Especially before I post another Blog entry. Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, this is a blog entry from the long absent Mary K. I apologize to those few faithful who check here to keep tabs on me. To attempt to catch you up would be a fruitless endeavor and it would cause me to enter into so unhealthy thought patterns I am attempting to a victor over with the aid of Christ.
Suffice it to say, I have been fairly self-absorbed for an extended period of time. Then the Holy Spirit laid a smack down on me. (Kerpow - LF that is for you if you are reading) He showed me He is here and God is truly incharge of it all. My vain and feeble attempts at running what I thought was my life are just that vain and feeble. I was running from God not wanting Him to take back the wonderful vingettes of the future He shared. How dumb am I? Pretty dumb to thing that God is that fickle and capricious. I have seen the err of my ways and am returning to the right relationship I should have with my Lord and Savior. I am still struggling with some old thought patterns the devil likes to get going in my head so please pray for the destruction of those strongholds. I have also been living in stress city with work, school and church obligations mounting. I had my first mid-term test in about a decade. It went well. I cannot say it went "A" well though I am hoping it went "B" well. I would not be pleased with a "C".
Thank you to all of you who have been praying for me even without knowing my issues. I am thrilled to have you as friends. I hope to return to a semi-regular schedule of posting.
Mel, I know you are off-line at the moment but I love you to pieces and you are foundational to me.
H, I am thrilled beyond words that I get to see you again, keep the countdown going. You are a bright spot for me.
Atoti, you are a treasure straight from the treasure chest of heaven. I thank God for placing you in my life.
LL, you are a pillar of strength. I know you don't want to be placed on an alter so I won't, I'll just let you know I love you and I love God in you.
There are so many more of you, I thank God for all of you.
fofinha posted at 9:49 AM
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Yes you are right, I had nothing better to do with my time, yeah right. I just needed a little brainless time and this quiz was a welcome mental diversion. It is cute though. Enjoy.
fofinha posted at 6:23 PM
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I was reading my friend Melissa's blog and re-lived the joy of having watched the TV movie, "The Magic of Ordinary Days" as she recounted her experience of watching it as well. I was moved by her honestly and emotion about it all. I was caught in thought about how much we tend to overlook what we deem "ordinary". I am just as big a culprit of doing this as many others are as well.
I then continued on my morning blog and comment reading adventure to read the UK BSU blog and was hit again about how I view my life in this post modern world. I often view my life in a way where I expect so many things and take a great many of my things and opportunities for granted. Having the privilege of experiencing another culture outside our American culture has been a blessing. Seeing how joyfully others can live without many of the material entanglements. Seeing how others stop to enjoy the ordinary things of life. Seeing other struggle with some of the same struggles in the different environment. It all causes me to re-evaluate in a healthy way.
Having recently returned from another country, revisiting my goals in life - physical, emotional & spiritual, submitting myself to be accountable to another Christian, reading the blogs and comments this morning, working on my walk witht he Lord my God and Savior. All of this has been adding up and fitting together in my head in that odd way that only things can add up for me. ;7)
I see where I need to reach out and take hold of friends, family and most of all my Lord. I am learning where to let go and turn away. The path the Lord has laid out is at times a fantastic journey, full of adventure and intrigue. At other times, this path is full of the ordinary which for me is really God's amazing splendor made real and understandable for dumb old me.
Thank you my God for those ordinary and extra-ordinary things in life.
fofinha posted at 11:57 AM
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Here are some cute findings from quizes I have recently taken. I was a bit surprized that I am only lightly nerdy. I have usually considered myself rather nerdy. Ah well. I hope you enjoy the humor.
You are a drumstick.
Absolutely insane. That is how most would describe you. You aren't afraid to take risks, and enjoy putting yourself in strange situations. Most people hang out with you because of your hilarious sense of humour. You light up any bad situation, and can help all of your friends with their problems, except for your own. Because of this, you enjoy being around people like you. Many shut you out for your very weird, random personality, but honestly, you shouldn't care.
Most compatible with: Guitar, and another drumstick.
Click here -- What Random Object Represents Your Inner Self?
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fofinha posted at 11:54 AM
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