Follow Up to Meltdown...The Criticism

So, when I wrote this blog "Kohl's Meltdown" you can make comments directly on the blog or you can do so on facebook as it posts both places. My blog is not private because there is nothing I am trying to hide and frankly for me it is just easier. Anyone family or friends can get to it whenever they want. That means others have access too and sometimes you deal with criticism. I have never really had this happen to me before. Obviously, I felt compelled to respond to their comment. I hope I handled it correctly but I was honest with my response and not angry with it. Actually, it did make me think and once I thought I realized I do have my head on straighter than ever before. I might be hormonal more than usual but that does not inherently change me at the core. If you know me you know my heart I would hope outside of my end of pregnancy bad mood. Having a baby will make your life and relationship with God much stronger than you could have ever imagined. For, I realize that it is through God that all this is possible even more so than usual. The whole process of pregnancy is not glamorous but a great example of God working literally in you to create this being and it is pretty amazing. Us getting pregnant and then going through all the scares we have had and then the scares about thinking to the future and that we are responsible for this little boy and his well being and raising in a Godly manner. Heavy stuff all of which I have prayed faithfully about since before we started trying to get pregnant.

Anyways, that is my thought of the day and it was on my heart so I put it on paper. Read or don't read it was just how I was feeling. Below I have posted the anonymous comment and then my response to their comment.

The ANONYMOUS comment....
Wow, I hope God doesn't read your July 24th post. It is hateful, mean, and just nasty. It seems that you are bragging about your disgust with the other people that God created. It is not their fault that you are big and miserable.

If you are tired of random stranger comments, why write a blog on the web for everyone (even strangers) to read?

Best wishes. See you in church!


MY RESPONSE.........
Well, not sure who this is and the great thing is I am not faltered by your comment one bit. The wonderful thing about God is that I don't have to live in fear of him finding out something about a behavior or part of me that I am trying to "hide". He knows all and lays his mercy out for the unworthy if we just ask. Fortunately, for me I have a wonderful prayer life and we do talk daily about fears, hopes and shortcomings. I feel pretty certain we are on the same page and that God knows my heart to the fullest extent.

I was having a bad and frustrating day and this is my place to post how I feel good, bad and ugly. That is me and I make no apologies. I am not perfect and never claimed to be. Therefore, all I can do is strive not to have days like this but as a human inevitably they will come and I will fall down sometimes.

So, thank you for your comment. I have no reason to make my blog private...if someone wants to read by all means read...if not then skip to another. This is our journey as is and not edited with only the good moments but all those in between. The perfect moments are great but I think if all you have is those moments you are not really living.