Comments on: My Story: Masked to Truefaced http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/ Heart of Wisdom Author Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:34:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: missy http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-10652 missy Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-10652 I have reread this many times because there is so much to learn from your shared experiences. I have also found that it is easy to get caught up in the legalistic doctrines because they are rampant in the homeschool groups. The one thing that rings so true is that there is no love in those groups that work hard to promote their loveless hyper Calvanistic,dominion based theology. There is a pride that is poisonous. Thanks for sharing. You are such a blessing to the body of Christ in so many ways. I have reread this many times because there is so much to learn from your shared experiences. I have also found that it is easy to get caught up in the legalistic doctrines because they are rampant in the homeschool groups. The one thing that rings so true is that there is no love in those groups that work hard to promote their loveless hyper Calvanistic,dominion based theology. There is a pride that is poisonous. Thanks for sharing. You are such a blessing to the body of Christ in so many ways.

]]> By: Katy Waldrop http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-9706 Katy Waldrop Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:21:20 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-9706 Thanks soooo much for sharing this. That denial list was pretty interesting to read seeing as how it is very familiar to me... I see what a beautiful work YHWH is doing with your life and I am greatly encouraged. We've recently gone through a hard time, but your story really did a number on my self pity! Thanks! Love you sister and hope that I get to meet you one day. Thanks soooo much for sharing this. That denial list was pretty interesting to read seeing as how it is very familiar to me… I see what a beautiful work YHWH is doing with your life and I am greatly encouraged. We’ve recently gone through a hard time, but your story really did a number on my self pity! Thanks! Love you sister and hope that I get to meet you one day.

]]> By: Jen http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3839 Jen Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:49:16 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3839 Robin I have nothing but a deep admiration for you... Even if you weren't walking...during those times you fell...G-d was still using you...for such a time as this when what you have been through can just blow other peoples socks off! This is an incredible story! I got tired just reading it and yet you are filled to the brim with hope, and light. I hope I can meet you someday..you have to be one of the strongest and real women I have ever known or heard of! Bless you sister....bless you! Robin
I have nothing but a deep admiration for you…
Even if you weren’t walking…during those times you fell…G-d was still using you…for such a time as this when what you have been through can just blow other peoples socks off!
This is an incredible story! I got tired just reading it and yet you are filled to the brim with hope, and light. I hope I can meet you someday..you have to be one of the strongest and real women I have ever known or heard of! Bless you sister….bless you!

]]> By: michelle http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3838 michelle Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:54:19 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3838 Robin, I love the sincereness, opennesss, honesty, and transparency of this post. There is much to glean from in this post. I have suffered abuse in so many ways. Through two years of counseling and a lot of prayer, and time away from the church, I am healing up. I appreciate your time in sharing this. There are a number of links that I will be checking out. Thanks for opening your heart. Robin, I love the sincereness, opennesss, honesty, and transparency of this post. There is much to glean from in this post. I have suffered abuse in so many ways. Through two years of counseling and a lot of prayer, and time away from the church, I am healing up. I appreciate your time in sharing this. There are a number of links that I will be checking out. Thanks for opening your heart.

]]> By: Alicia http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3837 Alicia Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:03:40 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3837 Thank you so much for this post. It has encouraged me and built up my faith. Thank you for your honesty and transparency. Blessings to you and your family. Thank you so much for this post. It has encouraged me and built up my faith. Thank you for your honesty and transparency. Blessings to you and your family.

]]> By: phyllis http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3836 phyllis Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:24:34 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3836 this is really wonderful! i'm so uplifted! i feel my faith rise and i trust God to sort out ALL that's wrong with my life. i've just read true faced and you're like a real role model of what the book is about. i have so much further to go but i'm encouraged that it is so possible to be healed and restored and sin resolved. no matter how messed up it is. your honesty is so refreshing. i wear a mask wanting people to think highly of me but really, i think so highly of you! the picture at the staircase!!! a masterpiece. love u! bless u! this is really wonderful! i’m so uplifted! i feel my faith rise and i trust God to sort out ALL that’s wrong with my life. i’ve just read true faced and you’re like a real role model of what the book is about.
i have so much further to go but i’m encouraged that it is so possible to be healed and restored and sin resolved. no matter how messed up it is.

your honesty is so refreshing. i wear a mask wanting people to think highly of me but really, i think so highly of you!

the picture at the staircase!!! a masterpiece.

love u! bless u!

]]> By: Julie Todd http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3835 Julie Todd Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:37:01 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3835 Hey Robin, I found you when looking for a review on Truefaced. I attended the Truefaced Intensive in Tulsa in November. It was a life altering conference for my husband and I... We've been learning to live in our true faces for a bit now. I've been writing on my blog about my journey. I am so blessed by your testimony. Hey Robin,
I found you when looking for a review on Truefaced. I attended the Truefaced Intensive in Tulsa in November. It was a life altering conference for my husband and I…

We’ve been learning to live in our true faces for a bit now. I’ve been writing on my blog about my journey. I am so blessed by your testimony.

]]> By: Jane http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3834 Jane Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:50:12 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3834 I cannot express my feelings of oneness with all those who have written to you. I am in awe that all these stories are so similar, everywhere. We all want relationship not religion, we all need to be accepted into the beloved, we all have been hurt, either physically, emotionally or spiritually. I have never met you, nor any of the above bloggers, but I love all of you with the love of God, who drew us all to repentence and gave us a safe harbor. Many blessings of God upon you and your readers. I cannot express my feelings of oneness with all those who have written to you. I am in awe that all these stories are so similar, everywhere. We all want relationship not religion, we all need to be accepted into the beloved, we all have been hurt, either physically, emotionally or spiritually. I have never met you, nor any of the above bloggers, but I love all of you with the love of God, who drew us all to repentence and gave us a safe harbor. Many blessings of God upon you and your readers.

]]> By: Intro: Robin Sampson http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3833 Intro: Robin Sampson Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:51:40 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3833 [...] I was on a performance treadmill much of my life trying to earn God’s love in religious institutions. I wore the Sunday masks that everything was OK and jumped through the appropriate hoops hoping that being a submissive wife and diligent, over protective mother would give me happy marriage and perfect children. It didn’t. I tried to control our family with my lists of Christian rules. Church attendance and Bible studies were duties. I sincerely thought I was on the right path but my artificial rules and regulations sucked the love of God out of our family. I’m on a different path now–relationship instead of religion. I know God loves me where I am and I desire for him to lead every step of my day. Much of my time with my adult children is spent discussing how things could have been and how grateful I can teach them the truth now. God took me on this journey to learn of Him and everything I have been through has brought me in a deeper, closer walk. You can read more about my story at Masked to TrueFaced [...] [...] I was on a performance treadmill much of my life trying to earn God’s love in religious institutions. I wore the Sunday masks that everything was OK and jumped through the appropriate hoops hoping that being a submissive wife and diligent, over protective mother would give me happy marriage and perfect children. It didn’t. I tried to control our family with my lists of Christian rules. Church attendance and Bible studies were duties. I sincerely thought I was on the right path but my artificial rules and regulations sucked the love of God out of our family. I’m on a different path now–relationship instead of religion. I know God loves me where I am and I desire for him to lead every step of my day. Much of my time with my adult children is spent discussing how things could have been and how grateful I can teach them the truth now. God took me on this journey to learn of Him and everything I have been through has brought me in a deeper, closer walk. You can read more about my story at Masked to TrueFaced [...]

]]> By: Natacha http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3832 Natacha Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:50:00 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3832 Hi, I was googling "hebrew homeschool curriculum" and I found your site. I was looking for a curriculum that would bring more of the Hebrew roots, and finding something that would reflect more of the non-schedule life that we choose to have. My husband and I have 6 children (age 11 months old-14 yo). I'm re-married and they are all my bios kids. We do not go to Church, we have stopped going about 3 years ago. We pulled our kids out of school. I do not want to be distracted away from my home duties any longer, put up with "Christians" that can not handle the truth of the Word of God, and having to hear Christians gossip or dress sensually and guys not standing up as leaders. Husband believes at this point that Church are seeking to please the flesh of their members rather than lead them to confess and repent and practice Christ-like behaviors. So for now, we say we are being on-hold... like Moses when he "disappeared" from the face of the earth until God called him. In the mean while we strive to find a way to character train our children and lead them to KNOW HIStory and find their call in Him. It's a hard work, one that most women chose not to do. I sometimes feel lonely, but not too overwhelmed because I don't entertain friendship that questions our walks (so I'm not often offended or in a defensive spot haha) I was wondering about your background when I found this page. I am thankful. I understand. I relate. I want to say thank you for showing an example to a younger mother. I am 36 years old. I want to pray for you and restoration with your broken hearted children if I did understand correctly. Thank you for repenting to them. I do so with my children when I make my time more valuable than theirs and I show my flesh rather than Christ being magnified. I am glad you are walking away and practicing freedom in Christ rather than a legalistic religion. Hurt people want rules to satisfy their souls that struggle with believing that they are accepted and forgiven by Christ WITHOUT having to redeem themselves. Co-dependency.... can be ugly. Abba, I thank you because I was searching for something that fit our thoughts on our raising your kids. I was searching for something that would help me train your children yet in your standards, going back to your roots. Father as i read about Robin, my heart felt compassion for her heart and the desire for restoration with her children. I know from first-hand that restoration is a process and takes as much work as raising kids... It takes years. Father, I bring to you ALL her children, all of them into your hands, her kids, her kids mate or wives or husbands and friends. I pray that you move ALL her children to know you and seek you and also come to forgive you but also in the mist of the pain, to acknowledge their fears, hurts, and speak it out loud, that they may be free and can heal and forgive as well. Restore their hearts, keep restoring Robin's heart as well so she may be there in times when her children will want to connect intimately with her. I pray before all that they find you Jesus. Keep Robin in health and give her wisdom in her choices. I thank you and ask in the Name of Jesus. As it is. Forgive my mistakes for I am French native. My english is probably a bit weird here or there. :) Natacha Hi,
I was googling “hebrew homeschool curriculum” and I found your site. I was looking for a curriculum that would bring more of the Hebrew roots, and finding something that would reflect more of the non-schedule life that we choose to have.
My husband and I have 6 children (age 11 months old-14 yo). I’m re-married and they are all my bios kids. We do not go to Church, we have stopped going about 3 years ago. We pulled our kids out of school. I do not want to be distracted away from my home duties any longer, put up with “Christians” that can not handle the truth of the Word of God, and having to hear Christians gossip or dress sensually and guys not standing up as leaders.
Husband believes at this point that Church are seeking to please the flesh of their members rather than lead them to confess and repent and practice Christ-like behaviors. So for now, we say we are being on-hold… like Moses when he “disappeared” from the face of the earth until God called him.
In the mean while we strive to find a way to character train our children and lead them to KNOW HIStory and find their call in Him. It’s a hard work, one that most women chose not to do. I sometimes feel lonely, but not too overwhelmed because I don’t entertain friendship that questions our walks (so I’m not often offended or in a defensive spot haha)
I was wondering about your background when I found this page. I am thankful.
I understand.
I relate.
I want to say thank you for showing an example to a younger mother. I am 36 years old.

I want to pray for you and restoration with your broken hearted children if I did understand correctly.

Thank you for repenting to them. I do so with my children when I make my time more valuable than theirs and I show my flesh rather than Christ being magnified.

I am glad you are walking away and practicing freedom in Christ rather than a legalistic religion. Hurt people want rules to satisfy their souls that struggle with believing that they are accepted and forgiven by Christ WITHOUT having to redeem themselves. Co-dependency…. can be ugly.

Abba,

I thank you because I was searching for something that fit our thoughts on our raising your kids.
I was searching for something that would help me train your children yet in your standards, going back to your roots.
Father as i read about Robin, my heart felt compassion for her heart and the desire for restoration with her children. I know from first-hand that restoration is a process and takes as much work as raising kids… It takes years. Father, I bring to you ALL her children, all of them into your hands, her kids, her kids mate or wives or husbands and friends. I pray that you move ALL her children to know you and seek you and also come to forgive you but also in the mist of the pain, to acknowledge their fears, hurts, and speak it out loud, that they may be free and can heal and forgive as well. Restore their hearts, keep restoring Robin’s heart as well so she may be there in times when her children will want to connect intimately with her. I pray before all that they find you Jesus.
Keep Robin in health and give her wisdom in her choices.
I thank you and ask in the Name of Jesus.
As it is.

Forgive my mistakes for I am French native. My english is probably a bit weird here or there. :)
Natacha

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