tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61649491391774869482024-03-13T04:19:19.110-04:00The Little Hill LifeMarniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-29765902537157985982020-12-31T20:38:00.002-05:002021-01-01T11:13:16.539-05:00THE WORD I DIDN'T SHARE<p>Many of you know that I choose a "word for the year".</p><p>Reflect, choose, intentional, rest. I have been choosing words since 2009......or I should say, they choose me. Most often they are bound out in Scripture and leap off the page. 2020 was no different. This Psalm has been travelling with me for a number of years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSj_1URE1cz9XMFwJJ6GwM57sOwcpJccvc-uA_gzUvEMzYHXrwH-vq4Yxnn7Sv4z2s8iYWf_UJR30QMHsbu8O2Hhf5aa87Cj98dftjFCjzmj2PelaEmhVjIxem0pveDElSHEREN-kf4R5w/s2048/134400741_3778623812223265_5833878648718708763_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSj_1URE1cz9XMFwJJ6GwM57sOwcpJccvc-uA_gzUvEMzYHXrwH-vq4Yxnn7Sv4z2s8iYWf_UJR30QMHsbu8O2Hhf5aa87Cj98dftjFCjzmj2PelaEmhVjIxem0pveDElSHEREN-kf4R5w/w300-h400/134400741_3778623812223265_5833878648718708763_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was very familiar with the beginning of this Psalm and the end (maybe you are too). We have sang these praises and I am sure they were quick to your lips as your read them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What I had pondered was mostly this second section. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>"Even the Sparrow has found a home,</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>and the swallow a nest for herself</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>where she may have her young -</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>a place near your altar,</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Lord Almighty, my King and my God.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Blessed are those who <u>dwell</u> in your house:</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>they are ever praising you."</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In fact, I had a plan for a necklace (because sometimes I wear my "word") - a nest with 5 pearl eggs, a bird charm and the word "dwell".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, I read further and this contrast jumped out at me:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczSaz4oYlFyC4jjUF8pfVgrpOxYHU0TRaa5FYTT3JVbzgYaKiU7zegMQKyHo0eWBQPps-ApsUA16hoERJcuHhvpDH8hy0oBBQVNDt-zxhTxk8GJXPrasgGPeBWtFFjFaetS-5O8abrjkn/s2048/135247224_1363720297307387_4767642272871502009_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczSaz4oYlFyC4jjUF8pfVgrpOxYHU0TRaa5FYTT3JVbzgYaKiU7zegMQKyHo0eWBQPps-ApsUA16hoERJcuHhvpDH8hy0oBBQVNDt-zxhTxk8GJXPrasgGPeBWtFFjFaetS-5O8abrjkn/w300-h400/135247224_1363720297307387_4767642272871502009_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We went from <b>dwelling</b> to <b>pilgrimage</b>?!?!? and BOTH are blessed?! and what?!?!<div><br /></div><div>And THE word was pilgrimage and I knew. And I wasn't completely confident in what that meant but I knew it was mine. And for the first year after a decade of word-choosing, I wasn't excited about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>PILGRIMAGE - a pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature or a higher good, through the experience. It is often taken alone. It can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, so I didn't really LOVE and EMBRACE my word...at all...that is why I didn't share it or blog about it. I DON'T like change. Pilgrimage means moving and moving means change. A former boss used to say "If you always do what you've always done then you will always get what you always got."</div><div><br /></div><div>Growing means change</div><div><br /></div><div>Being transformed into the likeness of His son means change.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pilgrimage means change.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, at the beginning of 2020, I anticipated my word and how it would play out through the year (and I am usually VERY wrong) I recognized that my new job and planned travel for work makes for a lonely journey. Ottawa is a far away place and was still somewhat unknown. There were aspects of my job that were unknown. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14p1yctg-Q4HKELA6y-lepHLme0_Tc5WWez5-UCoDg-b7xFJOh2tQES8Yt8gb-d_WEN8bGOB8gnRDQ9aVH3zugUxyVx_rX299On9gbV-NcNscCJDOPVT_VuTVhtzYfYLPfkdCYu5J93Uu/s1104/135026710_711790043066373_1981134916724967688_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14p1yctg-Q4HKELA6y-lepHLme0_Tc5WWez5-UCoDg-b7xFJOh2tQES8Yt8gb-d_WEN8bGOB8gnRDQ9aVH3zugUxyVx_rX299On9gbV-NcNscCJDOPVT_VuTVhtzYfYLPfkdCYu5J93Uu/w300-h400/135026710_711790043066373_1981134916724967688_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But, oh this year has provided even greater opportunities in "aloneness" than I could have ever imagined. Quarantining and travel alone and online meetings and virtual committee and hybrid Parliament and business closures and restaurants only offering take-out and limited staff in the office.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwscRX2ZIN6rgAA7-4dr4YhmQm0hmEtWsaV4olqouoJesde93K4RZupBmVZN_OcQEf0I4G9iCkEoKwCxfQRuirHeGvGCbQy6qSPXAtRuhdyj-FtlL4uvByeWSwbK33eZmXQ4ocUzh3zdO/s1104/133714402_156153385948291_5656096602468833643_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwscRX2ZIN6rgAA7-4dr4YhmQm0hmEtWsaV4olqouoJesde93K4RZupBmVZN_OcQEf0I4G9iCkEoKwCxfQRuirHeGvGCbQy6qSPXAtRuhdyj-FtlL4uvByeWSwbK33eZmXQ4ocUzh3zdO/w300-h400/133714402_156153385948291_5656096602468833643_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This pilgrimage has had some significant valleys.</div><div><br /></div><div>Missing my niece and her husband.</div><div><br /></div><div>Missing saying goodbye to Baby M.</div><div><br /></div><div>Missing camp for the first time in 23 years.</div><div><br /></div><div>Missing our American friends and family.</div><div><br /></div><div>Missing church.</div><div><br /></div><div>Missing connecting. </div><div><br /></div><div>All the holidays were changed - Easter, July1st, Thanksgiving, American Thanksgiving, Christmas and tonight, New Year's Eve.</div><div><br /></div><div>We lost out on celebrating Brae's HighSchool graduation, Hosting the Homeschool Summer Kick Off BBQ and so many weddings and babies. I miss my people. </div><div><br /></div><div>In my travels, I took some time to seek out connection to the past.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTA58zqYP_7gZdfQ9QNns6YsQzNfAAXJyQjaBo2uLpQbYvWBnbO35_R_MsGe3f76nAT9enoopDxG1brFdUwoMZ8ojK_iHvistgEYjjtI_z4UA8NHjtonESMJgvR6KJ3xwyqKXTGz_oYSu/s828/135466944_776473649613139_7724452975577014963_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="828" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTA58zqYP_7gZdfQ9QNns6YsQzNfAAXJyQjaBo2uLpQbYvWBnbO35_R_MsGe3f76nAT9enoopDxG1brFdUwoMZ8ojK_iHvistgEYjjtI_z4UA8NHjtonESMJgvR6KJ3xwyqKXTGz_oYSu/w400-h300/135466944_776473649613139_7724452975577014963_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheD8Fd89JS9MBj6wMpJOCjKWHVxcjZJjboe2_1vUICWEqv9IK_s18D-fRHwSBWwm79dIYZeVL1j1QYDz4HosbO-FTFhndbQeCstRHFr8jGBJXxG7oh_luRZkrbE1BY96tD0GaktOXsBoYx/s1104/135014354_1467300256994654_2451931511876190832_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheD8Fd89JS9MBj6wMpJOCjKWHVxcjZJjboe2_1vUICWEqv9IK_s18D-fRHwSBWwm79dIYZeVL1j1QYDz4HosbO-FTFhndbQeCstRHFr8jGBJXxG7oh_luRZkrbE1BY96tD0GaktOXsBoYx/w300-h400/135014354_1467300256994654_2451931511876190832_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Over the last little while I have been encouraged to take a bigger perspective than just the one to which I naturally default.</div><div><br /></div><div>I tend to wallow in the valleys of life. Set up my tent and stay for awhile....</div><div>Sometimea a long while.</div><div><br /></div><div>But this verse says they "pass through". They don't make this their home. </div><div><br /></div><div>They don't dwell. </div><div><br /></div><div>They keep moving.</div><div><br /></div><div>And what do they do while passing through? "They make it a place of springs".</div><div><br /></div><div>They do something productive. Dig a well. Not only for refreshing for themselves but for those that come behind.</div><div><br /></div><div>They go from strength to strength. they grow in strength as they continue through these valleys and from strength more strength is found. We have victory through the valleys.</div><div><br /></div><div>This pilgrimage has indeed been challenging. Life looks very different. But with valleys come hilltops and I have seen beauty in the hills. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9ZDSw5NCuyhi8P-fI_ZaVMF-pK-Sik9zae7amyd8RT519ejYpPTbqO2C_yClE1xARBaa565CEViicBNGiQagYAnxEcYhfgrS2L3Cf8_Z-0I2eY2SrXWBOyz5Y2Gj9Bci5VxDuUMq8Ar1/s828/135310831_327760368341588_3253589137570383979_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="828" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9ZDSw5NCuyhi8P-fI_ZaVMF-pK-Sik9zae7amyd8RT519ejYpPTbqO2C_yClE1xARBaa565CEViicBNGiQagYAnxEcYhfgrS2L3Cf8_Z-0I2eY2SrXWBOyz5Y2Gj9Bci5VxDuUMq8Ar1/w400-h300/135310831_327760368341588_3253589137570383979_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So goodbye 2020 and the Year of Pilgrimage. I can look back at this lonely journey having learned much about myself and my family and my God. I am definitely changed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-28383739638342444742019-01-27T15:15:00.000-05:002019-01-27T15:15:01.226-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Isa-46-9" id="en-NIV-18596" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Remember the former things,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18596C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18596C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup> those of long ago;<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18596D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18596D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Isa-46-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I am God, and there is no other;</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Isa-46-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I am God, and there is none like me.<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18596E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18596E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span></span></span></i></div>
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<sup class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; left: -44px; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">10 </span></i></sup></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Isa-46-10" id="en-NIV-18597" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I make known the end from the beginning,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18597F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18597F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Isa-46-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">from ancient times,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18597G" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18597G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup> what is still to come.<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18597H" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18597H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="text Isa-46-10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I say, ‘My purpose will stand,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-18597I" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-18597I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Isa-46-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and I will do all that I please.</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">ISAIAH 46:9-10</span></div>
Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-19847852924359190362019-01-20T15:06:00.000-05:002019-01-20T15:06:07.718-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="text Ps-42-4" id="en-NIV-14560" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">These things I remember</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-42-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">as I pour out my soul:<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14560C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14560C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="text Ps-42-4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">how I used to go to the house of God<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14560D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14560D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-42-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">under the protection of the Mighty One</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="text Ps-42-4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">with shouts of joy<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14560E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14560E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup> and praise<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14560F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14560F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-42-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">among the festive throng.</span></span></i></span></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-31590849334436363912019-01-13T15:08:00.000-05:002019-01-13T15:08:01.654-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Phlm-1-4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I always thank my God<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29943B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29943B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup> as I remember you in my prayers,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29943C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29943C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Phlm-1-5" id="en-NIV-29944" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">because I hear about your love for all his holy people</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Phlm-1-5" id="en-NIV-29944" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29944D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29944D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup> and your faith in the Lord Jesus.<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29944E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29944E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">PHILEMON 4</span></i></div>
Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-69768915229200746122019-01-06T15:03:00.000-05:002019-01-07T15:04:27.437-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="text Ps-22-27" id="en-NIV-14232" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">All the ends of the earth<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14232C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14232C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-22-27" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">will remember and turn to the <span class="small-caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="text Ps-22-27" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">and all the families of the nations</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-22-27" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">will bow down before him,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14232D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14232D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span class="text Ps-22-28" id="en-NIV-14233" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">for dominion belongs to the <span class="small-caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14233E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14233E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-22-28" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and he rules over the nations.</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">PSALM 22:27-28</span></div>
Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-49795409631392837932019-01-01T02:35:00.002-05:002019-01-01T13:11:40.740-05:002019 ~ THE YEAR TO.....The start of a new year.<br />
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New challenges.<br />
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A new word.<br />
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As always, I spent a lot of time praying for and thinking on this new word. There were a number of options that presented themselves, early on, followed by weeding and pruning. Nuances are so important to me as I consider each word and weigh them in the balance. It is a process before it finally settles in.<br />
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So here we are, 2019, the year to...…..<br />
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<span class="one-click-content css-9sn2pa e1q3nk1v4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="one-click" data-linkid="nn1ov4" data-term="ponder" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="one-click" data-linkid="nn1ov4" data-term="thoroughly" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="text Ps-77-12" id="en-NIV-15106" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; left: -44px; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>I will consider<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-15106B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-15106B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup> all your works</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text Ps-77-13" id="en-NIV-15107" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; left: -44px; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><i></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Your ways, God, are holy.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0px;"> </span><span class="text Ps-77-13" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">What god is as great as our God?<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-15107D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-15107D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></sup></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Psalm 77:11-13</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spending time with the Creator. Thinking on His works. Meditating on HIM!! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Being present in His presence. Not just remembering but anticipating!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">REFLECT : </span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">to be </span><span class="one-click" data-linkid="nn1ov4" data-term="reflected" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Created in the image of God. Knit together with a plan and a purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I grow, I hope that my heart reflects the living God transforming me. From ashes to beauty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2019, I'm ready. </span></div>
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<br />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-83686640233440275752018-12-31T23:57:00.003-05:002019-01-01T00:01:24.203-05:00ALMOST THE ENDWell here we are.<br />
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Almost the end of another year.<br />
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In a few minutes the hands of time will move us into the new but for now, I am looking back over 2018. The year to <i>CHOOSE.</i><br />
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There are lots of choices we make in life. And this year was full of choices. Some I liked and others I didn't and then there were the circumstances in which I had no influence but the choice of how I would respond.</div>
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Choose Joy. </div>
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Choose Grace. (This one I put my wall as a reminder that ALL is grace.)</div>
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This year we faced loss on many levels and in multiple ways. </div>
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<i><br /></i>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-17836226138312932352018-03-04T22:32:00.001-05:002018-03-04T22:33:11.706-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<br />
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-73390540628854641692018-02-26T11:41:00.002-05:002018-03-03T13:38:39.248-05:00CHOOSE ~ THE LONGINGS<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yesterday, during the morning service, at church, we sang <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMFM-lpzCC0" target="_blank">this beloved hymn</a>. What precious words Fanny Crosby penned. How often over these last few years has eternity and the loss of loved ones brought me back to the hope of a precious reunion with our loved ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Between Braelyn and Colby, we lost a baby early in my pregnancy. Drew named that precious one, Jason Lee. Healer from the sacred places. A brother for Drew because God answers prayer. Jason has never been forgotten.</span> We still talk about him. Their brother in Heaven.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>....I can't imagine heaven's lullabies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>And what they must sound like</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>But I will rest in knowing</i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And even as I sang that song on repeat for days and then revisited for months and years, allowing the healing to wash over me, there was a piece of me that was not quite satisfied. A desperate desire to see Jason and a longing to hold him filled me. The sadness of this loss often overcame me and even today listening to his song and singing, with my eyes closed, tears run rivers down my cheeks. </span></span></span></div>
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'cause I know I can't wait to see my baby boy. and Aunt Linda. Abuella and Abuello and aunts and uncles and cousins and friends... So many loved ones that I miss. So many that will go home before this year is out. And for the rest of my days, there will be the loved and the lost and the longing.</div>
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The One who gave up heaven and sacrificed His life and prepares a place for me? My Redeemer. </div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">But as for me and my household, </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">we</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">will</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">serve</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lord</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">.”</span></span></i></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-40628450967541998682018-02-20T23:36:00.000-05:002018-02-21T19:33:06.153-05:00ONCE MORE - ONE LITTLE WORDSo, it has been 51 days since the first of the year. 51 days late in posting my word for 2018.<br />
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I realize that this has been a standard post since I started my blog in 2011. And the preparation for this year was not any different than the past 10 years of word choosing. I prayed and thought but the reality is, once again, it seems like my word chose me. So, posting my word shouldn't have been that difficult, right?<br />
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People were asking and waiting and I was procrastinating. To be honest, this word seems to have so many nuances and for me it could not be pinned down. I like my words to be neatly packaged with a bow and this word seems to have a mind of it's own and has led me on a wild goose chase these 51 days. One in which I have failed to box up and deliver with some sort of expectation. Instead, I have a myriad of thoughts and roads to travel this year.<br />
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Last year was the year to be <a href="http://thelittlehilllife.blogspot.ca/2017/01/in-with-new.html" target="_blank">HELD</a>. It was a busy year. Following <a href="http://thelittlehilllife.blogspot.ca/2015/01/this-little-word-of-mine.html" target="_blank">REST</a> and <a href="http://thelittlehilllife.blogspot.ca/2016/01/what-follows-rest.html" target="_blank">CONTENT</a>, I had much time to learn to lean on this truth:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I am held and held together in Him. It was a year to watch God pour out on our family and fill us with His grace and abundance which allowed us the opportunity to pour out grace to others.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This second word <i>grace</i> settled into my heart and mind throughout the year. There were many times that I spoke this truth to my children, and to myself, as we faced challenging circumstances and people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So, we come to this new year. A new word started appearing, repeatedly, over the end of the last. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Reminding me of my first word, in 2009, <a href="http://thelittlehilllife.blogspot.ca/2015/01/this-little-word-of-mine.html" target="_blank">INTENTIONAL</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So, a belated welcome to 2018 the year to </span></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-59524362496851689572017-05-17T11:50:00.000-04:002017-05-17T23:26:01.883-04:00THE STORY OF: WHERE YOU ARE<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-87d14cb1-16c9-dc94-de90-ab740ea72759" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During the summer of 2016 I was at </span><a href="https://www.blbc.com/" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px;" target="_blank">Bair Lake Bible Camp</a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;"> with my family just like every other summer of my life. One night my mother informed me that my “sister” Emily (I didn't know this at the time, but she was expecting another baby) and her husband and two kids were coming to come for a visit while they were in town. Which is a HUGE deal because they live way out of town. And by that I mean they live way out in California. Later on that night my mother told me that not only were they coming, but I was going. I was going home with them to California. I was BEYOND excited to spend a couple weeks with them, getting know to know my niece and nephew better, ( who were still only 2 at the time, so they really don't remember me now) and to be able to serve them and show them God’s love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Their willingness to speak out on what God had called them to share really changed me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And the way the kids answer shocked me. The kids talked about how when they are scared they run to their parents to protect them, when they are happy they run to their parents for hugs, when they do something good they want their parents to be proud of them, the same way they need to run to God when they are scared or when they are happy, and when they do something that God would like, they want Him to be proud of them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I had never seen that kind of depth in six to ten year olds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Being a procrastinator by profession I knew that if I didn't talk to the elders of my church within the first few weeks of being home nothing would happen and I would go back to my fuzzy blankets and pillows and forget what God called me to do. So as a result of knowing myself I talked to the elders within the first two weeks. Six days after I talked to one of the elders I had a meeting with a couple of them so that I knew what exactly joining fellowship meant and that I was ready. During that meeting God did another amazing thing that has changed my life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">At the age sixteen I am not too young to be used by God.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Those six to ten year olds were not too young to be used by God. </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">My sunday school</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> class is not too young to be used by God, my nieces and nephew, Take a guess</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">... Good job! You guessed right! They are not too young to be used by God...</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Why? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Because it doesn't matter how old you are. God doesn't start having a plan for you when </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt;">you are twenty-five. He started having a plan for you WAY before you were born. And </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt;">his plan starts for you before you are born. 1 Timothy 4:12 says “Don't let anyone look </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt;">down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt;">conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Writing a song about what I was doing wrong and sharing it with the world wasn't easy. It was like I was admitting my sin to the world. But that's not what it's all about. It's about how I was ignoring God and then he softened me, He purified me, and made my heart long for himself and to do his will.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I know that if the couple who shared their story hadn’t been vulnerable that night at small group I would be a different person today. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I was straight up asking God to guide me where he wanted me to go. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">And when he told </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">me I pretended that he didn't saying thing cuz it wasnt what i wanted. I flat out ignored </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">what he told me to do. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Those warm fuzzy blankets and fluffy pillows soon become the </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">chains that hold you because you aren't willing to make a change and follow where He</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;"> calls you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">That is something I had to come face to face with. Doing what God calls you </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">to do brings you closer to him. A lot of the time we are never satisfied with where we are,</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;"> but we don't want to move out of our comfort zone to go find a place where we are</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;"> satisfied, and that's in his arms. That is the only place we can ever be truly satisfied.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a great reminder that God, the Creator of the Universe, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is the same God I serve, and He never changes. David knew that God would be with his son and reminded Solomon that He will “not fail you or forsake you”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moses gave those same words to Joshua in Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the course of history, God’s promise has been that He will never leave or forsake His own. He promised Joshua. He promised Solomon and He promises me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To continue reading please join me over <a href="https://defyingshadows.com/2017/04/28/fearless365-1-chronicles-2820/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-54849245241482879552017-01-10T14:44:00.003-05:002017-01-10T14:44:26.762-05:00YOU'RE MORE....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-19932474668962094402017-01-07T10:45:00.001-05:002017-01-08T10:01:33.424-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<br />
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How thankful I am that He is holding on to me!</div>
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<br />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-91617523114586621242017-01-01T14:18:00.000-05:002017-01-03T15:29:16.263-05:00IN WITH THE NEWA new day....<br />
A new week...<br />
A new year....<br />
all with the turning of the hand of the clock past the 12.<br />
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A new beginning....<br />
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and for me that means a new word!<br />
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I will pause at this moment as these Thousand Foot Krutch lyrics run through my mind:<br />
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<i>'cuz the end is where we begin</i></div>
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<i>where broken hearts mend</i></div>
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<i>and start to beat again</i></div>
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<i>the end is where we begin.</i></div>
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I am looking forward to the mending of 2017!<br />
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My past two years flowed into each other, as did their words.<br />
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<i>REST</i></div>
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And what follows REST? </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZitK6_IMQ" target="_blank">this</a> song spoke to me throughout this year. So much so, that my daughter and I sang it at our church this fall. Not a perfect performance but heartfelt and true of my experience and where I am.</span></div>
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<span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-63-6" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I think of you through the watches of the night.</span></div>
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Because you are my help,</div>
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I cling to you;</div>
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<span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-63-8" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">your right hand upholds me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So, welcome 2017 - The year to be </span></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-7384584469449738352016-12-31T11:16:00.000-05:002017-01-03T14:18:12.131-05:00OUT WITH THE OLDAnother year, coming to a close.<br />
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Usually that would be a sad sigh, as I ponder all of the good times, the memories we made and I think about my children that are growing too quickly. This year that is a sigh of "it's finally done". No excitement but relief that we can move into a new year.<br />
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These yearly words of mine are not quite adding up to what I envision at the beginning but they are definitely growing me.<br />
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2015 - <i>REST</i> - a crazy busy year with a federal election that ended in the ultimate rest for me - the loss of my full-time employment and the loss of half our household income.<br />
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2016 - <i>CONTENT - </i>I anticipated peaceful, sunny days of reading and time with my children, finding fulfilling employment, and having purpose.<br />
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2016 became a year marked by loss. Loss of work, loss of people. Waves of discouragement. Lots of tears.<br />
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This year, so many people died. Others have told me that it is just the age we are getting to, our parents are reaching the end of their life, so death will become more prevalent. I know this is true but I don't think anyone is ever ready to lose a parent. So many friends have lost one of both of their parents in 2016.<br />
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But, this year I experienced the loss of many who were so young. We aren't guaranteed tomorrow. I know that is truth but, the loss of peers and one of my sixteen year old daughter's best friends is more than one anticipates. It feels like God is calling people home in greater numbers.<br />
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I believe that God has numbered our days before our birth.Though, I have hope in this and my faith carries me through, being<i> CONTENT</i> this year has been a challenge.<br />
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I think I embraced my word in many ways but had to remind myself over and over, to be content no matter what my circumstances. And this year circumstances were hard and contentment is a choice. A learned behaviour.<br />
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On the cusp of a new year, I can choose to be <i>CONTENT</i>. And so I do.<br />
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<br />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-86104990142772835162016-08-27T00:58:00.002-04:002016-08-27T01:00:18.592-04:00ANTICIPATING BABY<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My lovely sweet Lauren is expecting. Sweet baby will be arriving soon. I was honoured to share a few words at her baby shower.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Well, Lauren, I would like to say that this whole situation is making me feel extremely old, even though I know that I have been one of your “moms” for a number of years. I remember shy, little Lauren sitting quietly in the corner of the couch in the farmhouse, preferring to fade into the background rather than jump into the spotlight. I was honoured to capture precious moments of the day you said “I do” and I am privileged to stand here today and say “Welcome to Motherhood”!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the day you learned you were expecting this sweet little peanut, until, well... forever, your life will never be the same. You have added a distinction and a responsibility. You are a mother. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We often focus on the beginning of the verse but I would like to take a moment to focus on the last three words. “My mother’s womb”. Not any mother’s womb. My mother’s womb. The Creator of the Universe has knit your son together in YOUR womb. He purposed that this boy, should have YOU as his mom. What an awesome trust (and I am sure a bit overwhelming). Motherhood is an incredible journey. A blessing beyond what you can imagine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But as a mother, there will be THOSE days, (don’t worry, we all have them) when you feel unfit, unworthy and like you are totally screwing this up. In the midst, do not forget that GOD handpicked you to be his mom. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the enemy whispers lies like “you can’t do this” and “you’re not good enough”, remember that God did not make a mistake. You are not perfect but you are the perfect mother for your son. There are things that you need to teach him and there are things that he needs to teach you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have this mistaken idea that children are born as a blank slate and everything about them is learned behaviour and under the influence of environment and circumstance. Nothing could be further from the truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeremiah 1:5 says “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God not only formed us, he KNEW us. He knew your son before he was formed! He isn’t a blank slate, he is a child who was and is known by the Creator! He has been formed with a distinct personality and with talents. God has a plan and a purpose for him. Things that only he can bring to your family. Things that only he can do in this world. He comes with 9 months of womb experience and though we minimize the importance of these months for emotional and mental development, it is during this time that he begins bonding with you. Being intimately in tune with your body’s rhythm and recognizing your voice and moods and stress levels. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Charlotte Mason, an English Educator, liked to say “Children are born persons”. I like that. We need to respect the personhood, of every human even a baby. Remember “A person’s a person no matter how small!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psalm 8:2 says “Through the praise of children and infants</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to silence the foe and the avenger.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is some serious power that comes through the praise of a child and Jesus uses children to teach us lessons. The boy with the loaves and the fish, the children he healed - from sickness and evil spirits. The children he raised from the dead - the widow’s son, Jairus’ daughter.. The children who joined the crowds and waved palm branches and sang “hosanna” as he entered Jerusalem. The children who ran to him, though the disciples tried to discourage them, Jesus welcomed them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your son will have things to teach you. Be willing to listen and learn. But you have the grand privilege to introduce him to the Saviour, to the Creator, who knew him and knit him together. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The most important job you have is to teach him about his sin and the Saviour that pours out grace in abundance, even on little boys.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introduce him to the Saviour but don’t stop there. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love the picture of Psalm 84:3 </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lord</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Almighty, my King and my God.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Set up your nest. You home. Your place near the altar of the Lord. A safe place. A place of worship .A place where the sacrifice for sin is not forgotten but celebrated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do you do that?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Deuteronomy we are encouraged</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instill in your home a love for the word of God. Hang it on your walls. Read it out loud. Sing it. Play it. Pray it. Not just on Sundays and mid week meetings. Not just at meals and bedtime but make stopping and praying a habit whenever there is a need or an opportunity arises to approach the throne of grace. Make worship a part of your everyday. Take opportunities to serve and as your son grows, give him opportunities to serve with you. Even little things are a blessing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is your mission field. He is the “nations” of which you were called to preach the gospel and make disciples. Preach the gospel to him. Make sure he hears it and understands it. Live the Gospel with him. Let your son see the passion of your love for the Lord in you. everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But even in the midst of this. There will be THOSE days. When you feel alone and forgotten and abandoned. When no one does anything right and they certainly don’t understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “He tends his flock like a shepherd:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember this. You are not alone. Your Saviour has promised to never leave you or forsake you. He is gently leading you. He knew your son before He formed him. He knew you before He formed you. Nothing in you is a mystery to him. He knows all of your ins and outs, your strengths and weaknesses. And He chose you for this special purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not to forge out on your own but with Bradley and with Him, along with your little man. The three of you figuring this out together seeking to be led by the Great Shepherd. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So when sleep is fleeting and a shower is a luxury. When using the bathroom without an audience feels like a miracle. When the laundry piles rival Mount Everest and a meal could be eaten from the remains on the kitchen floor. When it all looks daunting and there seems to be no end in sight, remember these words and cling to the truths found in scripture:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are chosen for this divine purpose by the God who knows you and has fully equipped you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So build your nest near the altar of the Lord. Dwell in his presence, trust Him and rest in this new role of “mom”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">my beautiful girl and her best friend at their grade 8 graduation.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The message I gave to the HBC Co-op Graduates and their parents on June 4, 2016.</span></i><br />
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-32139638088815980252016-03-30T15:47:00.003-04:002016-03-30T15:47:32.060-04:00Week 13 - High Key PortraitI had never heard of a high key portrait until this challenge. I did a lot of research. Found a lot of opinions on what this means and how to shoot high key. I shot quite a bit of my dear daughter over two different session and ended up with a couple of portraits that made me smile....<br />
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<br />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-86315083259836211492016-02-27T13:18:00.000-05:002016-02-27T13:18:13.281-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<div class="poetry top-05" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-left: 2.6em; position: relative;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The eyes of all look to you,</span></i></div>
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<span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-145-15" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and you give them their food<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16336A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16336A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> at the proper time.</span></div>
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You open your hand</div>
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<span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-145-16" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and satisfy the desires<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16337B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16337B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> of every living thing.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is righteous<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16338C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16338C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> in all his ways</span></i></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-67634613587108808512016-02-20T12:55:00.000-05:002016-02-20T12:55:00.281-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-81-16" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.</span></span></i></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-68605121729240015802016-02-13T12:52:00.000-05:002016-02-13T12:52:07.121-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> with what you have, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">because God has said, </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Hebrews 13:5</span></i></span></div>
Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597901497409656039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164949139177486948.post-81294722961294522152016-02-06T12:49:00.000-05:002016-02-06T12:49:00.193-05:00WORDS FOR THE WEEKEND<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text 1Tim-6-6" id="en-NIV-29795" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">But godliness with contentment<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29795B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29795B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> is great gain.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29795C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29795C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<span class="text 1Tim-6-7" id="en-NIV-29796" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For we brought nothing into the world, </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="text 1Tim-6-7" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">1 Timothy 6:6-7</span></i></span></div>
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