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| So, I've had this really weird rash on my wrist & ankles this past week. I am extremely allergic to poison ivy, so I've been kinda worried it was that...
... It took me about 4 days to think through all the possibilities of what it could be before I remembered...
"I have really sensitive skin!! I used a new lotion this past week... the rash is exactly where I used the lotion... I'll bet it's an allergic reaction to it!!"
Well, I stopped using it & started a little allergy meds, and WHALAA... CURED!!
A friend posted last week about struggling with a funk. I've been thinking about it a bunch since then...
... I think for me - just like with the rash, I'll often realize I'm in a funk long before I realize what caused it.
I guess there are some things I can do to speed up the process of figuring out why I'm funky:
1. Stopping/Resting [Sabbath]
2. Thinking about what's really going on below the surface
3. Asking God to reveal what needs to change (usually it's me - my attitude or perspective about or towards something/someone)
I tend to not Stop - cause then I'd be admitting that I have a problem. Even if I KNOW I'm funky - I still hate admitting that "I'm not perfect" & am down. It's scary to admit that!!
Maybe it's a natural cycle - a time to stop and re-evaulate what I'm doing & why. Though, I find that if I'm actually diligent in taking Sabbath (which is a time of re-alignment), I tend to get less funky & more strategic with my "must continue" & "must stop" items.
[MOMENT OF AUTHENTICITY: I'VE BEEN FUNKY FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS... I'M CURRENTLY AT THE "THINKING" STAGE....]
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| I'm sure this is not a shock to any of you.
I procrastinate doing the "non-fun" things in life.
I hate it when I do.... the drama, the stress that accompany it....
... but, it is a vicious cycle I seem unable to break.
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| Today I attended the funeral of a dear friend.
Vivian McBee
July 31, 1933
April 19, 2007
I've had several people that I love pass away, but more than anyone before (despite the fact that I will enormously miss her)... I am completely, absolutely overjoyed that she is exactly where she's wanted to be for so long - with her Savior.
Pastor Steve did the funeral ceremony & among the passages he read were:
Proverbs 31 (The Wife of Noble Character)
[verse 20]:
She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
[verse 25]:
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
[verse 26]:
She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Titus 2:3-5
Likewise, teach the older
women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or
addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to
be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be
subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
She was precisely one of those women. She made the decision to make Christ Lord when she was 40 years old. She did more for Him in the last half of her life than sadly most people do in their whole lifetime.
She taught more Bible Studies than we can count, she mentored a TON of women (myself included). Always encouraging us to love God & live for Him.
She played a very distinct role in my life (along with Monica Whitfield), by being my first glimpse of what a woman in fulltime ministry looks like.
I love how Proverbs says: "she can laugh at the days to come." She had a constant twinkle in her eye & smile on her face. I mean - you might think I smile a lot - it's NOTHING compared to the joy she walked around with all the time.
I pray that I can be as impactful with my life as she was with hers. That I can love people, care for people, serve those in need, & honor my God - with the same consistency & excellence that she had.
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| I've been looking through old family photo albums recently.
Did you know me in the 80's?
You just might be in my "Retro" album on Facebook.
Check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1781&l=8659d&id=500518586
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