Changing Expectations & Becoming Myself
“It is your birthday. You are bringing us this cake?” “Yes. Because I lived in South Asia for a long while. On birthdays there, it is common to give candy or small gifts to friends on your birthday. I did it for seven years there, and it became part of my birthday tradition. I’m not …
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"Just as our love for God begins with listening to God’s Word, the beginning of love for others is learning to listen to them.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer “If I had an hour to share the gospel with someone I would spend 55 minutes listening.” - Francis Schaeffer I really want to have some …
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I’ve been sick for a few days, but will share a new post soon.
Here is a post from over one year ago. It’s the start of my story with Daniel. There are 3 or 4 more posts in the Marriage category that come after it to finish the story. Thanks for reading! 🙂 Feel Free to Share ❤
Lots of giggling.
That’s what I heard walking into the post office. Working there during my university years was a good job, but it wasn’t exciting enough for uncontrolled giggling so I wondered what on earth was going on.
My coworkers were staring. I closed the door behind me. More giggling. Apparently no one planned to let me in on the joke so I decided to get on with my pre-work routine. Drop my bag on the counter and look inside my own box before delivering campus mail to everyone else’s.
I liked checking my box from inside the post office walls. Everyone else had to open locks from the outside. I got to see what they were going to get just before it happened.
This was fun to watch. Sometimes it was a note saying they’d received a care package. I delivered love notes, surprise candy, and favorite magazines…
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A few people expressed concern whenever I visited my elderly friend in her neighborhood. I understood. I was young enough to have had my driver’s license for only a year or two, and I was venturing into a part of town that was known for many things, but not for safety. However, I could not …
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I’m not sure how I’ve ended up sprawled on the floor, having tumbled into cakes and gone sledding down stairs. But it’s happened twice. And of course there has always been an audience watching the whole thing, or an unsuspecting person who walks up on the final scene. In both situations, before I was even …
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*I wrote this for something other than my blog, but wanted to share it* _____________ "Pray that I’ll run my own race.” Daniel said this just before getting out of our truck at 4:30am to line up for his half marathon. What he meant by “running his own race” is that he wanted to …
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-Here is the second part of my post from last week- ____________________ Once someone shared with me that she spent the day helping a friend. Part of our conversation went something like this: “It was so rewarding to meet a real need in her life. God used me to help her with practical tasks that …
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It is possible to think about ministry in a way that is very different from what is recorded in Jesus’ life and work. Such thoughts can be unintentionally propagated within Christian contexts. Most of us don’t intend to veer from the beautiful simplicity of loving God and other people, but false thinking can easily gain …
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