tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post2676882441485242219..comments2023-08-20T03:57:22.983-07:00Comments on Elaine Stock--Author***Everyone’s Story Blog: Cynthia Ruchti: An Author Who Offers Hope To AllElaine Stockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-13754146961877363902012-07-17T03:54:10.290-07:002012-07-17T03:54:10.290-07:00Thank you so much, ladies! I'm beyond thrilled...Thank you so much, ladies! I'm beyond thrilled to win Cynthia's books. Blessings to all.JoAnn Durginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712026123374929939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-57189610141397962852012-07-13T19:39:32.318-07:002012-07-13T19:39:32.318-07:00Thank you again, Elaine. Your hospitality was much...Thank you again, Elaine. Your hospitality was much appreciated!Cynthia Ruchtihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248421834478069263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-62740272013218157102012-07-13T11:37:06.017-07:002012-07-13T11:37:06.017-07:00Another week wraps up here on Everyone's Story...Another week wraps up here on Everyone's Story... yet another is about to begin. I'd like to thank Cynthia Ruchti for making this one of the liveliest and busiest appearances. Cynthia, you've be a dynamic guest and I sure hope you will consider coming back for another visit. Thanks for offering a fantastic book giveaway as well.<br /><br />And drumroll...<br /><br />The winner of Cynthia's devotional HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT... BUT DECAF IS NOT and upon release, a copy of CEDAR CREEK SEASONS is JoAnn Durgin. Yea, JoAnn!! JoAnn will actually be a guest on Everyone's Story next week on July 20th and this is truly coincidental. JoAnn, Cynthia and I will contact you in a private email.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-26183114439213665912012-07-12T01:04:54.426-07:002012-07-12T01:04:54.426-07:00Hi Jackie, welcome to Everyone'e Story. I'...Hi Jackie, welcome to Everyone'e Story. I'll trade you my neighbor for yours :)Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-623856537853925692012-07-11T20:01:00.807-07:002012-07-11T20:01:00.807-07:00Oh, Jackie! Your words made my heart sing! Since t...Oh, Jackie! Your words made my heart sing! Since that first day you and Tom brought brownies to our house to welcome your new neighbors, to the moment we knew God intended for us to work together in ministry, to the prayer times shared over my dining room table to the traditional taco salad business meetings to this moment in time my heart is full of gratitude for your mentoring, your friendship, your generosity of spirit.Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-78136374756404792212012-07-11T19:25:18.825-07:002012-07-11T19:25:18.825-07:00Cindy, your life is such a beautiful testimony to ...Cindy, your life is such a beautiful testimony to what the Lord can do with an obedient, yielded soul! It is so obvious as the Lord speaks so clearly through you to all who are privileged to read your sensitive, compassionate writing heart in your books. I thank Him that He has enabled me to walk 33 years plus with you on the journey of life that has catapulted you to sharing with the vast audience of today! To God be the glory!Jackie Cunninghamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-74387981270387246822012-07-11T10:44:03.938-07:002012-07-11T10:44:03.938-07:00Cynthia, you are so welcome.
Blessings,
KB Schall...Cynthia, you are so welcome.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />KB SchallerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-54123791818257172132012-07-11T00:57:31.911-07:002012-07-11T00:57:31.911-07:00Thanks for the return visit, KB ♡Thanks for the return visit, KB ♡Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-36307771589017078622012-07-10T18:05:23.363-07:002012-07-10T18:05:23.363-07:00Life's true heroes, indeed! Tenacity is so und...Life's true heroes, indeed! Tenacity is so underrated these days. We can learn so much from those who have endured. Thanks for sharing that, KB.Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-65849213714389022002012-07-10T18:00:39.977-07:002012-07-10T18:00:39.977-07:00What a touching testimony. What your mom has endur...What a touching testimony. What your mom has endured reminds me of a ministry friend of ours who suffered a terrible auto accident in 2009. By all reckoning, he should not have survived. <br /><br />Today, twenty-one surgeries later, his faith remains unshaken. His testimony to God's Mercy and Goodness is as strong as ever as he endures the painful road to regaining his ability to walk again. <br /><br />Such as these are life's true heroes. Thank you for sharing your story.<br /><br />In a blessing way,<br /><br />KB Schaller, AuthorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-90881028929990943612012-07-10T15:19:51.936-07:002012-07-10T15:19:51.936-07:00Heather, my heart clenched as I read your story, t...Heather, my heart clenched as I read your story, then soared when I read the rest of the story! What grace! What a beautiful testimony to what God can do! I'm landing on your words, "I hated God with a passion. He kept loving me." Many blessings on your efforts now to convince others of the truth of the "He kept loving me." My husband and I have a dear friend whose testimony is similar. It is so heartening to just bask in the "glow" of his new understanding of God's limitless love and His redeemed life. I can't tell you how much it means that you told your story here!Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-55758153064520236622012-07-10T14:55:12.458-07:002012-07-10T14:55:12.458-07:00Heather, thank you for visiting with us today. I c...Heather, thank you for visiting with us today. I can relate to what you've shared about your childhood because I too have been brought up in a home environment minus God and it showed in ways I wouldn't wish upon others. But, that's where God showed His love the most to me and I clung on hope for better days. I didn't know Jesus as my Savior until age 22...but have come to accept that there is never a "past deadline" for accepting Him.<br /><br />You've become a beautiful blessing to your children, and now you're reaching out to others. God is truly working His love through you. I am so happy for you that you haven't given up. Life isn't easy at times, but I'm convinced He holds our hands as we walk through these difficult times.<br /><br />You are so right. God is truly a miracle worker. And you are truly a beautiful, loving, and caring person.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-41929488355609424072012-07-10T13:59:00.922-07:002012-07-10T13:59:00.922-07:00I'm hoping to get to this conference one of th...I'm hoping to get to this conference one of these years. You are so right, even though kids are in college, the empty nest isn't free from activities and things to do. <br /><br />I've been through so much and it is helpful to others. I grew up in a home filled with abuse - attempts on my life, incest, beatings. From the age of eight, I gave up on God and was suicidal. As a young adult, I decided that, since God abandoned me (so I thought), that I would do a life of anti-God things - wild lifestyle, the occult and new age, and other things I wish I hadn't done. I hated God with a passion. He kept loving me. After I had my kids, I raised them Christian - I felt hypocritical but I figured they'd blend in better that way. Fortunately I didn't turn them off to God, but did not believe God cared one iota for me. <br /><br />Many years later the Holy Spirit (though I didn't know it at the time) suggested I give God one last chance. I read the Bible from cover to cover, sort of like War and Peace - figured God hardened Pharaoh's heart, he hardened mine. Then I met a wonderful pastor who spent years counseling me, helping me sort out my father wounds and showing me how much God loved me. Finally, I realized I needed a Savior. And in the years since, He has been showing me where He was in the midst of the abuse.<br /><br />I am writing a memoir on this, I mentor young adults in our church's Titus 2 program, teach Bible studies, and listen and help others. I'm able to go into the middle school and help seventh graders in a sewing workshop and listen and give some positive input into their lives. God has taken what satan meant for harm and turned it to good. I never believed it would be possible, but He is a miracle worker.<br /><br />Have a blessed day,<br />HeatherHeather Marstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442467779057850945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-54086881918763290022012-07-08T13:52:29.069-07:002012-07-08T13:52:29.069-07:00Marion, what a beautiful story! My old farmhouse i...Marion, what a beautiful story! My old farmhouse is crooked and bent, but it's 100 years old this year, so the fieldstone in that foundation must have been made of good stuff to still be standing. Every time we have a small remodeling project, we find "things" in the walls--a child's button up shoe, an ancient box of Crayolas, two children's blocks--one with a B and one with a C, which are my husband's and my first name initials. The blocks sit on top of my microwave to remind me of the life this house had while I'm engaged in the life it now has. When some other family occupies this house someday, I pray they sense that God was honored here.Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-14694824823805916522012-07-08T13:39:34.549-07:002012-07-08T13:39:34.549-07:00Marion, a warm welcome. So glad you're visitin...Marion, a warm welcome. So glad you're visiting all the way from England! And more, happy to hear that you've been uplifted by Cynthia's words.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-50010474333785186032012-07-08T13:32:11.628-07:002012-07-08T13:32:11.628-07:00I love that phrase Cynthia. 'Listening to the ...I love that phrase Cynthia. 'Listening to the heartbeat of Heaven.' How hard it is to be quiet enough to do that. When we were renovating the house in which we now live, my study was to be made out of some footage taken from the back of the garage, but when the builders came to do it they discovered that the previous owner had extended his garage but dug only minimum foundations. So all the walls of the extension had to be knocked down and new foundations dug. When it was complete, our pastor came to pray round all the rooms and when we reached my study, God seemed to whisper 'The foundations will be built on faithfulness and all the walls of praise.' Sometimes I remember the children of Israel putting the blood of the lamb over their doorposts, and then I pause before going into my study and ask for that protection. But now I think I'll add to that prayer that within it's walls I'll be still enough to hear 'the heart beat of heaven' and write accordinglyMarion Stroudhttp://www.marionstroud.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-21540851214974426342012-07-08T07:54:42.136-07:002012-07-08T07:54:42.136-07:00Hi, Vonda! Hope your day is as full of joy as you ...Hi, Vonda! Hope your day is as full of joy as you are! Thanks for your comment.Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-72416285007555744692012-07-08T05:10:42.907-07:002012-07-08T05:10:42.907-07:00Vonda, a warm welcome to you to Everyone's Sto...Vonda, a warm welcome to you to Everyone's Story--hope you'll be back :)Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-11521597337601241072012-07-08T04:49:55.775-07:002012-07-08T04:49:55.775-07:00Great interview, Cynthia! Congratulations on your ...Great interview, Cynthia! Congratulations on your book's success. And after reading this post, I can see why! Can't wait to read your book!Vonda Skeltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709374938210704402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-66851548214223986692012-07-07T19:13:54.938-07:002012-07-07T19:13:54.938-07:00I appreciate the visit here, Becky.I appreciate the visit here, Becky.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-6539202189837988042012-07-07T19:12:10.355-07:002012-07-07T19:12:10.355-07:00Nice to see you, JoAnn (who will be a guest here o...Nice to see you, JoAnn (who will be a guest here on Everyone's Story beginning on July 20th!).<br /><br />Cynthia--the pleasure is truly mine. I started this blog out of pressure to establish an internet presence, but God had something totally different in mind: to connect with so many people, in so many countries, to offer hope and share faith in God, and to be the recipient of hope by many who are willing to uplift me and everyone else. Our Loving Father truly knows what is best for us.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-31333594431672190312012-07-07T17:52:49.952-07:002012-07-07T17:52:49.952-07:00Amen, sista!Amen, sista!Sherri Wilson Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941335307715011082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-20415173989923389982012-07-07T16:33:47.805-07:002012-07-07T16:33:47.805-07:00Rachael Phillips, Becky Melby, and Eileen Key were...Rachael Phillips, Becky Melby, and Eileen Key were gracious enough to include me in TWO novella collections--A Door County Christmas and the upcoming Cedar Creek Seasons. Becky, a lot of my "active" wouldn't be possible without your prayers for me. Thanks for stopping by.Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-75069805708563527112012-07-07T16:30:56.305-07:002012-07-07T16:30:56.305-07:00JoAnn, you made me tear up! Thank you. And I have ...JoAnn, you made me tear up! Thank you. And I have to say again, Elaine, you gave me a great gift in allowing me to have this opportunity to connect with your friends and mine!Cynthia Ruchtihttp://www.cynthiaruchti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-78308728824530565182012-07-07T16:28:38.877-07:002012-07-07T16:28:38.877-07:00Cynthia, I love your "I'm learning to cra...Cynthia, I love your "I'm learning to crave quiet" comment. Observing your "active" life, I've learned so much about how to turn available snippets of time, no matter how short, into creative bursts or calm reflection. I have to echo Elaine: I'm blessed to call you a friend and co-author and I can't wait to hold our next "baby," Cedar Creek Seasons.Becky Melbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751033548133820673noreply@blogger.com