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Round Like a Record

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You spin me right round, baby
right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

(Dead or Alive)

I could say those words about sum up my last month.  I have always said, as soon as you even think about patting yourself on the back, God will smack you in the back of your head.  I don’t ‘think’ I thought about patting myself on the back but I sure have felt that humbling experience lately.  Also I have entered in a situation where I am beginning to feel I am exactly where I want to be, but then opportunities keep arising leaving me wondering if God is going to move me.  This leaves me unsettled, and personally I don’t care to be unsettled.

Therefore this leaves me totally trusting in God.

Trusting God in the middle of many unknowns.

What I have found though is that even in the middle of the unknowns and the parts that scare me, there are also little blessings along the way.  God gently reminding me he is here and in control.  It could be something as simple as a kind word, or watching a child act out in kindness, or a simple conversation; God is like the whisper in the wind comforting and encouraging.

How about you?  Can you relate to the quote above?  If so how do you handle when things all seem to be spinning you around?

How Much Will It Hurt?

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Laced With Grace

I was recently watching a House episode on television where a woman’s leg was trapped under a large concrete slab from a building that had collapsed.  Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie) had to crawl in a hole to reach this woman and proceeded to tend to her wounds, but more importantly he kept her company during this unbelievable difficult time.  The lady’s leg was trapped and it did not seem they were going to be able to free the leg, amputation was the only solution.  There was nothing she could do to change the past, the slab was already pinning her down; but before Dr. House amputated her leg she asked him, “How much will it hurt?”  (read the rest over here)

Unbalanced Life

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I find security when life functions like an accountant’s organized ledgers.  Keeping each column of faith, family, and finances balanced.

It was a leap of faith accepting a job offered to my husband, but one that would increase our family’s equity to help pay off our remaining liabilities.  There was fear he was offered too much money, but we moved forward.

After employed for one year with this company, we left for our first vacation to celebrate my brother’s wedding.  On vacation my Dad and husband were infected with Shigella and Tadd spent one day of vacation inside a hospital.  Sometimes life tilts us temporarily only to recover quickly.  Once healthy enough to travel we desired to return to our balanced, well planned out life.

Except everything changed.

Without warning my husband was let go from his place of employment and we were left wondering if we were going to lose everything.  Life’s liabilities out weighed our assets and equity, leaving me horribly unbalanced.

I was not in control.  I turned to God in panic not faith.  It was during this time I found despite everything that was shaken, the foundation stood firm.

Living an unbalanced life is a thin place for me — a place where I could have easily given into deep despair, instead I experienced God’s power and love.

When the economy began to threaten the balance of our lives again; I was reminded of God’s faithfulness. God whispered to me once again, “He gives a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-discipline.1”



1. 2 Timothy 1:7

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This was written in response to a challenge by Mary DeMuth.  Her newly published book Thin Places is about hope and healing.  I have reviewed Thin Places by Mary DeMuth on Lori’s Book Reviews .  I encourage all women to read Thin Places, but also I invite you to write about a thin place where you have experienced God’s presence.