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Psalm 86:17 reads:"Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me". (KJV)Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-58093637165490556142019-08-30T16:53:00.002-04:002019-08-30T16:53:55.446-04:00Back- Five Minute Friday<i>Wow! This is the first Five Minute Friday I've actually posted on a Friday in I don't know how long. I felt inspired to write out some proclamations.</i><br />
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-4135082871237829342019-08-26T15:55:00.001-04:002019-08-26T15:55:19.487-04:00Pace-Five Minute Friday<i>This week's prompt is defined as consistent and continuous speed in walking, running, or moving.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Consistent and continuous are the keys. They are also challenging when trotting laps around an arena on a horse. I've learned to anticipate when a horse will slow down and what to do to keep him going. After making a few laps around at the same pace, I feel good. I also know it builds endurance and stamina.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A "trick rider" is one who can ride any horse and is consistent in how they ride and getting the horse do what they want done. I'm not there yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They warmly welcomed us with beautiful guest rooms, fluffy towels, wonderful food, and their great smiles. We enjoyed catching up while prepping food in the kitchen, traveling to some new places, walking along the beach, and playing games at night.</span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-90878978478298394632019-08-09T11:50:00.000-04:002019-08-09T11:50:18.082-04:00Again-Five Minute Friday<i>I missed last week's as I really had no idea what to write for "Five" and I didn't find the time. Here I am again though. What do you find yourself returning to again and again? That is our prompt for this week.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There can be boredom in monotony and then there is comfort in the familiar. Each day, God's mercies are new. Each day His provision is abundant. AGAIN and AGAIN He has not ceased to send rain on the earth, four full length seasons, and the sun each new day.</span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-990485256167957692019-07-18T19:12:00.000-04:002019-07-18T19:12:21.867-04:00Willing- A Very Late Five Minute Friday from last week on the 12th!<i>Summer is flying by and I am just sitting down to post my thoughts with regards to last week's prompt. Are you willing to read and ask yourself the same questions?</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It still kind of boggles my mind that I found my lost earring over a week ago. It befuddles me, quite honestly only because I've found myself admitting more and more, "I know God CAN DO ALL things, but what is He WILLING TO DO?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had my fair share of disappointments, receiving not just the "wait" answer to prayers, but flat out "NO's". No to requests for physical healing for different loved ones. No to finding another place to live this year. No to both little and big requests throughout life. When you get a few no's in a row, it's not only frustrating, but disheartening.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I listened to a radio program earlier today which encouraged people to not give up on praying for different loved ones as the speaker, Eva Whittington Self prayed for her dad for 15 years to come to know the peace and love of God. At 80 years old, he finally did.</span></i></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-91866072378061634682019-07-05T17:37:00.001-04:002019-07-05T17:37:22.106-04:00Take-Five Minute Friday<i>I missed last week! First one in I don't know how long. I didn't know what to write, was pretty pooped when I did have a few minutes to myself, and so it never got done. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was bummed out. Half way through a fourth of July BBQ yesterday, I realized I lost an earring. UGH! I looked in my car and around the area I was sitting. It could have been anywhere. I looked when I got home last night. Nothing. Chances were good I wasn't going to find it anywhere. God only knows when and where I lost it. It was one of my all time favorites, worn many a time through the years. I figured I would not find it. No sense in driving myself crazy looking for it. I'd be shopping for another pair. UNTIL this morning while I was talking to a friend on the phone. I spotted it on the rug. I didn't bother to pray, but there it was. Found.</span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-59363623222949764202019-06-27T13:59:00.001-04:002019-06-27T13:59:26.783-04:00Question-A Very Late Five Minute Friday!<i>This is for last Friday's prompt on the 21st. I'm just in time before a new one tomorrow. What can I say except the last two weeks of school are really crazy! I've also been looking to buy a home which prompted my response to last week's encouragement.....</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some don't know what to ask. I'm learning I need to ask a lot before making a BIG investment. I'm learning about wells, septic, roofs, and furnaces. I'm learning all that glitters is NOT gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a powerful tool and action. It can save us a lot of heartache and money in the end. Wisdom to guide us into and onto a path of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What else can I say? Everyone needs to do their homework. It's something I hope to instill in my students, what to ask and when.</span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-88583762007437815962019-06-16T20:56:00.000-04:002019-06-16T20:56:22.556-04:00Goal- Five Minute Friday<i>Less than ten days to go until summer vacation. The list is so long for things to do before then, but I was led to write about something more challenging then just meeting the end of the school year's goals. </i><br />
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<i>Some, if not all, will invariably wonder when our final appointment is and under what circumstances. I was challenged by my friend's grandmother's legacy of faith to view this as something we should not try to control. What's you goal?</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight I went to the service of a friend's loved one who planned for sometime to do just that because she was diagnosed with MS forty five years ago. She kept drugs in a secure place to reach for when she had had enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet as time went on and she grew stronger in her faith, she got rid of the drugs and acknowledged her times were in God's hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I was inspired by the life of my friend's grandmother tonight. She lived many years beyond what doctors anticipated. Her children and grandchildren shared how she continued to do everything she could for as long as she could. She always had a smile. She was anything BUT bitter and angry. She lived a full life and gave glory to God in and through her suffering. We celebrate the newness of life and vitality she now enjoys for all eternity.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To see what others have set as goals, check out <a href="http://www.fiveminutefriday.com/">www.fiveminutefriday.com</a></i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-44078323478423937662019-06-11T20:46:00.000-04:002019-06-11T20:46:30.956-04:00Well-A Late Five Minute Friday<i>So it's the end of the school year with less than 15 days to go. Thus here I am posting late for last Friday's prompt. So many directions to go with this one. What does it mean to you?</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"We know the worth of water when the well is dry." the plaque read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of the overabundance we enjoy as believers who hold to faith in Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of the privilege I enjoyed for all four years of gathering daily in chapel at a Christian college.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of that well spring of truth and life that was presented to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of working in a secular environment where fellow believers are few and far between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of the freedoms we all enjoy as people of different faiths in America.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>John 6:68 "Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To see what is well with others, check out <a href="http://www.fiveminutefriday.com/">www.fiveminutefriday.com</a></i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-39533284070754154602019-06-02T20:11:00.003-04:002019-06-02T20:11:34.380-04:00Name- Five Minute Friday<i>I'm back! I actually missed last week to celebrate a long weekend visiting my Aunt. Returning to work on Tuesday and getting back into the swing of things left little to no time for last week's prompt "Culture." It's actually the first one I've missed in I don't know how long. So here I am with this week's new prompt.......</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Power in it. Good or bad. If someone is called "Stupid" over and over, how that can kill. BUT if someone is called "friend", "daughter", anything positive, it lifts up and empowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love that God saw to it to change many people's names. He saw something different and called into being what was lacking. He gave hope to where none had been.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Revelation 2:17 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows, but he who receives it." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To see what others have done with the "name", check out <a href="http://www.fiveminutefriday.com/">www.fiveminutefriday.com</a></i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-65807413560786698682019-05-22T17:20:00.000-04:002019-05-22T17:20:09.010-04:00Promise-A Late Five Minute Friday<i>What a busy time of year it is! I have made a promise to myself to keep with our FMF community each week and so here I am, better late than never. I could've gone in many different directions with last week's prompt. These are just some of my thoughts I wrote out yesterday.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We count on it. We count on those to come through and make good on their promise. When they don't, our apple cart is turned upside down and we're left wondering, "Now what do I do?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes it's like that with God. We think a promise means one thing and we take it literally. I recall the one about "<i>Honor your mother and father that your days may be prolonged in the land your God gives you." (Exodus 20:12, NASB)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That doesn't always play out the way we expect. There are children, no doubt, who have loved and honored/respected their parents and for what appears to be no reason, die before their own mom and dad. I don't know why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>I thought of the above verse because each of us has to decide what to do with the tough stuff when real life doesn't live up to our expectations. It is very hard when life doesn't make sense. I am equally challenged and wrestle </i></span><i>when tragedy strikes. I have to decide though, who and what am I going to side with. I know I don't see everything. I know God is BIGGER than everything I see and experience at any given moment. I really don't like all the moments though and so I struggle;so do we all. Will we fulfill our promise to follow after Him?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To see what others are doing with their promises and God's check out <a href="http://www.fiveminutefriday.com/">www.fiveminutefriday.com</a></i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-60542078336893103832019-05-12T18:22:00.000-04:002019-05-12T18:22:08.048-04:00Practice<i>I liked this week's prompt for simply a time to reflect upon what it is so natural to put into practice, that which we've seen modeled to us through our mother's. However, what is it we truly want to practice and in turn become while setting an example for others to follow?</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did they always do their best or what was best? Most intend to. Some make better choices than others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Philippians 4:8-9 Finally brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things and the God of peace will be with you." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To see what others have put into practice, check out <a href="http://www.fiveminutefriday.com/">www.fiveminutefriday.com</a></i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-42690200973290126242019-05-05T20:33:00.000-04:002019-05-05T20:33:27.835-04:00Opportunity-Five Minute Friday<i>This can excite us or push us to our limit. No matter what, it is always good to have options and know there may be more than we realize at hand.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>To see what others have done with this week's opportunity check out <a href="http://www.fiveminutefriday.com/">www.fiveminutefriday.com</a></i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-4549635784797031602019-04-28T18:52:00.003-04:002019-04-28T18:52:50.047-04:00Touch-Five Minute Friday<i>This week's prompt occurs in the Bible over one hundred times. I am always encouraged to read how many jesus reached out to touch.</i><br />
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-75608113013146457522019-04-20T21:02:00.001-04:002019-04-20T21:02:50.361-04:00Five Minute Friday-Next<i>Happy Easter and Resurrection Day! I'm just jumping in with this week's new prompt. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like to know what's next, don't you? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think about what I'll say or do next when so and so says such and such. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>2 Corinthians 2:9" However, as it is written: 'What no eye has seen,what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived' the things God has prepared for those who love Him." (NIV)</i></span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-1096578395537885222019-04-14T08:44:00.003-04:002019-04-14T08:44:34.743-04:00Lack-Five Minute Friday<i>I missed last week, but here I am for this past Friday's prompt. In America, we certainly have a lot of resources. Sometimes I wonder if we have too many. So, I had to take a little extra time to think on what do I really lack?</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to think on this one a bit. What do I lack that I truly need? God has been so generous providing for my physical needs-the bare necessities of life, along with great relationships I enjoy with family and friends. So what more could a girl or anyone ask for?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I ask myself this question in light of Psalm 119, I know there is plenty. Those who seek God with their whole hearts and are diligent to keep all of his ways are blessed. There is a standard to reach for and a rock to firmly plant our feet on, but honestly, I'm not actively seeking and pursuing with all my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Psalm 119:1-2 "How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the Lord. How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart."(NASB)</i></span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-44620377116735290552019-03-31T19:51:00.000-04:002019-03-31T19:51:24.715-04:00Measure-Five Minute Friday<i>Another busy weekend, so here I am posting for this week's prompt. How do you measure things and what do you measure?</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aren't you thankful for standard units of measurement? Can you imagine what would happen if a crew tried to build a house and each member had their own idea of how to measure the concrete, the tiles or the sheet rock? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know if the house would ever get finished or be able to stand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"How can two walk together, unless they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How can we build something to last unless there are standards that stick and everyone agrees and adheres to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How did our world get so messed up? I am thinking everyone has their own ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-66223579183696696522019-03-23T13:56:00.000-04:002019-03-23T13:56:22.490-04:00Reward-Five Minute Friday<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the most beautiful and life giving <span style="color: #351c75;">reward</span> we can sow seeds to reap is peace!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Proverbs 3:1-2 "My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you."</i></span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-49020749423979942472019-03-17T20:47:00.000-04:002019-03-17T20:47:35.847-04:00Place- Five Minute Friday on Sunday<i>Spring is popping out everywhere and soon vibrant colors and fragrant smells with beckon us outdoors more and more. It is a beautiful time and place to be. It is also the season of Lent as we commemorate what Christ did on the earth over 2,000 years ago. I hope you are blessed with this read.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not his will, but His Father's will be done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet they were one in the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God dwelt among us in this place on Earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything we know as Earth and this world, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He entered into this very same place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often I have lamented, "Well, He's not walking around down here with us anymore. Jesus ascended to the heavenly place."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Matthew 28:20 "...and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (NASB)</i></span></div>
Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-28364299833305237782019-03-10T20:45:00.001-04:002019-03-10T20:45:44.445-04:00More-Five Minute Friday<i>What do you think of when it comes to "more". More and more, as I get older, I realize it's about what is unseen. Our world is merely a shadow of what is awaiting us in eternity.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Am I getting or giving? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When have I last said, "There's more than enough."?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When have I felt there is more than enough of the good stuff?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently, I was challenged by a friend and colleague to do the Marie Kondo thing. "If it doesn't spark joy, toss it.", so that is just what I started doing on my last snow day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needing more joy and freedom in my life, I decided means having less stuff. Less dust collectors and things I don't use. They're just taking up space. How many t-shirts does one need? How many sneaks or earrings? I have only begun.</span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-54823789952384091972019-03-04T20:11:00.000-05:002019-03-04T20:11:03.902-05:00Search-A Late One for last week's FMF!<i>Ok, so I'm really late on this one. It's been awhile since I did FMF on a Monday. It was a very busy weekend and by Sunday evening I was pooped. So here I am and here it is.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How much of our lives are spent searching for someone or something?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One rock band from the 80's, Survivor, sang out, "The search is over. You were with me all the while."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If only we could say that of everything we are obsessed with finding. When do we keep searching and when do we give up?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Years ago, I lost a golden, hoop earring. After days, if not weeks of searching, I gave up. Thinking to myself, "Well, I'm not going to wear one large hoop. Why bother trying to find a match in the store?" So, I tossed it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As time went on though, I came across the MIA golden hoop in my kitchen's junk drawer. Too late. I already tossed the other one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hebrews 10:35 " Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-89648997766003450482019-02-24T19:43:00.000-05:002019-02-24T19:43:18.511-05:00Just- Five Minute Friday<i>Here we are for another Five Minute Friday as I am finally posting on Sunday evening. May you be challenged and encouraged!</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where is the token in this? How do we see a sign of God's goodness in this? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His ways are precise and exact! It's either right or wrong. There is an absolute standard of morality. It's clear, current, and unchanging. One knows where they stand and where they don't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We need that! We yearn for security and consistency. The boundaries are firm and in place. They are not always easy, but it is clear!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339809047230206010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911609006723322709.post-76670907765702955062019-02-16T18:43:00.001-05:002019-02-16T18:43:43.297-05:00Confident-Five Minute Friday<i>I had one person in mind when I wrote this today. She is one of the most courageous women I know and has such a strong faith. Thank you Chris Cookie as I thank God for the gift of you!</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So long anxiety, hello peace and cheer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So long mud and grime, hello fresh and clean</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Philippians 1:6" For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." (NASB)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even after our towers may come down crashing and burning, I am told God can and does make creative use out of the remains.</span></div>
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