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I've also run into the thing where some people should stay out of debates simply because they can't separate someone being against their ideas from a personal attack. Some people for whatever reasons are wired to interpret everything personally. Give them an extreme example of where their idea leads and they'll think you are saying they are an extremist. Some people just don't know how to handle conflict or opposition at all either. And then of course, there are the people who only know how to make themselves look good by trying to make others look bad. But most of my conflicts come from me talking at a theoretical impersonal level and the other person looking at things from a personal practical viewpoint.
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Went to see San Andreas last nite. Go ahead and spend the extra bucks for the glasses. 3d is too good - especially the flying scenes. It was really spectacular. They were flying over Napa Valley as it cleared the mountains. Sorry about your home Duchess. And Catherder, Zman... whoever else living somewhere on or near the whole of California, but the movie had to be made. (the Hollywood sign fell down of course - wouldn't be a disaster movie without it.)
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It's awfully hard to cook dinner while being attacked by a giant bumblebee that shouldn't even exist in the kitchen.
And by "attacked", I mean it looked big and fuzzy and bumbly and I'm terrified of bees even when they're just crawling across the counter top.
I could have been killed, y'all.
And by "attacked", I mean it looked big and fuzzy and bumbly and I'm terrified of bees even when they're just crawling across the counter top.
I could have been killed, y'all.
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more thanks to those who have so faithfully kept me, my family, and especially my dad in prayers, as well as the encouragement along the way. i would gratefully appreciate your continuing prayers for my dad--his improvement is less than where he needs to be for stability and discharge from the hospital.
also, prayers for his wife, please. there is a small amount of strain between us, as she has taken offense for some things in the past. also, i plan to call and talk to her early this week and see if i can't make things right. i'm praying that goes well.
however, i want to share another praise report.
yesterday morning i had another long-ish talk with my dad in the hospital, and he was definitely more lucid (yet quite exhausted) from the start of the long physical therapy/rehab road he has ahead of him after such extensive back surgery. they removed a number of lumbar/thoracic discs and replaced them with titanium rods.
i have really cherished the last two conversations i have had with him early friday and saturday morning. i'm planning to call him again tomorrow morning.
in the last year, my dad has moved to MO (from huntington beach, CA) due to his wife's parents' very poor health. one of the things he shared with more detail was just how faithful God was during their move, and the wonderful church home they found--amazingly, the very first church they visited!
it has given me so much peace to learn how much comfort their pastor and church have been during this time. dad told me that his pastor has been there to see him 4 times in the last 9 days.
praise to God for His healing, comfort and peace for my dad and i thank God for each one of you who has prayed and/or encouraged me. it was really amazing to be able to talk to my dad about how our christian family are such blessings to us, and the role they can play in our lives. praise God to all the faithful believers who have made this time so much more bearable, both here and in MO!
this afternoon, i was marveling at how God loves us in such extravagant, and yet, practical ways. i had taken some time to read and pray, and all of a sudden, this enormous wave washed over me, as i mentally recounted all the ways that God shows His love and care for us. and for whatever reason, i felt led to share some of what i gave thanks for today:
it was amazing to me just how much God has provided for us as christians that shows the evidence of what kind of love He has for us. not just His Son, who died for our sins, but walked on earth in sinless obedience that He would know what life is life as a human. and because of that, we can always know that He has experienced the most extreme of grief and despair, the disappointment that comes with being disappointed (or hurt) by others, and the great loneliness of being single and completely alone. it has always been a comfort to me as someone who has never married that Jesus knew "single loneliness", and what it is like to long for companionship, as well as the struggle to be obedient when things are so very tempting.
also, we have a Comforter, who is always with us! a Helper to assist, comfort us and guide us, Who intercedes on our behalf in ways we will never know. Who supplies the words where there are none, and pushes us to walk forward when we're stuck in some quicksand of emotion, Who helps us to grow in faith and in our path to "dying to self" and becoming more Christ-like.
praise God that even when we're alone, we are never alone.
finally, all of this exists because we have a Heavenly father who loves us beyond measure--even before we knew Him! His love for us is more than "the essentials". Our Father loves us so much that it was His desire for us to have abundant, joyful life. yet, nothing is too "small" to escape His concern. every practical, emotional, material, and spiritual concern is already on His radar.
in a world of stress and pressure, it's His desire that we never worry or carry a burden alone!
He is so concerned about us that He knows the number of hairs on our head, and collects our tears in a bottle! talk about an involved Parent! : )
and yet, He knew we could never do this earthly journey without other fellow christians, and so we have a family of believers who bear our burdens alongside us, encourage us, pray for us--a family for whom we'll never have to say goodbye to, and will spend eternity with.
to say that God loves us with great and luxurious extravagance seems like such an understatement!
it's my hope that the truth of God's enormous, extravagant and meticulous love for us "hits" you with the same river of abundant gratitude and joy that i felt this evening. : )
~love, monica : )
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So I don't remember getting an update on this. You've got a reputation for convincing young men that you're the one and that there is no other ever and never will be ever. Ever. So I'm guessing this new man went ahead and just brought his parents and a ring along on the date so you could meet them and get that part over with?
AAAhhhhh!!! Thank you. Sometimes this place is VERY confusing and I'd rather make things clear than think uncharitable thoughts. I guess I'd rather gently confront than blast as well...
Keep in mind, that this place isn't static and we guide the culture here by our words, and the tone of our responses. Not that you shouldn't tease. Thank you for clarifying.
(No thanks to the cracker Roh, but thank you.)
Keep in mind, that this place isn't static and we guide the culture here by our words, and the tone of our responses. Not that you shouldn't tease. Thank you for clarifying.
(No thanks to the cracker Roh, but thank you.)