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God’s Fingerprint…
My BFF, Michele, took this picture. It’s the view she was greeted with after church this past weekend.
WOW!!
We thought for sure the sky would open up and dump buckets of rain on us, but it didn’t. Sure was a beautiful sight, though.
How was your weekend? Did you venture out to see any movies? Read any good books?
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Be Still. . .
To my friends, both internet and real-life-right-now friends, I’m known as someone who has a ton of energy.
If you’ve read my posts here on the Light of Truth blog or Facebook and Twitter, you know. I often talk about mega write-fests and long bike rides 🙂
It’s true. I do have a lot of energy. Most of it is spent writing or exercising for the most part.
And on those long, long bike rides I take, I spend the time either thinking about a story I’m writing or praying for my family and friends. Heck, I even have music playing (only in one ear, so I can still hear the traffic, though).
But when I think about it. . . my brain is always working.
I rarely sit in silence and just relax.
Now, I know not everyone who reads (or might read) this blog believes in God.
I get that.
But me, yeah, I do. I totally know He’s driving my car.
Sure, it might be MY fingers curled around steering wheel, but He helps me figure out which direction to go.Which turn to take.Or when to stop.
Stop? You mean slow down and actually . . . . . . STOP?
Yeah. . . I’m not so good at that one. Workin’ on it, though.I wouldn’t want to miss out on a turning signal God might be flashing and go the wrong way up a one way street . . .
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How do you guys slow down to re-group?
Anything special you do?
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Faith
~~~So, a Christian’s life should be easy, right? No problems. No worries. I mean, heck, you “found God” right?
You know, I used to think that when I was young in my faith.
Yeah, not so much.
Sure, God’ll provide, God’ll be there with me, I don’t doubt that one bit. But the Life’s-gonna-be-easy-idea. . . again with the Yeah, not so much . . .
During this economic crisis, many have lost jobs. Unemployment is at a ginormous rate. Well, I have joined the ranks of such.
Although I loved my job and those with whom I worked, am I mad because I lost it?
Nope.
Well, some would say, “But you gave your heart and soul to that job, and look at what kind of thanks do they gave you?”
Nope. Not thinking that either.
“Okay, but you gotta admit, it sucks, right?”
Yep, that I’ll admit. It’s a bit of an inconvenience. Lots of uncertainty and confusion and a little fear. Heck, before it happened, I’d wondered if I would have to experience unemployment since my industry had been shaky for a couple years now (mortgages).
But never once did I think, “Oh God, how could you do this to me?”
Really, you can chuckle all you want, but it’s true.
Someone might ask, “How could you not think that? You’re a Christian, God shouldn’t allow bad things to happen to you.”
God has not promised an easy road for anyone, Christians and non-Christians alike. He’s only promised those who have complete faith in Him that He will never leave our side through the good and the bad.
**So, what do you think? What gets you through your struggles?**
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MUSICAL MONDAY
I found a great new song to pump me up. Free to Be Me, by Francesca Battistelli.
That name is such fun to say, isn’t it?To SEE the VIDEO, CLICK HERE
Besides having a fantastic voice, her lyrics really caught my attention. The characters about whom I write are imperfect, even after they find Christ and true love…so, when Francesca’s song found it’s way onto my i-pod, the following lyrics made me put the song on repeat a few times:
“I got a couple dents in my fender. Got a couple rips in my jeans. Try to put the pieces together but perfection is my enemy, And on my own I’m so clumsy, But on Your shoulders I can see, I’m free to be me.”
I’ve got a few dents and rips, that’s for sure, but God sure does still love me, huh? On HIS shoulders, I can see….I mean, how cool is that?
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Any songs rockin’ your world lately?
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