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Proverbs 17:22Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.comBlogger738125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-70410439471467882992017-04-04T09:58:00.002-05:002017-04-04T09:58:35.940-05:00Jesus, Left Behind...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well....I had a bright and lively wake up call yesterday about 5 am.....it was a policeman ringing my front doorbell and then BANGING on my back door and windows with a bright flashing strobe light....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"For you know very well that the day of The Lord will come </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>like a thief in the night" ~1Thessalonians 5:2</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wasn't sure if Jesus had come back and was taking me to a disco or I was having an averse reaction to Sunday night's dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, I was aware that something or someone had woken me up like a thief in the night.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bad news: it wasn't Jesus....it was an actual thief.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AHPD was there to let me know I apparently had an uninvited guest break in my car.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The policeman and I stood there in the dark, peering in to my car...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my car which is normally impeccably clean....was a mess...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It looked like a Spencer's Gift Shop and a LIfeway Christian Bookstore had exploded inside.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He asked if I noticed anything missing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I noticed that an iPhone and a nice pair of sunglasses were gone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But was then distracted by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what was left behind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Items left behind and not chosen?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm glad you asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Not one but two, Jesus Bobbleheads....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Jesus Today Devotional....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">along with a church bulletin, where I'm pretty sure Jesus Himself was asking the robber....."Come on son, what are you doing?!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Action figure Jesus, </span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a hula dancer, several Bible studies and a fake spilled Diet Coke......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the lowest blow of them all.....S</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">quirrel Underpants...left behind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">(don't judge me...you never know when you need to help a naked squirrel.)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Shout out and thank you to the Alamo Heights Police Department, they caught the guy within 20 minutes. (Note: Don't mess with the Mules) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">After I peeled myself off the ceiling from the abrupt wake up...I remembered this was the week that leads up to Palm Sunday and Holy Week....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I heard and saw what I believe to be, a message for me....and maybe even you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Don't leave Him behind. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Don't miss what He offers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Don't get caught up in looking for something better. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">There is nothing better and there is nothing more.....than Jesus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">May we all look in unsuspected places for Him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">May we open our eyes at unexpected times, to find Him</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">God thank You for your Protection and your Presence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">In His Dust,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God is good.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and all the time....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God is good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> "</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-wrap: break-word;">The LORD will appear above his people; </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look closely....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God has left His Signature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There it stands. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, His Signature doesn't JUST rest on the 9 ft.cross that remains untouched....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is Everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May we see where trees did <u>not</u> fall.....as His Signature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May we see our family and friends today.....as His Signature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May we see The blessings that are poured all over and around us...as His Signature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Remember, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">sheltered by The God who is above all gods."</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">T</span></b><b><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">his I declare, that He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God, We see You alone are fit to wear the crown. Thank you for your protection.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"For Unto Us A Child Is Born" ~Isaiah 9:6</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Children tell The Christmas Story with courage. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They simply "draw" what they understand. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They have no fear of judgment in their understanding of Him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh, that we could all be this confident.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><b>"The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us, </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">We have seen His Glory, </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Glory of The One and Only Son, </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><b>Who came from The Father, full of grace and truth."~John 1:14</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lesser known tidbits about this evening:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Jofuss" and Mary were clearly overcome with "jaw-dropping" emotion...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at the sight of Jesus...maybe because he was wearing goggles?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Jofuss"....grew a mustache...and I am afraid to say, Mary might have as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But it didn't stop their joy and celebration one bit!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was the</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> "Jesus had pink eye" &</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Joseph had been up all night looking for a pharmacy" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Also, unable to find room in the Inn was Ziggy or possibly Charlie Brown. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then Jesus got a little over-excited with the lip liner....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and "Mr. Bill" was wrapped in swaddling clothes.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">aka Herod, who was "gonna be mean to Him."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile, unfazed Jesus wasn't at all worried.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He Knew He could Trust His Father.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And so can we.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">to reflect the light in those very places. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and one night over 2000 years ago....He sent His One and Only Son.....to live among us and BE light to our dark world.....</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whatever</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><u style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you</u><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">picture and however</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><u style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you</u><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">draw the faces....</span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-50369059640905856062016-11-28T11:12:00.004-06:002016-11-28T11:12:48.538-06:00The Giving Tree....<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Mom is the Giving Tree.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyone that knows her, or knows of her, is very aware of this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She shines all the time, but never brighter than at Christmas time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I got to see the splendor of my Mom's talent and generosity again last night...as our house transformed into a place Santa would be proud to live in...and more importantly, a place The Birth of Christ is honorably celebrated.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The needlepointed ornaments decorate almost every branch of the tree.....they are each personalized and tell a story or describe one or all of us at some point in our lives....</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not to be outdone are the personalized</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Santas</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> and pillows that make everyone in our home feel that they are known and loved.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And of course, the stockings are hung by our chimney with care....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and the care began in the planning of each and every piece.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have watched my mom needlepoint for years....and it is always for someone else....</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have watched her in hospital waiting rooms and on airplanes....in her chair and numerous other places</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and almost every time I ask, "<i>what are you needlepointing?"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The answer is, "<i>a stocking for so and so's grandbaby"</i> or "<i>I'm finishing a stocking for so and so because she didn't have time....and Christmas is coming...</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or "<i>I am working on this ornament for so and so, she doesn't know how to needlepoint"</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mom always has time for someone else first. I believe Jesus is quite pleased with her understanding of His Command to <b>"Love your neighbor as yourself."</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each Christmas, I see the the work of her hands and heart, everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And when I see these pieces of art....I remember, what she was doing when she made it.....and who she was helping out....or who she was trying to make feel special or known.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and sometimes i am floored by her and other times, I am not the slightest bit surprised.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was looking through pictures this morning of some of her work, and realized there were a minimum of 8 stockings for people i had never even heard of.....(this was just in one album.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She clearly pays attention to The Very Words of Jesus Himself, Who said <b>,"It is more blessed to give than to receive."</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have walked in to many a home at Christmas and seen the work of her hands and heart hanging on friend's trees and mantles</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lisa called last night in a panic, because she thought she had lost all of her ornaments....<span style="font-size: x-small;">(spoiler alert: she found them, hours later)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">many of which were needlepointed by my mom...As she started describing them and each one had a story...or memory. Which reminded me that one of the best parts of my mom is </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that she does it all quietly, without fanfare without looking for a pat on the back...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">unlike myself, who, rest assured, would be blogging about my blisters and exhaustion over making a stocking or ornament for someone else. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a matter of fact, this blog will make probably make her uncomfortable- but,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">too bad Weezer- the Christmas cat is out of the bag- and it's time for you to be thanked- as well as acknowledged for being the coolest grandmother ever-</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">complete with a shocking pink tree filled with personalized ornaments </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for each </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">perfectly precious little girl....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I am the recipient of so many of these- and this year, Advent has reminded me that not only has Jesus come to live among us on that Holy Nite- </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But that He is coming back!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">He wants us to know we are loved and known by him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have my Mom to think for the physical example of this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God, Thank You for creating each of us in Your Image, I see you clearly in my Mom. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In His Dust,</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for all of these things in one place.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a crowded gym full of little people in all their garb....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">basically, playing "monkey see, monkey do."</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was in the midst of this happy chaos, that God pointed out- </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was going in all directions....back and forth....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cheering FOR the crowd....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the crowd cheering FOR the cheerleaders....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was an explosion of encouragement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It made me realize how we cheer each other on. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if our cheers look like an Elaine Bennis dance party.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or a possible 80's Breakdance move.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We cheer each other on, because of love, not because of performance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Just as you are already doing." ~1 Thessalonians 5:1</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some of you, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this summer </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was spent giggling around pools & lemonade stands....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">those same months were spent at MD Anderson or at funerals that seemed way too sudden...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because they were. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sun has a tendency to beat down not only on your scalp, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back, you will see that in each of those days, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God was there and even provided cheerleaders...encouragers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our God is good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All. The. Time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now...He gives us </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fresh start-</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And mornings bring cooler air, to remind us of His New Mercies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God HIMSELF is cheering us on. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every moment, of every day.</span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-47397552927739690422016-06-01T11:17:00.000-05:002016-06-01T11:19:40.265-05:00Katie...<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't know how this happened....but yesterday we were standing around a hospital bed meeting baby Katie and today is </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">June 1, 2016 and apparently, you are graduating from high school tonight. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am telling you as sure as I am typing this....that it feels like yesterday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You have brought me joy on my saddest days and quadrupled my joy on my happiest days. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's not just me, Katie- you've brought this joy to all of us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And your wisdom is not just reflected in your school ranking- (although, seriously!)</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Here's what you do- live well, </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Live wisely, live humbly. </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So.....therefore go and have a blast!! Look for God's abundance!! And do not settle for less. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God is waiting for you in every tomorrow Katie...and He is waiting with good plans....filled with Hope and abundance of joy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You are ready </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boombah<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Katie </span>Patie<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>Katesville<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Phyllis Irene- Phil-Ray-</span>Pooty<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>Mees<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Jewniverse<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>BFF</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have every confidence that you are ready to go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can not wait to sit on the front row of the rest of your days and continue to cheer for you. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love you!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God, thank You for this child and the wonderful and perfect way you made her.</span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-6302161204740698082016-05-09T10:51:00.001-05:002016-05-09T10:51:22.703-05:00New Heights....<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been texted, called and visited with lots of questions over the past few weeks...</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the answers are as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's absolutely going to be ok.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, we've been through a pastor change before.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, one with big shoes to fill.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, this is normal for Methodist churches, just doesn't feel normal for us.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, we can not protest the bishop. (Nor does Michael want us to.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I agree it feels yucky.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, it makes me angry too.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, this is a form of grief.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, we are very excited for him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, this is a big promotion for </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, St Andrews is going to love him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, I will not be there to explain his sarcasm....Yes, that does make me nervous.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, my heart hurts, I'm going to miss him, more than I care to think about.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was hired in the summer of 1999 by David McNitzky and AHUMC to help start a contemporary worship service. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We made mistakes and had great success at the same time. The success was entirely due to God's Grace on a bunch of kids in an upper room trying to follow Him. The mistakes were due to....well, see names on ball.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had concerns, questions and doubts about how God would use drums and guitars in a cold boring gym to make a powerful place to worship Him...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How could He possibly make a community out of that? What would the future hold....and what if this falls apart?</span></div>
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We named the service New Heights...</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is now May of 2016 and I am sitting here typing with the actual Nerf in my lap, it has weathered over the years. It looks pretty beat up...I get that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel sad, mad, happy, hopeful, scared and confident.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such is Grief...it's messy...doesn't make a lot of sense...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 years later- I sit and worship in this gym, along with many of you, and believe with all of my heart that our God still has great plans for New Heights.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe His Character does not change.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God has promised us that all things work together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His Purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nutshell version; We love God here....He is going to work this out. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He knows the ins and outs of AHUMC and this community. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He also knows exactly what Michael Crocker needs and when he needs it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going to miss my friend and his family on Sunday mornings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for me and my house, I'm gonna continue to trust the same God who started this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our current sermon series is on grief and loss. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 23rd Psalm, David talks about <b>"the valley of the shadow of death"</b>....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that grief and loss, (the "valleys" in our lives), don't have to be related to death, although they certainly are at times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are times when our valleys might just be a bad day, a sad moment or a hard season.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up until this point in the Psalm....David speaks ABOUT God......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sheep is <u>describing</u> The Shepherd.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and yet, when the sheep is in trouble.....and finds himself or herself in a "valley"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He changes from speaking about God- TO God </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because the sheep knows, He is WITH him<u>.</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"I will fear no evil....for YOU are WITH me."</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is speaking directly TO The Shepherd.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Shepherd is no longer just someone he describes,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this Shepherd is someone he knows.......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We too, know alot about The Shepherd, Jesus....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where He was born.....who He ran around with.....some of His teachings....the account of His crucifixion and resurrection. We know His earthly father was a carpenter named Joseph, and His mom was named Mary....We know He turned water in to good wine...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We know He cared for least of these....walked on water and loved children.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, do we know The Shepherd described above, is yours?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do <u>you</u> realize God Himself, is with YOU.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buckner Fanning asked in a sermon on the 23rd Psalm, <i>"Is God a He or a You?"</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and will only be a shadow.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wherever you are right at this moment, look around you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He declares, <b>"I am The Light of The world" - John 8:12</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and because of that promise, You and I never have to walk alone, never, ever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank <u>You</u> for walking <u>with</u> us.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Which shows us what kind of a relationship they had...which was honest & real.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was exactly what Thomas needed. His response was complete belief and absolute commitment. <b>"My Master! My God!"</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thomas' questions didn't at all seem to faze Jesus. Which makes me so happy. Because that means His Response to my doubts and questions....as well as your's....should get the same response. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the next time you find yourself thinking negatively about Thomas, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure, as children we don't question it so much....but as adults, don't we all have "Thomas moments?" </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can rest assured, that in response to each and every one of those moments, both big and small....we are met by a loving God...who will sit down right next to us and give us exactly what we need. Exactly when and how we need it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We follow A God that shows up...right where we are ....</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looks right at us....and says, "Come on, look and</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> touch.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank you for meeting us right where we are...and responding in a way that gets us exactly where we need to be.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are everywhere...some make us cheer...some make us angry...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But,they ALL represent something about what we believe....what is important to us....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or at the very least, who we listen to. </span></div>
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<b style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The high priest then asked Jesus about His Disciples and His Doctrine" ~John 18:19</b></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ay Chihuahua.<i>(My words, not His)</i> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine the high priest asking Jesus about His Beliefs....and His response was,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> "Ask </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">those who have been listening to Me. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">They know well what I have said."~John 18:21</span></b> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flash forward to 2016...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uh. Oh. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that's us--</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The ones who have been listening.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>the ones who know well what He has said.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and here's my nutshell </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">understanding of what I have heard Him Say....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love God. Love Others. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our doctrine is one thing....Our words and the way we treat each other, is another.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Including those we disagree with politically.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What if the signs in our front yards told more about us than who we are voting for?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What if you drove through neighborhoods and saw....</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Forgiven"..."Sorry"..."Grateful"..."Happy"..."Funny"...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Loves red wine"...</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Can't deny a Madrid's Tostado Burger"...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Skipped church yesterday"..."cranky this morning"...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Trying to do better today"...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I Love God and I Love Others."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we are walking around showing people </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"New every </b></span></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>morning.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> Great Is His Faithfulness"~Lamentations 3:23</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here we are....today is a new day....there is "a blank sign in your yard."</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What will your's say today?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Please forgive me for judging those I disagree with....may others see Love on our signs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week, an irate lady came to see us at the church.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She marched in as mad as a hornet....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">apparently, t</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he city was moving a bus bench in front of our church.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She told us </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this was going to cause a "huge inconvenience for her and her dog to walk around."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She then proceeded to draw us a "map" of how things used to look and how she needs them to look.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My face showed great concern for her "problem." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mind? Not so much concern. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought, "WHO CARES?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which is when I heard God say- "I DO."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, Sir.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was immediately corrected and humbled upon realizing she brought her concern to God's House. And who was I, to decide what needed to matter to her???</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: normal, 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Scripture says that God is interested in every little detail of our lives</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"God cares, cares right down to the last detail." ~James 5:11</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God cares about when we sit down and when we stand up....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God says, according to Job, that He even <b>"counts our steps."</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God says, according to Isaiah, <b>"The Lord will guide you continually"</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bottom line is, God cares about what you care about....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because He cares about YOU.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This includes cheerleading competitions...football game outcomes...which baseball team you get on...the argument you had with your spouse this morning...your worry about having enough hours in the day to get things done...your anxiety about a relationship and yes,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> even your concern a</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bout a bus bench.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> He cares about these things in the midst of world hunger, war, cancer, orphans and all the "big" stuff that we think He might be more concerned with. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't assume He is not big enough--to handle all of it.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't you let anyone tell you otherwise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you question it, Ask Him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for Your Steadfast Love & concern for each and every moment of our lives.</span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-45278427743509616722016-02-01T09:50:00.001-06:002016-02-01T09:50:09.856-06:00On A Dime...<div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, well, well....it is 2016. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should know, I had great intentions of blogging all about Christmas and New Year's....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But life got in the middle of my plans...and many of your's.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January seemed to be filled with so many people who were just longing for a simple and "Silent Night."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We watched closely, as so many lives turned on a dime. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wasn't until this morning that I realized, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>"<i>IN GOD WE TRUST.</i>"</u></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"When I am afraid, I put my trust in you" ~Psalm 56:3</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What we saw very clearly in January was a lot of HIM. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw <u>Him</u>, still on The Throne.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw <u>Him</u>, bring Comfort...and Healing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw that <u>He</u> was indeed close to the broken hearted.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw <u>His</u> Healing. Not always with our eyes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw <u>Him</u>, in brave big brothers...and broken parents...and households whose faith did not waver.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe with everything in me- that </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David is safe and sound and so is Reid. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Burton is healed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that The Molaks and The Kelleys and The Barnes will see them again...</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and when they do, there will be no more goodbyes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe this, because I know that was not </span><u style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just a baby</u><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in the manger.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that He came to earth in order to live among us....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Including the days where everything turns on a dime.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Have I not commanded you?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Be strong and courageous</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For The Lord, your God will be with you wherever you go."~Joshua 1:9</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for coming here and never leaving us.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In His Dust,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i>"The way we love each other when we leave the manger says a lot about who we found when we got there." ~Bob Goff</i></span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-59516558014838682612015-12-24T13:30:00.000-06:002015-12-24T13:31:14.148-06:00It's Your Move...<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From a manger in Bethlehem, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God leaned over the whole world and said...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<u>It's your move.</u>" </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what's your move?</span></b></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-75126856099887365782015-12-14T09:12:00.003-06:002015-12-14T09:12:48.345-06:00His Light In Your Darkness....<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>His Light</u> is shining in <u>your darkness</u>...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around kitchen counters, where sugar covered kids decorate cookies....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In teary-eyed grown men...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the shoulders of saddle-carrying friends,at unexpected funerals...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Call it strength...call it hope....call it advent....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whatever you call it...make no mistake about it...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what you are seeing and feeling is </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Light of The World Himself---<b>JESUS</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Light of the world has come.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-49879362490194779522015-11-30T10:03:00.003-06:002015-11-30T10:07:43.873-06:00Who Are We Celebrating?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I was in church yesterday when someone walked up to me and announced...<i>"I know your name, I hear it all over the place, but I have no idea <u><b>who</b></u> you are."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hmmmmm.....there's a loaded statement. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One I didn't take lightly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In order to know <u><b>who</b></u> I am....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You'd have to watch me....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">how I interact with others and treat them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You might ask others that know me well....</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you might even watch them, as they can be a reflection of me....</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A mirror reflects a person's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses" ~Proverbs 27:19</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started thinking about Christmas....many of us, me included, know </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>what</b></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> we are celebrating....after all the name Christmas, is fairly recognizable. Whether you believe the story or not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The question is, am I <u>showing</u> others <b><u>WHO</u></b> we are celebrating?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At times yes. I am blaring my Christmas Mixes on Spotify....I am buying presents, I am decorating, I am discussing plans....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the way I move about and treat others in the middle of all of this busyness?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The possibilities are endless during the next few weeks....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Can I let someone cut in front of me in line at Target? Or worse....Tekas?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Can I slow down enough, to notice the things or people I am missing?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe others can see Him more clearly if we slow down and show them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe then they will know <b>WHO</b> we are celebrating.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God, Thank You for the opportunities You are putting right in front of us.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Shepherd isn't always out in front leading His sheep....</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the lengthening twilight, when the sheep must pass through the darkest shadows in the deepest wadis (valleys), The Shepherd drops back and walks with them." ~Ray VanderLaan</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent one morning in Israel watching a real shepherd girl lead her sheep on a rocky hillside. It was just as you would imagine....she walked in front of a bunch sheep and they followed her....it was fairly uneventful. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Although fascinating to watch the 23rd Psalm come to life.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">However, as the sun set and night came, the shepherd headed to the back of the flock...among the sheep.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the dark valley where it was "hard to see" where there were "unknowns"...the shepherd walked AMONG them.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And in our valleys....and our dark nights....OUR Shepherd walks among US.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Because You are <u>with me</u></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in those dark moments,</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span class="text Ps-23-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative;">with Your protection and guidance, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I am comforted." ~Psalm 23:4b</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"When you pass through the waters, I will be <u>with you</u>; </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Be strong. Take courage. Your God, is right there <u>with you</u>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you find yourself or someone you love, in a valley today...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no matter how dark it is...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">make no mistake, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is With You and He is with them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for walking WITH us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2015 didn't feel one minute past 1985.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent the weekend in "Throwback Thirty" mode.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">High school reunions are a trip.....with differing opinions....some love it...some hate it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love looking backwards....days and nights filled with funny friends and funny memories....they shaped us in to who we are today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This particular weekend was loaded with a wide range of emotions. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone lost a parent...and we rallied around her, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hugged each other a little tighter....and remembered together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I woke up with no keys, no voice and a headache.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did wake up with gratitude to God for longstanding friendships & history.</span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-77002709117969974122015-10-05T10:13:00.000-05:002015-10-05T10:13:02.645-05:00He Knows....<div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">We hiked the Judean Wilderness...it might have been 400 degrees.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">not an ounce of shade in sight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It was hot, dry and dusty....the scenery was mountains, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">caves and rocks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (This is where David hid from Saul, and wrote several Psalms.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;"><b>"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, My God.</b></span><b style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">- Psalm 42:1 </b></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">After a long, long, long hike...imagine our surprise to find </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">actual proof of the promise of God.... </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;"><u>He knows</u> it is hot...<u>He knows</u> you are thirsty...<u>He knows</u> you feel alone and afraid...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;"><u>He knows</u> you are overwhelmed....<u>He knows</u> you don't see hope, shade or water. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>He knows</u> will be provided just for you....at the exact right time and the exact right place.</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;">"Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, 'Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! The Scriptures declare, Rivers of living water will flow from their heart." ~John 7:37</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;">God. Thank You for being exactly Who and what we need.</span></span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-38205156163093561652015-09-28T09:20:00.001-05:002015-09-28T09:20:13.011-05:00Questions and Answers....<div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday morning...<i>"</i><i>What on earth are helicopters doing flying in circles around Alamo Heights?" </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Do you think you can update my iPhone?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday night....<i>"If I make you a drink, </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>can you fix my iPhone?" </i>(which is a lovely trade.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday morning...<i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"Where do dinosaurs fit in Genesis? A</i></span><i style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lso, can you help me update my </i><i style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iPhone?"</i></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday afternoon....<i>"Have you updated your iPhone & iPad? Do you think you could do mine? I'll make dinner? (excellent trade)</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday night...my 7 & 9 year old neighbors as we watched the moon wanted to know-</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Before you try to enlighten me on blood moon or any science facts- save yourself the effort. Like I told teachers in the past- I don't care. Then. Or now.) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday morning walk....sun not even up....in the pitch black I heard, <i>"Chesney- that you? </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The one question from this weekend, that caused me to stop and really think was from a Senior Rabbi and a Cantor after a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday.... </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Debbi, why do you believe.....Why does your church practice...."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stood at attention as if I had just heard Weezie yell, "DEBORAH CHRISTINE CHESNEY get back here right this minute!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to be honest, confident and gentle in my answers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I immediately thought of Peter and his wise advice when put in this position.... </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><b>Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy." -1 Peter 3:15</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">From what I can gather, God seems to be drawing my attention to questions people are asking me- at all hours of day and night- at all places from football fields to synagogues. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has also pointed out to me that He has never asked to explain science or creation or who's on the AH field at what hours- or why a helicopter is flying over head in the hood -(clearly He has given me the lesser known spiritual gift of iPhone-ology) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am ok with not knowing all things....because I know The One Who does.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it was bright and pretty and lit my path this morning...</span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-615933196352693512015-09-21T10:17:00.003-05:002015-09-21T10:17:52.155-05:00Promise of Fall....<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's Monday......and I think Al Roker <i>might</i> be a liar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eyes and skin felt like a Bikram Yoga stroll....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which led me to think about other things that look & feel one way </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but, </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God Promises they are or will be...another.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He assures us that our "eyes" and "skin" might not always believe what they see and feel....</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and that they can't always be trusted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is worthy of our trust.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He says, </span><b style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I don't think the way you think. </b></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He understands things and time in a way we can't possibly fathom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"He changes times and seasons." -Daniel 2:21a</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, if He can make a cool & crispy Fall come out of a long & sweaty Summer....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>(and make no mistake, He will.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">certainly...I can trust him with the days of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God alone, can take our "sweatiest days"....and cool them right down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He promises to take our most broken days...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and turn them into something beautiful, </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">through</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for keeping Your Promises.... </span></div>
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Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-51305623858792796422015-09-04T07:13:00.000-05:002015-09-04T07:23:11.946-05:00Happy 50th Mom and Dad!!!!<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Mom and Dad,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Anniversary...</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was September 4, 1965 at 8:00 pm when you stood at Christ Episcopal Church. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you stood there, you made a promise to God and to each other....</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and September 4, 2015....50 years later.....you both continue to keep that promise. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am so blessed and grateful to have watched your marriage for 48 years. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have shown me what real love, real commitment, a real life Godly marriage looks like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It does not envy....</b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(but it laughs...<u>alot</u>)</span></i></span></div>
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<b style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It does not boast,</b></div>
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<b style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is not self seeking....</b><br />
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<b style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It keeps no record of wrongs....</b></div>
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<b><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love rejoices in truth....</span></b></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love always perseveres.....</span></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love never fails.....</span></b></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And today September 4, 2015.....Love is 50......</span></b></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>and it looks just like you Mom and Dad. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Happy, Happy 50th Anniversary! I love you so very much!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank YOU....for connecting these two in Your Name. Thank You for two people who know how to keep a promise....to you and to each other. For richer, poorer, sickness, health hard times and good......Thank You especially for choosing them to be mine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In His Dust,</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DCC</span>Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-36029967146904082372015-08-24T10:21:00.001-05:002015-08-24T10:26:05.706-05:00Worm Dance....<div align="center">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text exchange this morning..... </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mikey: "I think so!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mikey: "I hope so. I did "the worm" at the dance on Saturday night. So, there's that."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me: "Never underestimate the power of The Worm at your first dance." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It hit me, at end of our conversation....we're ALL starting something new...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, for many it's school....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we're all bringing our best "Worm Dance." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flashback to 2009.....</span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373546995342374066" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KijgS9tqTzs/SpKshaE_9LI/AAAAAAAAC6c/TMTSrAUOX_c/s400/IMGP6564.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px;" /><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Howard Kindergarten, Meet Big Mike D.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mikey: "I was in the front row. I even made a friend. She was on my bus....also, she's a girl."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Truth by known, I prefer him to be "peas in carrots" with a different girl. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First stroll of the Kindergarten halls and his head's in the game...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, until he got to the actual classroom.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for being with <u>all</u> of us, <u>all</u> the time. For fresh starts <u>each</u> and <u>every</u> day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006600; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">and that is when and where God renewed him....under a broom tree.</span></span></div>
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God might be putting a broom tree in your path today...and it might look different than expected.</div>
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<span style="color: #006600; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">God, Thank You for providing exactly the amount of shade we need.<br /><br />In His Dust,</span><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />DCC</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a222a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span>Debbi's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480126546184679029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584712371251509806.post-11334460438822934102015-07-13T10:48:00.000-05:002015-07-13T23:16:37.311-05:00Throw Your Stone...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crocker preached on David and Goliath yesterday....and it reminded me of one of my favorite "faith lessons" while studying in Israel. The Story of David and Goliath. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">One of our first stops in </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Israel was to the Valley of Elah, where David fought Goliath.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It was as hot as a South Texas summer afternoon....and we stared at a dry riverbed</span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">. I was pretending to remember what had happened in this place....as our leader </span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Ray VanderLaan asked us each to grab a small, smooth stone, just like David did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><i>Aha! I think know this one!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">We were then taught the ancient story...and quickly realized how applicable it is to our modern day lives. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David was gifted at throwing stones. (Remember he had killed lions and bears in order to protect his sheep...and probably himself.) He was very well practiced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God made him for throwing stones.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">So....that is what he did....He threw stones....in order to give direction to sheep, as well as protect them. It must have felt like a monotonous day after day activity. Although this gift from God became monumental in his faith....and in ours.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDSVz9cvZblXw6XbfYgtaln_6OELBGwWJrE6v5Pp5m72bZPThc89rfG-s6m8kS8n7x1rFpaHPGT6_i7rjvdzGaPHszRno1Fy3AnLvTdPxmdWmSqKZuC5hoocL3nhZxBEDWT55L0lrXQw/s1600/five-smooth-stones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDSVz9cvZblXw6XbfYgtaln_6OELBGwWJrE6v5Pp5m72bZPThc89rfG-s6m8kS8n7x1rFpaHPGT6_i7rjvdzGaPHszRno1Fy3AnLvTdPxmdWmSqKZuC5hoocL3nhZxBEDWT55L0lrXQw/s320/five-smooth-stones.jpg" width="320"></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">David Threw His Stone.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">The miracle of David and Goliath was not David’s marksmanship. It was David’s faith and coming to the battle field when he was needed....he used the gift God gave him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A little tidbit- Saul is from the tribe of Benjamin- </span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; line-height: 24px;">the one thing the tribe of Benjamin was known for? "Their special detachment of left handed men, each that were gifted with the sling</span><b style="color: #0c343d; line-height: 24px;">."</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Among Benjamin’s elite troops, 700 were left-handed, and each of them could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth without missing." ~Judges 20:16</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Little David was not the guy that was supposed to be out there with a sling- SAUL WAS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Our David knew better....he was man after God's Own Heart....he stepped up...had confidence in God...</span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; line-height: 24px;">and wanted the whole world to know it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">What are you doing today that feels average? You might be surprised to know....that God is preparing you and me, for something bigger He might want us to do with it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that God calls each and every one of us to throw our stones.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">So what's Your stone? Being a mom? Being funny? Writing, teaching, baking? Are you a thoughtful gift giver? Are you level headed advice giver? Are you the caretaker? Don't have a clue what your stone is? ASK HIM. No matter what it is....s</span></span></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">ince God gave you the talent...He can use it. </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">When we </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">throw our stones we are showing God that we are willing...and trusting in His Power and not our own.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for giving us stones----help us to throw them for Your Glory.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do remember going to some lady's house for "The Good News Club"....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I am sure was a God-fearing sweet lady...but what I remember was BOOOOOORING. (and she might have possibly been a hoarder.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week we had Vacation Bible School here. There were over 400 kids....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 youth volunteers and over 100 adult volunteers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was organized and run as smoothly as the moon landing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's how I know God picked the exact right people to be involved in it and run it...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the head honchos....down to grandmothers who worked the kitchen and kept us all fed like we were on a cruise ship (thanks for the extra 10 pounds)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was 5 days filled with whipped cream, laughing....and singing....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and learning about running the race</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wrapping ourselves in His Love and Presence....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From what I heard....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there was not once ounce of boring in any room on this campus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from what I witnessed...kids and adults of all ages spent last week....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">learning, without a doubt....that God loves them and will never leave them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that is <u>one</u> thing that will <u>never</u> change.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We live in a community of people of all ages and all walks of life who BELIEVE in Jesus....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We get to see He HAS done...What He IS doing and what He WILL do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw beauty from ashes.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw a grieving mother laughing with her grandchildren...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw families that I didn't think would ever smile again, smiling and singing </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw miracles....</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">kids dancing that were never supposed to even stand up </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or leave the hospital ICU....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw answered prayers and promises come true....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Theme was "Mount Everest- Conquering Challenges with God's Mighty Power"</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And sure enough.....we heard and saw mountain sized lessons from what the world refers to as "the least of these"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>"I look up to the mountains;</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>does my strength come from mountains?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>No, my strength comes from God,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who made heaven and earth and mountains.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He guards you when you leave and when you return." -Psalm 121:1,2,8b</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, Thank You for taking each of us to the mountaintops with You....and staying so very close to us in the valleys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">In His Dust,</span></span><br />
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