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All summer, I've been preparing myself for my best friend to move away. I tried to be supportive and let her vent to me about the difficulties and stress of trying to buy a house, and the worry, and the fear...

I now realize I haven't been a good friend at all, because I was completely unsupportive to her, all the while hoping that something would happen that would keep her close by, and at the same time, emotionally distancing myself little by little, in the hopes that it wouldn't hurt so bad when she finally did move.

She didn't get the house she was after. The bank they were working with kept increasing the amount of money my friend needed to somehow come up with. So, she isn't moving. Right now, at least.

She sent me a card- she's a card sending type person. I never send her anything, and she sent me a card. The front is all black with white text that says, "This card has no purpose."

Inside, it says, "I sent it anyway."

I don't deserve her friendship, but I thank God that I have it.
 
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Last night, I came home after church to grab the brownies I had made to take to the women's Bible study we have after church once a month. I walked out the front door, and it was dark because the front porch light wasn't on. For a brief moment, I thought, "I should turn around, walk right back in the house, and turn the porch light on because I can't see anything." But I thought, "Nah, I know where the steps are, I'll be fine."

I missed the very first step. I don't even know how, or what happened because it all happened so fast, but thankfully I didn't actually fall down the stairs (a huge fear of mine is falling down stairs, it just sounds so painful), I just sort of fell into the wall by the stairs and dropped the brownies. I scuffed up my hand and my finger a bit, but the brownies were fine (the important thing! :p) and my fall could have been a lot worse.

Just ironic that the one time I don't turn it on and think I should, and I think I'll be fine, and I miss the first step. :rolleyes:

Sometimes I connect small things like that in a spiritual sense in my head, and I thought, "No matter how many times I've done something with the Light, I can't think I can do it in the dark without Him." I shouldn't handle anything on my life on my own, without Him. I need Him.
 
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Glad you were okay Rachel! That happened to me when I was painting the other day. I didn't move the curtain aside to paint the edge of the windowsill. I was like... "I'm good at this, I won't mess it up" even knowing that some twist of irony would probably - almost certainly have me making the mistake. Sure enough, on my FIRST brush stroke, I hit the curtain and got paint on it. Ugh.

In other news, I lifted something wrong yesterday and injured my lower back. I'm bound to my bed or a chair today, completely unable to move more than an inch or two without severe pain. Ouch! I had to actually CRAWL on the floor to the bathroom earlier, and couldn't help just LAUGHING at myself and how completely pathetic I must look!
 
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rachelsedge said:
Last night, I came home after church to grab the brownies I had made to take to the women's Bible study we have after church once a month. I walked out the front door, and it was dark because the front porch light wasn't on. For a brief moment, I thought, "I should turn around, walk right back in the house, and turn the porch light on because I can't see anything." But I thought, "Nah, I know where the steps are, I'll be fine."

I missed the very first step. I don't even know how, or what happened because it all happened so fast, but thankfully I didn't actually fall down the stairs (a huge fear of mine is falling down stairs, it just sounds so painful), I just sort of fell into the wall by the stairs and dropped the brownies. I scuffed up my hand and my finger a bit, but the brownies were fine (the important thing! :p) and my fall could have been a lot worse.

Just ironic that the one time I don't turn it on and think I should, and I think I'll be fine, and I miss the first step. :rolleyes:

Sometimes I connect small things like that in a spiritual sense in my head, and I thought, "No matter how many times I've done something with the Light, I can't think I can do it in the dark without Him." I shouldn't handle anything on my life on my own, without Him. I need Him.
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amen, rache. God speaks to us in the dark of His light . Glad you're Ok and I've done the same thing, it's always so surprising when it's happened the time or two it's happened in my life. God is good, whenever we fall unexpectedly we can be hurt and it is good to know that with Him--no matter what happens--we are protected. Without Him, without our pre-meditatively knowing that we WANT His blood (of Christ) protection, we are suspeptible to things going wrong.

Always we should live our life with Christ in mind and with us, afterall, He is within us living, acting, breathing, helping our faith move, improve, grow as we trust in Him with ALL that goes on in our lives.

The Lord leads. And, when we fall, we should get up humbly and keep on following Him :)

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Back problems are a real pain in the back, gracepouringrain, but, He gets us through as we trust in Him, take our Advil, or , aspirin, and, eat nice anti-inflammatory foods like spicy red pepper laced dishes and eat lemons and oranges and raspberries and take extra vitamin C :)
 
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MissCris said:
All summer, I've been preparing myself for my best friend to move away. I tried to be supportive and let her vent to me about the difficulties and stress of trying to buy a house, and the worry, and the fear...

I now realize I haven't been a good friend at all, because I was completely unsupportive to her, all the while hoping that something would happen that would keep her close by, and at the same time, emotionally distancing myself little by little, in the hopes that it wouldn't hurt so bad when she finally did move.

She didn't get the house she was after. The bank they were working with kept increasing the amount of money my friend needed to somehow come up with. So, she isn't moving. Right now, at least.

She sent me a card- she's a card sending type person. I never send her anything, and she sent me a card. The front is all black with white text that says, "This card has no purpose."

Inside, it says, "I sent it anyway."

I don't deserve her friendship, but I thank God that I have it.
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Have faith in Him, mizcris, the Lord leads, I've done the same thing, it's tough when a good friend is leaving us, we should make sure we are following Him through it all and be thankful that God's plans for us are good and filled with a future and a hope . Jeremiah 29:11 :)

I pray, your friend can see Jesus through you now, and, that God works His hand to strengthen your friendship with her better than it was even before she told you she was moving.

God is always moving in our lives, sometimes the things that seem horrible are actually God wanting us to understand that our faith in Him is to increase through the situation, so that we can learn more of Him, and, be knowing God is terribly good and merciful when we err. We should know, He tells us, He is still there, as He's been there all the time :)
 
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A while back I posted about turning down a position at a church that watered down the gospel. It would have been a very lucrative part time position. Today, I was offered a part time position teaching an after school band program at a Christian school. My boss is letting me telecommute to make up for the missing hours, and other details still need to be worked out, but it's amazing how the Lord provides.
 
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CatHerder said:
A while back I posted about turning down a position at a church that watered down the gospel. It would have been a very lucrative part time position. Today, I was offered a part time position teaching an after school band program at a Christian school. My boss is letting me telecommute to make up for the missing hours, and other details still need to be worked out, but it's amazing how the Lord provides.
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Yay! He provides, and he rewards! :)
 
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^^0 So many things one could say, but show few and carefully must choose. I think I'm learning more and more how selfish I am. Even under the guise of patience in helping others... Really, it's God who brings good into or out of me. A lot of the time, I relate to this:

[video=youtube;e1LncCIwVj8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LncCIwVj8[/video]
 
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CatHerder said:
A while back I posted about turning down a position at a church that watered down the gospel. It would have been a very lucrative part time position. Today, I was offered a part time position teaching an after school band program at a Christian school. My boss is letting me telecommute to make up for the missing hours, and other details still need to be worked out, but it's amazing how the Lord provides.
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A while back in my life, like 10 years ago I had a job in corporate america where I was working a 9-5 schedule except that I had been doing part time work at another job for 5 years before that. It is amazing how the two works NEVER conflicted, my corporate boss would let me off or my schedule could be flexed so I could always do my part-time work , and, this would be amazingly God to me because I often , 2-3 times a week had to leave work and hour or two early, for 2-3 years and it just always worked out.

When God sees what you're doing is good, when it's His plan for your life, and, through your faith not to give up, you will do what seems like the impossible, as, the way my work schedule continuously bent for both jobs, becomes the possible from God, what seems as if its in no small way a miracle God makes manageable.

I did pray often too, becuase I loved my part-time work which was journalism and watching kids play sporting events and I loved hearing there stories and I loved it too that I had a Christian editor who allowed me to insert God into my stories sometimes.


Anyway, that story of what i did part-time is there to lend perspective, God wants us to help others, to use the gifts He's given us, we've learned thru vocational school, college, etc. to bless others with a knowledge of Him. And reaching 150,000 potential readers through print, not to mention, online that number was probably double that #, is WHAT God wants from us, and, yeah, it's all about following Him. The Lord leads.


Right felinestaffman :)
 
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My mom and I were talking today...and I found out that when I graduate, even though I'll be a minor, I should be able to work full-time throughout the summer. :) That means I should be able to get plenty of money by the time college comes around (I'm not expecting tons and tons of money. But definitely enough that through scholarships and the job, God should be able to provide. :) And I have faith that God will help me find the job I need. I'll probably start looking in late March/Early April so when May comes around I should be able to start working either a little before I graduate or right after.
 
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What popped into my head at work today: "um...am I developing feelings for my boss?" As we're having a conversation about work I am listening but also thinking: "is he attractive? Hmm not sure. Could I see myself with him? Hmm he has a few flaws, likes to talk a lot, would that get on my nerves? We are similar in some ways... He looks pretty good in that hoodie, looks warm. He could wear better jeans though. I wonder what would happen if we dated? Would that be too controversial? Hmm I wonder what my work's policy on employees dating. Hmm not sure if I find him attractive though."

haha too bloody analytical!!!
 
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CatHerder said:
A while back I posted about turning down a position at a church that watered down the gospel. It would have been a very lucrative part time position. Today, I was offered a part time position teaching an after school band program at a Christian school. My boss is letting me telecommute to make up for the missing hours, and other details still need to be worked out, but it's amazing how the Lord provides.
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Am I reading that correctly? You're teaching band...remotely?

How does that...even...?
 
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Shouryu said:
Am I reading that correctly? You're teaching band...remotely?

How does that...even...?
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Haha! No.

A lot of the paperwork from the full time job, I can now do at home. The band is in a Christian school, with real live kids.

It's just a couple hours a week. The kind of thing that pops up that would be ideal for a college music student. In a way, I feel I'm starting over and probably stole this job from a college kid. ;) Anyway, I'm hoping to turn in into something bigger.
 
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Haha! No.

A lot of the paperwork from the full time job, I can now do at home. The band is in a Christian school, with real live kids.
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I was gonna say, man. My job doesn't feel like my job unless I'm constantly grabbing a kid's clarinet while they're playing and jamming it upwards. "Get it into your teeth! I'mma keep doing it every day until you start doing it on your own!"

Or throwing things at my percussionists.

I totally need to join my union, because I'm gonna get sued one day. I just know it.
 
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I was gonna say, man. My job doesn't feel like my job unless I'm constantly grabbing a kid's clarinet while they're playing and jamming it upwards. "Get it into your teeth! I'mma keep doing it every day until you start doing it on your own!"

Or throwing things at my percussionists.

I totally need to join my union, because I'm gonna get sued one day. I just know it.
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haha! usually that's because the clarinets have awful posture. I would yell at mine to sit up straight and tell them that they looked like my 94 year old grandmother with osteoporosis...except that she played the clarinet with more energy.

throwing things at percussionists - - I lose more erasers that way.
 
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Allergies. I can't even breathe tonight. My head is possibly going to explode, and that's just gross.


 
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Allergies. I can't even breathe tonight. My head is possibly going to explode, and that's just gross.


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was gonna do a "scanners" gif but thought better of it......hope you are feeling better!
 
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Have some rest and take up vitamin c regularly. I had horrible allergies before, thank God i was healed.
 
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haha! usually that's because the clarinets have awful posture. I would yell at mine to sit up straight and tell them that they looked like my 94 year old grandmother with osteoporosis...except that she played the clarinet with more energy.

throwing things at percussionists - - I lose more erasers that way.
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It's official! I can't wait to become a music teacher! - Umm, I mean. Those poor kids!! lol
 
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Today, I want to go somewhere. Five miles up the county road, 50 miles down the highway...just, GO. Me, my junk car, and a camera.

...and some coffee. Always coffee.
 
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