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It’s been a while

So it has been a really long while since I ventured into this place…taking the time to write my thoughts, express my feelings, and allow you in.  So for the 1 or 2 people that actually still follow me…here it goes.

Wow…this is harder than I thought…It’s been so long, I don’t know where to start.  So I guess I’ll start with what brought me here tonight…an uncomfortable place, a weird feeling, oddly intriguing, somewhat confusing place.  That’s where I’ve been today!

I didn’t have much to say.  I didn’t really want to be around people (which is a big deal for me).  I couldn’t seem to figure out which end was up, yet was still very productive.  As I wrestled within myself to understand what was going on, tried labeling it “feeling depressed” or “in a funk” but none of that seemed to fit.

What I have begin to realize is that God is doing something, preparing something, stirring something that I can’t quiet figure out yet, but can sense something in my spirit.  Is it something he is working out of me?  Something he is preparing me for?  Something exciting, something difficult, something I’ll love, something I’ll hate? 

The reality is, I don’t fully understand what’s happening, but I know whatever it is, God is working it out for my good and I can’t wait to see what the end result will be.

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Weekend Recap

  • Slept til 8:00 two days in a row
  • Worked in the flower garden
  • Had 12 adults at small group and 8 kids
  • Slept 3 hours Saturday night
  • Finished the book Leadership Essentials for children’s ministry by Craig Jutila
  • Read two more chapters in Children’s Ministry in the 21st century by Craig Jutila, Jim Wideman & Pat Verbal
  • Read another chapter in The Up The Middle Church by Matt Keller
  • Talk to a couple of people about volunteering in Kid’s ROCK
  • Learned a lot about myself
  • Reminded of how this is not about me and my ability but all about God and His willingness to use me.
  • Excited tomorrow is Monday and I get to go to work!

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Sunday Night Brain Dump

  • I just spent an hour at the grocery store, saved $58.00 and came home with so much meat we almost couldn’t put it all in the freezer.
  • Been fighting a scratchy throat all week, singing “Say So” like 100 times this morning didn’t help.
  • Worship was awesome this morning if you subtract out the tons of times I struggled to find my part without the keyboard and all the times my voice cracked cause my throat was scratchy.  Thankfully God didn’t need me to sing perfect to show up or we would have all been in trouble!
  • My house is still a mess.  I keep picking up stuff and it keeps reappearing.  Either we are real slobs or there is a secret mess maker living in our house that I haven’t caught yet.
  • I still have one full week of vacation left and I am so excited!
  • My husband wrote thislast night…not sure how I feel about it.  Well, actually it’s probably very accurate, but don’t tell him.
  • I have been wanting a wii fit.  So for Christmas my husband gave me some money to go toward it, and as I was discussing it with my youngest daughter today she decided she wanted to give me some of her birthday money so we could buy it cause we could both use it.  She cracks me up! 
  • Calling the doctor tomorrow.  My stupid foot will not get better.  I’ve tried everything I know since September and even being on vacation and not standing all day hasn’t helped so I guess it’s time to actually call the doctor instead of playing doctor!

Well, that’s all for now.

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Weekend Recap

  • Courtney fell skating and broke her left arm again.  She now has a light blue cast on her arm.  I think she’s working on a cast of every color.
  • I sat in the cold rain Saturday to watch my son play football and my husband who has been battling pneumonia coach the ball game.  They lost and the some of the kids got in a fight.  I was uhmmm…how shall I say this…a little put out that my husband came to coach a bunch of kids sick that had no respect the game or my husband!
  • Went to church as a family yesterday (sort of …Courtney came with my parents but she was there) for the first time in over a month.  Worship was a little strange.  I thought it was me til I talked to others and they all said it was a struggle for them too.  That’s OK we pressed through.
  • David made an exciting announcement about his plans for the worship team…its about to get even better.
  • I started a dinosaur unit with my kids today.  I have never done dinosaurs with my kids but these kids love dinosaurs and wow….they were sooo excited!
  • Foot still hurts but I am sure it will eventual get better…I’m sure it will.
  • My favorite…last week at our Finacial Peace class, Todd was commenting on something and said something “sucked” about the time he said it he realized my kids were there and as we all started laughing my oldest girl says something to the effect of don’t worry about it Mr. Todd “I say it all the freaken time!” I thought everyone was going to fall out of their chairs laughing….it was funny, then I started thinking…maybe we should work on our English.

That’s it for now!

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