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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Makes its final farewells and vanishes.....never to return, never to be re-done, living on only in our memories and dreams. It's been a year fuller than I ever could have imagined. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's been full of <b>hardship </b>- <i>and I've learned that God is faithful</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's been full of <b>joy </b>- <i>and I've been reminded that God is so good</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's been full of <b>memories </b>- <i>and I understand more fully the value of family and friends</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's been full of <b>mistakes </b>- <i>and I've seen that God still accepts me even when I'm a failure</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's been full of <b>growing </b>- <i>and God's shown me that pain and hardship are what grows me the quickest</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's been full of <b>wonder </b>- <i>and I hope that the little things never lose their meaning</i></span><br />
<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It's a year I will never forget.....a year that will forever be deeply imprinted on my heart and mind.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> Looking ahead to 2015 is daunting. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Terrifying. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><i>Breathtakingly exciting.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">I know that God has a year planned that is full of the marvelous, mysterious, awe-inspiring course that He has for my life. <i>And for your life.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">My prayer for this next year is that my faith grows in leaps and bounds and that I am able to embrace whatever is ahead with open arms and a willing heart. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Not just willing. </span><br />
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Ten years ago, our family............</div>
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met this family.</div>
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Right from the start, we just clicked. You know how that works? Some families come into your life and then fade out, and others stick. They stay. Sometimes........forever.</div>
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This boy.</div>
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At twelve years old, he made me crazy. I was far too high and mighty for my own good, and thought he was ridiculous and immature. </div>
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<i>But man, he had long eyelashes. </i></div>
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Years passed, and we did everything together. Literally.</div>
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Rode horses..............</div>
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Shot guns.....</div>
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Butchered chickens..........<br />
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Attended political rallies and took weird pictures with weird people.......</div>
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Had water gun fights........</div>
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And whipped cream fights.......</div>
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Moved hay........</div>
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Swam in lakes (and took more weird pictures).......</div>
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Birthed baby horses...........<br />
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I took pictures and he drew them......<br />
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And somewhere, somehow over the years, the boy grew up.........into quite a man.<br />
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<i>Chaser after God.</i><br />
<i>And blessed with one seriously awesome set of hands.</i><br />
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Slowly, almost imperceptibly, I came to rely on this man.....for everything. I wanted his opinions, his approval, his humor - but most of all, I just wanted him. Anything we did was never complete to me unless he was along. </div>
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Two weeks ago, to my utter shock and complete delight, I found out that he kind of liked having me around, too :) He asked to court me with the intention of marriage, and after finding my tongue again, I said yes!!</div>
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I'm still slightly in a state of disbelief, but it's becoming more and more real each day.<br />
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And even wrote LOVE on a wall in Wickenburg! :D<br />
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<i>And the man still has such long eyelashes :)</i></div>
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Well, I'm leaving.................for about ten days. Then I'll be back! To keep bugging you! :D<br /><br />Tomorrow I go up to Prescott for our annual church Family Camp (YAY!) and then on Monday, I fly to Texas to work the World Show for a farm from Oregon (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!)!! It's going to be busy, crazy, exhausting, and amazing. </div>
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If any of you think of it, I would love prayer over the week I am in Texas. God has really opened a lot of doors for me to talk to others about Him..........lots of different circumstances and hurting people. My prayer is that I would just be filled with love for others, that He will shine through me, and that in spite of my fears, insecurities, and inadequacies, He will still use me to influence these people. My tendency is to be too "careful" - at the expense of saying what needs to be said. I desperately need wisdom and boldness. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There once lived a man who influenced lives. <i>Profoundly</i>. More than he ever knew or imagined. He influenced them for good.........for God.........he saved lives, was used to save souls, brought hope, and gave others a glimpse at what a real, living, loving relationship with Christ is really like. Against his desire, he became a sort of superstar, and yet he was never fully understood.<br /><br />He attracted crowds not because of some watered down Gospel message put to trashy music, but because he unashamedly proclaimed the hard truths of the Bible...the truths people need to hear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">He was loved by children because he never expected them to be adults - he took them at face value.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was first introduced to Rich's music probably almost 10 years ago, and was instantly captivated by it. For a long time, though, I played it, listened to it, learned about him because that's what my friends did.......and it wasn't until recently that I came to love Rich for him. For his heart, his music, his realness. He had a closeness with God that I envy.......a childlike faith and trust in His promises. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">17 years ago today, he died.........and I. Can't. Wait. to meet him someday. To tell him how much he influenced my life....how much his openness about his struggles encouraged me, and how much his love for God spurred mine on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But for now, today gives me an excuse to share some of my favorites of his songs, quotes, stories, and concerts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You keep your television on, you surround yourself with friends, but you're scared of God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom. Never lose your reverence for Him. God is nothing to be joking about, but perfect love casts out fear.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What I want you to know about God is, He ain't waiting to whip you. All God's wanting to do, right now He's ready, you don't have to wait, because what He wants to do, before you can even get to His house, He wants to run out and wrap His arms around you, take you up and swing you around in the air. He wants to take the ring off His finger and put it on yours. And then He will call to have the fatted calf killed. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know what He'll do with those ridiculous vegetarians. But He is not nearly as hung up about cholesterol as we are. He knows something is going to kill you, He figures it may as well be something tasty. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Friends, don't be afraid to go home. The Heavenly Father is waiting. Not because He wants to give you a whipping. Not because He wants to rub your nose in your failures, but because He had a Son who was a composite failure. He had a Son who tried to have this great ministry, had thousands of followers. His Son chose for Himself, He had twelve people on His staff. In three years' time He had managed to alienate every person in one way or another. He died His Father's Son, stricken with grief, so overloaded with guilt that He had to look away, His Father could not look at Him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"By the waters of Babylon we lay down and wept and we remembered thee Zion for our captors required of us songs, saying, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' But how can we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Which is a good question because what land have we ever been in that wasn't foreign?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It starts out so beautifully and then at the end of that psalm, the last verse of that psalm is, "How very blessed is the man who dashes their little ones' heads against the rocks." This is not the sort of scripture you read at a pro-life meeting. But it's in there nonetheless.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Which is the thing about the Bible... that's why it always cracks me up when people say, "Well, in 'du du du du du du du duh, it says..." You kinda go, "Wow! It says a lot of things in there!" Proof-texting is a very, very dangerous thing. I think if we were given the Scriptures, it was not so that we could prove that we were right about everything. If we were given the Scriptures, it was to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And the rest of it, it's so funny being a Christian musician. It always scares me when I talk to you guys and you guys think so highly of Christian music, contemporary Christian music especially. Because I kinda go, I know a lot of us, and we don't know jack about anything. Not that I don't want you to buy our records and come to our concerts. I sure do. But you should come for entertainment. If you really want spiritual nourishment, you should go to church.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Those people care about you, and you don't have to buy a ticket. If you really want spiritual nourishment, you should read the Scriptures. It'll confuse you to death practically, but you're gonna die anyway, so why not go out doing something good?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And I'm all the time being asked by people, "How do you feel closer to God?" And I kinda always want to say, "I don't know." When I read the lives of most of the great saints, they didn't necessarily feel very close to God. When I read the Psalms, I get the feeling like David and the other psalmists felt very far from God for most of the time. Closeness to God is not about feelings. Closeness to God is about obedience. It's just as simple as that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And he said, "Oh, I didn't." He said, "In fact, the only reason I <b>got</b> married was because I wasn't ready. If I had known what I was in for I would have run screaming from the room."</span></span><br />
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<pre><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't resist the work of God in your life by asking for an easy life. If you live really good, folks, you'll get older. I guarantee you that, you will get older.
It's amazing to me to see pictures of my grandparents, when they were kids, and how handsome, and pretty and everything they were, and bright looking. And then seeing them when they were very, very old, I never would have connected the two. Life had beat them beyond recognition, in many ways. They had arthritis, they had cornea dystrophy. Eventually they died, and we all are gonna do that sooner or later.
And if you live really good, you will be beaten. If you really try to walk in faith, you will fall. You will stumble. If you believe that your life in Christ is one constant spiral upward, then you are badly
mistaken. And if you think it's heretical to say, then read the lives of the apostles. Their lives were blemished, their track records were not particularly good.
If you try to have faith, you will be attacked by doubts you never knew you were capable of. But you keep on believing, even if you fall, even if you struggle with doubts, you keep on believing. And if you live a life that is marked by hope, by the belief that God is good, and there is goodness in the world that awaits us, you'll be disappointed. You'll be crushed, even, sometimes. <i>The Scriptures say hope deferred makes the heart grow sick. You're gonna have a sick heart. But you keep on hoping.</i> And if you choose to love, you will be misunderstood, you will be betrayed, you will be rejected by the people who most desperately need the love you have to offer. And remember that when you try to
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<i>We are blemished people, and in order to love anybody, in any way, we have to expose that part of us that we'd rather keep hidden. Our own selfishness, our own fears, our own hangups, and it's embarrassing. So humiliating. But you keep on loving.</i></span></span></pre>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-2985113911262644552014-09-14T22:48:00.001-07:002014-09-14T22:48:18.165-07:00Restored Joy<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the past couple months, I've been really, really down. Struggling with faith, fighting to love and understand love, emotionally unstable, so very down on myself........it hasn't been fun. A dry spell, I've heard it called. Mine would have been more like a wet spell - I cry a lot. And I sincerely apologize to those of you who have had to put up with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I've been praying about it all.....really praying. Begging God to reveal His love to me, to help me understand my faith in greater detail and that that would help me become more content. Quite honestly, I've been self absorbed. Absorbed in trying to figure out what's wrong, trying to figure out how to fix it, realizing I can't fix it, and trying to figure out how or what to pray so that God fixes it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Time's gone on, and slowly things have gotten better, but I hadn't really realized how much better. The Bible once again has become so dear to me, I no longer feel "fake" having conversations about God with people, I'm more trusting....more content. But I couldn't pinpoint what had changed, or put my finger on what was different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then today it hit me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Someone said something during church that started a series of chain reactions in my brain.....leading me to realize that God did exactly what I had been praying for. And I didn't even know exactly what I was praying for!! Romans 8:26 came so true for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Lik<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">ewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us w</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">ith groanings which cannot be uttered."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the past couple weeks, God has brought a couple different people and situations into my life that have forced me to share my faith and search through Scripture in a way different from anything I've had to do. For the first time, I've been counseling a dear friend through some very rough stuff....things I've never experienced, and it's driven me to Christ. In order to send her verses, to be able to speak truth into her life, I've had to fully realize that truth for myself. He's put things in my path and exposed me to things (unpleasant things, albeit) that have left me realizing how incredibly inadequate and unqualified I am.....and how perfectly sufficient and comforting the Word is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And so, slowly but surely, without me even noticing it, God has turned my focus back to Him, restored my joy, and made me so grateful! It's amazing the things that can happen when one gets their eyes off of themselves and onto living for others.</span></span><br />
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Have you had this happen to you? I most certainly have..........when you get to know a person, and the more their beautiful personality comes out, the more you wonder how you ever thought them plain....how you never saw the beauty in their laugh, their thoughtfulness, their love and exuberance for life. Or maybe their gentleness, kindness, and ability to empathize.<br />
Whatever it may be, your personality makes you who you are. Not only in action, but in appearance as well.<br />
The most tasteful outfit can never camouflage a scuzzy heart, and the frumpiest outfit can never hide a beautiful one.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-2978915193126474832014-08-21T17:31:00.000-07:002014-08-21T17:31:02.118-07:00:) :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-35849035926080278352014-08-18T22:20:00.003-07:002014-08-18T22:20:47.750-07:00Some quotes :)So that plan to start posting my little quotes again regularly?? Fail!! But here's to a new start. Better late than never, right?<br />
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Last night, Mom asked me to read an article she had seen going around on Facebook and give her my thoughts on it.....an article titled something along the lines of "Why Courtship Is Fundamentally Flawed." Without diving too deeply into the overall ludicrousness of the arguments he laid out and the solutions he proposed, there was one thing that caught my attention.<br />
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According to this man, he has "recently seen a spike in divorce rates among 'courtship couples'". (<i>Interesting - I've noticed a spike in divorce rates amongst 'dating couples' as well.....)</i><br />
Then came the punch line:<br />
<i>"The whole point of courtship was to have a happy marriage, not a high divorce rate."</i><br />
WRONG! Happy marriages can come out of courtships or dating scenarios....as can a divorce; that's not the point.<br />
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I read that sentence to Mom, and her comment hit me.<br />
She said, "You know - a happy marriage isn't based so much on what process you went through before the wedding day. It's based on two people who are completely and entirely committed......not just to staying married; there's lots of people who are just committed to stay married no matter what, and that causes nothing but two miserable people.<i> It takes two people who are committed to working through things and having a *good* marriage, no matter what.</i>"<br />
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That's a huge distinction. One I'd never really thoroughly processed before.<br />
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Of course you don't get divorced - that was just a given for me. But a good marriage is so, so much more than that. It's two people completely given over to God and each other, purposing to work through problems, grow, and love.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-67308738400663674122014-08-02T00:23:00.000-07:002014-08-02T00:23:41.012-07:00Confusion<i>"How does a creature know the desire of the Creator?</i><br />
<i>How does a finite mind decipher the infinite?</i><br />
<i>Can a mortal human truly know the will of an eternal God?</i><br />
<i>Lately I feel like a tiny little chess piece on the vast playing board of life.....surrounded by my fellow men and soldiers, all pressing towards a common goal. From where I stand, hemmed in with limited vision, I cannot tell what my next move should be. A pawn on my left cries out, 'Move forward!'; a bishop to my right whispers, 'Stay put.' But they are mere playing pieces as well, their perspective limited by their low vantage point. </i><br />
<i>And yet, there is a strong and unseen hand guiding my moves - One who has the best perspective, and who can see the whole board. He directs me faithfully, confidently, rightly.....because His way is always best."</i><br />
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That truly sums up my thought life lately.......to narrow it down to one word, I would say - confusion.<br />
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<i>A deep, real uncertainty about God's will for me.</i><br />
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Many factors have gone into it.....life's been rough these past couple weeks. The possible upcoming move has brought with it a whole slew of crazy, unfamiliar emotions, and when you mix those with the circus act that we call everyday life, plus add in unforeseen tragedies and personal struggles, well, I guess I just start to doubt and question. </div>
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I get emotionally overwhelmed and don't understand why.....I become afraid.....afraid to love, to open up, to be hurt again.......I build walls...masks.....anything I feel will aid me in my self-protection. As time and again my defenses fail me, I become desperate, withdrawing quicker and reinforcing the fortress of my battered heart only to find that eventually, one can only retreat so far and hide so long.<br />
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It all began last Thursday with the set-up for the 2014 AFHE Homeschool Conference. For the first time, I had a booth there to advertise my photography, and man was it awesome!! Tons of interest, lots of business cards given out, and so much encouragement.......combine that with other amazing friends, giggles, chocolate, and marshmallow gun wars - it was something else! Here's a couple quick pictures from that.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had too much time on our hands, made an epic dark-chocolate-kiss star, and got countless compliments on it!! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> After a jam packed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I had a nice break on Sunday, then headed out bright and early Monday morning to photograph a wedding. Yup, a wedding! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! My first one!! I was second shooting for Jocelyn Klotz of <a href="http://www.joscephotography.com/" target="_blank">www.JoscePhotography.com </a>and I honestly couldn't have enjoyed it more. The night before, I was so nervous that I felt sick, but it ended up going so smoothly and I came away with some of my favorite shots to date. You're going to have to wait to see them till Mrs. Klotz posts hers, though....then I'll put up mine :) </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">Shooting a wedding was even more exhausting than I'd imagined.....mentally and physically draining. But it was also so much better and so much more rewarding than I'd expected. My absolute favorite time was when Mrs. Klotz and I got about an hour alone with the bride and groom just wandering around their property and documenting their love. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever been a part of. Seeing their love for each other, their focus on Christ, and the joy they were so full of was amazing all by itself........but getting to photograph it? What an indescribable privilege!<br />I could do a whole bunch more weddings like that! </span><br />
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Sitting around on the front porch, drinking sweet tea, and flipping back and forth from having discussions about serious things like God's will and how it works in our life to silly conversations where we laugh our heads off....ordinary? Yes. But with special people....extraordinary. </div>
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<a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/105039028321976078222" target="_blank">+David Ronsick</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/109482426262289029235" target="_blank">+Josiah Tech</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115980522142601781188" target="_blank">+A Hoody</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101430324568634939904" target="_blank">+Brennan Coccimiglio</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/100851565096389743766" target="_blank">+Macy Coccimiglio</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/102676676763033326001" target="_blank">+Jasmine Ruigrok</a>, and of course <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/112435952255154039030" target="_blank">+Anna Dales</a> & <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/100244463296917200467" target="_blank">+Jessie Dales</a> ....</div>
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Truth is, I've been doing some deep thinking, praying, and soul searching recently, and as such, have been in a generally somber mood. The next few quotes in my folder are all silly and slightly sarcastic ones, and I'm having a hard time posting them when, quite honestly, I don't feel like being silly or sarcastic.<br />
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I love this because I believe it's so true......we are blessed with so many little miracles that reminds us of the truth and existence of God!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-22292122220121491792014-06-08T07:24:00.001-07:002014-06-08T08:09:16.227-07:00Early MorningsGetting up at 5AM these past few mornings has made me realize how many beautiful hours of the day I normally waste by sleeping!!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-38809501271108639482014-05-31T15:08:00.001-07:002014-05-31T15:08:25.426-07:00Minions!Cause they're so CUTE!!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-41893201293088285222014-05-29T22:13:00.003-07:002014-05-29T22:13:38.464-07:00Marriage, Photography, and more..........Happy Friday Eve!! Ha! I've not been doing so good about keeping up on posting my quotes lately. Hopefully I'll fix that over the next week or so! For now, here's a bunch of random ones........since they're arranged in my folder in alphabetical order, sometimes a bunch of similar ones end up together.<br />
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The theme of the evening? Marriage & photography.....plus more. Told you it was random ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, so true.<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Couldn't be said more perfectly.........your photographs reflect your worldview.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ugh, I hear this ALL. THE. TIME. Never responded quite like this, though.......</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe not always true, but funny nonetheless :D</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Comparing marriage to music.............does it get any more lovely than that?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Girls - remember this.<br />Lisa - remember this.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-40919496631155974432014-05-28T09:23:00.001-07:002014-05-28T09:23:17.141-07:00Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-64258089387575931432014-05-18T17:30:00.000-07:002014-05-18T17:30:01.380-07:00Dreaming of a cabin..........It's so hot. I'm ready to leave.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-31132388333319444802014-05-17T14:32:00.003-07:002014-05-17T14:32:55.300-07:00Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-54144677192333256602014-05-16T12:39:00.000-07:002014-05-16T12:39:05.817-07:00Friday Fun :) :) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is me. Totally. If I'm giving you a hard time, it means I really like you :) :) :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029678938751701830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135205347987814583.post-5598747818336626132014-05-14T17:54:00.000-07:002014-05-14T17:54:45.259-07:00BlushSo, it's a known fact that I'm a bit of a good old-fashioned sap. I love knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, curls and red lips and dashing heroes.<br />
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But more than that, I love the message behind this song.<br />
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I had it sent to me by a dear friend quite some time ago, but never sat down and listened to it till last night. To say I was blown away would be an understatement. I was enthralled. For every reason I can think of, this song became my favorite. For the timeless (yet oft forgotten) message of chivalry, of innocent maidens, of love that could wait a long, long time, of true romance and Victorian style courtesy......all put to one of the most moving and beautiful melodies I've heard in a long time. They do an amazing job of portraying romance in an extremely beautiful and healthy way, and yet not taking away from the mystery and wonder and rapture of true love.<br />
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