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Archive for September, 2010

Ahhh! Had a great weekend!
I hope you enjoy this video from my time at the gIRL Gathering. Sorry about a couple spots where the sound is bad…

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It’s not often you hear of people — especially people who are living “the American dream”– who suddenly decide to sell their house, sell their cars, leave their jobs, and set out to travel the US…

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God will provide. I don’t need to worry.

OK. It isn’t a new revelation.
I’ve heard it a hundred times.
I know it to be true.
Even so, sometimes when I can’t see how things are going to work out (And that would be, well, ALWAYS!) I start to worry. As if my worrying will solve the problem. *sigh*

Oh, HE is so patient with me!

I have been in the middle of planning various activities at Edgewood. One was HUGE. Others have been less significant in magnitude. But each has required more than I could do on my own.
And with each activity I have, at least at some point, wondered, How am I going to do this? What if I can’t get it all done? What if the whole thing falls through?
Then God, in His goodness and mercy, sweeps in with just what I need. Usually in the form of some amazing volunteers who are more than happy to help me out.
And as these people come to me and ask, “What do you need me to do?” I can almost hear my Father speaking, too. What do you need Me to do, darling? Don’t worry. I can handle it.

Indeed. God will provide. I don’t need to worry.

Do you???
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BTW, I’m going to the gIRL Gathering this weekend. *BIG cheer!*
I hope to create a little video journal – of my experience, and to introduce the gIRLfriends I’m finally going to meet. My goal is to have it here Monday…

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Several years ago my mentor and I were going through the book of Luke, Lectio Divina style. She read, and I listened. And on the very first day we did it, I believed God made me a promise about my son, Joshua.
As Jenni read these words which God spoke to Zechariah about his son, John, I was convinced God was speaking the same words to me about Joshua.

He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth…Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God.

For a long time, whenever Joshua began to get under my skin I would repeat the phrase ‘He will be a joy and delight to you’ and pray that God would help me to see it. (Some days were easier than others. *wink*)

*Big sigh* I’m telling you, these current days often leave me wondering. Oh, how he balks at chores. At being responsible. And respectful. He complains, and argues, and I feel like I will never ‘win’ with that boy. I cannot tell you the number of times I have wanted to through my hands up in the air in frustration and just say, “I GIVE UP!”

But a few weeks ago I was reading a book which mentioned the promises God gives to us in His Word. And I remembered that moment with Jenni, when God spoke to my heart.
Then there was the comment Leah left two weeks ago – about God being a Covenant Keeper. Which, again, reminded me of the Luke thing.
And just last week I was reading Genesis 15, about God’s promise to Abram – to make him into a great nation, with descendants as numerous as the stars. Hello! Abram didn’t even have ONE child when God told him this crazy thing!
But God made the promise, and Abram believed.

That’s when God reminded me again about the promise He made to me about Joshua. I went through my own, Hello! He never listens to me…objection. And God reminded me again that HE is a Promise Keeper, so I am choosing to trust Him.
Abraham was well advanced in years when he finally saw the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s promise to him. He had to wait. And it didn’t look so hopeful. But he believed, and God did what He said He would do.
I don’t know what God is going to do in my son. But I believe He will use that boy (That man? I realize I may need to wait that long!) to bring people to Himself. I believe many will rejoice because Joshua was born – as God uses him to draw people to Himself. Yes. I believe he WILL be a joy and delight to me.

In this moment I feel like pointing out to God all the reasons this hope seems impossible to me. But He takes me back to things like Genesis 18:14: Is anything too hard for the LORD? And I remember that, no matter how long I need to wait, no matter how hard these teen years may be, I can trust and believe.
Because HE is a Promise Keeper.

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Yes, today is my very first 39th birthday. *grin*
And since it just worked out that I have a post scheduled today as SHE Blogs, well, I’m taking the day off of writing, and sending you over there. Where the darkness is NOT dark, and I am NOT getting old. *wink*

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I lost track of Bailey yesterday and couldn’t find her anywhere.

After a few minutes, I finally saw her furry little head sicking out from her new hiding place–behind a bunch of pillows. It…

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So, you know I love to sing, right?

Well today I am extra excited about it.

You see, a couple of weeks ago I had a feeling that the musical guest – who was scheduled to come in today to play for the residents at Edgewood – was going to cancel. And I began to wonder how I was going to fill that slot on such short notice.
Then something in me got a little hopeful that the cancellation would become a reality because…
I decided I would like to sing for them!
And, sure enough, I got the message. “Karen, MM called. Cancelling for 9/21. Will contact you about October dates.”
I told my boss about my idea to sing, and she told me to go for it. So I have gathered together seven of my favorite Kathy Troccoli tracks – which pretty much tell my faith story – and I’m going to be singing and testifying to the residents at Edgewood this afternoon.

Praying that God will be glorified, and that He will speak (sing?) through me.

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When Carrie commented on my picky eater post a couple of Mondays ago and shared that she felt judged as a mom sometimes, it tugged at my heart.

Ironically, later that same day, I was at the…

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