Thanksgiving Day Theme Song

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The Super Lord Reigns

Isa. 50:4-5a

"The Sovereign LORD has given me His words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning He wakens me and opens my understanding to His will. The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened."

Grabbed by these verses today, I began to imagine and to ponder. . .then did some hurried research about the word "Sovereign," after noticing the word "reign" inside the larger word.  Have I seen that before?  I do not remember, but it captivated me.

Theme Song Thursday

Not sure why, but this is one of my favorite Christmas carols, and I LOVE Johnny Cash singing it.  (Sorry Mom)

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Challenge Completed

Whew!  I almost forgot to finish my final writing assignment; I had a draft started, but did not make a note to go back and complete it.

With the busyness of Thanksgiving and holiday preparation, I'm not shocked that I forgot, but I am surprised.

Theme Song Thursday

Had a lovely coffee date with a dear friend yesterday, and we spoke of running like this.  This is a re-posted song, but still a great favorite and timely.


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Revive

June and July have been fabulously full of fun, learning opportunities.

After our adventure with Revive Northwest Indiana, my intention was to summarize that "summer school course."

You regular readers know that I have not chronicled our time in Lake County.  As I dreaded might happen, the passing time since then has gathered many of my memories and stolen them away.

I absolutely LOVED going out into the community to pray with people.  I absolutely LOVED listening to Holy Spirit's leading as to where to go and who to talk with.  I absolutely LOVED being part of a team of people whom I had never met before and who, by the end of our morning or afternoon outing were like family to me.  I absolutely LOVED the worship, the fellowship over meals, the prayer, the testimonies and the genuineness of Time to Revive's team.

So what lasting impact did it make upon me?  I feel like I am much more bold to talk to people than ever before.  I love the fact that I can now easily present the Gospel to someone using the tools (wristband and Bible), if that's where the person is on their journey to God. I was blessed and encouraged to see and to hear Holy Spirit respected, consulted, listened to and taught upon. Practicing hearing God's voice and then walking in faith according to what was heard is always a bonus as well.  

Love. Listen. Discern. Respond.  Four great steps for all of our interpersonal relationships!


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Theme Song Thursday on Friday:)

LOVE THIS!!!  Soak and enjoy, friends.


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Merry Theme Song Thursday Christmas!!!

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Theme Song Thursday

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Theme Song Thusday

Hebrews 13:5-6 NLT

Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”

It's like this:  the circumstances of life are just a video game, an interactive movie in which we have choices as to how we respond.  The truth of my life is that He is.  Everything.  Always was.  Always is.  Always will be.  Always with me.  Will never fail me.  Will never abandon me.  Is my helper.  Perfect love.  More than enough.  Good.  Truth.  Giver of perfect gifts.  Above every other name in Heaven or on earth.  King of Kings.  Lord of Lords.  Redeemer.  Friend.  Savior.  God with me.  Healer.  Comforter.  Counselor.  Teacher.  Restorer.  Transformer.

Lord,You rearrange me.  You make all things new again.  I need my mind, will and emotions to be renewed and transformed.

"You can have it all, Lord.  Every part of my world.  Take this life and breathe on, this heart that is now yours."

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Theme Song Thursday

 You can have it all, Lord, every part of my world.  Take this life and breathe on this heart that is now Yours!


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Theme Song Thursday

You hide, I want to find you
Go, and I will follow you
I want to be where you are
As You move, I’m right beside you, love
Oh, I’m running after you
I want to be where You are

Chorus:
I’m Chasing You, I’m so in love
Captivated, I just can’t get enough
I’ll spend my days, Running after Your heart

Your heart, Your heart, Whoa
I’m Chasing You, with all my love
Captivated, I just cant get enough
I’ll spend my days, Running after Your heart
Your heart, Your heart, Whoa

Verse 2:
Heart, You’ve won me heart and soul
And where You lead I’ll go
I want to be where You are
From the moment I rise to the moment I sleep
My affection is for you, and even as I dream
I want to know you, I’m after Your heart

Bridge:
This life, this love, was always meant to be
A wild, crazy adventure discovering
The thrill, the rush, the more of You I see
The more it leaves me wanting
You’re everything
You’re everything

Written by Jenn Johnson, Gabriel Wilson,
Ian McIntosh, Daniel MacKenzie
© 2013 Bethel Music Publishing (ASCAP)
/Jesus Culture Music (ASCAP).
All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission

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Instead

Well, yes, I should be cleaning right this very moment. Of course I WAS planning to do so over an hour ago, BEFORE I had to troubleshoot the printer problems that everyone seems to be having today. . .AHEM!

Whilst accomplishing the things I could do while awaiting the various fixes to take place, (which as it turns out were all NO GOOD, except for the winner:  restarting the modem), I opened a spreadsheet on Google Drive and realized that I did not share this most excellent idea for "large" families who exchange names and gift lists at Christmas time.  If that is you, read on.  If not, it's up to you.

Lost and Out of Synch

   Finally ran again today for the first time in over 4 weeks; actually I think I did run one day in there, but decided afterward to sit it out a bit longer.  May this experience be the convincing proof that running in broken down shoes is simply NOT an acceptable money saving technique!

   The run was a good beginning to this week in which I intend to find the path again and to synch

ThanksChristgivingmas

Three of My Favorite Things

  1) Running between 6:15 am and 7:00 am at this time of year.

  2) The Magical Mistical Morning Mist that lies over the fields and reminds me of my beloved Camp Tecumseh.

  3) The pungent smell of corn thickly blanketing the air.

  Simple pleasures, grateful heart, experiencing the goodness of my Heavenly Daddy here in rural Indiana!


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  Success!  After 2 weeks of adding an extra run day, I still feel great and have no negative physical side effects.  Wow!  I am absolutely thrilled.  I believe the secret to my success came as an inspired thought 2 weeks ago and which I mentioned in an earlier post:  Jeff Galloway's run/walk method to the rescue.  I am finding that mixing it up with the run 1 minute/walk 1 minute on one of my back-to-back days is fun and energizing.  My dear hubbie had said he thought I could run 6 days a week and suffer no ill-effects.  This morning near the end of my run,  I found myself dreaming about adding a long run back into the mix (run/walk style) and perhaps a 5th day of running, also.  My biggest challenge will be to add new things slowly and patiently.

  If you are reading this thinking that you cannot relate, I'd like to challenge you to go and read about Galloway's method and then just give it a go.  There are so many benefits to running alongside of the physical benefits, like time to think, time to hear from God and much more.  If you'd like to follow my running path just click on the "running" label at the bottom of the page.  I think you will like running!

  I have made it through lesson 22 of my Pre-Calculus review lessons with 9 more to go.  Then I will need to start other home education prep for the coming school year, although I am not completely certain what is left to do.  I think it is not very much, though.

  With all the kiddos in camp, it is very quiet here.  The days still fly quickly by and so far, I am wondering why I am not accomplishing more.  

  I have a stack of 5 books alongside of my "Trim Healthy Mamas" book to read.  The majority of those books are related to serving on not-for-profit boards.  Hopefully I will glean some helpful information from those books.  I know that the THM book is incredibly helpful to me.  So far I have noticed that my emotions and energy levels are much more balanced.  I want to start taking some measurements to track my progress, as well as to finish reading the book and to insert tabs to help me quickly find what I am seeking.

  These days of change and new things that Doug Addison has been declaring are creating expectation inside of me.  I can hardly wait to see what happens.

What new thing have you been exploring lately?  What are you looking forward to most in the coming weeks of summer?


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Credit Where Credit is Due

  Because it happens so infrequently, I MUST give credit where credit is due:

   TODAY I experienced a genuine shining moment in customer service via a tech support person with American Family On-line.  As a skoshe of context I will tell you that we purchased an internet safety filter from them about a month or so ago and installed the filter on our "school" computer.  This weekend I finally tackled removing a different filter from our daughter's laptop (took way longer than necessary) and installing the AFO Firefilter.  Unfortunately something went awry in the installation, and as instructed, I called tech support; I left my phone number and a message, without much hope of hearing back from them.  I had not had a bad experience with AFO tech support, just with tech support in general.  Overall it's been about 75% bad vs. 25% good/excellent.  Early this evening I did receive a phone call from AFO tech support and within 10 minutes, at the most, everything was working!  

  Alongside of that glowing testimony in regard to their tech support, I must say that so far I am very pleased with their Firefilter.  Our kids do not complain nearly as often as they did about our other internet filter, although sometimes they are annoyed that they cannot access a web site when they try it once, and then it's accessible the next time they try to visit the site.  It seems great to me that this filter catches things on usually appropriate web sites and blocks the site as long as the objectionable material is there.  I do not believe that a filter alone is enough to protect our kids on-line, but I do appreciate a filter that does what I want it to do.

   A second recommendation:

  I've read it and am provoked; also reckoning on resultant transformation, I am.



  What recommendations do you have to offer these days? 


Minding the Minutia  


  March is rapidly running away to April.  Pondering spring weather's arrival amidst the 8 inches or so of late spring snow has germinated new goals:  run one more day plus add at least one day of brisk walking a week to my exercise therapy.  It also produced a remembrance of  uncompleted school preparation details.  Two revised assignment sheets and a weekly "to do list" later, and I am motivated and pleased with my progress.  

  A second play and our 2nd daughter's high school graduation loom large upon our spring landscape.  These relatively quiet days of early spring will give way to a torrent of events and activities as summer nears and then rushes over us.  In the midst of this future and all other minutia, because of who I am, I cannot at present see the breakthrough that I believe is coming.  I am asking for faith like Abraham when he believed God, despite his circumstances.  Though I cannot hear or see at present what it is that I "was made to do," I will continue to believe I will one day understand and will continue to do what is in front of me.  ~ Looking to Jesus for He is my peace. 
 
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Whine and Cheese

Please, grab your favorite cheese and pull up a seat -- I will provide the "whine."

Tidings of Comfort and Joy+

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anankkml

/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

 Not many days left now until Christmas 2012!  Celebrating Christ's birth is one of my very favorite engagements of each year.  At present our world pines for the comfort, joy, peace and