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Been in your view, and it is debilitating. Learned this, the devil can care less if I go to Church, read the word, dance in the streets, get married or divorced. Be on fire for:
The enemy, works on guilt, and if one gets past that, then pride and prejudice over things bad that have happened, getting one to think to avoid any of those bad things again
Bottom line, as long as the enemy can keep anyone off of the finished work of Christ at the cross, first the death that reconciled us to Father as perfect, then we can' see the new life in the resurrected Spirit of Christ for us here and now
Praying this might help you or anyone reading here to see though to the other side
The enemy, works on guilt, and if one gets past that, then pride and prejudice over things bad that have happened, getting one to think to avoid any of those bad things again
Bottom line, as long as the enemy can keep anyone off of the finished work of Christ at the cross, first the death that reconciled us to Father as perfect, then we can' see the new life in the resurrected Spirit of Christ for us here and now
Praying this might help you or anyone reading here to see though to the other side
Might not be you at all, you know? Some people like drama. Some people like being upset. Some people look for reasons to have their feelers hurt.
So you are pretty much like many that have the sign on there door that says welcome, underneath, relatives by appointment only
good gravy, that's true.
i grew up in a family of drama-aholics.
now i'm allergic. maybe that's why i'm single.
i grew up in a family of drama-aholics.
now i'm allergic. maybe that's why i'm single.
one of my favorite things is listening to the conversations kids have with each other. sometimes i give riding lessons, and occasionally i do classes at the equestrian center. currently, i am teaching a juvenile horsemanship now and we met last night for our second class. this is the youngest class i've ever taught, like 7-9 year olds, mostly girls, and for the most part i'm loving it. anyway, there is this adorable girl (missing most of her front teeth) and has a cute lisp. she kept referring to posting as "posing", due to her lisp. but her mom clearly didn't understand when she picked her up last night.
for you who don't horse, posting is a technique of rising in the saddle with the rhythm of the horses gait. it is a much more comfortable way to ride a trotting gait.
anyway, at the end of the night, the youngest of the girls was talking to her mom.
mom: so what you learn tonight?
girl: i learned to pose
mom: you learned how to pose?
girl: yeah, posed, miss monica posed, everybody posed!
mom: what did you pose for? a picture?
girl: nooooo. we posed because it hurts not to! you can't learn to ride horses if you can't pose!
mom: <confused look> ok, we'll go home and work on our posing...
girl: YAY! oh wait... i can't pose without a horse
mom: no, you can pose with your sister, instead.
girl: confused face
so funny... sometimes i love little kids. like any little girl needs help working on their "pose"
for you who don't horse, posting is a technique of rising in the saddle with the rhythm of the horses gait. it is a much more comfortable way to ride a trotting gait.
anyway, at the end of the night, the youngest of the girls was talking to her mom.
mom: so what you learn tonight?
girl: i learned to pose
mom: you learned how to pose?
girl: yeah, posed, miss monica posed, everybody posed!
mom: what did you pose for? a picture?
girl: nooooo. we posed because it hurts not to! you can't learn to ride horses if you can't pose!
mom: <confused look> ok, we'll go home and work on our posing...
girl: YAY! oh wait... i can't pose without a horse
mom: no, you can pose with your sister, instead.
girl: confused face
so funny... sometimes i love little kids. like any little girl needs help working on their "pose"
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20 Kids Who Are Hilariously Terrible at Hide and Seek This is cute.
haha! This cracked me up.
I've spent a lot of time with horses recently. A developmentally delayed gentleman that I support volunteers at a ranch where disabled kids have riding lessons. He cleans the stables without much help needed, so I get to visit the horses while he does that. I've gotten to know their personalities quite a bit. One is obnoxious in the stable, but sweet, gentle and compliant when out. One shies away from other people, but with me, he thinks he is a lapdog and loves to have his head cuddled. One doesn't want anything to do with me unless I have carrots. And a female mule is the smartest of the bunch. To me, it's kind of like a petting zoo.
Haven't been on one since a kid (only a couple of times). I think it would be fun to take lessons sometime.
I've spent a lot of time with horses recently. A developmentally delayed gentleman that I support volunteers at a ranch where disabled kids have riding lessons. He cleans the stables without much help needed, so I get to visit the horses while he does that. I've gotten to know their personalities quite a bit. One is obnoxious in the stable, but sweet, gentle and compliant when out. One shies away from other people, but with me, he thinks he is a lapdog and loves to have his head cuddled. One doesn't want anything to do with me unless I have carrots. And a female mule is the smartest of the bunch. To me, it's kind of like a petting zoo.
Haven't been on one since a kid (only a couple of times). I think it would be fun to take lessons sometime.
yeah, i can't remember laughing so hard once that class was over. i wish i had taped the kids trying to post. a few of them were hopelessly lost, and they were just bobbing up and down like a cork in the ocean. too funny.
horses are the best. i grew up riding and got my first horse when i was 9ish. her name was daisy and she was waaay too big for me. she was the crankiest geriatric mare, trying to wipe me off every fence post, branch, tree, and building. she had a lot of bad habits and i think you can still see a faint impression of her teeth somewhere on the back of my shoulder. she threw me so often that i have a roadmap of calcified skeletal scars all over my body. the upside is that every horse that has followed is pretty much a cake walk (and now i have mad skills for not getting tossed).
as for lapdogs, my sweet boy, max is a doll. i've had him since he was a yearling and have done the bulk of the training myself. he can fall asleep with his head pretty much in my lap and is definitely the most even tempered of all the horses i've had.
i'm so glad you get to spend time around the barn, that must be a wonderful experience for you both. clean barn is definitely my favorite smell.
p.s. lots of barns and centers offer adult beginner lessons. i'd definitely recommend it. most are really good at finding a good match for your personality and skill/experience level.
horses are the best. i grew up riding and got my first horse when i was 9ish. her name was daisy and she was waaay too big for me. she was the crankiest geriatric mare, trying to wipe me off every fence post, branch, tree, and building. she had a lot of bad habits and i think you can still see a faint impression of her teeth somewhere on the back of my shoulder. she threw me so often that i have a roadmap of calcified skeletal scars all over my body. the upside is that every horse that has followed is pretty much a cake walk (and now i have mad skills for not getting tossed).
as for lapdogs, my sweet boy, max is a doll. i've had him since he was a yearling and have done the bulk of the training myself. he can fall asleep with his head pretty much in my lap and is definitely the most even tempered of all the horses i've had.
i'm so glad you get to spend time around the barn, that must be a wonderful experience for you both. clean barn is definitely my favorite smell.
p.s. lots of barns and centers offer adult beginner lessons. i'd definitely recommend it. most are really good at finding a good match for your personality and skill/experience level.
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Today I am sending a message to the woman who hurt me deeply 1.5 years ago. I am sending her a message of forgiveness, both that I have forgiven her and that I pray she can forgive me. I don't want to rehash or accuse. Only own up to my part and attempt to mend the relationship. After all this time, I feel that I am ready. I am still not completely healed. But I have made significant progress, I think. I have prepared myself for no response, or for a response of unforgiveness/unloving. I do not expect anything in return, and I think that is best. I can only do what I can do. The rest is up to her and God.
I have only written two lines, a nice small-talk sort of introduction, but my heart is already pounding. Lord be my strength.
I have only written two lines, a nice small-talk sort of introduction, but my heart is already pounding. Lord be my strength.
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I made a really poor, snap decision this morning to share some of my Mtn Dew with my 2 year old son. I mean, he doesn't get to drink soda like, ever...and I was trying to do something else, and he was just losing his little kid mind about who knows what...so I gave him a little of it.
And then at nap time, he wouldn't sleep. And wouldn't sleep. And wouldn't sleep.
I couldn't figure it out. I got so frustrated...
It didn't even occur to me until just now...DUH Cristen! No wonder he wouldn't sleep!
My friend even warned me about it. Do I listen? Ever? Nope.
'Scuse me while I go simultaneously beat my head against the wall and crack up laughing at how dumb I can be....
And then at nap time, he wouldn't sleep. And wouldn't sleep. And wouldn't sleep.
I couldn't figure it out. I got so frustrated...
It didn't even occur to me until just now...DUH Cristen! No wonder he wouldn't sleep!
My friend even warned me about it. Do I listen? Ever? Nope.
'Scuse me while I go simultaneously beat my head against the wall and crack up laughing at how dumb I can be....