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14 years ago @ Spence Smith - Social Networking is… · 1 reply · +1 points

For me it's been a place to be mentored and to mentor. A place to see how God can make the world your neighborhood.

14 years ago @ Spence Smith - Social Networking is… · 0 replies · +1 points

Allison, I have loved watching how God has been working in you. Many of my dearest friends and circles of support have been through social media. Keep being so real in your blog sweetie.

14 years ago @ Spence Smith - Social Networking is… · 0 replies · +1 points

Seriously love that. So true Kyle.

14 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - Tears · 1 reply · +1 points

I was laid off 3 weeks ago and given only 2 weeks severance. I tell you that to set the scene. This morning I awoke to the news that Kate McRae's MRI was moved to today. My worship leader Brian Wurzell held an online prayer meeting for her. I cried through it. Then my sweet daughter said she would use her birthday money to buy her brother a present for tomorrow since it is his birthday. I have no gift for him. I cried. Then I saw an update from Aaron McRae that Kate was ok. I cried. Oh, earlier today Randy Elrod tweeted out my need for a job. I cried. After crying over the huge praise for Kate I went and threw a load in the dryer only for it to start smoking and whirring like a jet airplane. I stopped it before it could catch fire. I cried. I'm thinking it's been a roller coaster day. I'll probably cry myself to sleep. I'm a single mother. I'll cry more in the future.

14 years ago @ Sheila Walsh - TRUST-why is it so hard? · 0 replies · +1 points

I have been recently laid off for the 4th time. As a single parent a lay off has a tendency to strike fear at the very core of my heart. I confess. I am struggling. He has provided in the past and I know he will even if we end up homeless he will still provide. I struggle though. It seems to be easier to trust Him with eternity then trust Him with things like paying the bills. Sounds so absurd but that is where I find myself at moments of weakness. When I do trust Him, my joy is restored and I look at this time of my life as an adventure, a turning of chapter, or a new season. Times like this I KNOW He is focused on me and is molding me to be more of a reflection of who HE is.

14 years ago @ Spence Smith - Getting Past Your Firs... · 2 replies · +1 points

I had been writing a series of emails as I was going through my divorce. It was recommended by a Pastor to let everyone know how I was doing. A couple of years later a friend told me that my emails had morphed from news of me to what God has been doing with me and some were like devotionals. It was then they suggested I start a blog. So I did. I don't blog often but when moved I do. I have my faithful readers but most of loved ones in my life. However, every now and then someone from somewhere in this world posts a comment and it blows me away that they had just read something I have written. Love how God can use it.

15 years ago @ Spence Smith - Recalibrating Life & B... · 0 replies · +1 points

Priorities can be an ever changing platform that we stand on it. I think it is constantly moving and we must be constantly on top of them. For instance years ago I wrote and wrote often because it was part of a healing process for me. As much as I loved it I don't find the time. My blog is now more for me an for any person who stumbles on it. Where I had a large readership now a handful may saunter by in days. Like you, it was not a priority because so many other areas needed to be my priority.

My first priority really needs to be my relationship with God. When that is off everything else is. Then my children and those who are in my care. Then my relationships with others. Relationships are so critical because we were made for them. They take time and investment in ourselves. Then there are the other priorities that can help or hinder the top three. Those are the ones that really need to be managed like blogging time, or social media in general.

Thanks for asking the question. It really spurned me into some self analysis and my own priorities.

15 years ago @ An Idol Heart - My Story: The Next Cha... · 0 replies · +1 points

Love how God orchestrated this in your life. I'm not surprised and I don't think others are as well. It was just a matter of healing and God's timing. I'm so proud of you. I look forward to what God holds in store for you in the future.

15 years ago @ Spence Smith - So What’s Holding Yo... · 2 replies · +1 points

I know this feeling well. I call it my internal NO. It seems to be either motivated by fear or a feeling I'm just not worth it or capable of it. So I tell myself No you can't do that. No that's not possible. No your not good enough. No you don't know how. No. No. No.

In August 2007 I wrote about this very struggle. http://tejasfan.wordpress.com/2007/08/25/my-inner...

Let's not let fear, busy lives, family or others keep us from being all that God has created us to be.

I so needed this reminder. Thank you Spence. I am embarking on some big things for me and God just used you in a powerful way. Come to think of it, my old blog post spoke to me too. Love when that happens.

15 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - The Target Phenomenon · 0 replies · +1 points

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