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I found myself praying and journaling the following words this week, Heavenly Father, I lay down my want to: to be right, to be understood, to be accepted and loved. I continued, For the truth is… I am fully understood, accepted and loved by You, the King of the Universe! My heart instantly felt light! (Now please know that I am dearly loved by many. I know and believe that today, but, for some reason—a reason I cannot even remember right now, I was not feeling loved that morning. And thus I was pouring out my emotions in my journaling, with my time with God.)
You may have noticed that my past few blogs have all been titled or begun with the words, “Be Free…” There is a reason for that, in that, my word for this year is “be free!” For you see, the past couple years, God has given me a word for the year. Just one word, one word that I would focus my attention on all year long. One word that He would work in my life; one area He would grow me in etc.
I made a spur of the moment decision (with my husband’s blessing) last Tuesday and hopped in the car on Thursday and drove to North Carolina to surprise my youngest son for his 25th birthday! What a whirlwind and what a wonderful time I had and it all began by my hearing a blurb on the Christian radio station, saying, “Give yourself permission to take a break and do something you enjoy!” For you see, I had been toying with the idea of going to North Carolina to surprise my son but I kept talking myself out of it, saying I had too much to do. Once I heard those words on the radio, something sprang in my heart and I knew I was to give myself
Bea Clark has issues. The kinds of issues that make her feel as if she is being smothered by her own thoughts. Even when things are going well for Bea, she’s always waiting for something to trigger the darkness to take over. And when it comes, this deep, black heaviness, everything – including getting out of bed – becomes a struggle. Ending her life seems like the right thing for Bea to do and it’s where her thoughts carry her, so she tried it…once. She also tried running from Trinidad to live in Boston.
My dreamboard, this year, says: “Be Free…Believing the Best!” To me, those are powerful, encourageing words, but how does one live those words? I think just a few ways woud be to: •Look for the “silver lining” in whatever you may be going through. Or put another way… •Look for the “hidden blessings” in whatever hard or difficult situation you may be going through. They are there; we just need to look for them!
There is no greater feeling than to know that you took a chance and performed an act that changed the life of someone else. I’m not where I want to be right now but as I look over my life, I realize that I chose a path that caused me to step into unchartered waters. I didn’t do it because I am courageous. I did it because I believed that it was the right thing to do. That belief gave me the courage to do it.
“Can I give you a hug?” were the words I heard from a sweet, young girl at school, this week, right after our chapel service. Little did she know the difference her words and caring gesture would make! We hugged. I cried. We prayed. She listened and gave me words of truth and encouragement. And all this, because she turned and offered me a hug! I was unaware of it myself, i.e., how much I was in need of a hug that day. It was only while we were in prayer together, that I realized that I just had not slowed down enough or gotton still, to realize all the things that were going on inside of me. And as
As we celebrate the Easter season and the new life that is offered in Jesus, I got to celebrate new life in a different way today, as well. I became a great aunt today! My grand nephew was born this very morning. I am blessed by the fact that I live just 25 miles away from the hospital where he was born, so I was able to go and see him when he was only 6 hours old! There is something very special about a newborn baby. Everything with the world just seems to be right, when you look into the face of a newborn. All the cares of the world seem to just fade away, when you hold a little miracle in your arms. There was nothing but joy and lots of love in that hospital room this morning, as family gathered together to celebrate his birth!
I went for a walk this week, which is something I try to do at least four to five times a week, but this day it was different. I was walking the same “route” that I usually take to get my 30 minute walk in, when all of a sudden my ankle twisted and I was down on the ground, on the black top, on the side of the road! I hit the ground hard and was stunned.
In Jackson, the state capitol of Mississippi, the bill moving through the legislature to impose a restrictive regulation on the state’s only abortion clinic is causing controversy. But the temperature in this debate is turned up one early morning when the Reverend Jimmy Aldridge is shot to death while preparing to protest at that same clinic.
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God Doesn't Love Us All The Same, by Nina Guilbeau
Janine Harris never really thought about homeless people. She barely even notices them as she passes them by on her way to work in downtown Washington D.C. All Janine can focus on is the shambles of her own young life, afraid that she will never be able to get past the painful mistakes she has made. However, all of that changes on a snowy evening in December when Janine unexpectedly finds herself alone with Vera, an old, homeless woman who seems to need her help. Now Janie wants to know what could have possibly happened to Vera to leave her so broken and alone.
As Vera shares her life story with Janine, the two women form an unusual bond and begin a journey that changes both of their lives forever. Reluctantly, they each confront their own past and, in the process, discover the true meaning of sacrifice, family and love. Although to truly move forward in their lives, they must fast the most difficult challenge of all – forgiving themselves.
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