How can I live in a city this size, and not have access to a Christian Bookshop? Am I the only one of 500,000 people that read Christian books? *tisk
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Before I accidentally called him a few of those endearments, I told him I would try not to, for that reason.... He knows I'm trying not to; hopefully I won't have to try not to anymore... All depends on if God tells me it's okay (by telling me he's right for me)....
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Arlene89
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So, this is the second day to my 2 week holiday. Next week, I'm spending 3 nights in a tree house cottage in the mountains somewhere north-west.
Today, I am going to bring my laptop and several Christians books to a café and flesh out something that has been bouncing at me as I was reading the Psalms. I've been telling myself I would at least dedicate one entire day to playing Minecraft, but I can't do it!
I feel like a little girl on an Easter egg hunt. There's something really interesting and precious hiding in these certain scriptures and I want to travel the terrain to find it.
Its funny because I really felt that when I started at my new church, a new season in life had begun and that the Lord was telling me He is taking leading me out of a season of heavy pruning, to a season of 'applying'. It seems He is specifically taking me through a time to learn what it means to love people, to be part of the church body in unity and in relationship with others in a way that glorifies Him.
I thought I was doing well, I was forming good relationships with people around me, I just clicked with the people God brought in to my life. But the last week or so, I was suddenly bombarded with all this disappointment from people. From someone completely shutting me out of their life, to people suddenly dropping plans, to weird drama revolving around the guy I kind of had a crush on and then cruel things coming out of the mouth of my parents. In the space of several days, it just hit me like a wave! At the same time, every where I turn, every message I listen to is about loving others.
So here I am, praying, "God, this is breaking my heart, I can't deal with this kind of rejection, take me back to that season where it was just me and You and You had my heart and I had Yours, and things were simpler." Then my mind is flooded with all those times where I thought I wouldn't make it, but I did. The time I was hurt by my church, the time I allowed my heart to be broken, the time I faced hard conversations with my parents, the time where I thought my past would tear me apart. Did I fall down? Did I drown? No, because He was my rock. I did not crumble because He kept me firm and filled me when I was running on empty. He was and still is faithful, He kept me together when my natural reaction was to fall apart.
Now this has to happen all over again. Where I just abandon myself to Him. I have to face my fear of rejection with the love that has already been given to me and to apply it. This is something the Lord is not letting me hide from, I can't run away and create physical distance between myself and others. This may not necessarily be about how I want to feel about the situation, this seems more about God showing me a deeper level of His love and what He can do when I am ready to admit I need him the most. Not myself, not them, not my ability to run away, but what He can do with my messiness so that I can reflect Him in the most hardest of times.
I am just going to put this out there, God loves to corner me. He corners me and gives me the only safety rope that matters. It is the scariest step to go from my corner to His arms, but I know and I know and I -know-, the freedom in His arms will be worth it all.
(I've been watching too many tear-jerking dramas lately, can you tell? Lol)
Today, I am going to bring my laptop and several Christians books to a café and flesh out something that has been bouncing at me as I was reading the Psalms. I've been telling myself I would at least dedicate one entire day to playing Minecraft, but I can't do it!
I feel like a little girl on an Easter egg hunt. There's something really interesting and precious hiding in these certain scriptures and I want to travel the terrain to find it.
Its funny because I really felt that when I started at my new church, a new season in life had begun and that the Lord was telling me He is taking leading me out of a season of heavy pruning, to a season of 'applying'. It seems He is specifically taking me through a time to learn what it means to love people, to be part of the church body in unity and in relationship with others in a way that glorifies Him.
I thought I was doing well, I was forming good relationships with people around me, I just clicked with the people God brought in to my life. But the last week or so, I was suddenly bombarded with all this disappointment from people. From someone completely shutting me out of their life, to people suddenly dropping plans, to weird drama revolving around the guy I kind of had a crush on and then cruel things coming out of the mouth of my parents. In the space of several days, it just hit me like a wave! At the same time, every where I turn, every message I listen to is about loving others.
So here I am, praying, "God, this is breaking my heart, I can't deal with this kind of rejection, take me back to that season where it was just me and You and You had my heart and I had Yours, and things were simpler." Then my mind is flooded with all those times where I thought I wouldn't make it, but I did. The time I was hurt by my church, the time I allowed my heart to be broken, the time I faced hard conversations with my parents, the time where I thought my past would tear me apart. Did I fall down? Did I drown? No, because He was my rock. I did not crumble because He kept me firm and filled me when I was running on empty. He was and still is faithful, He kept me together when my natural reaction was to fall apart.
Now this has to happen all over again. Where I just abandon myself to Him. I have to face my fear of rejection with the love that has already been given to me and to apply it. This is something the Lord is not letting me hide from, I can't run away and create physical distance between myself and others. This may not necessarily be about how I want to feel about the situation, this seems more about God showing me a deeper level of His love and what He can do when I am ready to admit I need him the most. Not myself, not them, not my ability to run away, but what He can do with my messiness so that I can reflect Him in the most hardest of times.
I am just going to put this out there, God loves to corner me. He corners me and gives me the only safety rope that matters. It is the scariest step to go from my corner to His arms, but I know and I know and I -know-, the freedom in His arms will be worth it all.
(I've been watching too many tear-jerking dramas lately, can you tell? Lol)
She had a nice smile. Quite far out of my league. Most likely taken or interested in something else. Best to leave it at that. *smirks*
I'm at a loss for words! Truly am. This is so frustrating. I don't know how to interpret this.
*hugs evie* praying for you. let us (or me) know if we can do anything to help.
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ww_21
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SpottyPyjamas
Guest
Just finished watching the 1997 version of Ivanhoe (it's on youtube if anyone's interested) - Ciaran Hinds as Brian de Bois-Guilbert, nuff said 
Seriously...I don't want another person to tell me I'm wrong or tell me about how their situation might compare to mine...I don't want to hear ANY of it.
Just finished watching the 1997 version of Ivanhoe (it's on youtube if anyone's interested) - Ciaran Hinds as Brian de Bois-Guilbert, nuff said
I love that movie. Rebecca is my hero.
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SpottyPyjamas
Guest
This is why we only buy bandaids with angry birds or neon colors. People are going to notice it anyway. It might as well look like you intended for them to.
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MissCris
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I've always thought all the autocorrect stuff was amusing, in a sort of that-will-never-happen-to-me sort of way.
And then I got an iPhone (which is also kind of amusing, but in a I-cant-believe-this-happened kind of way).
Autocorrect called my best friend a gnome instead of simply saying good night.
I have now fallen asleep twice while trying to write this-oh,make that 3 times. I should giv(4!!)e up.
And then I got an iPhone (which is also kind of amusing, but in a I-cant-believe-this-happened kind of way).
Autocorrect called my best friend a gnome instead of simply saying good night.
I have now fallen asleep twice while trying to write this-oh,make that 3 times. I should giv(4!!)e up.
Yeahhh...I've come out with some weird stuff due to auto correct. ... it's pretty embarrassing.
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Donkeyfish07
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Ha ha, i'm friends with a married couple. When Siri first came out, he went to send his wife a text with the voice feature and said something like "I seen your sister at lowes today".....it translated as "I'm in love with your sister".
He seen it sending and was like CRAP!, but he didn't catch it in time....it sent. Then he said "No!, I hate your sister but I love you". It translated as "I love your sister and I hate you". Ha ha ha, he was freaking out when the second one went through.
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iTOREtheSKY
Guest
With all the problems & silliness that people find themselves getting into with this auto-correct feature,I find more & more that someone may have perhaps installed this feature into my brain,as I seem to find myself accidentally saying bizarre & inappropriate things from time to time .
*insert awkward laughter track here,er...or not*
I don't really get Angry Birds. I tell my kids that their being angry all the time doesn't seem very Christlike. Why can't they be "Forgiving Birds?"
"But Dad, there would be no GAME then! - duh!"