I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of junk in my past.
We, as humans, go through hard things. And I wish I could save everybody. I’ve written this before but I received wise advice, “You don’t have to save anybody or everybody. He already did”.
I personally have made my share of mistakes. And I have a few friends that claim to have made mistakes as well – though you might not guess any of this from looking at our Facebook profiles. So when we realized grace was offered to us, our hearts leapt with excitement. Don’t we all have that emotional rush when we become Christians? And over the months, the years, it begins to fade. There may be some spikes during retreats or really good sermons, but we know by now that living a Christian is not an emotion. Read the rest of this entry »
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When I was in Africa, they said I had to sing.
I was fairly upset about this. I had purposely signed up for a “business focused” DTS with this YWAM base so that I would not have to sing.
Anyone who spoke to me beforehand knew how excited I was to go to a business focused school. I was thinking that perhaps we would teach people how to set up their own small businesses. Or maybe we could learn how to sustain ourselves as missionaries. But alas, we had to sing and dance. Read the rest of this entry »
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Here’s the cool thing about grace:
It teaches.
I do not think anyone has taught me that. Grace teaches you a lot. More than just humility. To live in grace will give you a life of fullness and when you live in fullness, you learn a lot.
Happy Easter, by the way.
My favorite song, at least line of a song, to think about on Easter is in Relient K’s “Be My Escape”. It says “The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair”. I’m not sure if it is the line that strikes me or the song in general.
The first time I heard Be My Escape, I was probably 13. My friend was having me burn her CDs and it was playing as I imported it onto my computer. I thought my friend was the biggest dweeb, so I did not think much of the music. I later heard it when my first boyfriend, when I was 14, had me put the songs into the computer. This song was their most popular. When I heard it, I did not know it was about Jesus. That’s key to this song. They never say “God” or “Jesus” or “Holy Father we adore, mighty and precious”.
Then I got to know God. Read the rest of this entry »
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This is a call to action!
I admit, I am not one for moving.
Anyone you ask in my life can tell you a fact: I tend to be lazy.
I once asked my friend, “Which do you think is my worst deadly sin of the 7? Sloth or gluttony?” She laughed out loud and said, “Jaymie, you are too lazy to get out of bed to make yourself something to eat!”
Fine. But why does that have to define me? I let it.
I cannot recall the first time I was called lazy. I accept it as a part of me. I would bet that you cannot recall the first time someone called you a negative word you now use to define yourself by.
“Overeater”
“Pessimistic”
“Controlling”
“Worthless”
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According to my Good Earth Vanilla Chai Tea teabag (yum), Abraham Lincoln once said, “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing”.
On that note, I would like to take you back to me about a year ago. I bought the book “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I had been reading her blog for over two years so I could only count it as fair that I would buy her book when it came out in softcover. Rubin talks about having her own 10 Personal Commandments, which you can find on her blog. After a lot of thought, prayer and review of my own life, I came up with 10.
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I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of junk in my past.
