What a Week!
It is possible that I jinxed myself in blogging. I was on a role, 15 blogs in the month of March by the 20th...then this week came along and I wrote NOTHING. I was sort of busy though, I cannot lie. Or I should say, God was busy. So I'm going to do a sort-of sum up in Amanda style. :)
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Currently, I'm listening to Marc Broussard croon. Oh dear heavens, I am melting at his bluesy grovel. "The Beauty of Who You Are" and "Hope For Me Yet" are current loves. I cannot stop listening to this man....and those songs are hitting me right where I'm at.
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My friend Morgan had her baby last Sunday. Adelina Joy joined the world Sunday, March 20...and she brought something rather special into my life that I shall share later. I haven't gotten to meet this precious gift because her first week of life was a little rough. But She's gorgeous and loved to the moon and back by lots of people.
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Before Monday, it appeared to me that I had lost a very special relationship to me and I wasn't sure how to pick up the pieces and move forward in it. But God decided He didn't want things to turn out like that. Instead of things ending, it feels like God ignited it all over again and returned it to me in a way that makes it sparkle like a freshly cut and cleaned multi-faceted diamond. I'm so humbled, so thankful and so honored that God would choose to give this. It's grace I can only be thankful for.
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Speaking of grace, it seems to be such a theme in my life right now. From finding grace in the heart of another human being, to the grace of taking a breathe each morning, I am so humbled by the tremendous out pouring of grace in my life from a God who never ceases to take my breath away when He starts showing off. He loves me. And I am in awe.
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That electricity of someone who can take your breath with a glance, a smile or the briefest touch - it's intoxicating. Go ahead and make fun of me, hyperventilation was not outside the realm of possibility at least on a couple of occasions this week. I know I'm turning into a cliche...but I kind of don't care anymore.
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Moms know. They just do. I learned it of two moms this week. They know what their children need. Mine knew I needed to hear that I could trust him. And I needed to hear that I had not been trusting him. She expressed to me that she saw an impeccable character and integrity that lacked in so many others and I needed to trust that and rest in what he says as true and not treat him in fear. That changed everything...that and a much needed open conversation.
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It never ceases to amaze me what happens when we truly and willingly yield and surrender to God wholeheartedly what He can and does do to bless our obedience. And I don't think that we should surrender to get the THINGS that God gives,because that's not what it's about. I feel like I leave this week knowing God better, having seen him at work in a new way and an increased faith.
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Speaking of increased faith, I've had no less than 3 people tell me that what I was walking through right now turned into lessons or ways God ministered to them. One friend said she was hopeful for her own future. One woman said that my yielding to God reminded her to trust a good God in a season of grief, and one friend said that my heart was a ministry to her as she watched me walk in fidelity to God's path step by step. Each time, I literally wanted to fall on my face before God and sing the highest praise. It's not mine, this story, this journey...and it never was for me to begin with. May every step I take continue to be a path that brings Him glory.
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The future is unknown. But it's in Good hands. and I trust those hands. Both sets of hands, and I'm going to sit back and watch it unfold because I know that God has this all set. There's such comfort in resting in God.
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Lastly, because I can't help it and because I'm kind of in love with Marc B right now...here's "The Beauty of Who You Are"....mmmmmhmmm....so good.
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Currently, I'm listening to Marc Broussard croon. Oh dear heavens, I am melting at his bluesy grovel. "The Beauty of Who You Are" and "Hope For Me Yet" are current loves. I cannot stop listening to this man....and those songs are hitting me right where I'm at.
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My friend Morgan had her baby last Sunday. Adelina Joy joined the world Sunday, March 20...and she brought something rather special into my life that I shall share later. I haven't gotten to meet this precious gift because her first week of life was a little rough. But She's gorgeous and loved to the moon and back by lots of people.
**********
Before Monday, it appeared to me that I had lost a very special relationship to me and I wasn't sure how to pick up the pieces and move forward in it. But God decided He didn't want things to turn out like that. Instead of things ending, it feels like God ignited it all over again and returned it to me in a way that makes it sparkle like a freshly cut and cleaned multi-faceted diamond. I'm so humbled, so thankful and so honored that God would choose to give this. It's grace I can only be thankful for.
**********
Speaking of grace, it seems to be such a theme in my life right now. From finding grace in the heart of another human being, to the grace of taking a breathe each morning, I am so humbled by the tremendous out pouring of grace in my life from a God who never ceases to take my breath away when He starts showing off. He loves me. And I am in awe.
**********
That electricity of someone who can take your breath with a glance, a smile or the briefest touch - it's intoxicating. Go ahead and make fun of me, hyperventilation was not outside the realm of possibility at least on a couple of occasions this week. I know I'm turning into a cliche...but I kind of don't care anymore.
**********
Moms know. They just do. I learned it of two moms this week. They know what their children need. Mine knew I needed to hear that I could trust him. And I needed to hear that I had not been trusting him. She expressed to me that she saw an impeccable character and integrity that lacked in so many others and I needed to trust that and rest in what he says as true and not treat him in fear. That changed everything...that and a much needed open conversation.
**********
It never ceases to amaze me what happens when we truly and willingly yield and surrender to God wholeheartedly what He can and does do to bless our obedience. And I don't think that we should surrender to get the THINGS that God gives,because that's not what it's about. I feel like I leave this week knowing God better, having seen him at work in a new way and an increased faith.
*********
Speaking of increased faith, I've had no less than 3 people tell me that what I was walking through right now turned into lessons or ways God ministered to them. One friend said she was hopeful for her own future. One woman said that my yielding to God reminded her to trust a good God in a season of grief, and one friend said that my heart was a ministry to her as she watched me walk in fidelity to God's path step by step. Each time, I literally wanted to fall on my face before God and sing the highest praise. It's not mine, this story, this journey...and it never was for me to begin with. May every step I take continue to be a path that brings Him glory.
**********
The future is unknown. But it's in Good hands. and I trust those hands. Both sets of hands, and I'm going to sit back and watch it unfold because I know that God has this all set. There's such comfort in resting in God.
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Lastly, because I can't help it and because I'm kind of in love with Marc B right now...here's "The Beauty of Who You Are"....mmmmmhmmm....so good.
Yay! You know I love this guy. Marc? Yes please. I'm glad your heart is happy. Love you
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