Some thoughts...
The words "weep with those who weep" have become real to me again this past week. A friend's father died and when I talked with her and her family I saw what a heartache they have and it broke my heart... I hate to see people in pain.
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Maybe I've been sheltered, but it seems like I've had a lot of these kind of things happening around me in just the past few months. Is it the age (mine) when people begin to have issues around them?
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I also realize the deep need for community in sorrow. One cannot grieve alone. I think if the body isn't who they need to be then God cannot fully bring healing because after all, we are His hands and feet.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Reservation Number 073E48
I just bought my way on the train from Chicago to St. Paul, Minnesota on June 4th. It's better this way I think, to be in the car with family for a leg of the trip, rather than to be on the train for 12 hours (mourning them).
More thoughts coming. :)
More thoughts coming. :)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
FAITHFUL
Sunday morning I was chatting it up with a couple in Church that I've known forever... I used to watch their children years ago. We were talking about the transition I'm going through, the needing a job, the wanting to get involved but unsure how and where, the living with family. I asked them to let me know if they heard of any jobs available, and the husband told me that I could work for him! The job description is beautiful: great job (I get to work in jeans and a t-shirt and work with good people), great pay and great hours. Its also a seasonal position that lasts through May so I'm able to move out to Portland at the beginning of summer like I'd wanted.
Jesus never ceases to take care of me. He always comes through at the perfect time, though likely not when I would've planned. He is so faithful.
These are my two beautiful sisters and I, reunited!
Jesus never ceases to take care of me. He always comes through at the perfect time, though likely not when I would've planned. He is so faithful.
These are my two beautiful sisters and I, reunited!Thursday, March 6, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
6 Days into it...
"'Let us pray in quiet remembrance of our need for redemption.' The whole Lenten journey really is that simple, that focused, that pointed. The next forty days offer an invitation to each one of us: an invitation to do three things: to be still, to pray, to repent (which means to turn ourselves around a bit). In short, Lent is an invitation to really believe the Good News of Jesus Christ. That’s really all there is to it.
First, can you hear God saying to the whole community–to all Israel, to all the church, to you and me–be still. Shush! Be quiet. It’s only forty days! Be still and know that I am your God."
First, can you hear God saying to the whole community–to all Israel, to all the church, to you and me–be still. Shush! Be quiet. It’s only forty days! Be still and know that I am your God."
Sunday, January 6, 2008
The F Word
Fasting.
It's bothered me because the Bible says "when you fast" not "if you fast," indicating that it should be a normal thing in my life (its not :( ). As I've processed my thoughts aloud, people have asked what my purpose would be... normally I guess you choose something to focus on or pray about and that becomes your theme. Today, sitting in The Overflow I was reading Matthew and saw the part about the religious leaders accusing Jesus' disciples of never fasting. That led me back to Isaiah 58 which talks about what the true reason for fasting should be. It talks about feeding the hungry, giving shelter, clothing the naked, lifting yokes and breaking bondages. I love it because none of these reasons for fasting cause your action to resolve on yourself. It always brings light and life! Many times when I've heard about fasting the reasons tend to resolve on the person rather than give life outwardly. One might fast to see things clearer or for guidance. I don't think these things are bad, I just love how Isaiah makes the focus of fasting others and not me.
It's bothered me because the Bible says "when you fast" not "if you fast," indicating that it should be a normal thing in my life (its not :( ). As I've processed my thoughts aloud, people have asked what my purpose would be... normally I guess you choose something to focus on or pray about and that becomes your theme. Today, sitting in The Overflow I was reading Matthew and saw the part about the religious leaders accusing Jesus' disciples of never fasting. That led me back to Isaiah 58 which talks about what the true reason for fasting should be. It talks about feeding the hungry, giving shelter, clothing the naked, lifting yokes and breaking bondages. I love it because none of these reasons for fasting cause your action to resolve on yourself. It always brings light and life! Many times when I've heard about fasting the reasons tend to resolve on the person rather than give life outwardly. One might fast to see things clearer or for guidance. I don't think these things are bad, I just love how Isaiah makes the focus of fasting others and not me.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
My friend is...
worth more.
He uses her and he seems so incredibly self-centered. No car and no solid job mean that he is always relying on her generosity. There are times when he sits here in my living room, clicking away at his computer while she works in the kitchen preparing a meal for him, which is all well and good, but after eating he does not lift a finger to help in the clean-up. He has borrowed her car for months now since his was towed and that leaves her needing to find a ride every day to and from work. He seems fine with that and slow to man-up and find another vehicle. He doesn't have a solid job, working instead mostly on his music that God is going to use to reach people. (What happened to "without work, faith is dead"? OK, perhaps I twisted that a bit, but you know what I mean.)
He uses her and he seems so incredibly self-centered. No car and no solid job mean that he is always relying on her generosity. There are times when he sits here in my living room, clicking away at his computer while she works in the kitchen preparing a meal for him, which is all well and good, but after eating he does not lift a finger to help in the clean-up. He has borrowed her car for months now since his was towed and that leaves her needing to find a ride every day to and from work. He seems fine with that and slow to man-up and find another vehicle. He doesn't have a solid job, working instead mostly on his music that God is going to use to reach people. (What happened to "without work, faith is dead"? OK, perhaps I twisted that a bit, but you know what I mean.)
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