Courage

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Wandering Heart

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Let's be honest, I distract the mess out of myself. I've started reading, I think 6 books, I try to watch tv and listen to music at the same time, sometimes I read a line or two of my Bible reading while I'm driving, I talk about all sorts of crazy things to J (in particular), I listen and appease my growling stomach, like every 2 hours, I rotate my shirts to another part of the closet, I'm re-wearing all my shoes to separate my heels in to full day and half day categories, I pick at my split ends, I could go on and on. This morning, I heard this song by Brandon Heath, and I realize it's not new, but it still hit me, sometimes, I just miss the point. 

Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me you heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see

Highlights

 

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Highlights:

1. Dinner with couples. J and I don't get to do that too often.

2. I sent J a free Disney call of encouragement from Mickey. Kinda silly, but it made me (and I think him) smile. 

3. My bridesmaid dress for Annie's wedding fits. It's a very medium purple :)

4. Another Sunday with church together. 

5. Helping a friend clean up her nursery for her little boy coming in less than a month!

6. Wanting breakfast for dinner, walking to Barry's but finding out it was an early close night, going to the grocery store instead, and J making my dream of Mickey pancakes come true :) 

7. Walk with a visiting friend and loaning her my veil. Something about sharing a "vital" part of my wedding day feels really special to me. 

8. Waking up early to drop J off at work (his car is in the shop). I got this flash of wondering if this is a little what it's like to drop kids off at school - then come home and start my day.  

Life is full of all sorts of things, and I'm hanging on to those moments :) 

Highest

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So in some ways, I think having Wednesday off made me even more productive this week, both at home and at work. (it's a slow week at work, so it's a little hard to tell) 

All my email devotionals have recently been about adversity. It's not something we imagine wanting, but it turns our eyes to our Lord, it helps build our compassion for others, it allows us to mature more, and it can help us see a bigger picture in the long run. I mean, it can also brew bitterness, immaturity, selfishness, anger, jealousy, etc., but the beauty is that the choice is ours (maybe with some help). And we can always be renewed by the transformation of our mind.

Dreaming

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Today, the office is just not working for me. I'm dreaming of home :) and beyond.

*Update: my day got tons better :) Lots of story sharing at work, I actually ran errands after work, boys and I just missed the rain on our evening walk, and omelets for dinner with hubby.  Yay.

"So we don't look at the troubles we can see now;

rather, we fix our gaze on the things that cannot be 

seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, 

but the things we cannot see will last forever. "

-2 Corinthians 4:18

Independence Day

 

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Hope everyone has a safe and fun Fourth of July :)  It's amazing to live in a country with freedoms to and freedoms from, especially after being reminded by Brian and Debbie of other countries in which Christians are still physically persecuted. I take it for granted most days. I'm looking forward to time with family, playing cards, brownies, and fireworks!

July

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Happy July! Hope everyone stayed coolish. We watched movies, cleaned house, went to the pool, ate well, saw Stephanie and David, and heard Africa stories :)  All in all, a great start to the month!