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12 years ago @ http://pleasantplacess... - Five minute Friday..... · 1 reply · +1 points

I love that you edited your spelling mistake but then were honest about it! It was SO hard to just hit Publish!

I love your idea of a gratitude journal. I think that's a great idea and one that I might even borrow myself. I think I may start one for myself and a family one, too!

Glad you participated in 5 Minute Friday so that I had a chance to read your post!

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Win 20 copies of the S... · 0 replies · +1 points

I lived in Boston for a year and embraced all sports Bostonian.

Go CELTICS!

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Caffeine. · 0 replies · +1 points

It's funny. I was just thinking about this the other day. I wonder when we get to Heaven if we'll be surprised at the stuff we were wrong about here.

Lately I find myself impatient with people who are dogmatic on both sides of the equation. Not because of what they say Christians should be able to do or not do, but that both sides are so completely positive that they're always right and the other side is always wrong.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - 5 free autographed boo... · 0 replies · +1 points

To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.

I wish I could say I do what He asks me to do.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Trying to explain to m... · 0 replies · +1 points

So nice to "meet" you, Jenny! I hope Jon lets you do this more often. I feel like we're practically related because, well, Beth Moore's family and she loves me, too.

Beth Moore is the first Bible study teacher who made me hungry to know more of the Bible for myself. After my first Beth Moore study, I bought a Word Study Bible so that I could look up words in the back and know the Greek/Hebrew meaning.....Just like Beth does. She always shares these amazing treasures that she found in the Bible. Even though I grew up in the church and asked Jesus into my heart when I was little, I find myself thinking, "That's in there? I wonder what else God said that I've missed somehow!"

She was the first teacher that made me feel like I was capable of really hearing straight from God myself without getting His message through someone a seminary degree.

13 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - Spent · 1 reply · +1 points

I didn't really realize how many until this past weekend, but I follow quite a few Tweeps who live in the Nashville area. If it hadn't been for Twitter, I wouldn't have even known how bad the flooding actually was in TN!

I don't know how all of this water fits into God's plan for you, but today I'm praying that He shows Himself in a mighty way in your life in the midst of all this....and I'm praying it's sooner rather than later.
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13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Win 5 autographed Crai... · 0 replies · +1 points

Friendship for Grownups by Lisa Whelchel.

13 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - With a Heavy Heart · 1 reply · +1 points

You just described the contents of my brain. I went to a conference last weekend and was encouraged and excited, but then I got home and all week I've felt like I'm missing something obvious. It's been a difficult year for my family to say the least and I feel like I'm just inching back into my life...but I don't recognize it.

The main difference between how I feel and what you wrote is that I'm not sure about boldly taking a step because I have no idea where I'm going.

But underneath it all, in my core where it really matters, I have a peace that certainly passes all understanding.

We're strangers, but I'll pray that God fills you up with so much of Him that you can't hold it all inside yourself. That He gives you light for the next step you need to take. You can pray the same for me if you want.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Fearing we'll out sin ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I was JUST reading a book last night that challenged my thinking on grace.

I'm a rehabbing Pharisee and so I tend to err on the side of justice versus grace. Like one of the earlier commenters said, I know I was saved by grace but I forget that grace isn't a one-time-good-deal. But I also thought of the verse others have referenced that asks us if we should continue to sin so that grace will abound. I'm pretty sure the answer to that one was, "God forbid!"

I'm wondering if maybe it boils down to obeying what you know God has asked you to do. Yes, I will mess up daily. And oftentimes my decisions have unpleasant consequences. But when the Holy Spirit reveals to me something in my life that is hurting my relationship with God and I ignore Him, God can't allow me to keep misbehaving. Anymore than I can continue to let my kids continue misbehaving when they do stuff that we all know I've asked them not to do.

I don't know. I've known Jesus personally for 35 years and I'm still working through even the most simplest ideas of faith. Keeps it interesting, that's for sure.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Should little kids be ... · 0 replies · +1 points

What really disturbs me is the man baby. I'm going to be seeing him in my nightmares, I'm afraid.

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