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05 May 2011 24 Comments
in taking care of self & one another
this greeted me in the post office this morning and i thought it was a wonderful reminder of how to live and get along in a world where we have no idea, from one day to the next, what each person we encounter might be going through.
i also don’t know what you’re going through (unless you’ve told me).
i’m flying to alabama tonight and would love to spend time en route praying for you. if you’ll allow us the privilege, i invite you to share with this community what is heavy on your heart today.
i will stand with you.
and if there’s nothing on your heart today, then let the message i found in the post office put an extra lilt in your step!
p.s. if you are reading love wins by rob bell with us, i would love to hear your thoughts about the preface and chapter one. a great conversation has transpired from our first meeting yesterday.
May 05, 2011 @ 14:46:08
i’m finishing my manuscript.
and i meet with my therapist for the first time in MONTHS on monday.
and i have less than a month left of school.
oh and we’re trying to fundraise for our adoption – we hope to have our dossier in ethiopia by august.
yeah. i think these about cover it.
what about YOU?
May 05, 2011 @ 19:32:34
Awesome, Elora. I will pray. (I’m sorry…what manuscript!? That is awesome!)
Love how you encouraged, Dougy. He’s such a blessing, here and all over.
Manuscript. Adoption. Therapy. Done and done.
Love you, sweet Sister mine.
May 05, 2011 @ 19:36:06
P.S. See below in my response to Katy. I just boarded my flight.
May 05, 2011 @ 14:49:21
The thing heaviest on my heart today is that I be a reflection of Jesus to those around me. I want my co-workers to see Jesus in my life, for his glory (not mine). I want my closest friends to see Jesus in my life, for his glory (not mine). I want my family, blood and church, to see Jesus in my life, for his glory (not mine).
Thank you for reading the book, Love Wins. I would be joining the reading but I couldn’t fit the purchase into my budget, with numerous other books already purchased and ready to read. I look forward to reading the posts in the coming weeks.
May 05, 2011 @ 15:14:45
don’t know too much about you, dougy, but i know you’re constantly a reflection of jesus – the I AM jesus – to everyone here on mk’s blog. praying for you.
May 06, 2011 @ 02:43:54
Thank you for the encouragement. I hardly seem to believe it. I have doubt, only because I don’t see the results that God is working in my life rubbing off on those around me. I’m just like Thomas. I need to see the nail scars. I need to reach in the wound on his side.
But I know it is important to trust him, that he who has begun a good work in me will complete it in me. Thank you for the encouragement!
May 05, 2011 @ 19:35:18
What Elora said.
You are such a blessing, Dougy.
I want you to join the talk, Dougy. I’ll make it happen.
May 05, 2011 @ 14:49:26
Still looking for a full-time position with benefits and one that I really like.
Would love to find the love of my life.
Praying for you!
May 05, 2011 @ 19:34:15
PRAYING!
Job, yes.
And I’m ready for you to find The Love of Your Life, too!
May 05, 2011 @ 15:55:00
Hey,
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I would like prayer on the following:
Less household stress
More time to get schoolwork done
Things to work out in my marriage
Peace
A way to make money part-time with little stress and little time needed (like that exists
Have a great trips! I am excited for you and the youth!
Steph
May 10, 2011 @ 09:08:34
stephanie,
i want you to know i was praying for you with the others on my trip. for some reason, i had to approve your comment but when i did that from my phone, i was unable to comment back to you like i could the others. i didn’t forget you, though, my friend.
love you. praying for you still.
xo
May 05, 2011 @ 18:29:15
perfect timing, mk. i actually wrote a blog about needing prayers today!
i think you know what’s going on in my life, but please pray that i get a certain phone call tomorrow… i’ve never been so anxious/stressed before. (you might have no idea what i’m talking about, but i think you do)
also, please pray that my finals go well these next couple of days.
and that i can graduate with a smile on my face and no worries in my heart. because right now, i can’t even think about graduation without having an emotional breakdown… and it should be a joyful time, but it isn’t.
i’m praying that you have a fun and safe weekend <3
love you so so much
xoxoxoxoxoxox
May 05, 2011 @ 19:30:45
You are precious to Jesus, Amanda. He hears your heart. I am praying. May go thru wdwl this wkd wo my phone in hand!
(I know you love all my abbrevs.)
Love you! Praying!
May 05, 2011 @ 18:31:42
trust. that’s my big one. that i would learn to trust again and to trust god. and that even though this breaking and surrendering is hard that i’d learn to do it…to surrender fully.
and while you’re at it…that god would do his thing with africa and that man that i’d love to have in my life but i don’t always like asking for prayer for in life. so yes.
trust. surrender. africa. my man. oh and surrendering africa and that man. just sayin’ they all tie together. sigh.
and yes. how about you?? what can i be praying for you about other than safe traveling?
May 05, 2011 @ 19:28:09
Safe travels but also that the channels would be wide open for the HS to flow thru – no baggage, no drama. Just surrendered lives and hearts seeking Jesus.
LOOOVE your list. That sounds strange…rather, I think your list is one that Abba would pray for you Himself. You are so precious.
Trust. Surrender. Man. Africa. Done.
Amen.
May 05, 2011 @ 19:12:56
I believe you already have my list. I am grateful for friends that stand in the gap.
I am praying for your trip and am SUPER jealous that you will soon see Leigh. I’m just sayin’.
Praying you there and back, dear!
May 05, 2011 @ 19:25:17
Thank you, Presh!
Yes, I am praying – for clarity, for clearance.
Don’t worry. I promise not have any fun with Leigh. Or…at least not as much as we would all have if we were together.
WHICH WE WILL BE iN JULYYY!
Love you.
May 05, 2011 @ 19:51:33
I just prayed for you as you go through this weekend.
What’s heavy on my heart…? I just need a boost in my relationship with God. It seems like it was really awesome a few months ago…and now…I just don’t know.
May 05, 2011 @ 19:53:20
Aw, Presh. Yes. You are probably closer than you think. But I will pray for that for you. Xoxo
May 05, 2011 @ 21:39:56
I’m considering extending my contract here in Korea, but it depends if my employer will let me do it for the time I asked about, and I know my family may not like it too much.
And I think the rest of my prayer requests could be summed up in going back to my One Word for 2011. I want to see more and more what Beloved means.
May 05, 2011 @ 21:43:43
Aw, love this, Melissa. I will pray this for you. And will pray about Korea with you, too. Xoxo
May 06, 2011 @ 09:28:40
Is is so much nicer when people are nice, isn’t it? a kind word turns away wrath, and you’ve been the kindest person to me this week. Thank you for turning away the wrath in my life.
I need prayer about employment. the requirements for a class to “make” for the summer have been upped and it looks like I’m not going to be teaching as much as I’d hoped. That means, in order to make ends meet, I need a real job, which apparently, isn’t teaching college.
May 10, 2011 @ 09:11:15
i understand your language – my sister teaches at our community college and is an adjunct at our local university. it’s a tough situation for college educators. i am praying for you, my friend.
and it is always easier to talk someone else down from a ledge than it is to do it for ourselves, which is to say that others have had to do that for me so i’m glad i was able to help you. you are such a blessing, kristin.
xo