Comments on: Every Rose Has It's Thorns (or why America is in a crap-load of trouble)

By: Kathy newhouse

Kathy newhouse — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:36:08 +0000

So good, just so good, Cindy. My heart aches for what people do not see.
Thanks for the beautiful reminders!

By: Robin Good

Robin Good — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:25:52 +0000

Thank you. Simply, thank you.

By: Cindy DeBoer

Cindy DeBoer — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:01:04 +0000

In reply to Carol. Hey Carol - thank you. And you do the exact same for me! Keep writing, my friend! And together, let's just shine the light of Jesus as best we know how with the feeble words God gives us. The rest is up to him. Love you so much!!!

By: Cindy DeBoer

Cindy DeBoer — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:00:03 +0000

In reply to Katie Newenhouse. Thanks, Katie. I appreciate your support and taking the time to comment. You can read my above comment to Dot Holleman - but in essence, blogging is sometimes terrifying for me. It's not something I take lightly!

By: Cindy DeBoer

Cindy DeBoer — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:58:43 +0000

In reply to Dot Holleman.

Thanks, Dot! I appreciate your supportive comments and pray that my words are purely a reflection of God’s heart. I always hesitate a LONG while before hitting that “publish” button – because it’s a call I take very seriously when I’m trying to convey the heart of our maker using my simple English words!!! Praise God whenever that is actually achieved.

By: Cindy DeBoer

Cindy DeBoer — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:56:58 +0000

In reply to Charlotte Vande Zande.

Ahhhh! Thanks so much for this story, Char! There is definitely more than one viewpoint toward the definition of poor! Third world countries have so much to teach us and if only we could go to those places as students instead of “saviors” I think we would definitely come away richer for the experience. And then, to be poor in spirt is yet another way to define the word – and truly, the greatest poverty of all. Lord Jesus, show us how we can best love our friends and neighbors regardless of their type of poverty. Give us eyes to see it and wisdom to know the response that gives you glory!

By: Cindy DeBoer

Cindy DeBoer — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:51:00 +0000

In reply to Brenda Nykamp. Thanks, Brenda! Blessings to you and your family today as well!

By: Brenda Nykamp

Brenda Nykamp — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 20:21:49 +0000

Amen Cindy!!! What a beautiful life we have in Christ when all is gone, but as Christians we have Hope in all the hard days! Thanks for words that truly blessed me today.
Blessings to you and your family!

By: Charlotte Vande Zande

Charlotte Vande Zande — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:07:21 +0000

Cindy, again your blog speaks truth. Cal and I were out in the bush of Kenya helping our dear friends at their mission station. We were trying to do physical work so our friends could focus and invest in the unreached peoples group they are called to live among and share the gospel of Jesus with. One afternoon I was painting inside the medical clinic and chatting with the Kenyan nurse (also a Christian and the only other person around who could speak English). He asked me if we had poor people in America. I stopped to carefully form my reply. I thought, “Who do we call the poor? Whose standard do I use?” I thought, ” Yes. Yes we do have poor, but our poor have cell phones, big screen TV’s… These people I was working among had hard corn and hard beans that needed to be soaked all night long to be able to cook and eat. These people had probably only two changes of clothes. These people picked up and moved to where the grass was for their goats and sheep. Goats and sheep were their currency.”
“Yes, Kennedy, we have poor people. We are called to feed them, educate them and help them. We extend our hand in the name of Christ to them. We have many poor in financial needs but many more poor in Spirit.”

By: Dot Holleman

Dot Holleman — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:38:18 +0000

What a great reminder Cindy! Thanks for putting things in proper perspective.