January 2012
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Pay attention to detail, you might miss something! For example: Adam and I have been dating for over a month now and last night we had dinner with some friends at my place. At the end of the night, Adam grabs a bottle of red wine that he had brought as a host-gift for a shindig I had thrown around Thanksgiving and smiles at it as it’s still sitting half drunk on top of my fridge. He says -...
December 2011
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“Just plotting when I can spend time with you. It’s like a bucket under a...”
– (How I know I’m beyond blessed & loved…)
October 2011
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“He remembered her hesitant smile and the startled look whenever he breached her...”
– from REDEEMING LOVE by Francine Rivers
{So feeling the aching truths in this quote tonight.}
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“Two-hundred days later, I now know what faith looks like.
I know that it’s...”
– Max Dubinsky blogs at MakeItMAD.com and tweets at @MaxDubinsky. http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/blog/27036-has-america-lost-faith
September 2011
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“The vehicle that you use to drive away from a relationship—your words—is the...”
– (Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church)
I think the same applies to the absence of words, sometimes.
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“Gonna take a man, not a boy, to lead a woman as ferocious for God’s will as you. The problem isn’t you, it’s a lack of men.” -Seth
I joked on Facebook last night that “The way things turn out, you’d think all the guys I date are lactose intolerant and I’m milk. I look healthy & refreshing but no one can handle it.“ This quote above is...
August 2011
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“The beauty of the female is the root of joy to the female as well as to the...”
– C.S. Lewis
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A Month by the Lake
My sick friend found out that he’s got less than 3 months to before the cancer & leukemia end his 3 year battle with cancer. He has decided to spend the remainder of his days travelling, visiting friends, & ending his travels in late October in the beautiful countryside of Lake Como. I’m not sure you could pick a more beautiful or serene place to wait patiently for the end....
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Last night - I finally found my voice.
Last night I got my voice back. Actually that’s not true – I think perhaps I may have found my voice for the first time.
When I commented on this fact a friend asked “Hey Ginger, where’d your voice go in the first place? Did a giant lady octopus steal it? Do you have a flounder & a crab for homies? Ever seen ‘Hipster Ariel’ before?” While I do have two fabulous broskettes who might enjoy...
To My Future Husband:
tomyfuturespouse:
Don’t ever feel you have to lie to cover a mistake. The most perfect person can also be the most imperfect person. I’ll love you for you.
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"I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my...
Me: When you walk to the store, will you look to see if there is a good spot to lock my bike up near the Starbucks?
Best Friend Nick: You know I was thinking about it yesterday when I took your bike out. The brakes were actually kind of bad. And this isn't a very bike friendly area... sidewalks just end...
Me: My brakes are bad? But I bought the bike refurbished?
Best Friend Nick: Well let me show you... ::shows me::
Me: Hm, well the bike is all rusted now from sitting out in my sister's shed for 9 months. When I bought it refurbished it had no rust.
Best Friend Nick: Well it has rust now.
Me: Maybe that's why the brakes don't work well.
Best Friend Nick: Maybe.
Me: Remind me, when I use this kind of bike lock don't I attached it to the main frame and the front wheel so people don't steal it?
Best Friend Nick: Why are you asking me? I don't know anything about bikes. I don't have a mustache. Or wear a neck kerchief. Or wear tight jeans with one leg rolled up. I'm not some bike wielding hipster.
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“I guess I find comfort in the precariousness. I may uhh, go so far as to say...”
– - Andrew Bird
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“I wanna be hea-ven min-ded! I wanna be - heaven minded! I wanna be - heaven...”
– “Forever and a Day” feat. Jenn Johnson from Bethel Live’s “BE LIFTED HIGH”
I may or may not be dancing around my room singing at the top of my lungs on my lunch break…
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“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise...”
– Walt Whitman
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“Men are like trucks, they drive straighter with a load.”
– @PastorMark
Responsibility has the capacity to bring out the best in us all.
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“Here’s a quick piece of Biblical advice for women who are in a hurry to...”
– (Unknown)
I know some of us have read this a few times. It rings true. Every time I read it - I remember that I’ve settled too many times.
July 2011
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“You are both stars, don’t forget. And the stars exploded billions of years...”
– (the Gypsy woman from ‘Before Sunrise’)
Lord, I will trust in You.: KNOW THAT YOU ARE... →
joecatholic:
Let me encourage you with an honest perspective:
If you continually compare what you want with what you have, you’ll be unhappy. Instead, compare what you deserve with what you have, and you’ll be happy.
What makes us discontented with our personal condition is the…
“Can’t say I trust it myself, t’ sea: it can seem so blue and gentle,...”
– Mrs. Wicklow, in Jan Siegel’s “Prospero’s Children”.
Sadly, I saw this quote & it reminded me of men. Though the sea is often associated with a female personification, I find men seem light & gentle or gray & broody…yet somehow always surprisingly...
“‘Tis not that I did choose Thee
For Lord, that could not be;
This heart...”
– Josiah Conder, 1836
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“The Greek word for confess is homologeo which means to acknowledge, concede or...”
– From ‘Radical Truth on Forgiveness’ by Paul Ellis
Do you see what I’m seeing though? When you confess your sins - you aren’t telling God anything he doesn’t already know, you’re just agreeing and acknowledging that what you’ve done is wrong. Kind of changes...
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“The cry of Elimelech had always been “God had abandoned us so I will...”
– From Francine Rivers’ “Unshaken” in ‘A Legacy of Grace’
“True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A...”
– Tom Robbins
June 2011
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“Salmon held the bread of heaven reverently. All his life he had taken it for...”
– Francine Rivers, from “Unashamed” in ‘A Lineage of Grace’
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“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
– C.S. Lewis
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“What did it matter that the Lord spoke to Joshua before they returned? Did God...”
– From Francine Rivers’ “Unashamed” within ‘A Lineage of Grace’.
“The littler the maid, the bigger the riddle.”
– Under the Greenwood Tree
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter...”
– Ain’t that the truth??
I might have turned into a raccoon overnight… check out this link for the full story:
“Jessie the Raccoon: A story of tragedy & humor, about learning to laugh at one’s self.“
May 2011
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“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose...”
– Roald Dahl
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If you had a week to live - how would you live it?
10 days ago I asked a bunch of my friends what they would do if they knew they had only a week to live.
It took me this long to think about it:
I would write everyone I love letters, letting them know just how much I love them. I would get a great bottle of wine, make my favorite dish of food, invite a friend or two over & enjoy some hammock time in the Texas heat. And I would pull all of...
“The best rain waits for those who deserve it and then fall to dance among those...”
– - TM
I love how all of God’s Creation is in cahoots with singing out his plan loud and clear. Vibrant emboldened statements that shout ‘HERE! NOW! This is what I want for you!’ God is so clear and obvious sometimes…I am so reverently in love with Him.
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Passion Pit "Smile Upon Me"
I’m going through all my boxes and getting rid of almost EVERYTHING I have carried around with me for the past 15 years. That includes notes from friends in elementary school, all the holiday cards except the ones from family, my comic books, any unsentimental knick knack, everything that has to do with ex-boyfriends (who knew I had so much of THAT stuff left around) and anything that takes...
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A Prayer: To the Father who gave His Son so that...
This has a been a long and beautiful weekend for me, but so bittersweet in that it was Mother’s Day weekend. A holiday that I generally use to celebrate all the beautiful women in my life (my mama, my not-at-all-wicked stepmama, my grandmothers, my beautiful sister who is mother to three of her own, and any and all other women in my life who have born their own!) However, I made a decision...
April 2011
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“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
(Some people have life-verses, this is my life-quote.)
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Theodore Roosevelt
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“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to...”
– Alex Karras
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through...”
– Isaiah 43:2
March 2011
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‘You Woke Me Up’ by Andrew Bird
It’s only March & I am in Texas now, but today felt like Seattle summer. I’ve got my window open to feel the warm night air blow through the window & listen to the mixture of the whistling sound it makes as it hits the side of my building & the crickets whose song is carried on the wind. I’m realizing as I lay here that, like Dorothy, I’m no...
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I know these questions might get me in trouble… but ever wonder if we are stealing glory from the Trinity by focusing so MUCH more on Jesus? And can we, as modern Christians, really validate putting so MUCH focus on the New Testament when the Old Testament is just as divinely inspired & a context necessary to make the New Testament even make sense?
#healthyquestionsIthinkoflateatnight