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28.5.08
popsicle stick dolls
the idea was to make something that would be fun to play with in the sand at the BEACH. so this way, the sticks can..stick into the sand and the dolls will stand up...hopefully. we'll find out. i also made male popsicle stick dolls - a soldier and a surfer.
a little girl asked me to make her a butterfly, so we'll see how that goes. if it succeeds, i'll post a pic of it. maybe even if it doesn't succeed. her little brother then said, "i need a fuffer fie too." i love kids, they're just so incredibly adorable and ingenius!
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27.5.08
how would you like to be laughed at
this sweet little duck thought it was completely hidden and safe from the outside world...
I guess we made such a commotion that it decided it would give up trying to hide...
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I guess we made such a commotion that it decided it would give up trying to hide...
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do you....
...know that feeling where things in life are being a little rough to handle on your own, and you want to ask for help but you're too afraid, and everyone just looks at you, waiting for you to do something, watching you crumble in front of them, and they sit there, unmoving, judging you with their eyes, and you continue to crumble but try to hide it, and then discretely try to pick up the broken pieces while they aren't looking, and stuff them in your pocket where they'll be temporarily safe until you find some glue to put them back together?
then later, another broken piece falls off and you begin to cry, but you immediately get some glue and stick it back on, a little better this time since you were in the safety of someone who has never and will never judge you. but you still feel like a cracked piece of pottery that has crumbled and been stuck back together with a glue stick with missing pieces and holes everywhere.
me too.
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but what most people don't know, and don't care to know, and selfishly push away, is the truth about our loving Savior Jesus Christ who never fails to come and heal our hurts. no matter how bad we have messed things up. no matter how much hurt we have. GOD IS BIGGER! there are so many times that i would like to go back and fix something i did in the past, or change the way something happened, or delete a few things here and there. but we can't do that. BUT GOD IS SO FAITHFUL to forgive. He wraps his loving arms around us and gives us His promise that He will never leave or reject us.
so PLEASE tell me why in the world i would want to go on living my own life doing who knows what with who knows who with no regard for His neverending, never failing love? i don't. and i don't live within a boundary of rules of wrong and right, I LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF GOD'S LOVE WHO GAVE HIS SON SO I DON'T HAVE TO DIE. I AM UNWORTHY OF THAT LOVE, BUT HE GIVES IT ANYWAY. SO I WANT TO SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE DOING THINGS THAT WILL PLEASE HIM, NOT THINGS THAT ESSENTIALLY SPIT IN HIS FACE. and if you don't like it, that's ok because it's not YOU i am trying to please.
i cannot change what you think you know about me. therefore i cannot dwell on the sadness that could overwhelm me because you think you know who i am and what i am about. but someday, if you care to know, i will tell you. until then, i'll continue to unconditionally love you whether or not you believe me.
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then later, another broken piece falls off and you begin to cry, but you immediately get some glue and stick it back on, a little better this time since you were in the safety of someone who has never and will never judge you. but you still feel like a cracked piece of pottery that has crumbled and been stuck back together with a glue stick with missing pieces and holes everywhere.
me too.
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but what most people don't know, and don't care to know, and selfishly push away, is the truth about our loving Savior Jesus Christ who never fails to come and heal our hurts. no matter how bad we have messed things up. no matter how much hurt we have. GOD IS BIGGER! there are so many times that i would like to go back and fix something i did in the past, or change the way something happened, or delete a few things here and there. but we can't do that. BUT GOD IS SO FAITHFUL to forgive. He wraps his loving arms around us and gives us His promise that He will never leave or reject us.
so PLEASE tell me why in the world i would want to go on living my own life doing who knows what with who knows who with no regard for His neverending, never failing love? i don't. and i don't live within a boundary of rules of wrong and right, I LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF GOD'S LOVE WHO GAVE HIS SON SO I DON'T HAVE TO DIE. I AM UNWORTHY OF THAT LOVE, BUT HE GIVES IT ANYWAY. SO I WANT TO SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE DOING THINGS THAT WILL PLEASE HIM, NOT THINGS THAT ESSENTIALLY SPIT IN HIS FACE. and if you don't like it, that's ok because it's not YOU i am trying to please.
i cannot change what you think you know about me. therefore i cannot dwell on the sadness that could overwhelm me because you think you know who i am and what i am about. but someday, if you care to know, i will tell you. until then, i'll continue to unconditionally love you whether or not you believe me.
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24.5.08
19.5.08
the unfinished song
i sing silly songs in my head alot...well, ok, out loud too. but i find it amusing that when i can't remember the words to a song, an unvited random song will come in and fill in the missing parts. sometimes i just sing it anyway and laugh because it made no sense. but i'm beginning to wonder about this continuous partnership of song clips that run through my head...
"Wheeerrrre, oh where has my sanity gone? WWheeeerrrrre oh where can it beeeeeeee? He hiiiiideth my soul in the cleeeft of the rock..."
WHAT?!! Is the Lord trying to tell me something? if you figure it out, let me know. otherwise, i'll just keep singing and maybe the next line will usher itself in.
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"Wheeerrrre, oh where has my sanity gone? WWheeeerrrrre oh where can it beeeeeeee? He hiiiiideth my soul in the cleeeft of the rock..."
WHAT?!! Is the Lord trying to tell me something? if you figure it out, let me know. otherwise, i'll just keep singing and maybe the next line will usher itself in.
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yesterday, i heard someone say
and in all seriousness,
"I didn't know there was so many problems in the world until I started workin' at WalMart."
HA! I found an appropriate photo
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i heard someone sneeze RIGHT in the middle of the song they were singing at church. and then kept on going. i think it was even in the middle of a long note. i love him! Lord bless him.
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A very nice lady brought me a "homemade" ice pack to put on my migrained head as i sat and rocked my previously very cranky baby girl. thank you, very nice lady.
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"I didn't know there was so many problems in the world until I started workin' at WalMart."
HA! I found an appropriate photo
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i heard someone sneeze RIGHT in the middle of the song they were singing at church. and then kept on going. i think it was even in the middle of a long note. i love him! Lord bless him.
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A very nice lady brought me a "homemade" ice pack to put on my migrained head as i sat and rocked my previously very cranky baby girl. thank you, very nice lady.
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15.5.08
what do friends do?
When asked what kinds of things we do with friends, these are a few of the teenagers' answers:
1) trust
2) love
3) negotiate
Hm.
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1) trust
2) love
3) negotiate
Hm.
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translation please?
"Momma, nember the elophant and the tiger?! and the squirrel that claps?!"
"Yeah, the elephant and the tiger! A squirrel that claps?"
"Yeah, nember he has a beak? The squirrel has a beak and a nugget."
"What? A beak? Where's the nugget?"
"In his hand! And he claps like this (clap clap)."
"The nugget in his hand...A squirrel with a beak??"
Completely frustrated. "YES. He has beak like this."
"I'm sorry baby...OH! And he goes (doing a crazy looking dance)"
Half confused but delighted to see Momma dancing like a mongoose. Hesitantly, "Yeah...that."
I never completely figured out what he was talking about, until Daddy had to explain it to me.
View the squirrel with a beak and a nugget.
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"Yeah, the elephant and the tiger! A squirrel that claps?"
"Yeah, nember he has a beak? The squirrel has a beak and a nugget."
"What? A beak? Where's the nugget?"
"In his hand! And he claps like this (clap clap)."
"The nugget in his hand...A squirrel with a beak??"
Completely frustrated. "YES. He has beak like this."
"I'm sorry baby...OH! And he goes (doing a crazy looking dance)"
Half confused but delighted to see Momma dancing like a mongoose. Hesitantly, "Yeah...that."
I never completely figured out what he was talking about, until Daddy had to explain it to me.
View the squirrel with a beak and a nugget.
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6.5.08
job 8:21
but my heart hopes. my soul sings a sorrowful, sorrowful song.
almost mourning.
but You, Lord, say draw near to You and You will draw near. so please, my wandering mind longs to be filled with only thoughts of You. fill the voids. fill the longings. fill it with You.
i don't pray for things, i pray that my emptiness be filled by nothing but You. my fears be replaced by Your promise. my doubts be destroyed by Your mighty, ever powerful hand.
oh God of Jacob, comfort my trembling heart. let only Your Word spill from my lips. Your kindness. Your wisdom.
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almost mourning.
but You, Lord, say draw near to You and You will draw near. so please, my wandering mind longs to be filled with only thoughts of You. fill the voids. fill the longings. fill it with You.
i don't pray for things, i pray that my emptiness be filled by nothing but You. my fears be replaced by Your promise. my doubts be destroyed by Your mighty, ever powerful hand.
oh God of Jacob, comfort my trembling heart. let only Your Word spill from my lips. Your kindness. Your wisdom.
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armor
i believe it's time to simplify. there are too many distractions holding our attention for a bit too long these days. the Lord continues to show me new things on a daily basis. He is so faithful. and i believe he is building something in our lives. preparing us. strengthening us. teaching us! broadening our wisdom. our faith is increasing. unholy things are vanishing. holy things are taking their places.
the Holy Spirit is quietly reminding me that time with God doesn't happen through discipline, it happens through romance with Him.
I Peter 5:8, "Be self-controlled and alert, for your enemy, the devil, prowls aroudn like a lion seeking whom he may devour." and he does. we have to remember that the enemy is lurking. be aware. so that we can be ready when he strikes. if we are ready, clothed with the armor of the Almighty GOD, then we won't cowar because we are using His power, His strength, His victory! but so often we forget our armor. and then we sit around bandaging our wounds, wondering what happened, what went wrong. put on the armor of God.
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the Holy Spirit is quietly reminding me that time with God doesn't happen through discipline, it happens through romance with Him.
I Peter 5:8, "Be self-controlled and alert, for your enemy, the devil, prowls aroudn like a lion seeking whom he may devour." and he does. we have to remember that the enemy is lurking. be aware. so that we can be ready when he strikes. if we are ready, clothed with the armor of the Almighty GOD, then we won't cowar because we are using His power, His strength, His victory! but so often we forget our armor. and then we sit around bandaging our wounds, wondering what happened, what went wrong. put on the armor of God.
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1.5.08
what do you say
when you don't know what to say? i have that problem a-l-o-t. when i encounter this type of situation, ideally i would like to remain silent, and usually try to. it annoys me to just fill the air with unimportant completely irrelevant words. but it bugs me because alot of times i really do want to say something, and i really do try, but then i end up shrugging my shoulders and submit to silence. and for now that's ok, my world needs a little more silence for the time being.
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note to self: never wash a new froggy bath rug with your whites because the frog's yellow belly will bleed onto e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g in the washer. i know, i should know to separate my whites by now, but it's late and i'm tired and....i am out of excuses. i'm debating on whether or not i should stay up until i get sleepy, or lay in bed and let my eyes freely dart around the room and listen to all of my thoughts run all over each other in my head. i can't stand it when i can't even think a whole sentence befor another thought or three come and race circles around my first one. wow, you can tell it's late. this should be amusing to read tomorrow. or maybe not. maybe i'll end up deleting it.
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note to self: never wash a new froggy bath rug with your whites because the frog's yellow belly will bleed onto e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g in the washer. i know, i should know to separate my whites by now, but it's late and i'm tired and....i am out of excuses. i'm debating on whether or not i should stay up until i get sleepy, or lay in bed and let my eyes freely dart around the room and listen to all of my thoughts run all over each other in my head. i can't stand it when i can't even think a whole sentence befor another thought or three come and race circles around my first one. wow, you can tell it's late. this should be amusing to read tomorrow. or maybe not. maybe i'll end up deleting it.
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