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Country: United States
State: Texas
Gender: Female
Interests: Following Jesus Christ, to the best that I can each and every day. Loving my husand and two teenage children, Travel, Camping, Enjoying time with extended Family and Friends. Straightening the hair on the back of my daughter's head and just enjoying each day.
Occupation: Supervisory
Industry: Other
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Member Since:
9/10/2005
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| I have been tagged. Here are the Ground Rules:
The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "Five Weird Habits of Yourself" and the people who get tagged need to write a xanga entry about their five weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and list their xanga IDs. (I never play by the rules). Don't forget to leave a push saying "you are tagged" on their xanga and tell them to read yours.
- I love to drive fast. Tonight we test drove a Mazda Miata and I can't wait until I can put it on order. Both of our kids are nearly grown, one headed to college in the fall, the other is a sophmore in high school. Both have jobs, lots of activities and drive themselves everywhere. Now Mom can retire the "taxi cab" for a two-seater....Just me and my boyfriend of 26 years (Dear Husband, David) headed down the road to new adventures with the wind blowing through our hair...well for David that may be endangering the few left on his head...ha.ha.
- I love to watch competitive volleyball. Our daughter plays competitive v-ball and I love to watch match after match after match. I spend weekends on end watching and never really tire of the sport. I just love the sport
- I love Chocolate. All kinds; white, dark, milk, cheap or expensive.
- I talk "Yankee" when I get angry. I moved to Texas in 1977 from New York. Most of my accent has been "southernized" until my anger is riled. My family finds it to be a point of humor....especially when I try to deny being aggravated.
- I have terrible sleep habits. When I'm not suffering from insomnia, I am snoring and talking in my sleep. My poor husband...he's a saint.
Now I am off to choose the next 5 players...........
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| HOME OF THE SECOND CHANCES
(or Paul wasn't any different from us)
Romans 7:15-8:1 (The Message)
What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary.
But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?
The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
The Solution Is Life on God's Terms
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us, they no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud.
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| October 14, 2001
Just another Wednesday? Not for me. It is the day that I was baptised and I have never looked back.
Since that evening, just over 4 years ago, I have been on a quest to be a stronger, more faithful Christian.
Some of my struggles are gone, some of my struggles are still works in progress and some of my struggles are new.
So if I gave my life to follow Jesus Christ, why the struggles you ask? Most of my struggles result from the fact that I have to remember I am "in the world" and not "of the world".
The difference between "in" and "of"? Earth is not my home but a journey that I must make on the way to my heavenly home. A land of wonders and mysteries that I am to influence for the sake of Jesus Christ, his grace and his promise of everlasting life.
This journey is filled with the happenings of everyday. Raising teenagers, being a wife, working outside of the home, grocery shopping, etc. Each of these happenings provide an opportunity to further my "Christ assigned" mission.
What mission....be a fisherman of men. Just like Simon Peter, I need to learn to cast my net into the deep, even when I don't understand why, when I don't believe that the nets will catch one fish not realizing that there is an abundant catch awaiting my faithfulness.
I need to learn to step out of boat and walk in faith toward Christ and along this journey, I must share my faith with everyone that I encounter.
The sharing takes so many different forms; actual witnessing, kind deeds, kind words or just a smile. Most sharing is very simple and easy, other sharing will take you outside of your comfort zone...get out of the boat and lead others toward Christ.
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| CALLED OF GOD
"Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me." Isaiah 6:8
God did not address the call to Isaiah; Isaiah overheard God saying, "Who will go for us?" The call of God is not for the special few, it is for everyone. Whether or not I hear God's call depends upon the state of my ears; and what I hear depends upon my disposition. "Many are called but few are chosen," that is, few prove themselves the chosen ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ whereby their disposition has been altered and their ears unstopped, and they hear the still small voice questioning all the time, "Who will go for us?" It is not a question of God singling out a man and saying, "Now, you go." God did not lay a strong compulsion on Isaiah; Isaiah was in the presence of God and he overheard the call, and realized that there was nothing else for him but to say, in conscious freedom, "Here am I, send me." Get out of your mind the idea of expecting God to come with compulsions and pleadings. When our Lord called His disciples there was no irresistible compulsion from outside. The quiet passionate insistence of His "Follow Me" was spoken to men with every power wide awake. If we let the Spirit of God bring us face to face with God, we too shall hear something akin to what Isaiah heard, the still small voice of God; and in perfect freedom will say, "Here am I; send me."
This is today's devotional from Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost for His Highest". Here's a link to this site
http://www.myutmost.org/
Are you consumed with activites and living at a hurried pace?
At the end of the day do you realize that you haven't found time to be in the Word?
Are your prayers filled only with requests for help or intervention?
Is your life too busy to hear the small still voice of God?
SLOW DOWN, BREATHE and LISTEN FOR GOD'S WHISPER
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