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The Process

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The Process

I am not happy if I cannot finish…
A book,
a project,
a movie.

I want to see what happens, I want to see the completed project! Sometimes I want to read the end of the book before I read the pages in between so I can see how it ends!

Hmmmmm, I wonder if I apply that thinking to my own life?

I have always been very “goal oriented”. My type “A” personality always has a list, a plan, an end in site. You know, one of those people that adds things to her list just so she can check them off!  And yet, life has a way of allowing situations to come into your life that might suggest there is no end.

And that does not set well with me.

But I’m learning to enjoy and learn from the process. I’m learning to live in the moment. I’m learning to glorify God in the middle of the process, not only in the end. Does there always have to be an end?

Nope.

When I resigned from teaching, I just knew there was something “special” He was calling me to. I think a little bit of spiritual pride entered into this little head of mine. I have been waiting to see what that was….but the whole time I was missing the blessing of the process.

I have no idea what my future holds. All I know is that He has called me to the “here and now”. I am to walk out this day only surrendered to Him. Then when I wake up in the morning, I will walk out that day surrendered. I am to learn in the process, and not worry about the finish or how it actually ends!

It’s kind of like reading “samples” on my Kindle. Sometimes I just enjoy the sample….and not worry about purchasing the rest of the book. Good training for me actually……

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19

Yep.

I am not sure Amazon will like that though~

~Be blessed!

In Christ Alone

Isaiah 55:8-9

Can I Have this Dance?

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Can I Have This Dance?

My husband and I love to dance. We have danced since we dated. Of course it was disco then…..and it is disco now when we get a chance to dance! Thankfully, most weddings do include oldies!  We actually won contests when we were teens.  Our sons may doubt that a bit.

But we even like to dance in the kitchen. A good Pandora station can do wonders for a couple. If anyone saw us they might laugh, my goodness…we laugh at ourselves! But it is so much fun. Such a sweet thing between us.

I had struggled for several years with how much the Father really loved me. How could Jesus Christ love me without condition? I always thought that God only loved me when I obeyed Him. I was completely immersed in legalism. The more I worked, the more He loved me…or so I thought. If I did not do what I “should” He would not love me.   Continue reading Can I Have this Dance?

Seething……

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Seething…ANGER

I feel like a cartoon character when I am angry.

I wear my feelings on my shirtsleeve as they say. In reality, I cannot hide my feelings from anyone. Oh how I wish I could, but I cannot. That is why I make a terrible liar, you can see it all over my face.

So, I might actually look like a cartoon character when I am angry. But no one but my husband will know….

And right now I am angry. Very angry. Extremely angry. So I have been home all day. And I will be home tomorrow. I cannot risk showing my feelings to anyone. Why? Because it won’t do anyone any good at all. Especially the one(s) I am so angry with…..:) And I am angry that someone I care for has been hurt….the worse kind of angry! Continue reading Seething……