothy's comments. Thanks, Anusha! And especially for that last paragraph. I am also hoping/waiting for that time to come...Margaret Lepkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147233663724759684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-50836939681341072812011-10-31T13:02:22.875+10:002011-10-31T13:02:22.875+10:00Thanks for the timely reminder, Anusha. I'm su...Thanks for the timely reminder, Anusha. I'm sure none of us want to be weighed in the balances and found wanting in our character or our service for the Lord!Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-25067852135387156312011-10-31T12:14:19.426+10:002011-10-31T12:14:19.426+10:00Oh dear, Anusha, that excess baggage that you ment...Oh dear, Anusha, that excess baggage that you mentioned sounded very much like me too. Doesn't the Bible say something about putting off the 'weight which clings so closely' so that we can run the race more effectively? In any case, I loved your heartwarming story Anusha. God Bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-22979044444859412522011-10-31T11:50:25.360+10:002011-10-31T11:50:25.360+10:00What I love about having to 'shed' anythin...What I love about having to 'shed' anything, is the deep thinking that comes with it. The re-calibration and ordering which strips and leaves only that which is worth keeping. The weighing up (no pun intended) of what brings glory to God and what detracts from His desires for us. Whether it be our eating and exercise habits, our words or our motives, He sees it all. Thankfully, we can bring it all to Him and see it for ourselves, in the light of His glory and grace.<br /> <br />Blessings Anusha. Thanks for sharing :)Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622521834128746217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-1328523987858107392011-10-31T11:40:39.596+10:002011-10-31T11:40:39.596+10:00Thanks Mel! Like you said we tend to hold onto unn...Thanks Mel! Like you said we tend to hold onto unnecessary baggage in our walk with God - and yes, letting go is the only way to go isn't it?<br /><br />May He give us grace to let go of those things that hinder our walk with God.<br />Blessings,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-43453897423814263092011-10-31T11:38:44.990+10:002011-10-31T11:38:44.990+10:00I like your attitude Amanda. Yes, God's grace ...I like your attitude Amanda. Yes, God's grace is all we need isn't it? Thanks for your encouragement not just in my writing but also in my walk with God!<br /><br />Thanks Rose. I guess they are very similar on some ways and very different in others? We can be ruthless in editing our work but not as ruthless sometimes in editing our characters. And yet - there is no greater joy than letting the Master Editor prune me I've found - the process is very painful but the end result a harvest of righteousness and peace. <br />Blessings,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-9843017975184049302011-10-31T11:34:07.670+10:002011-10-31T11:34:07.670+10:00I enjoyed this post too. Editing our personal char...I enjoyed this post too. Editing our personal characters is certainly more of a challenge than editing our writing - especially because we're the only people who can really do it. Well, I, for one, don't fancy the thought of asking another human editor to help me 'edit' my character. I'm glad it's just between us and God.<br />Blessings,<br />PaulaPaula Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079952414990463270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-20535940203267929852011-10-31T11:30:10.484+10:002011-10-31T11:30:10.484+10:00Thanks Jennifer Anne. Really appreciate your encou...Thanks Jennifer Anne. Really appreciate your encouragement.<br /><br />Thanks Laura for your words about our walk with Christ. As you pointed out, editing writing is far easier than editing character! (Ouch!) May God give us grace and wisdom and the willingness to go all the way with Him.<br />Blessings,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-91748324019291892812011-10-31T11:26:46.294+10:002011-10-31T11:26:46.294+10:00Thanks Paul - I'm glad you didn't delete i...Thanks Paul - I'm glad you didn't delete it as spam! :) I fully agree with you on that one. I think we tend to miss things because we are so familiar with our work. I guess that's why it's good to have it critiqued and edited by others. I think we even miss simple mistakes because our brains gloss over typos and double words and so on. Thanks for your feedback and glad there are others like me!<br />Cheers,<br />AnushaAnusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-20753763783591125142011-10-31T10:40:19.244+10:002011-10-31T10:40:19.244+10:00I tend to think there is one thing I am holding on...I tend to think there is one thing I am holding on to, and it's baggage I don't want to get rid of. But maybe negative thoughts about others is something I should shed. <br /><br />I do agree with Peter, that your own work becomes too familiar to us. Maybe that is something i need to work on. <br />MELMelanie Carter Winklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011605544837222792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-6565601187373738572011-10-31T09:37:21.520+10:002011-10-31T09:37:21.520+10:00Anusha, I love your analogy: editing life and edit...Anusha, I love your analogy: editing life and editing work. I think in principle they are not much different from the other.Rose Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916783669139743112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-53732283194481389372011-10-31T07:41:48.626+10:002011-10-31T07:41:48.626+10:00I love the analogy Anusha, especially drawn from y...I love the analogy Anusha, especially drawn from your amusing experience! Getting rid of excess baggage in every area of our lives is definitely an ongoing process. But, with the grace of God, we shall succeed. :)Amanda Deedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430837640142332983noreply@blogger.com