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| Can Carrie get any cuter? Really, it has been a great week and she has turned from 2 to 3 and on her way to 4. And she has been bright with cuteness the whole week.
Where does she get it? I'm sure the same place she got her fiery passion, independence, and stubbornness- her mother :)
She has gone 8 days at school- in a row with perfect obedience/behavior.
And that equates to four weeks!
Gotta love it! |
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Usually when I find myself asking God for something, I am wanting Him to fulfill it in a timely manner.
Especially when it has anything to do with job/finances. Th
e answer just can't ever seem to come as soon as I would like it.
Tonight I experienced God's perfect timing, and my patience level further polished. (It still has a long way to go!)
Our good friend and brother, Garry, is staying with us right now. Inbetween jobs, a fall 08 graduate from the Nashville Rescue Mission recovery/restoration program, Garry is a man after God's own heart. He is earnestly seeking his \"place.\" He feels such a passion for serving in ministry, perhaps a church. He has a story, a great story of hope!
So Garry has been awaiting a job for almost 3 weeks now. He took a job with a company where he'd be on the road driving semi trucks. It took him away from home/us, it took him away from his homechurch, where he was formerly teaching Sunday School and actively involved with the youth. The company where he was working was unprofessional, most likely involved in illegal activities and Garry has not been paid for 4 weeks of driving. Struggling spiritually to keep peace in his heart, Garry knew what he had to do. He had to trust God and wait for the job God wanted him to have- one where he'd be home. Garry went on a job search. It was hard. One particular company had possible job openings in a warehouse/manufacturing, and Garry had experience at Dell and other warehouses/manufacturing, so he felt it could be a good fit.
Two weeks later, after many calls, a week after the drug test...Garry is wondering if he needs to go back on the road just to have something! He prays and continues to put it back in God's hands...and tonight he gets a phone call. He needs to report to the warehouse/manufacturing site tomorrow at 6:30 am where he will start a week of training. Go God! Watching Garry struggle with patience, trying to listen for the voice of God, was tough on all of us. I knew going back on the road was not the answer, but how can he return to \"life\" without a job? How can you \"be a man\" when you can't even support yourself? Back and forth, good days and bad days and praise God, there is a job for him. Praise God. |
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I have seen the \"25 Things About Me\" on Facebook and I think that's pretty cool And I may vary well do that in my \"free time\"... But the book of \"me\" is only open a little bit. And there is so much more to me. So here it is, this is My Story And I feel led to share more:
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Back in high school, I knew the Lord, but I was wading in the shallow baby pool of faith, and then did the flip flop thing in college- go party then to lead youth praise and worship at church.
While in college, I saw my grandmother die and felt the presence of the Lord and the peace that I will never forget, but I still didn't know who I was.
And I think I wanted to surround myself with people who loved the Lord, but there were windows where I still was seeking to find worth, to feel beautiful, and looked for that in the absolute wrong place.
But my past has helped me see with different eyes, and it has helped me understand on a deeper level - the meaning of rescue. The year I graduated from college, God placed a ministry opportunity in my lap and it was the first time I meet friends who would show me what openness and brokenness was, and I met a man who I thought I would marry, he was such a man after God's heart. Although he wasn't \"IT\", it was my beacon that showed me direction and what to wait on.
My first year of teaching, I tried to surround myself with people that loved the Lord, I knew they were out there. And then I met my husband.
My knight in shining armor- human- yes...but the perfect puzzle piece for me. Handpicked by God. And together we have prayed and sought the Lord earnestly and after 9 years of marriage, 2 kids later, I see that marriage is designed to show you how to love the Lord, and God has given me a key, a window into the design of marriage, and it's beautiful.
We have our second Nashville Rescue Mission friend living in our basement. Not the typical \"homeless guy\" but a man who wanted to a second chance, and to do it right...so he went through rehab. And he graduated a year ago, and is living in \"transition\" in our basement since September. And he is without a job right now, so I am waiting patiently (most of the time not so patiently!) for God to move and get this man a job so he can be a \"man\" and eventually get a car, and get his own place, and move forward in this earthly life.
And I am learning on a deeper level what it means to let go of my children and give them to the Lord. Public school kdg, peanut allergy - I am trusting in the Lord and know that he is ultimately in better hands than I could ever supply. God's hands. And He has a plan for my kids, ...and for me.
and He continues to mold and shape me. Rough edges, this stubborn, independent woman who has a faster mouth than brain many times...I at times want to hide b/c my sin is exposed...but those who know me and love me stand on the sidelines of my race, cheering me forward...and some even take my hand when I stumble, and with God's love, I press on towards my prize. So to those who have seen the dumbest, hardest, painful, most embarrassing and shameful parts of me: (and there are many who have seen/experience me in this form) thank you for not judging, and thank you for forgiving me if and when I have caused any pain in your life. And hey, thanks for taking the time to read My Story :) |
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