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You are my strength when I am Weak

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“You Are My All In All”

Na na na…holy

You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord, to give up I’d be a fool
You are my all in all

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame
Rising again I bless Your name
You are my all in all
When I fall down You pick me up
When I am dry You fill my cup
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name

You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord, to give up I’d be a fool
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Worthy is Your name
Worthy is Your name 

This song immediately popped into my head when I saw the word Weak was our word prompt for the day.
It’s funny you know.
The older I get the more I realize that God is my strength.
When I was young I knew that God could move mountains if he so desired.
I knew this.
I didn’t count on it though.
I counted on my strength and ability to see me through by the end of the day.
But as I mature… I’m a whole 51 years old eh… I see more of God in action.
As  he helps me through a day when I feel grumpy because my body is yelling at me.
His strength keeps me from yelling at the lad or making hubby feel horrid just because I do.
Knowing that he has my back helps me from feeling discouraged when an highly anticipated litter of bunnies proves to not come about, or dies, or a possum gets into the rabbitry and wrecks havoc. 
These small things help me to rest secure when bigger things happens like church closures and job searches begin.   
I can’t say that I always rest easy (because that would be a lie) but it helps me to rest more secure that in the end, God will work it out.

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This is a five minute friday post 
Hosted by Dear Miss Kate. 
Today the word prompt is Weak. 
Five minute free write.
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Thoughts on being …. safe

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Thoughts on Being
Guarded
Protected
Strong walls
Words
Hugs
Cocoon
Shelter
Love
Challenge
Guidance
Learning
Community
Tended
Watched
Minded full well
Guided risks
A haven
Time given
Boundaries
Rules
Laws
A shield
Made
Delivered 
Loved
Sacrifice
Risen
Safe
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This is a five minute friday post
Hosted by Dear Miss Kate.
Today the word prompt is Safe.  
Five minute free write.
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Refine: seeing God as Lord more clearly

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As soon as I saw the word refine this chorus popped into my head.

Refiner’s fire
My heart’s one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for You, Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for You, my Master

Ready to do Your will

You know what refining does right?
If you work at a refinery you are busy taking all the unwanted materials out of another material.  Making it clean, pure, just that one material.
As believers we are constantly being refined by the Lord God.  
Drawn in to be more like him, more able to see HIM, more able to see our separation, more able to turn away from our sin, more able to recognize God as the Lord of everything.
Can we say the process is easy?
No.. it’s hard.
It’s VERY hard at times.
Seeing how much we have left to chip away, not us doing the chipping, but the Lord himself.
Knowing he does so with care for our very selves.
Giving us life circumstances that challenge us, break us, wound us, and up lift us, helping us to challenge each other, helping us to see the joy that it is to be more like the one who loves us deeply.
Ah… this is good… to see that love and care he takes for us.
Remember that..
Remember it when you are being refined.  It’s only for our own good.
AND
It is done by one who loves us deeply.
And that matters.
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This is a five minute friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  Today the word is REFINE.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always welcome.


Won’t You See the Real Me?

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Tonight as I write this post for the Five Minute word prompt, I’m feeling broken inside.
Broken and kinda hollow.  Wondering how will I do the word Connect. 

Especially when I am feeling like…

I just want to be loved and accepted for who I am…by more than my man and son.   And so often I feel like I’m not…that somehow I’m always found wanting.

But oh…how they treasure me.   Their treasuring of me lifts my soul up and feeds me heart with gratitude and yes.. total SURPRISE.  They love me!!! 

Even if I annoy them and frustrate them and drive them insane.

They love me and accept me for who I am.

They know my heart.

They are connected to the who I am.
Not the who they think I aught to be.. but the who I am RIGHT NOW.

It’s a big difference.

They see my foibles, and work around them.
They see my joys and are excited by them.
They lift me in ways they don’t always even know.

Why.
Because WE are connected.

And that I think is what really makes the difference you know?
They are so connected me.  We are us.   You get one of us.. you get the rest.   Just the way it is.

So when I ponder this question:
Why do families hurt and wound?

I wonder if perhaps, it’s that lack of connection.  That lack of not really seeing each other.

Because sometimes I think we are so busy looking for what we expect or want from each other or only seeing past hurts that we fail to see the person standing right in front of us.

We are lacking that connection to the real.  To real “you are here with me now person”.

Jesus did that you know.  He connected to the real you are here with me now person.   See Thomas and his doubt.  The woman at the well.   His own momma.

Jesus lacked what the rest of us are steeped in… the sin.  that inborn selfish that pervades all of our actions.  It’s a stain that is dreadful.  It is.

So sin didn’t influence his thoughts or his actions.   He could just connect with the person right there, just as they were.   And not only see them as they were but also see their potential to be more.

Sometimes, especially on days that I hurt, I just want him to come back.  To see him.  To have his light wash away it all.   To remove tetchiness and  dust-ups and sorrow and misunderstandings.

(Even though I really really want to see my lad grow up to be the man of God I think he will be).

A wee bit longer it took to write this than five minutes (wrote and changed, wrote and changed) but hey….you all will forgive me now won’t you?   🙂

Okay some of the rules here.
1. Five minutes to write.
2. it’s a free write which means you aren’t supposed to spend a whack of time editing.  Just write on the word prompt.
3. Dear Miss Kate provides the word prompt.  You can find her blog here.
4. write a post, link it up, then go and encourage the person who went on before you as encouragement is the name of the game and the SOUL of this community (and you wouldn’t want to let us down eh?)

Now????

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This word, admittedly, has me feeling a bit flummoxed.  What do I do with the word now????   So what do I do when I’m flummoxed… let the lines and thoughts flow through my head and see where they take me.

Now?
Says a lad when asked to do something
NOW?
Can it wait?
Does it have to be done at this exact moment
or can it wait?
It’s a good question.
A question I’ve been needing to ponder.
As I recover from being ill
for so very long.
The question I need to ask is
Can it wait?
Does it have to be done NOW???
And often the answer is no.
It doesn’t have to done RIGHT NOW.
but
sometimes
It does.
And then when just simply does it.
Whether it’s convenient
Or exhausting
Or desired.
Sometimes
the laundry MUST be done
Sometimes
Food MUST be cooked.
Sometimes
Hugs must be given.
Sometimes
One boy child needs a DQ Blizzard for
being ever so very helpful.
Sometimes
Now is 
NOW!
And that brings me to five minutes. 
That actually wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be.  🙂
Funny how that works… and it often does for these FUN five minute word prompt posts that are brought our way by Dear Miss Kate.   Today the word prompt is now.
So why not hop in and join us.   Just write for five minutes, link up and then encourage those who have gone on before.  🙂

Five Minute Friday: Joy

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As I sit here this morning pondering the word joy, 
outside my window (past the cat sitting in my way) I see snow.
I wish you could have seen him yesterday when the snow starting falling.
Sitting on his sofa watching the snow come down.   Doing his strange meowing that he does when something excites or interests him.
Then Hubby left to go do some work at the church.
The meowing changed.
He was distraught.
He paced and walked the house.  Checking every room.
Then hubby came back.
Contentment.
A quick jump up, a soft petting, and gentle purr.
Then back to sitting in his spot, watching the snow, with his excited “meows”.
Isn’t that how joy is fully expressed?
Joy is more than happiness.   Joy is happiness contained within something.
For this cat, for this Chase…joy is my hubby and snow falling.
What is your joy? 
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Five minute Friday was started by Lisa, and then continued by Miss Kate.  You can find her at her blog Heading home.   Every week she posts a word prompt.  This week the word is JOY. 
The rules are simple  Free write on word prompt for five minutes (more or less).  Link up.  Then go and encourage those who have gone on before.    Simple enough eh?  🙂   Join us won’t you?

What I Crave

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When I saw this word prompt this morning you know what popped into my head?

Yup.   Tootsie rolls.
The local dollarama sells 2, 2 packs for $1.   This is not a good thing.

When I am ill, or tired, or grumpy, or just generally out of sorts, this is what I crave.

I also crave other things like doritos, Mr. Big chocolate bars, and hickory sticks.   But mostly… Tootsie rolls.

I’ve been sick a lot these past two months.  Cold, flu, pneumonia, generalized exhaustion, and persistent cough.j

ALL that weight I lost (to help with my overall health)…. well…it’s kinda crept back because… As much as I love tootsie rolls…they certainly like to stick around.

I will have work to do again eh?

I really really need to learn how to get my comfort in other ways.
From reading scripture, to talking with friends, to just relaxing with my family…. but what do I do?
I want a tootsie roll.

How does one break that cycle?  
Especially when one doesn’t feel well and the whole world feels like ick because well “I” feel like ick?

I know it doesn’t help that my hubby is the same way… he loves his pastries when he’s ill/tired/out of sorts just like I love my tootsie rolls…

It does sometimes confound me though.   God calls me to be BEYOND my temptations.   But this one… this one I don’t know how to beat.

Thoughts?

This has been a five minute Friday post, word prompt provided by Miss Kate.
It’s a quick five minute free write.  No editing or fussing about.  Just writing on a given prompt.
Then linking up and encouraging those who have gone on before.
Join us won’t you?