I have a question for those of you who receive my blog posts via email. Have you had any problems receiving them lately? Of course, if you have, you might not be seeing this. 🙂 I ask because a long-time reader just told me this week she hasn’t received my blog posts via email for some time now. I am trying to discern whether this is a widespread problem. I see them both via email and Feedly so I can make sure they’re coming through, and I have not had any problem with either venue. WordPress handles the sending, so I can let them know about it. But it helps to have as much information as I can when I report a problem to them. How long has it been since the emails stopped coming? If you try to subscribe, do you get any error messages? If so, what do they say? Thanks so much for your help.
Now on to this week’s links. I hope you see something that sparks your interest.
Come, HT to Challies. “He came to the dead; the bleeding; the hopeless. To the ones on the side of life’s roads, passed over. To the grieving and the outcast. To the ones desperate to be seen; those hungry to belong.”
Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit. “What does it mean to grieve the Holy Spirit? My initial reaction to the word grieve in reference to the Holy Spirit was a negative one: Surely the Spirit of God does not actually grieve, does he? Perhaps this is a poor translation. Isn’t sorrow a too-human reaction to ascribe to the holy God? Doesn’t it diminish the Spirit to suggest that my sin can make him feel genuine sorrow?”
How Were the Books of the Bible “Chosen,” HT to Challies. “The earliest Christians did not view themselves as choosing books, nor did they view themselves as having the right/power to do such a thing. Instead, they viewed themselves as receiving the books that had been handed down to them by the apostles.”
A Light to My Path, HT to Challies. “When the sun streams into my kitchen window, it cheers my soul. Everything literally seems brighter. Its brilliance however, illuminates more than just the room. Particles of dust flicker through its rays, grandchildren’s sticky handprints on the window pane bother me, and tiny bits of red dirt speckle the floor. When the light shines into my room, I see things otherwise hidden.”
Are You Satisfied with Your Prayer Life or Is Prayer Simply a Means to an End? “In the Pie Chart that is your life, how big is the slice devoted to prayer? “I don’t ask to induce guilt or to point the finger of condemnation. It’s actually a question I’m asking myself, and it’s been prompted by a statistic I just bumped into once again.”
When You Feel Powerless to Influence Your Children. “More important, they revealed the lie I had believed—that my children were safe as long as I was nearby. And that I had the ultimate power to protect them from harm, bad influences, and spiritual apostasy. Without intending to, I had usurped God’s role, at least in my mind, as their guardian and protector.”
Stray Thoughts 
No problem receiving your posts. I enjoy them so much, thank you.
Thanks for letting me know you receive my posts, and thanks so much for your kind words.
I’ve been receiving them just fine! Thank you – I look forward to them and you are a blessing to me. I found you via Tim Challies a while back. I’d been looking for some bloggers that were in the same season of life. Our youngest of five is graduating from college this fall , we have 14 grandchildren (three more by end of year) and my days are filled in a similar way as yours. I enjoy your book and movie recommendations, too! Thank you again. Blessings to you and your family,Alicia Mudd
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Thanks so much, Alicia! It’s so nice to “meet” you! Wow, 14 grandchildren! Sounds like you have a lovely family.
Thank you. for all you do. I so enjoy your blog. I am receiving your emails, just fine.
Thanks so much for reading and stopping by to comment. 🙂
Hello! Your emails are getting to me the same as always.
I don’t think I’ve ever commented, but I enjoy what you share. I keep a Things To Ponder list, and I’ve added several things you’ve said to that list. I also had not heard of the music of Forever Be Sure until you had a link to one of their songs, and now I listen regularly. I don’t remember which one you posted, but my favorite is Settle My Unsettledness.
Thank you! Cheryl
Thanks for letting me know about the emails. I’m glad they are getting through.
I had posted For Ever Be Sure’s song “This Is the Will of God.” But I just recently found another I love, “Let My Heart Be Quiet.”
I appreciate your stopping by to comment. 🙂
Hello,I’ve not had any problems receiving your email blog posts. I thoroughly enjoy all your posts and articles. Keep up the good work.Many blessings,Loretta Vandenberg Sent from my Galaxy
Thanks so much for your encouragement, Loretta!
WordPress is weird. I’ve been through several iterations over the past few years of suddenly not receiving notifications even though my notification settings hadn’t changed. But if I unsubscribed and resubscribed, I started getting notifications again. I figure I just inadvertently got caught in a software update or something.
It’s odd how software changes in one area will cause ripple effects in other areas. I’ll advise the person who was having trouble to try unsubscribing and resubscribing.
Your emails always go to my junk email folder!