tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post5002830787136877209..comments2024-03-26T03:16:48.203-04:00Comments on laurennicolelove.com: Pain: What I Learned From Depression, Grief & Brokenness.laurennicolelove.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264637166517789918noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-87803356363186446072012-01-04T22:25:57.578-05:002012-01-04T22:25:57.578-05:00Mostly, this post was written two days after one o...Mostly, this post was written two days after one of the worst days of my life. And mostly, I wish I had read it back then, because they are exactly what I needed to hear. Even all this time later, these words are so, so comforting and bring such truth, and are exactly what I need. <br />Thanks.Jilliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-62824801551209735342011-11-20T03:39:34.888-05:002011-11-20T03:39:34.888-05:00These words are so powerful... thank you for shari...These words are so powerful... thank you for sharing your wisdom and your pains to help others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-46576354011153884132011-07-24T14:17:57.367-04:002011-07-24T14:17:57.367-04:00I came across your name so by accident, through th...I came across your name so by accident, through the post you wrote for Relevant magazine this week...and I decided to follow you. I am also 23, a Christian and Kenyan; and although we are continents apart we go through the same things. I am grateful to you that you have chosen to write as a way to help others because that's what your posts do. I've been going through a hard time these past few months and didn't know how I could trust God fully to heal my pain. Thank you very much and God bless you and lift you up to greater heights.Nduku Wambuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952029436900608416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-50389921866409505882011-07-02T01:42:27.259-04:002011-07-02T01:42:27.259-04:00thank you for this.
i too am different. God is c...thank you for this. <br /><br />i too am different. God is changing me. And while it seriously freaks me out to trust HIM, it's getting a little easier to run to Him. <br /><br />i'm convinced that God is good, because He has proven Himself to be. i believe it.seekipsmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015819381014530891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-11389120486984272452011-07-01T14:34:45.861-04:002011-07-01T14:34:45.861-04:00i still love this.
i love that no matter what, it ...i still love this.<br />i love that no matter what, it still applies. winter, summer, mountains, valleys. whether i'm experiencing this pain, have experienced it or know that it will come on soon enough, this is incredibly helpful and it reminds me to rely on Him. <br /><br />i love you!kelly summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415479712347255012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-13647840369913239872011-07-01T13:56:41.822-04:002011-07-01T13:56:41.822-04:00It's ridiculous how beautifully and miraculous...It's ridiculous how beautifully and miraculously and lovingly our Surgeon works sometimes. I've been clinically depressed for nearly a year now and it had been getting better with a few hiccups on random days. This past week it's been gradually taking me deeper and deeper into the depths of misery and last night was near rock-bottom. I needed these truths about HIS healing, about HIS love and HIS care. Thank you sister.<br /><br />xoxoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419284501691021105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-81750560245052072422011-02-02T16:31:46.712-05:002011-02-02T16:31:46.712-05:00What a wonderful message of HOPE!What a wonderful message of HOPE!Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811697675090627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-50035629412302879532010-10-13T15:01:42.592-04:002010-10-13T15:01:42.592-04:00This is beautiful and literally touched my heart. ...This is beautiful and literally touched my heart. My pain is a break up from someone whom I thought was the man God had put in my life to marry. (he still could be but right now the break up is best). But like you said... I too am proof. The circumstances most defintley haven't changed but MY HEART DEF HAS. And that it the beauty in this breakup. I find it crazy that I can find something beautiful about a heart wrenching break up. But I have learned to completely trust God. He is so good. I love this journey he has me on. <br /><br />You are such a blessing. <333Michelle (michabella)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09210880599889710623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-23981059030752044412010-09-23T09:17:18.160-04:002010-09-23T09:17:18.160-04:00Beautiful, beautiful piece. This made so much SEN...Beautiful, beautiful piece. This made so much SENSE -- I had never thought about faith through this lens before! Thank you many times over for writing such a thought-provoking (and faith-provoking) piece. I'm forwarding the link to family members right now!<br /><br />-Inky<br />socalledgrownups.blogspot.comJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230821456690943291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-19231545051872213332010-09-21T10:42:05.120-04:002010-09-21T10:42:05.120-04:00you write so beautifully. i've been working th...you write so beautifully. i've been working through a lot of the same things in my own life lately--it's heavy stuff, but so so good to work through.suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00046088176335968004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-70767594458384458702010-09-20T12:27:27.185-04:002010-09-20T12:27:27.185-04:00"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficen..."But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficent for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Chist's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." -2corinthians9&10<br /><br />thanks for sharing lauren! we should actually hang out sometime! -theresaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-49798006312222287552010-09-15T23:59:59.110-04:002010-09-15T23:59:59.110-04:00this is lovely lauren. incredibly validating and e...this is lovely lauren. incredibly validating and encouraging. thank you for affirming thruths that can sometimes be so easy to forget or directly deny. i love you and your gorgeous heart and mind.frankensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384640233196653566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-91514154382863866522010-09-15T17:43:12.074-04:002010-09-15T17:43:12.074-04:00This is an amazing post! Thank you for writing it....This is an amazing post! Thank you for writing it. I know that the Lord wanted me to hear this today! =)Amy @ AGirlCalledBelovedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01769636261059338472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-82151237769106911182010-09-14T20:34:53.488-04:002010-09-14T20:34:53.488-04:00"The greatest lesson I have learned through p..."The greatest lesson I have learned through pain is the character of the surgeon.<br /><br />I have learned that it is his nature to HEAL. His heart to LOVE. His way to COMFORT. His purpose to make us WHOLE.<br /><br />The second greatest lesson I have learned through pain is to trust what He says over what I feel or know."<br /><br />---<br /><br />I think what you said here is beautiful. I'm trying more and more to turn over my troubles to God. And it really helps! <br /><br />I did it over the summer a few times, just cried and cried and said everything that was scaring me or on my mind (as if He didn't already know) and I felt a million times better.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813478030682306062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-45166738620274727052010-09-14T19:35:54.604-04:002010-09-14T19:35:54.604-04:00This is beautifully written, Lauren. I'm so gl...This is beautifully written, Lauren. I'm so glad Katie shared this with me. You have so many amazing talents! Thank you for sharing!Michelle Markeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-17769893288744241352010-09-14T14:54:21.832-04:002010-09-14T14:54:21.832-04:00I love you Lauren! So proud to have you as my room...I love you Lauren! So proud to have you as my room mateKatie Markeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-32006990412131320352010-09-14T14:26:26.169-04:002010-09-14T14:26:26.169-04:00You are so incredible.
I know I touched on this w...You are so incredible. <br />I know I touched on this with you the other night but I would like you to know that I really do thank God for you. I really do publicly praise God for a friend who not only lifts me up and walks away but lifts me up and points me back to the One who's always there. Written down in the prayer books of those who are strangers to you, is "praise God for how He uses Lauren". <br />The past couple years have held a lot of spiritual schizophrenia for me. (you know, the "He loves me, He loves me not" shit) Though I always knew the truth and love of God, the people I am closest with heard me say many times on different occasions "Sometimes I think I don't even want God." And I can say that often times, similarly to what you said and why, I didn't. I didn't want to be healed, or set free, but I spent all my time thinking about it. <br />Of course, not to say that there aren't still plenty of struggles I face, but the main difference is, that I really do <i>want</i> God now. Now I am drawing near to Him and He is drawing near to me. I can feel it now.<br /><br />This also made me think of one of my favorite ever quotes and how sometimes the painful surgeries are the only things that will truly alleviate the pain. <br /><i>"The cure for pain, is in the pain, so that's where you'll find me. Until again, I forget, and again You remind me."</i>Paige Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047030875440759086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-30500959959458173052010-09-14T13:03:11.275-04:002010-09-14T13:03:11.275-04:00so amazing.
i love this because it speaks to me on...so amazing.<br />i love this because it speaks to me on multiple levels. there is the big picture of trusting the Lord to do what He promised me. and there's the smaller, day to day things. <br />i like your paragraph on not wanting to be healed and wanting others to know and see our pain. i feel that way a lot and it stops me from moving forward.<br />the things you say and the way the Lord speaks to you is amazing. please please don't stop sharing. i love you.kellyhttp://www.throughtheeyesofk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-68881752452350211872010-09-14T10:52:45.878-04:002010-09-14T10:52:45.878-04:00Thank you so, so much for sharing and providing th...Thank you so, so much for sharing and providing this encouragement. On a far lesser scale, I still struggle with the feelings of tyranny imposed by a holy father, and the lack of relationship with him now. Thank you for showing me MY heart as well as yours -- and for reminding me what it looks like when pain is redeemed. You are beautiful.Katherinehttp://twitter.com/kpbrittonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785089965111855564.post-87168156197223363882010-09-14T10:45:38.041-04:002010-09-14T10:45:38.041-04:00Exactly what i needed to read, I can't wait to...Exactly what i needed to read, I can't wait to start my road to wholeness now that this splinter is being removed from my heart.<br />hope you'll be there with me for the journey, i love you.courtney clarkhttp://www.facebook.com/courtneyllnoreply@blogger.com