tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post8724672131283874236..comments2024-03-27T03:04:01.422-06:00Comments on Seasons of Humility: Persuasion and Prayers Read-Along: Day 11Amber Holcombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15100265646497152198noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-21870548193304633932015-08-26T00:06:00.716-06:002015-08-26T00:06:00.716-06:00Courtney,
Love this!! => "We aren't p...<b>Courtney</b>,<br /><br />Love this!! => "We aren't promised an easy road, just a constant Savior."<br /><br />That's beautiful. ♥<br /><br />And thank you for not only tolerating my tangent, but for understanding it and taking the time to read it. :) You're awesome, friend!<br /><br />~AmberAmber Holcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100265646497152198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-14240541431242795282015-08-16T20:05:52.906-06:002015-08-16T20:05:52.906-06:00What a wonderful tangent!!! Yes, it's a great ...What a wonderful tangent!!! Yes, it's a great reminder that life is a daily battle. I wonder sometimes, if we could know what our future will be like, if we would be excited or scared? It just makes me thankful that God DOES know our future, and that we can trust Him. But sometimes trust is hard. Oh well, we aren't promised an easy road, just a constant Savior.<br /><br />Ok, maybe I went on a little tangent there... :)Courtney Clark (The Green Mockingbird Blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01057618073305232146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-76290093109712578532015-08-10T23:40:37.825-06:002015-08-10T23:40:37.825-06:00*Tangent*<b>Tangent</b>Amber Holcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100265646497152198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-42913561642400593702015-08-10T23:39:21.801-06:002015-08-10T23:39:21.801-06:00Courtney,
First off, I'm so sorry that I'...<b>Courtney</b>,<br /><br />First off, I'm so sorry that I've taken forever to respond to these comments!<br /><br />I'm grateful to know that my rambling thoughts in this post resonated with you. :) Thank you for reading them! <br /><br />I love what you note about Anne. It really is the choices we make day to day that contribute to our character... <br /><br /><b>Beware: Tanent Ahead!</b><br /><br />I've been thinking lately about how life really is a battle that has to be fought every day. You can build off of the progress of yesterday, but you can't count on it to make up for any lack of progress today. I know I'm totally not the first to say pretty much this exact thing, but still. ;) I guess it's because I've been struggling with my book obsession (my constant obtaining of new books) and some not-so-great eating habits, and I feel like at this point it's too scary to think of cutting back in the long-term. Matthew 6:34 has taken on new significance - not just worrying about risks and outside circumstances but worrying about temptations and failures that could be waiting just around the bend. "Each day has enough trouble of its own." And so we fight the battle day by day, choice by choice. <br /><br />To try to bring this back around to <i>Persuasion</i>, perhaps we could say that, choice by choice, day by day, Anne's been fighting the battle for independent thought and standing up for her own convictions. Maybe that's a long stretch to try to connect my rambling thoughts, but there you go, for what it's worth. ;) <br /><br /><b>Tangent Over...For Now</b><br /><br />Anyway, I also LOVE what you say about the outcome of the story - that Anne would have gotten some form of "happily-ever-after" either way, because she was growing into a better, stronger person who could embrace happiness because it was no longer dictated by anyone else. :) Great thoughts!<br /><br />Also, you picked some great quotes, and I totally agree about Admiral Croft! Such a fun and sweet character, especially when paired with his loyal, fun, and thoughtful wife. :)<br /><br />Thanks so much for your comment!<br /><br />~AmberAmber Holcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100265646497152198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-44186537194639230392015-07-28T11:38:26.154-06:002015-07-28T11:38:26.154-06:00Amber, I think this is my favorite day of your obs...Amber, I think this is my favorite day of your observations so far! Such great points concerning friendship, singleness, and trusting in God through all circumstances. Thank you for that :) I needed to hear it.<br /><br />I love how Anne’s transformation so far is subtle to anyone observing from the outside, yet so significant to her strength of character. Her choices to remain a loyal friend and stick to her own judgments (this time) are the reason she is growing. I would dare say that, even if Captain Wentworth did not become a permanent part of her life :), the outcome of this story would be her newfound happiness and purpose somehow.<br /><br />My favorite quote was one of your honorable mentions: “She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped.”<br /><br />My favorite TWO characters would have to be Anne and Mr. Croft. He is just so jolly and sweet to her in these chapters!!! Here’s another quote from chapter 17 that shows why I love Anne: “Twelve years had changed Anne from the blooming, silent, unformed girl of fifteen to the elegant little woman of seven-and-twenty, with every beauty excepting bloom, and with manners as consciously right as they were invariably gentle.”<br /><br />Julie, I love all the funny and insightful quotes you shared! And happy, happy birthday to you this week!!!!<br />Courtney Clark (The Green Mockingbird Blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01057618073305232146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-59853551346919896572015-07-21T00:34:20.377-06:002015-07-21T00:34:20.377-06:00Julie,
LOL. You always pick out such entertaining...<b>Julie</b>,<br /><br />LOL. You always pick out such entertaining (although sometimes painfully so!) quotes, Julie. ;) And yes, Sir Walter really would do well with thinking before he speaks - or just not speaking as much, because I'm not sure he'd get it even if he spent time thinking about it. (That might be unkind of me to say so, though!)<br /><br />In any case, happy early birthday!! Fifty years young. :D That's not old at all! I'm thinking you're right in Sir Walter being rather hypocritical to be judging someone else by their supposed age of 40; he couldn't very well be as young as that himself, or else he'd have been a child when he first became a father! Haha. I will say, though, that I'm sure life spans were a bit different then - although that hardly makes 40 "old," and that definitely doesn't excuse Sir Walter in his insufferable rudeness!<br /><br />In any case, are you doing something exciting for your birthday? Hope it's a wonderful one! :)<br /><br />I love your choices for your favorite characters. Anne certainly grows on the reader, doesn't she? And I'm definitely fond of the Crofts - as well as Anne's school friend, Mrs. Smith. Now those are some friends one would be blessed to be associated with!<br /><br />~AmberAmber Holcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100265646497152198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163733401418146284.post-23283946006639033172015-07-20T08:49:11.704-06:002015-07-20T08:49:11.704-06:00Quote to ponder: "We had better leave the Cro...Quote to ponder: "We had better leave the Crofts to find their own level. There are several odd-looking men walking about here, who, I am told, are sailors. The Crofts will associate with them." Elizabeth<br /><br />Oh my goodness, once again I had to tsk with disgust at Elizabeth and Sir Walter. I don't know if I've ever read characters that have such an inflated impression of their own selves!<br /><br />"I am no match-maker, as you well know, said Lady Russell, being much too well aware of the uncertainty of all human events and calculations. I only mean that if Mr. Elliot should some time hence pay his addresses to you, and if you should be disposed to accept him, I think there would be every possibility of your being happy together. A most suitable connection everybody must consider it, but I think it might be a very happy one." <br /><br />Ugh! More and more I am seeing this woman is definitely no judge of character! Thank goodness Anne seems to not be persuaded by her much anymore. At least she sees that there is something about Mr. Elliot that isn't totally forthcoming. <br /><br />"Westgate Buildings! said he, and who is Miss Anne Elliot to be visiting in Westgate Buildings? A Mrs. Smith. A widow Mrs. Smith; and who was her husband? One of the five thousand Mr. Smiths whose names are to be met with everywhere. And what is her attraction? that she is old and sickly. Upon my word, Miss Anne Elliot, you have the most extraordinary taste! Everything that revolts other people, low company, paltry rooms, foul air, disgusting associations, are inviting to you. But surely you may put off this old lady till tomorrow; she is not so near her end, I presume, but that she may hope to see another day. What is her age? Forty?" <br /><br />Oh my gosh! Sir Walter just needs to stop talking! OLD LADY?! FORTY! How the heck old is he if he is considering this poor woman at 40 being old? And it just kind of upset me because I am going to be 50 next week and I don't consider myself old! Bwahaha! So poor, clueless Sir Walter just sealed his fate as being my least likeable character in this book! <br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Who is your favorite character in the story so far, and what is it that you love most about him or her? What can you learn from that character?<br /><br />I guess I would have to say that Anne is my favorite character so far. She is poised, she holds her tongue in the midst of stupidity, and she has become wiser as the story develops. I think she is an observer as well. When you place yourself outside of the social event and "people watch" I think you start to see people's characters and I think Anne has learned from her observations. I also like the Crofts. They amuse me! <br />Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190011785450338206noreply@blogger.com