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Evil little kindergartens and their little evilness. I wish I could tranquilize them for the duration for the bus ride to the daycare and just throw them out the door and tell the bus driver to just bolt it down the road so we could just go skipping into the sunset knowing we lived another day away from those little ankle biting, emotional hyper little monsters.
There. I feel better.
There. I feel better.
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I'm getting pretty discouraged in terms of work. I like the job that I am doing now, it's meaningful, but I need more hours and higher pay. I don't know where God is leading me- not sure even if He is leading or if I am just wandering.
The job that I really want, that suits me, that I could see as God-given, I didn't get a call from. It is still posted on the website, so maybe they haven't call applicants yet? I am still looking around for jobs that come up. People have been praying for me (thank you), and I believe that God would put a job in my life that I could use my gifts for, but I am not sure why it hasn't happened yet. I am here. I am looking. Where do you want me, God?
The job that I really want, that suits me, that I could see as God-given, I didn't get a call from. It is still posted on the website, so maybe they haven't call applicants yet? I am still looking around for jobs that come up. People have been praying for me (thank you), and I believe that God would put a job in my life that I could use my gifts for, but I am not sure why it hasn't happened yet. I am here. I am looking. Where do you want me, God?
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I know I'm breaking protocol here...but I went through this two years ago, for different reasons. I applied lots of different places, was more qualified than many who were hired, and it was very...emasculating. And frustrating. I wasn't living in God's will at the time...but you know, I think right now, I'm right where He wants me. And if I had gotten any of those gigs, I wouldn't be here right now.
I know something like this can get you down. Keep your chin up - Christ knows how much you're worth, and so do all of us here. ^_- Even if those crummy HR people don't see it, we know it.
I know something like this can get you down. Keep your chin up - Christ knows how much you're worth, and so do all of us here. ^_- Even if those crummy HR people don't see it, we know it.
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2 Samuel 7:28
Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
Psalm 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 33:21
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
Psalm 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 33:21
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
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Now back to your regularly scheduled Streams of Consciousness!
Ah, tuxedo shirt, fresh from the dryer. So un-wrinkly, so white, so fresh-smelling.
I am going to destroy all of that tomorrow. Well, maybe you'll still be very white. If I can manage to not spill anything on you during breakfast or lunch, we'll be in good shape. And if I can't manage that, maybe the judges won't notice.
Ah, tuxedo shirt, fresh from the dryer. So un-wrinkly, so white, so fresh-smelling.
I am going to destroy all of that tomorrow. Well, maybe you'll still be very white. If I can manage to not spill anything on you during breakfast or lunch, we'll be in good shape. And if I can't manage that, maybe the judges won't notice.
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Psalm 71:5
For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
Jeremiah 17:7
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
2 Corinthians 3:4
Such confidence we have through Christ before God.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
1 John 5:14
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
Jeremiah 17:7
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
2 Corinthians 3:4
Such confidence we have through Christ before God.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
1 John 5:14
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
I next to always think. Strange, perhaps, for a man, but the fact remains. I had a thought tonight, but I'm struggling to remember what it was...
I'm sorry to say that for now...I've forgotten, as I often tend to do. I can, however, leave you with this thought. What is normal? You see...our normal changes. There's always a 'new' normal, so perhaps it is normal for things to change and be new. Curious, then...to think...what we consider miraculous or extraordinary is quite normal for God. Why then do we act as though it is not? Some food for thought...I'm always cookin' as it were...
I'm sorry to say that for now...I've forgotten, as I often tend to do. I can, however, leave you with this thought. What is normal? You see...our normal changes. There's always a 'new' normal, so perhaps it is normal for things to change and be new. Curious, then...to think...what we consider miraculous or extraordinary is quite normal for God. Why then do we act as though it is not? Some food for thought...I'm always cookin' as it were...
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Your heart is seeking Him, arwenbaggins, good, good, that's the way to go, the greatest adventure is in what lies ahead, keep on going forward with Him, asking Him what you can do, where you should go, why you should even go there, He will answer you, you will find Him, too. Jeremiah 29: 11-14a
I would read 'The Prayer Of Jabez' by Bruce Wilkinson, too, and, there is even a 'Prayer of Jabez for Women,' milady
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I've got nothing on my mind, just sitting here, veging, long day working and all, trying to get things organized around here. Yikes ! That's an endless chore. Good thing, God is in control
Oh, one other thing, REECE, YOU"RE AWESOME
I would read 'The Prayer Of Jabez' by Bruce Wilkinson, too, and, there is even a 'Prayer of Jabez for Women,' milady
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I've got nothing on my mind, just sitting here, veging, long day working and all, trying to get things organized around here. Yikes ! That's an endless chore. Good thing, God is in control
Oh, one other thing, REECE, YOU"RE AWESOME
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Strange pattern of sleep last night (when isn't it?) Another day here where I feel a bit out of sorts. Funny thing is...my world is pretty much crashing down around me & I am sitting here typing my random thoughts on CC while reading other peoples random thoughts. I feel so trapped. I hate the fact that my job is set up the way it is & that there is no other work available other than stuff in the medical profession. Even the customer service/office type work,they ask for all this insane amount of marketing background or other college related degrees I don't have. I'd go back into cooking again,but my back is so messed up there's no way I could handle 8-12 hr days like that anymore. Cooking in a restaurant is a young man's game.
I need to win the lottery! Yeah. That's it. lol
Maybe death will soon take me. It must be an amazing thing not to feel physical pain or sadness or regret anymore...to leave behind this flesh & all the baggage that comes with it.
I often imagine it's something like floating on the water,I mean once you get past the initial pain (if there is any). To be weightless. I always found the discussion about science saying that your brain continues to function even after you are technically dead. Imagine that...still aware...consciousness in both worlds at the same time in a way.
I'm out of coffee this is going to be a strange day.
I need to win the lottery! Yeah. That's it. lol
Maybe death will soon take me. It must be an amazing thing not to feel physical pain or sadness or regret anymore...to leave behind this flesh & all the baggage that comes with it.
I often imagine it's something like floating on the water,I mean once you get past the initial pain (if there is any). To be weightless. I always found the discussion about science saying that your brain continues to function even after you are technically dead. Imagine that...still aware...consciousness in both worlds at the same time in a way.
I'm out of coffee
this is going to be a strange day.
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I got into a discussion with a gentleman who's son has a deer breeding ranch. He began telling me how he genetically breeds monster bucks (white tail deer) and gave me a brochure... When I opened it up , I saw the prices of what it costs to shoot certain deer that score up to over 300 points .. (points are measured in their racks) my stomach turned as I looked at the prices $1200 up to over $20,0000.. And how sometimes men will kill three at the same time .. That I should go and check the place out .. Before I knew it my mouth opened, I shook my head trying to sort out what was just said to me. I looked at him in disbelief .. And said " you are seriously kidding me right? " He looked at me like "what?" I handed the brochure back to him and said " you mean to tell me, with that much money, people are killing deer? Instead of helping people survive in this life?" I mean this is a house for a widow , food in a child's mouth, shoes on their feet , clothes on their back .. I looked at Him befuddled and in total shock .. "an education".. I know my face spoke a thousand words .. and the sad thing is .. It didn't even register to him.. He laughed and said "well , he's making a tremendous amount of money" ...I just looked at him, "really".. I'm sure your proud of Him.. "oh you should meet him, he'd like you" he says ... I smiled politely seeing where it was going .. I handed him back His sons business card ..thinking "you have had five
Minutes of conversation with me, you don't know me at all"
With a reply of... "thanks , but I'm looking for a man who has the heart of Jesus, not money in His wallet"
he laughed again .. Said take the card , you might change your mind .. I looked at the card ..looked back at him.. "thanks but,no". nice to meet you ! I've got an errand to run...
I got in my car and wanted to hit my steering wheel... why Lord ? Why do people like "that" get the money?
when I dont have a penny and want to help kids so much ? Why is it backwards ? The ones with the money do " that" kind of stuff ?? Why?? when all I want to do is build a ranch for kids to help restore their life ?? WHY????
I just dont get it !!!!
Minutes of conversation with me, you don't know me at all"
With a reply of... "thanks , but I'm looking for a man who has the heart of Jesus, not money in His wallet"
he laughed again .. Said take the card , you might change your mind .. I looked at the card ..looked back at him.. "thanks but,no". nice to meet you ! I've got an errand to run...
I got in my car and wanted to hit my steering wheel... why Lord ? Why do people like "that" get the money?
when I dont have a penny and want to help kids so much ? Why is it backwards ? The ones with the money do " that" kind of stuff ?? Why?? when all I want to do is build a ranch for kids to help restore their life ?? WHY????
I just dont get it !!!!
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What a mighty work would be done , if hearts towards God would change .. it's "those" kinds of people Jesus came for..
loving us in spite of our mess..just like He did me .. God still has a lot of work to do in me .. to look beyond the mess and love like He does ...I can do so in a lot of areas ... I am really evaluating myself at this moment in all that from yesterday..
a missed opportunity ? An area where so many opportunities to call on Him are? From where I'm standing it looked like a giant beast in front of me .. Not one but many. On many different leveled ... Just how big did I say my God is? Well yesterday .. Not so big ... Sigh ... Forgive me Lord .. Make me ready... Please help my unbelief .. Please help me to remember you before giants .. please help my remeberences .. Please make you my habit .. In all things .. holy spirit come quickly in such times .. I know you are building your strength inside me.. As much as I will yield and hand over to you in all times and all troubles.. Please make it a habit in my mind continually in every new thing set before me , to hand it to you..
Please Help me. Without you I am nothing .
loving us in spite of our mess..just like He did me .. God still has a lot of work to do in me .. to look beyond the mess and love like He does ...I can do so in a lot of areas ... I am really evaluating myself at this moment in all that from yesterday..
a missed opportunity ? An area where so many opportunities to call on Him are? From where I'm standing it looked like a giant beast in front of me .. Not one but many. On many different leveled ... Just how big did I say my God is? Well yesterday .. Not so big ... Sigh ... Forgive me Lord .. Make me ready... Please help my unbelief .. Please help me to remember you before giants .. please help my remeberences .. Please make you my habit .. In all things .. holy spirit come quickly in such times .. I know you are building your strength inside me.. As much as I will yield and hand over to you in all times and all troubles.. Please make it a habit in my mind continually in every new thing set before me , to hand it to you..
Please Help me. Without you I am nothing .
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It amazes me sometimes how my brain works. Not like a good kind of amazed, either. More like, "How did I start out thinking along that line, and then veer so far over that way, then zigzag back and come to a sudden and complete stop?"
I don't get me, a lot of the time.
I think I have tiny little gnomes controlling my brain. Unless...unless I DON'T think that, and my thinking that is just another gnome shenanigan.
I'm so confused. Which is what they want, probably.
I don't get me, a lot of the time.
I think I have tiny little gnomes controlling my brain. Unless...unless I DON'T think that, and my thinking that is just another gnome shenanigan.
I'm so confused. Which is what they want, probably.
Some days make me wanna drive my head into the ground from the way people act.
You can't just MAKE assumptions about people! That's just ASKING for trouble! Buuut people do it anyways.
People on here have barely even scratched the surface of who I am, what I do, why I do it, and what God means to me.
But they assume anyways.
Or maybe because they can't see that I DO have the Word hidden in my heart that I should make it more obvious. and maybe that means I should dig even deeper into God's word. I dunno.
All I know is that I can't stand it when people accuse me of not doing something I should be doing, when I am in fact doing it.
You can't just MAKE assumptions about people! That's just ASKING for trouble! Buuut people do it anyways.
People on here have barely even scratched the surface of who I am, what I do, why I do it, and what God means to me.
But they assume anyways.
Or maybe because they can't see that I DO have the Word hidden in my heart that I should make it more obvious. and maybe that means I should dig even deeper into God's word. I dunno.
All I know is that I can't stand it when people accuse me of not doing something I should be doing, when I am in fact doing it.