tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post2694732847833434453..comments2023-08-15T09:56:49.703-05:00Comments on WRITE FROM THE HEART: YES to GOD study: Chapter 1Lelia Chealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13173827811277833243noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-20920594446505886932008-09-27T00:12:00.000-05:002008-09-27T00:12:00.000-05:00I just got my book Thursday and I hope it's not to...I just got my book Thursday and I hope it's not too late to join in for this week.<BR/><BR/>Here is my definition of authenticity . . . The good, the bad, AND the ugly! I've posted about this at my site.<BR/><BR/>I can't begin to tell you the emotions that are involved in stepping up to do this study. They range from fear to excitement. I think God is up to something very big.<BR/><BR/>Lelia, thank you for being open to God's leadership in this study. I pray that He lavishes you with His blessings.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039530589590711678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-1685744402241722842008-09-25T20:22:00.000-05:002008-09-25T20:22:00.000-05:00I wrote this for authenticity:Being real about who...I wrote this for authenticity:<BR/>Being real about who you are. Not trying to "show yourself" as perfect but just letting others see who you are, in that moment, be it good or bad. <BR/><BR/>How can you tell if someone is being authentic? Sometimes it is hard but I think Lisa's title holds a clue - look at their eyes. Pain defies the pat "I'm doing fine" answer. The flash you saw mght not be a twinkle but anger being suppressed. Eyes might not be completely dependable, but the more you are around someone, the more you can read what's really in their hearts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147593138737484614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-91170664151051944562008-09-25T19:46:00.000-05:002008-09-25T19:46:00.000-05:00Sorry for the late link! I am thrilled to be a par...Sorry for the late link! I am thrilled to be a part of your study. I just think it is amazing how God is using the blog world to unite Christians in the study of his word! Thank you again, for hosting this study!<BR/><BR/>Darlene{darlene}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17310243306735564898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-73052220234009879122008-09-25T14:22:00.000-05:002008-09-25T14:22:00.000-05:00Wow! This is going to be SOOOO good! :) :) :)A...Wow! This is going to be SOOOO good! :) :) :)<BR/><BR/>Authenticity is hard to see in the people you don't see 24/7. Know what I mean? You can see how people act in church, the work place, online, etc., but how they act in the privacy of their own homes or in the privacy of their "secrets" could be something totally different. <BR/><BR/>Most of us strive for transparency and authenticity, but sometimes it is hard to tell if someone is being real. I'm good at it sometimes, and not so good at it other times. <BR/><BR/>Oh, the reason for my late post is that I just got my book yesterday! ARGH!<BR/><BR/>Love you guys!<BR/>RebeccaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438968579173979217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-57882879551531586152008-09-25T09:35:00.000-05:002008-09-25T09:35:00.000-05:00I know I am going to LOVE this book! I read chapt...I know I am going to LOVE this book! I read chapter one on Tuesday night, but have not had the chance to do my homework in the back. My father in law passed away early Monday morning and this week has been a flurry...<BR/><BR/>I loved reading everyone's responses and look forward to some time in God's Word tonight to do my work.<BR/><BR/>God bless you sweet sisters... I am so excited about the journey we are taking!!!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490282906820870874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-24814123478454287232008-09-25T01:20:00.000-05:002008-09-25T01:20:00.000-05:00This is so exciting, the comments alone make me wa...This is so exciting, the comments alone make me want to stay up all night and read all the blogs. <BR/><BR/>Just wanted to let you know I posted on Mister Linky.<BR/><BR/>Thanks ladies,<BR/>Love,<BR/>CarolCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550650176617319950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-29701806400363859682008-09-24T21:49:00.000-05:002008-09-24T21:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for your wisdom and insight. I love it when...Thanks for your wisdom and insight. I love it when you share about Alivia. :-)<BR/><BR/>Quite a crowd, that is exciting.Amy L Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411525703683054659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-64781175197136854522008-09-24T15:27:00.000-05:002008-09-24T15:27:00.000-05:00Lelia,I loved your comment about your Grandma &...Lelia,<BR/>I loved your comment about your Grandma & the removal of 20% of her tumor-comparing to God removing the sin in our lives a bit at a time. So very true--it is a process to be learned. <BR/><BR/>(how is your Grandma?)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Julie said she is drawn to you and other REAL women. I am so with you Julie!! I am actually "turned off" by women who seem as if they have it all together because I have learned that is just impossible! They are just "playing the game". Leebird mentioned on her blog post that a woman she was mentoring was intimidated by her--thinking she had it all together. We really don't encourage anyone with our "acting", we actually push them away.<BR/><BR/>I think that 20% is beginning to come off!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leading us through this very thought provoking book!!<BR/><BR/>blessings <BR/>KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-86300941475997876552008-09-24T15:13:00.000-05:002008-09-24T15:13:00.000-05:00Hey, Lelia! Thank you again for leading this Bible...Hey, Lelia! Thank you again for leading this Bible study! What a great chapter! I will be leaving a Mr. Linky in the next few weeks. I have a couple of Bible studies on Tuesday, so it is a little difficult to balance all of that! See, I'm being truthful!!! I cannot do it all!!:)<BR/>Love you!<BR/>SusanRunner Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117856929394961713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-88771606045351826602008-09-24T11:25:00.000-05:002008-09-24T11:25:00.000-05:00Lelia,I have to post later tonight. We have famil...Lelia,<BR/><BR/>I have to post later tonight. We have family nights at church on Tuesdays, so I will have to get my self together to make my posts probably on Weds evenings.<BR/><BR/>But Auenticity to me is letting people see your heart. That we can be open and transparent with who we are. <BR/><BR/>I spent many many many years as a great pretender, and God is removing it like you said a piece at a time. It hurts, but then comes peace.<BR/><BR/>I'll post more on my blog, and sign into Mr. Linky later tonight. <BR/><BR/>Blessings to you all.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>CarolCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550650176617319950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-74362902640685586032008-09-24T10:20:00.000-05:002008-09-24T10:20:00.000-05:00Hi Girlie!How ya been!?! Haven't got to chat with ...Hi Girlie!<BR/><BR/>How ya been!?! Haven't got to chat with you in a while. How's lil cutie pie?<BR/><BR/>XO~ HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-29733913114827567562008-09-24T10:07:00.000-05:002008-09-24T10:07:00.000-05:00Lelia,This is a great start! I agree with Paula t...Lelia,<BR/><BR/>This is a great start! I agree with Paula that the "20% here and 20% there" spoke to me too. That is how I feel God works in me, a little bit at a time, and to the level I can bear and/or grasp. That is why I am such a work in progress!<BR/><BR/>Authenticity means to me much the same thing voiced by others; "the same inside as outside". People see what they get. I agree too with Kim that not everyone needs to be allowed access to all the hidden places. But by being authentic, I think it is apparent to others that there are hidden (or deeper) places which are places in the process of being healed or changed. These places may become accessible when relationships deepen. I think authenticity also requires judgment; fitting our responses to the situations so we can build bridges of relationships that last. Keeping too much "out there" for all to see may be detrimental or intimidating when new relationships are forming.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for all the discussion!<BR/><BR/>KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136477750219038935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-63207688922723697952008-09-24T08:44:00.000-05:002008-09-24T08:44:00.000-05:00Lelia and group: I am appreciating your comments i...Lelia and group:<BR/><BR/> I am appreciating your comments in how God is revealing Himself to each one of you. And how HE is the one placing convictions and not man's condemnation. <BR/><BR/>You all are precious in HIS sight!<BR/><BR/>Lovingly,<BR/>YolandaYolandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09728042597055536307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-10386642291624018222008-09-24T06:16:00.000-05:002008-09-24T06:16:00.000-05:00Thank you for your sweet comments of encouragement...Thank you for your sweet comments of encouragement, Lelia.<BR/><BR/>You are precious and transparent and that is one of the many reasons Our Father has called you to this ministry for this season.<BR/>You give HIM glory through your life!<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>TeriTeriAnnElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15834866295066332351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-15668477110059231832008-09-24T03:18:00.000-05:002008-09-24T03:18:00.000-05:00Wow, couldn't wait until later tonight to read yo...Wow, couldn't wait until later tonight to read your post, so I have just now and if I didn't have to hold it together tonight for the sake of a 4 year old, cutting lunches and preparing dinner, I'd be a blubbering mess on my knees talking to God right about now. I no doubt will be later after the nightly duties are dealt with though.<BR/><BR/>You got me with how God "may not go in all at once and remove the problem areas in our hearts...He may take out 20% here and 20% there until we are changed into the real woman He wants us to be." I can feel that real women deep down inside and I so want her to come out that it hurts. I know God is talking to me already through this study, and I know that I'm going to have to hear alot of truths and go through alot of hurt and healing to get that woman out.<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to start chapter 2 tonight and take the next step in Lisa's God-led plan. Thank you Lelia and thank you Lisa (this won't be the last time you hear this from me ladies!). And yes, this IS going to be good! In Him, Paula :-)Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998506662161051393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-51083949795638836852008-09-24T02:29:00.000-05:002008-09-24T02:29:00.000-05:00I wanted to say more this morning when I commented...I wanted to say more this morning when I commented, like actually answer the question, but a cute little three year old woke up... I'm taking a chance starting up again, but he's playing with Daddy, so here goes... I would say 'authenticity', in the context of a Christian woman, is being true to God and 'self' - and it doesn't come easy to this little duck!!! But, then I'm 'hearing' that alot... something to do with our sinful nature... For me, I see it as a matter of striving each and every day to be true in everything I do. And I've only "got" this in recent years, because I had lived in untruth even to myself, let alone everyone else, and it only brought me grief, throughout my teens and twenties. Not good... With others, in relation to me, I take them on face value, I accept them, and look for the good in them, truly, because I want them to do that for me... If they are not who they say they are, or who they make themselves out to be, well, I'll find that out in good time, and learn from it in one way or another... Gotta go... Three years olds CAN eat!!! But, it is dinner time, so fair enough!!! In my 'quiet time' tonight, I'm going to 'blog' my thoughts re this study... so do I go to Mr Linky??? Oh, the technology of it all!!! Love ya!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-61935683190281437952008-09-24T00:44:00.000-05:002008-09-24T00:44:00.000-05:00Authenticity to me equals transparency...I'm not s...Authenticity to me equals transparency...<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if I can tell when someone is being real or not. Sometimes I can't even tell if I am being real. I'm so good at hiding...transparency is scary.HisPrincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280023568262170003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-22293981772239721822008-09-23T23:58:00.000-05:002008-09-23T23:58:00.000-05:00Hi Lelia...you don't know how bad I want to call y...Hi Lelia...you don't know how bad I want to call you Granny (that's what I called my grandmother named Lelia)....<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the email about Mr. Linky...I get it now! :)<BR/><BR/>To me, the word authentic means the real deal, not a counterfeit, original, and much more valuable than the reproductions.<BR/><BR/>Authentic people have true humility in that they are willing to let their faults show. God has blessed me with many authentic people in my life, but my best friend Michelle is not only the real deal, she makes it easy for me to be the real deal right back. She knows I'm a nut job and still adores me. Can't ask for more than that!! :)LeeBird3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08007034372718549685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-17258350475059443712008-09-23T22:33:00.000-05:002008-09-23T22:33:00.000-05:00Lelia,Good stuff and thank you for hosting this st...Lelia,<BR/>Good stuff and thank you for hosting this study! I forgot to add in my own post that the only way I seem to be able to tell when someone is being authentic or not is when the Holy Spirit gives me that ability, as in discernment. Well, I might always have it, just choosing not to listen. I can see that this will be a great growing study and already I have had to think about some truth that makes me sigh with how much work God still has to do in me. <BR/><BR/>I love Julie's comment, "I heard it said once to the depth that you are willing to be vulnerable is the depth you will be healed." It reminds me of another phrase that I have heard, "You are only as sick as your secrets." <BR/><BR/>Praying for the courage to be real!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343708951811528611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-80517181832505726562008-09-23T22:20:00.000-05:002008-09-23T22:20:00.000-05:00I will post tomorrow Lelia. I am in clinicals with...I will post tomorrow Lelia. I am in clinicals with students every Tuesday and then lecture prep in the evening. I can't wait to get started-I think...it might be one big ouch experience!!<BR/><BR/>In His Graces~PamelaPamela (His maidservant)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15611570804370035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-17791508442374547732008-09-23T21:33:00.000-05:002008-09-23T21:33:00.000-05:00Wow, what insight into this chapter, what a great ...Wow, what insight into this chapter, what a great way to see what God is doing in everyone's life. Thank you Lelia for hosting this and how awesome that God took your desire for a bible study in your basement and turned it in one around the world. What an Awesome God we serve. <BR/><BR/>I wasn't quite sure how this was going to work but now I understand.Pat N Flhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093116422058151714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-62759090698905716402008-09-23T21:05:00.000-05:002008-09-23T21:05:00.000-05:00Lelia,Why would my name keep coming up with a smil...Lelia,<BR/>Why would my name keep coming up with a smiley face next to it? I didn't put anything into my sign in that would have caused it...<BR/>confused???<BR/>anyway, I am so thrilled about this study.<BR/><BR/>I loved Julie's comment, "I heard it said once to the depth that you are willing to be vulnerable is the depth you will be healed." <BR/>I have found that is so very true in my life. When I have held back, when i have tried to keep God from the painful things in my life, and tried to hide things from Him, He doesn't pry in, He just waits like a gentleman, for my invitation to come in. Then the deeper healing starts.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I just had to comment twice after reading your other comments!<BR/>Love you,<BR/>heatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-12231127351005342412008-09-23T20:39:00.000-05:002008-09-23T20:39:00.000-05:00Hey Lelia, I just noticed my name isn't on the Mr....Hey Lelia, I just noticed my name isn't on the Mr. Linky thingie although I signed up on it before...I'm not very well-schooled in the Mr. Linky phenomenon...can you shoot me an email and tell me about it? Thanks! LeeLeeBird3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08007034372718549685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-43212683710639306692008-09-23T20:01:00.000-05:002008-09-23T20:01:00.000-05:00Hi Lelia, I wrote down some notes when I first ask...Hi Lelia, I wrote down some notes when I first asked myself what authenticity is - "what you see is what you get. No pretences. Someone being who they know they are. In tune with themselves and their ideals. Sometimes I can tell (if someone is being authentic or not), sometimes I can't - depends on how skilled the person is in pretending. Generally I can tell. If they smile from their eyes, you're usually onto a winner. An authentic person is one who follows through, is reliable, trustworthy, has integrity. REAL!"<BR/><BR/>I can add today, after doing chapter one, that an authentic person is truthful. Being authentic means being truthful and true to yourself (and others). The hurdle is finding out who the true person is, I suppose. Thankfully we have God to help us find that out!<BR/><BR/>I'm so excited about this study and can't wait to fire up the laptop later tonight after Jasmine goes to bed and read through some blogs and comments. Funny thing, I kept checking your page for a post even before I went to bed around 11pm here last night, and was very excited when I spied it this morning. Crazy Aussie, hehe!<BR/><BR/>Love Always In Him, Paula :-)Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998506662161051393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058121308398464363.post-91072121556122718032008-09-23T20:00:00.000-05:002008-09-23T20:00:00.000-05:00Hi Lelia,I answered authenticity as being genuine,...Hi Lelia,<BR/>I answered authenticity as being genuine, real, what you see is what you get. I elaborated on my blog how to tell if someone is real. <BR/><BR/>In my personal notes of this study when Lisa asked the question about a relationship that you feel is real and authentic and I put your name there. I know we are far away in distance but from our email communications, I feel our friendship is real and authentic. <BR/><BR/>I have to admit that I struggle with feeling I have a lot of real and authentic friends locally. Those who were with me 15 months ago are no where to be found. One somewhat new gal I thought we could have a real frienship seems to just have a really busy life and is already set with her life, work, church, kids, and whatever current relationships she has going. I guess I kind of gave up on trying to persue and befriend her. <BR/><BR/>It is a real struggle to find women who aren't already busy with kids, work, husbands, families and whatever else. None seem interested in persuing new friendship. <BR/><BR/>It's different but something I'm praying about. <BR/><BR/>Love ya, girlfriend. <BR/>PaulaPaula Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948349907036852384noreply@blogger.com