Comments on: The Power of a Broken Heart http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/ Uplifting, edifying, and enriching reading by and for Latter-day Saint Women Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:34:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mike http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-50819 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:27:53 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-50819 Reminds me of something a great teacher once taugh me. "We are not here on earth to prove to God what we are capable of. He already knows. We are on earth to show to ourselves what we really are." It went something like that. Reminds me of something a great teacher once taugh me.
“We are not here on earth to prove to God what we are capable of. He already knows. We are on earth to show to ourselves what we really are.”

It went something like that.

]]> by: Alice http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-48850 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:49:13 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-48850 Hi I appreciate very much your heartfelt article. May God Bless you abundantly. Hi

I appreciate very much your heartfelt article.

May God Bless you abundantly.

]]> by: Tristi Pinkston http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-30036 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:46:58 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-30036 Thank you -- this was a beautiful reminder. Thank you — this was a beautiful reminder.

]]> by: Kirsi http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-24000 Fri, 11 May 2007 00:40:22 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-24000 Thank you, everyone. I admit to having struggled to be coherent. I'm glad the messages peeped through the verbiage. This concept is one I have struggled with for quite some time - that it's okay to be weak, and that it isn't my job to become strong. Can you tell I'm a bit of a perfectionist? Thank you, everyone. I admit to having struggled to be coherent. I’m glad the messages peeped through the verbiage. This concept is one I have struggled with for quite some time - that it’s okay to be weak, and that it isn’t my job to become strong.

Can you tell I’m a bit of a perfectionist?

]]> by: Kirsti http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23983 Thu, 10 May 2007 23:13:17 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23983 Kirsi, what a powerful post! I particularly liked your insight about how God doesn't send trials to make us stronger. "He sends them to teach us who we are, to show us our weaknesses, to give us a mirror to see ourselves – to break our hearts." I know that oft times I tell myself--"this trial will make me strong" and it undoubtedly does, but that is not the sole purpose for my trials. Thank you for the beautiful reminder! Kirsi, what a powerful post! I particularly liked your insight about how God doesn’t send trials to make us stronger. “He sends them to teach us who we are, to show us our weaknesses, to give us a mirror to see ourselves – to break our hearts.” I know that oft times I tell myself–”this trial will make me strong” and it undoubtedly does, but that is not the sole purpose for my trials. Thank you for the beautiful reminder!

]]> by: Mary A http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23942 Thu, 10 May 2007 19:44:40 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23942 Kirsi, this is really interesting. I'll have to read it over another time or two to grasp it all, but I think you are on to something! There is so much depth to the gospel and so much to learn and assimilate. I appreciate your insights--I hadn't thought about the "teach us who we are" part. I also liked your pointing out some of the paradoxes--"Paradoxically, without humility we cannot wield the power of God. By refusing to be humble, we deprive ourselves of the very power that literally moves mountains, heals the sick and changes hearts." and "Like so many things in the gospel, we must see our weakness to become strong. We must lose ourselves to find ourselves. We must serve in order to someday rule." Thanks! Kirsi, this is really interesting. I’ll have to read it over another time or two to grasp it all, but I think you are on to something! There is so much depth to the gospel and so much to learn and assimilate. I appreciate your insights–I hadn’t thought about the “teach us who we are” part. I also liked your pointing out some of the paradoxes–”Paradoxically, without humility we cannot wield the power of God. By refusing to be humble, we deprive ourselves of the very power that literally moves mountains, heals the sick and changes hearts.” and “Like so many things in the gospel, we must see our weakness to become strong. We must lose ourselves to find ourselves. We must serve in order to someday rule.” Thanks!

]]> by: RoAnn http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23864 Thu, 10 May 2007 12:50:40 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23864 Your post is just what I needed at this moment in my life. I have recently been pondering Elder Bednar's talk, <a href="http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=789&x=75&y=4" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">"In the Strength of the Lord,"</a> which is about the enabling, as well as redeeming power of the Atonement. I thought I was trying to become humble enough in various aspects of my life to receive strength from the Lord. Your observation that the Lord sends us trials "to teach us who we are, to show us our weaknesses, to give us a mirror to see ourselves – to break our hearts," was exactly what I needed today. I realized that I was turning away from a giant mirror that was right in front of me at this very moment. We are in the final days of packing up for a move, and I have been increasingly upset with myself, because I felt like I was mentally and physically falling way short of handling the demands of this project. Because I am usually fairly calm and capable in stressful situations, it has been extremely hard for me to admit that right now I can't, on my own, be perfectly organized, remember a million details, and get things accomplished smoothly. My heart is already lighter. I am ready to admit that I am not Super-moving-woman, and I have faith that the Lord will give me the strength I need to do what needs to be done. I will now quit blogging and go to work! :) Your post is just what I needed at this moment in my life. I have recently been pondering Elder Bednar’s talk, “In the Strength of the Lord,” which is about the enabling, as well as redeeming power of the Atonement. I thought I was trying to become humble enough in various aspects of my life to receive strength from the Lord.

Your observation that the Lord sends us trials “to teach us who we are, to show us our weaknesses, to give us a mirror to see ourselves – to break our hearts,” was exactly what I needed today. I realized that I was turning away from a giant mirror that was right in front of me at this very moment.

We are in the final days of packing up for a move, and I have been increasingly upset with myself, because I felt like I was mentally and physically falling way short of handling the demands of this project.

Because I am usually fairly calm and capable in stressful situations, it has been extremely hard for me to admit that right now I can’t, on my own, be perfectly organized, remember a million details, and get things accomplished smoothly.

My heart is already lighter. I am ready to admit that I am not Super-moving-woman, and I have faith that the Lord will give me the strength I need to do what needs to be done. I will now quit blogging and go to work! :)

]]> by: Michelle http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23813 Thu, 10 May 2007 08:10:33 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/05/09/the-power-of-a-broken-heart/#comment-23813 These are such powerful principles. Sometimes it's hard to get my mind and heart around it all, but I really know that what you have discussed here is real and true. And it's actually empowering if I could just remember it and live it and trust in it all rather than getting frustrated with my weaknesses and with the "learn by experience" processes. :) Thank you for this piece. Very profound, indeed. These are such powerful principles. Sometimes it’s hard to get my mind and heart around it all, but I really know that what you have discussed here is real and true. And it’s actually empowering if I could just remember it and live it and trust in it all rather than getting frustrated with my weaknesses and with the “learn by experience” processes. :)

Thank you for this piece. Very profound, indeed.

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