tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65568828364976865082024-02-23T00:49:25.119-06:00One Blessed ChickyA day in the life of a blessed daughter of GodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08639605541250135412noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556882836497686508.post-18036589486089698172015-02-05T07:38:00.000-06:002015-02-05T09:31:47.648-06:00Grandchildren<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May you live to enjoy your grandchildren... Psalm 128:6 (NLT)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">Just thought I would share a little bit of joy with you this morning. My husband and I are blessed with 3 beautiful grandchildren, and one more on the way (very soon now!). Cooper (top pic) is our newest grandson, born in October 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">We took advantage of the fabulous snow day this past weekend. Yes, we built a snowman, made snow angels, and had a snowball fight. One thing is for sure, our grandkids LOVE coming to PawPaw and MawMaw's house at the farm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">I haven't been "blogging" as much as I want, but life is busy.... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">and I'm enjoying EVERY minute of it! Grandchildren are a true blessing and I'm so thankful for mine ♥</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">“Mom, please don’t make me ride the
bus today!” Matthew pleaded as we rushed around getting ready for the day. My
twelve year old son had become frustrated with the new seating arrangements on
the school bus. He now sits near the back of the bus where there is an abundant
supply of bad language and perverted talk. I had begun picking him up after
school so he </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">wouldn't</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> be subjected to the language, but I </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">insisted</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> he
ride the bus in the mornings so he could stand at the bus stop with the three
grade school children that I had been babysitting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Matthew,
just ride the bus <i>THIS</i> week so the kids won’t have to stand out by the highway
alone. I’ll start driving you to school next week.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “You don’t
understand, mom!” he whined with his head tilted and eyebrows wrinkled, “I can’t
handle all the perverted talk. Please, take me to school today, <i>please</i>…
I’ll do anything!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Those
pleading words, <i>I’ll do anything, </i>usually get me, and they almost did
this time, but an idea came to me. As hectic as the morning had already been, I
had to slow down long enough to build up Matthew’s faith and trust in God. Our
family had experienced God’s power first-hand on many occasions, but this
particular instance, I wanted my <i>son</i> to experience it for himself. I stopped
what I was doing and grabbed both of Matthew’s hands and looked into his
tear-filled eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Matt, I
have an idea. Let’s pray and ask God to shut the mouths of those kids that talk
perversion. We’ll pray that there will be peace on the bus today.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “It won’t
work Mom, you don’t know these kids,” he said, then quickly blurted, “I didn’t
mean God can’t do it, but you just don’t know what these kids are like.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Let’s pray,”
I whispered. With his hands held tightly to mine, we both bowed our heads. “Father,
I pray that you show Matthew what kind of a God you are. I ask that you quiet
the mouths of the kids on the bus today and I pray that the perverted language
be silenced. Let a peace come over the bus today so Matt can have a nice
ride to school. I ask you to give him a good day today, in Jesus’ name, amen.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We dropped
our hands and I noticed a look of disbelief in my son’s eyes as he slowly
turned and walked away. My thoughts quickly went to the scripture that if we
ask <i>anything</i> in His name, he will do it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Matt!” I
called after him, “<b>Watch and see what God can do!</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He turned
around and looked at me as I slowly repeated the words, “Watch and see what God
can do!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He nodded
his head half-heartedly as he walked into his room to get his backpack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Lord,” I
silently prayed, “Show Matthew your power!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> That
afternoon, I picked my teen-age daughters up from the high school first, then
we drove to the middle school to get Matt. I had forgotten about our little
prayer earlier that morning until Matthew opened the door of our Suburban and
hopped in next to his sister.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Hey, Matt,”
I smiled with anticipation as I turned around to look at him, “How was the bus
ride this morning?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> His eyes lit
up with delight. “You’re not gonna’ believe this!” he exclaimed, “I think all
of the kids on the bus had gotten in trouble right before I got on today.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Why’s that?”
I asked, knowingly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Because,
the bus was TOTALLY quiet today. Not one person said a word the <i>whole ride </i>to
school! Can you believe that, Mom?” he said with enthusiasm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Oh, I can
believe it!” I smiled, then added, “You don’t suppose that little prayer we
prayed this morning had anything to do with it, do ya’?” I asked while driving
away from the school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Yeah,” he
grinned, “I guess it did.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Thank you,
Lord,” I prayed silently as my three children began talking about the day’s
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How could someone, who knew all I’d
done, and knew the scars that I wore?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How could that One, God’s only
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other day my cousin posted a link on Facebook to a blog post from Rachel Lewis
titled “Why Miscarriage Matters When You’re Pro-Life”. When I read the title I immediately
knew that I had to click the link. Rachel’s beautiful blog post about miscarriage
(<a href="http://thelewisnote.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-miscarriage-matters-if-youre-pro.html" target="_blank">you can read it here</a>) was one from the viewpoint of grieving parents and the
different reactions people show towards those who have had abortions and those
who lose their baby through miscarriage, and the grieving process of both. My
story is a little different and I want to thank Rachel for sharing her story
because it prompted me to share <b>my</b>
story… <i>a story that only a handful of
people know</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This
is hard for me. My family knows “my story” and I shared a piece of it one time
(last year) with my church family. But I have <b>never</b> shared it with the world. Why now? I can’t answer that. Daddy
God and I have had this discussion…. Well, it was actually one sided… me
questioning His timing. “Are you <i>sure </i>you
want me to do this? What if I’m judged? What if people look at me differently?
What if, what if?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes,
it’s time. It’s time for me to get it down on paper. It’s time….. <i>even if it’s just for me</i>.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I
was raised in a wonderful Christian home and my parents taught me right from
wrong at an early age. I was the type of person that needed to be a “perfect”
Christian. I felt like if I wasn’t “perfect” that I would disappoint everyone
in my family and my church. But, feeling the need to be perfect and <i>being</i> perfect are two different things.
And the guilt that came with NOT being perfect ate away at me for years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When
I was 18, my boyfriend Larry and I decided that we wanted to spend the rest of
our lives together. And if we’re going to get married anyway, why not go ahead
and have sex? I knew it was wrong. I knew what the Bible said about sex before
marriage. Yet it happened. And so began my journey of years of shame and guilt.
Not because of the pre-marital sex (I felt God's forgiveness for that), but because of the outcome of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the end of December 1984 I came down with a terrible case of the flu. I was in
bed for 3 days with chills, vomiting, fever, and all over body aches and pains.
I took thera-flu, Tylenol, alka-seltzer… anything I could get my hands on to
try and combat the nasty bug that I caught. Little did I know there was a tiny baby
inside of me, fighting for his/her life… fighting against the toxins I was
putting into my body. Slowly my body started getting back to normal, or so I
thought. About a week later I began having severe abdominal pains and started
bleeding. I had no idea that I was pregnant, so I brushed it off as a heavy
period. A week into it, it didn’t let up and the pain got worse. I woke up in
the middle of night with such severe pain that I practically crawled into the
living room crying and screaming in pain. My mom came in and sat beside me on
the couch. With her arm around me she asked, “Debbie, I need to ask you…. could you be pregnant?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please,
God, no! My mind started spinning…. I shook my head no. She asked me again, “Debbie,
could you be pregnant? I think you’re having a miscarriage!” Slowly and
shamefully I shook my head yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That
morning my parents took me to the doctor. The nurse came into the room after my
ultrasound and said you are about 6 weeks along but you’re definitely having a
miscarriage. That day is mostly a blur. They sent me over to the hospital and
performed a DNC on me. I spent a couple of hours in recovery then went home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That
evening, my family went to church and I curled up on the couch, alone… <b>very alone</b>. I was so ashamed. I messed
up my perfect Christian life. I’ve disappointed my parents (I couldn’t even look
them in the eyes for weeks). I’ve disappointed God. I’m such a disgrace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“No
one can know about this! I’ve been sick with the flu; I’ll just say that it
came back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I
called into work the next day and told my boss at McDonald’s that the nasty flu
bug hit me again. I had already told my parents not to tell anyone at church or
the family. In a way, I was <i>relieved</i>
that I had a miscarriage. This way, no one will ever know that I became
pregnant as an unmarried 18 year old. And life went on. We never spoke of it
again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Larry
and I got married in the summer of 1985 and had our firstborn baby girl,
Tifanee, in the spring of 1986. Two more babies followed, Jessica in 1988, and Matthew
in 1989. When I held Tifanee for the first time, the feeling of love
overwhelmed me to the point of tears. And the same thing happened with Jessica,
and then Matt. And each time, I would think about the miscarriage (I still
couldn’t say, even in my mind, the word “baby” when I thought about the
miscarriage).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then
one day, and I can’t tell you the date (our kids were little and were at school
and Larry was at work), I forced myself to say that I had lost a baby. Yes, he
or she was a BABY, not just a miscarried piece of tissue. And in my mind, <b><i>I </i></b>was
the one who had killed him or her (because of the meds). And to top it off, I
was so intent on having the image of a perfect Christian girl, I was GLAD that
I didn’t have to disgrace anyone by being pregnant. <b>This was no better than abortion. </b><i>What have I done??!?</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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began to grieve……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grieving lasted for years. The pain of what I had done was so overwhelming at
times. My husband didn’t even know the “scars that I wore”. I would have to put on
my “happy face” on the days I became so overwhelmed with grief for my baby. On
one of those painful days, I even wrote a song called “The Babies”. The song
appears to be about abortion, but it is really about my own personal experience
and the baby that my husband and I lost. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On
another one of those painful days, I wrote a song called, “Because of Grace”.
This song has played the biggest impact in my healing process than anything in
my life. I sat at the piano and poured out my soul… just me and God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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began to sing… and cry… and sing… and pray… and sing… and cry:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How could someone who knew all I’d done, And knew the
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And, how could He pay the price for me? So unworthy was
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And, how could He go to Calvary on a cross that should’ve
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“How could you love me God? I’m so
undeserving. I’m not even worthy to be called your daughter because of what I’ve
done. I didn’t take any regard for the life you placed inside of me. Please,
forgive me, please forgive me, Daddy God… I’m so sorry!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m still amazed by all of the ways, He proves His love
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why would He care enough for me? It’s simply because of
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can’t tell you the relief that I felt that
day. I can’t even BEGIN to describe the overwhelming love that my heavenly
Father poured down on me. It was if He was right there beside me, wrapping His
arms around me, telling me that it’s going to be okay. His mercy and grace
covered me with a blanket…. His blanket of love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because of the love He showed when at
Calvary, He took my place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The sins that I had, they were many, but now they’ve
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
weight that I had carried for 15 or so years was finally lifted. The grieving
that had lasted so many years was finally over. I was able to talk about it
with my husband. I told him it was time to tell our girls (they were teens by
this time). I remember the day I sat them on the bed and told them. Tifanee
cried and Jessica looked like she was in shock. I started to feel the shame all
over again but God lovingly whispered to my spirit and reminded me that all is
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Are there still days when I think about what I had done? Yes. But, I
always have Someone there “hushing” that guilt and gently reminding me that my
sins have been cast into the sea never to be remembered again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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early 2013, me and my Southern Gospel group Full Life Trio were getting songs
ready to head into the studio. I told them that “Because of Grace” needed to be
on this CD. Even though I wrote it years before, the time had come to share it
with others. Below is a video I put together of Full Life Trio and our studio version of “Because of Grace”. I hope it encourages someone. It sure has
encouraged me. I would love to hear your comments!</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">P.S.S. Larry and I really did mean it when we said we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. We started dating in 1984 and we will be married 29 years in July 2014!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are a LOT of "Keep Calm" quotes going around social media these days. But I stumbled on this one over at <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lyndeb100" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> today and thought this was <b>too</b> cute to pass up! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you tried any of the Mary Kay lip glosses yet? Well, let me give you a deal just for reading. Go to my web site, <a href="http://www.marykay.com/lyndeb100">www.marykay.com/lyndeb100</a>, add any 2 lip glosses to your cart, and I'll give you a 3rd one for FREE (equal or lower priced). Just mention this blog post when you check out. Whoo hoo.... keep calm, and ALWAYS carry lip gloss ♥</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As always, go with God and God will go with you. Be blessed!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been sick the last couple of days... some sort of "body aches" flu bug. You know the kind... chills, can't warm up, every muscle and joint in your body hurts, stiff neck, headache.... not fun at all. Anyway, I went back to work today, not feeling 100%, but enough to go work for a few hours at the church (thankfully I set my own hours there).</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the way home, I knew my February Mary Kay order would be waiting for me. I received the UPS notification on my phone after they delivered (love that). There's always a little bit of excitement when I know Mary Kay products are coming. Okay, I lied, there's a LOT of excitement. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, today, still not feeling up to par, I'm getting closer to the house, and I see the <b>Mary Kay</b> box on the front porch.... yay!! I stopped to get the mail, shoved it into my bag and drove on up the driveway. I walked into the house, set the Mary Kay package on the floor, then decided to open the mail before tearing into the products. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The usual, junk mail... Oh wait, there's a small envelope with my name on it, and the return address, my in-laws. <i>What can this be?</i> <i>I'm not expecting anything from them.</i> I open it up and down inside the tiny manila envelope was a dog tag/keychain engraved with "one blessed chicky" and a little chick beside it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, this probably means nothing to all of you, but it means the <b>world</b> to me! My step-mom in-law stamps these little things out by hand. She made me and my girls one for Christmas with our favorite quotes. Mine was "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord". There were a lot of words to fit on the little key chain, but she did it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And now I'm blogging about it (hee hee). Oh, and don't forget <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/189010515585436186/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wait a second! I completely forgot about the Mary Kay products. Well, I guess you know what I'll be doing here in a little bit. I'll be excited to go through the box, as the </span><a href="http://www.marykay.com/lyndeb100" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">new spring products</a><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> have arrived. And my customers will be happy to get their orders soon. But, I had to take a moment to tell you about my "One Blessed Chicky" surprise. Sometimes, the littlest things mean the most!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What better way to surprise your sweetie than with a $25 girlie gift certificate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I learned from an early age that if I wanted to
get something that was on the other side of a closed door, I had to reach out
and grab the door knob, turn it and open the door. There were also those times
when I had my hands full and I couldn't open the door by myself so someone had
to HELP me open the door.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The same principle applies to our life and the
way that we witness. I've prayed for many years that "God would open the
doors of opportunity for me" to be able to witness to unsaved family
members and friends. Even the Apostle Paul asked the church at Colossia to pray
the same thing for them:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Colossians 4:2-3</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"> <b>Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with
thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a
door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am
in prison-- (ESV)</b></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But, how many times in our lives have we had
those doors of opportunity open for us and we never took the time to walk
through them. Or we sit there and try to reason with ourselves, "Is that
God telling me to do that or is it just me? Is the devil telling me to witness
so I'll look stupid when I'm rejected?" For one thing, the devil is <b>NEVER</b>
going to tell you to witness to someone! And if we <b>have</b> the opportunity,
then it's definitely the Holy Spirit prompting us to share God's love, so we
must walk through that open door!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But on the other hand, why wait for the door to
open? Yes, the person on the other side of that door has to make a choice
whether or not to open the door to you, but the good news is, the door has a
handle on <b>BOTH </b>sides! In Acts 14:27, Paul and Barnabas were traveling back to Antioch after a successful missionary
journey. When they returned home and got together with the other believers in
the church, they shared with them about their journey and how God had used them
to open doors of faith to the lost.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">God is using </span><b style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">us </b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">today to open up doors of faith
and encouragement to those in need. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are God's hands and His feet to the lost
and dying world. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s time we stop using the excuse that "the door just
didn't open" or "I didn't have the opportunity". </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you feel
like your hands are just too full to open the door, then get someone to help
you! </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have opportunities every day to evangelize to the lost and we sit and
stare at the door knobs, waiting for them to turn on their own, or waiting for
the person on the other side of the door to open it!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The person on the
other side of that door could be getting ready to take their last breathe, die, and go to Hell.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Reach out and grab
that door knob, turn the handle and walk on through. God is giving us the
opportunity, what are we waiting for?</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember, not all doors (or doorknobs) are the same. Some are older and require gentle hands to open them. Some are newer and open right up with no problem. Either way, it's exciting to see what waits on the other side of the open door. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Father God, I pray today that you will fill
us with your Spirit afresh and give us the boldness that we need as sons and daughters of
God to turn the knob and open the door of opportunity. Let us be the light and
salt that you've called us to be. Whether it's at home with our kids & spouse,
at the grocery store, on our jobs, or wherever the road of life takes us, let
us be bold enough to open the doors and walk on through. In Jesus' name,
amen!"</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We're smack dab in the middle of a good ole' Midwestern winter snow storm! </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, you're probably wondering why I'm blogging about hummingbirds? </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, since I'm closed up in the warm house, with no where to go </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(who would want to get out in this weather?), </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I decided to look through some old Instagram photos. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I came across a couple of pics from 2 summers ago, before our house was built, and I started making </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my own hummingbird nectar. I found quite a few pins on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lyndeb100" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> on how to make </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">your own nectar, and they all basically said the same thing.... 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There you have it. If your hummingbirds are like mine, you will need to make a batch a couple of times a week. I normally put out 2 or 3 feeders. Now that we have officially moved out to the farm, I'm excited to see my little fluttering friends even more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few weeks ago my husband decided that he wanted to make a headboard for the queen sized bed in our guest bedroom. He asked me if I had any ideas for it. Neither one of us had done anything like this before, so of course, I pointed him towards <a href="http://pinterest.com/lyndeb100" target="_blank">Pinterest.</a> If you've ever read my blog before, you know I'm a Pinterest junkie (Yes, I admit it). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In his search for a DIY headboard, hubby came across some really great ideas. He's been fascinated with the old barn wood theme lately, so that's where he began his search. That search led him to some really neat DIY headboard pins. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the end, he took several of the pins he found and put them together to create this fabulous camouflage headboard. I don't have a complete tutorial as of this right now, but I did take a few photos along the way. (And I even helped cut the RealTree camo material). So, here you go, in picture form... the DIY Camo Headboard for queen sized bed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My husband and I will be celebrating 29 years of marriage in July of this year, and over the years, it seems that Valentine's Day has become <i>"just another day"</i>. It's not that we don't love each other, as a matter of fact, our love has grown stronger over the years. It feels like we're in the 29th year of our honeymoon :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We just have never made a big deal about Valentine's Day. Sure, we might go out to eat.... but most likely, stay at home and watch a movie, cuddled on the couch (that's not so bad, is it?). But</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, this year, I want something different for Valentine's Day. And of course, I turned to </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lyndeb100" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> for help.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is no shortage of Valentine's Day ideas on Pinterest, and I want to share with you some of my favorites. You may have some different ones of your own, and I would LOVE to hear them in the comments section. But here are my top six favorites (in no particular order):</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3840000033378601px; text-align: justify;"><b>Make a memory jar. </b>Take simple slips of paper and write a favorite memory on each one. Be specific, and try to record as much about the occasion as you can. Tuck them into a jar or wooden box, tied with a bow. (source: <a href="http://www.newwoman.ie/life-and-love/relationships/ideas-for-celebrating-valentine-s-day.html" target="_blank">NewWoman.IE</a>)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3840000033378601px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;"><b>Plan to give your husband</b> a surprise every day from Feb. 1 – the 14th. It can be a simple note in his lunch, baking his favorite cookies, back massage, washing and massaging his feet, etc. The idea is to do something special for 14 days. (source: <a href="http://theromanticvineyard.com/for-wives-only/romantic-valentines-day-ideas/" target="_blank">TheRomanticVineyard</a>)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3840000033378601px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;"><b>Write and play him a song</b> on the piano/guitar. I got this idea from Shannyn over at <a href="http://frugalbeautiful.com/blog/frugal-feature-romantic-valentines-day-ideas-start/" target="_blank">FrugalBeautiful</a>, only her ideas were for the guy to give the girl. I loved it, but then remembered that I indeed HAD written my husband a song a few years after we got married. So, now, I need to dig through some treasure boxes and see if I can brush the dust off of that song. He would LOVE it ♥</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3840000033378601px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;"><span style="line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><b>Hop in the car and just drive!</b> The fun comes in the unknown…pick a road or direction you rarely travel and just see where you end up. (source: <a href="http://southerngirlramblings.com/valentines-day-ideas-for-him/" target="_blank">SouthernGirlRamblings</a>). I loved this one. My husband and I have always loved to take drives through the country. Now that we live in the country, we rarely go for those rides anymore. We may just have to do it!</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3840000033378601px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><b>Give him a rejuvenating body rub</b>, grab those sensual oils and pamper him like he’s the only person that matters. Great idea from Jenn over at <a href="http://jennsblahblahblog.com/20-romantic-valentines-day-ideas-for-him/#.URfoj7v1pow.pinterest" target="_blank">Jennsblahblahblog</a>.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3840000033378601px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><b style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Watch the sunrise, or sunset.</b><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"> Depending on your schedules, you might be able to catch a beautiful sunrise instead of the usual sunset. Take pictures together and put them together in a scrapbook later. Bonus: The scrapbook would make a great anniversary gift! (source: <a href="http://shannonsviewfromhere.com/2014/01/romantic-valentines-day-date-ideas.html" target="_blank">ShannonsViewFromHere</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Now, the question is, which one of these fabulous ideas will I incorporate into this year's Valentine's Day? Maybe ALL of them. Or just maybe, we'll end up cuddled on the couch watching a romantic movie ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Either way, I will be celebrating this<i> day of love</i> with the man that God has blessed me with, the man I love with all my heart ♥ And THAT is what will make Valentine's Day special to me.</span></span></div>
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<i style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Matthew 25:23 "His master
replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a
few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your
master's happiness!' (NIV)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the parable of the talents, the
master was only pleased with those who took the talents he gave them, and
multiplied them (or used them for His glory). He called them "good and
faithful servants".</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One evening, when our daughter </span>Tifanee<span style="font-size: medium;">
was almost a year old, I was watching Christian Television and Pastor Kenny
Foreman was a guest on that evening's program. He was talking about the cross
of Calvary and about Jesus mending broken hearts. He said, “No matter what
you’re going through, no matter where </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">you've</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> been or what you've you done,
Jesus loves you and cares for you.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He spoke with such love and compassion
and I could feel the presence of the Lord. He painted a portrait of Calvary
with his words, one like I had never heard up to that point in my life. And
then he looked at the camera with tears in his eyes, and made THIS statement, <i>“If
you think that no one cares about you or that no one loves you, look to
Calvary, <b>there’s your proof</b>!”. </i>That
powerful statement made a lasting impact on my life. When I heard Pastor
Foreman speak those words, something on the inside of me jumped and I thought I
was going to burst. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I knew
exactly what he was talking about. I had heard all my life that Jesus died on
the cross for my sins. </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> sang about it since I was a little girl, </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">“Jesus
loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so…” </i><span style="font-size: medium;">but the way that man of
God spoke about Calvary, ignited something on the inside of me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> “</span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">A song,” </i><span style="font-size: medium;">I
thought, “</span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">there needs to be a song called, Calvary is Proof!” </i><span style="font-size: medium;"> I ran and got a piece of paper and a pencil
and started writing. The pen seemed to glide swiftly across the paper as I
wrote the words with ease. I </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> a songwriter, at least I hadn't been up until a few weeks prior when I had written my first song (other than little
choruses I wrote as a child). Little did I know that the song I wrote weeks
before would be the beginning of many more songs to come. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, there I was, in front of the television, and the words
(and music) were flowing freely. It </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> assigned, </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">not by man anyway</i><span style="font-size: medium;">,
but yet I wrote sincerely and unrestrained. I hadn't even thought about being a
songwriter, it just happened! Another verse came.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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know that Calvary is proof that Jesus loves them,” I thought, as the pen surged
across the paper, “they need to hear how He bled and died on a cruel cross. The
answer is at Calvary; the proof is at Calvary!” The chorus came fluently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That
day back in 1987 was very special to me. It took a Pastor on a television
broadcast to bring out something in me that God had placed there, possible
years before. God enriches our lives with talents and abilities and it’s up to <b>us</b>
to utilize them for His glory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">What has God placed inside of you? </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">What hidden talent is waiting to be opened like a precious gift? </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt;">Don't let your talents be wasted. </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt;">Don't live your life to the end with these gifts still inside of you, unopened and untouched. </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt;">It may
be by accident, or you may be searching with all of your heart, but however it
happens, use these wonderful gifts to the best of your ability, and to HIS glory! May He be
pleased with you and call you a "good and faithful" servant. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"> <b> Calvary Is Proof</b></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 1. I’d be lost in this world without Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Although
this world is not my true home<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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away<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think of Calvary, the place He gave his all for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Cho. For it was there where they placed <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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crown of thorns on his head<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was there where they pierced his precious side<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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if you’re looking for an answer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> And, you don’t know where to turn<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hurting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> If
you’re traveling down a road that has no end<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Perpetua; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Let
me tell you of a man who died to save you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> He
really loves you, my friend, and Calvary is proof.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: purple;">(c) 1987 Debbie L. Davis / BMI / Full Life Music Group</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever had one of those cravings that you just HAD to satisfy? I had one of "those" today. My craving was for a cheesy hash brown casserole. So, of course, I turned to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lyndeb100/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> for help. I was not disappointed by the pages of pins for a cheesy hash brown casserole. I WAS disappointed that most of them called for a can of "cream of (whatever)", which I did NOT have. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now comes the part where your little helpers come in. My 4 year old granddaughter Maddi loves to help me cook, so I put her to work cracking the eggs. Once in a while my 2 year old grandson Madden wants to help. Today was one of those days. So, I pulled up a bar stool and put him to work stirring some shredded cheese in a small bowl (not part of the recipe....just needed to keep him busy). As you can see, it DID keep him busy (EATING it...lol).</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Maddi made PawPaw some homemade cinnamon ornaments</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Me, hubby, and our blessings from God!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our son Matt, his wife Megan, and our 2 precious grandkids</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">The other day I noticed that baby Jesus was missing from the nativity set in my dining room. I have several Nativity Sets throughout the house, but this particular one gets rearranged by my granddaughter on a daily basis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">was baby Jesus nestled in the corner of the loft. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">I called for Maddi and said, "I found Baby Jesus!" </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">She came running with excitement, "Where, MawMaw?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">smiled and said, "Oh yeah, right where I left him.... I forgot!". </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">This got me thinking. How often do we <b>"misplace"</b> Jesus in our lives? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">We can get so caught up in "life", that we forget about the "Giver" of life. </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08639605541250135412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556882836497686508.post-60261804786416648092013-08-06T09:39:00.001-05:002013-12-04T12:12:06.164-06:00Good-bye, Grandma<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know, I KNOW, it's been a really long time since I've posted. To say I've been busy is an understatement. These past few months I have been out of the country on a mission trip, out of state 2 different times with Full Life Trio to record our new CD, and the busiest part of the summer.... we have FINALLY moved into our new home at Cross-n-Bows Farm! (More to come on that subject).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But, yesterday, we laid my grandmother to rest. She passed away late Thursday evening, Aug 1. I was in West Virginia with the trio when I got the news. I am comforted by the fact that Grandma had called me a couple of days before my trip, and we had a nice 10 minute conversation. My grandma NEVER called me. If we talked, it was because I called her or went to visit her at the nursing home. But, SHE called me. I will cherish that conversation :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the things I love about <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lyndeb100" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> is all of the home ideas I'm finding. With moving into our new home just months away, I'm searching frantically for wall decor ideas, bedroom colors, kitchen organization ideas, and so much more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In today's post, I'm going to show a few bedroom ideas that I have found on Pinterest. I have always had white or off-white walls in my bedroom (yawn...boring), so coming in to the new home, I want to add some color. Here are the lovely bedroom colors I have found:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Mark 13:9 “But take heed to
yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye
shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake,
for a testimony against them.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Scott, Stephen, James, Peter.... names that you may or may not recognize, but
all have one thing in common; they were martyrs for our Lord. From the early
church of the Apostles where all but one of the twelve Apostles died a martyr's
death, to the modern-day story of the teen-agers at Columbine High School who
were shot to death because they believed in God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Being persecuted for the sake of Christ was not
just something that happened to the early church in the book of Acts. It's as
real today as it was then. Christians in Sudan and other parts of the world are
being persecuted daily, for no other reason than, they won't denounce the name
of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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its yearly Talent Contest. Tifanee and Jessica, my two daughters, along with
four of their friends, decided to enter. They chose the song
"Breathe", a well-known worship song made popular by Michael W.
Smith. During rehearsal they had some sneers and laughter from other teens that
were not Christians. Knowing they would be made fun of, they still proceeded to
sing "Breathe" during the contest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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strong while they were singing that it didn't matter what the other kids
thought of them. After they finished singing, they went and sat in their seats
among the other students. A few rows back there were a group of boys snickering
and laughing at them. Suddenly one boy cursed and shouted out "Hey, what
about the separation of church of state?" Then the boys began throwing
half eaten suckers at my girls and their friends. One girl ended up with a
sucker stuck in her hair and another girl was hit in the eye.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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like the Apostles, or burned at the stake like Joan of Arc, but the mental
persecution from their peers was real to them. A few days before the contest,
they had the opportunity to minister to an unsaved friend of theirs... and of
all places, in the girl's restroom at school. A group of them held hands and
prayed while other high school girls went in and out of the restroom. Ashamed?
No! If they had it to do all over again, they would... persecution or not!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">"Father, I pray that no matter what the
cost, we will be Your light to a darkened world. Even if it means being made
fun of, laughed at, or beaten. Give us strength to take a stand for our faith
and declare aloud like the courageous teens at Columbine High, ‘Yes, we believe
in God!’.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">When our children were
younger, my husband Larry received a job transfer from our home in Northwest
Missouri to the hills of East Tennessee. We had never lived outside of our home
state before, and it was quite a challenge being away from family and friends.
But it was a year that I’ll never forget, nor regret!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Larry’s job at that time was
driving a road service truck for the company he worked for. His job kept him on
the road for long hours each day as he traveled all over East Tennessee, and
sometimes up into Virginia, to service utility trucks. We prayed each day for
his safety on the road.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Our son Matthew, who was 7
years old at the time, had a bag of marbles that he played with now and then.
One day as Matt was playing with is marbles, he had an idea. He ran and got an
old t-shirt and cut a small square from it. He placed his three best marbles
into the bag and put a rubber band around the top. When his dad came home from
work late that evening, Matt ran and got his little marble treasure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“Here Dad,”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he said as he reached out his small hand with
three marbles clutched inside. “As long as you carry these marbles with you,
you’ll know that you’re not alone out there on the road.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Larry took the three marbles
from Matt’s hand and smiled, “Thank you son! It kind of reminds me of the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” </span><span style="color: purple;">Matt smiled, knowing that his
little treasure pleased his dad.</span></div>
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marbles in his service truck for the remainder of the year that we lived in
Tennessee. And Matt was right, they were always a reminder that Larry was never
alone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Over the years Larry would
come across the marbles going through a drawer, or packing a box during a move
to a new house, and each time he would remember the precious gift from his
small son.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">In the summer of 2007, we had
the privilege of dropping off our son, who was then 17 years old, at the
Marriott Hotel in Kansas City. He would be shipping out to Fort Jackson, SC the
next day for basic training for the Army National Guard. As we somberly sat in
our Durango outside of the hotel, we prayed a blessing over our son. We prayed
for God’s hand of protection to be with him over the next nine weeks that he
would be away from home. Then my husband reached into his pocket and said, “Son,
I have a gift for you.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">“Yes, the three marbles,”
Larry said as he handed the now worn bag of marbles into his son’s hand. “Just
a reminder that you’re never alone.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The gift wasn’t new or
wrapped in a pretty package with a brightly colored ribbon, in fact, it was a
bit stained from the months that it traveled in a service truck, and the years
that it was stored from one place to another. The rubber band that was so
perfectly fit around the top of the cloth years before was now worn and cracked
in places. But it was a gift that you could never put a price tag on. It was a
gift once given from a small son to his Daddy that he looked up to, and now
from a Dad back to his son whom he is very proud of, a son who is a soldier in
the Army National Guard.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.weirblessed.com/simply" name="Song On My Heart"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08639605541250135412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556882836497686508.post-72674373188219991262013-01-28T07:42:00.001-06:002013-01-28T07:43:28.545-06:00Learning from Others<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's been a little over a week since I decided to start blogging. I'm still learning the "ins" and "outs" of it, but for the most part, I'm enjoying it. One of the fun things about blogging is that you can share or "link-up" with others who are writing about the same things that interest you.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of those is "<a href="http://www.thebettermom.com/" target="_blank">The Better Mom</a>". I first heard of Ruth and all the gals at The Better Mom from Pinterest. I have even been following a few of these Christian ladies on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lyndeb100" target="_blank">Twitter</a>... actually, for a quite while now, even before I started my own blog.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What I love about these women is their sincerity and honesty. They tell it like it is. And many times, we as Christian women, need to hear that. God created each of us in a unique way, yet we can learn from each other.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span class="text Ps-139-13" id="en-NIV-16253"> <i> For you created my inmost being;</i></span><i><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-13">you knit me together in my mother’s womb. (Psalm 139;13)</span></span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were not made on a manufacturing line where each of us are exactly the same, God created us, "knitting" each one of us while we were still in our mother's womb. We are all different. And because of that, we can learn from one another. And I for one, am "learning" as I go.... how to become a better wife, a better mom and mawmaw, and a better Christian chicky. I hope you are learning too ♥</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.weirblessed.com/simply" name="Song On My Heart"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08639605541250135412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556882836497686508.post-2443761610585636492013-01-27T18:16:00.002-06:002013-01-28T07:17:49.283-06:00Song on My Heart Weekend<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went on a search today for Christian Women Bloggers and I came across Tania at the "<a href="http://weirblessed.com/simply/?p=2338" target="_blank">Simply God's Girl</a>" blog. She is hosting a "Song On My Heart" weekend. She asks, "Is there a song that speaks to your heart?" </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being a songwriter and singer myself, I have always been one to "run" to songs to lift my spirits. Songs have life in them! The life of the writer, the passion of the singer, but most of all, the spirit of our Heavenly Father.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week, the song I keep singing in my spirit is one that my daughter, Jessica, wrote when she was in her teens. She's almost 25 now and is a worship leader at her church. She had surgery on Friday to remove a suspicious lump, and we are praying all is well with the lab reports. Maybe that's why I'm singing her song right now, or maybe it's because it's such a simple worship song, but takes me straight to the throne of God.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I lift my hands up, God</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To your holy throne</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>For your name is holy</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>God, you are my God</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>You're the peace inside my heart</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Lord, come and fill me up</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To the highest point of my heart</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I had a recording of Jessica and my oldest daughter, Tifanee, singing it, I would post it. Maybe some day. It's a beautiful song and the young girl who wrote it is beautiful inside and out!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you, Tania, for hosting the "Song on my Heart" weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;">This week I tried a new Tuna Casserole recipe that I found on Pinterest. I have been making Tu<span style="font-size: small;">na Casserole for years... the s<span style="font-size: small;">ame</span> recipe my mom <span style="font-size: small;">made while I was growing up (and still makes). There's nothing wrong with my old recipe, and the family loves it, but I wanted to try something new.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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