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The Long Bunch: June 2013
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Sunday, June 9, 2013. Ask, Seek, Knock. I have overcome the world." And then the same or similar passages have been repeatedly popping up in my reading, and even on Facebook, and I know God is speaking to me. I have trust issues, apparently. Imagine that. I tell my Gracie she can pray about anything. Even when she has what we like to refer to as "poop issues" because God cares about the little stuff too. (And isn't that what most of our days are made up of? So I shrink back from praying for good things-b...
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The Long Bunch: August 2012
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Friday, August 10, 2012. My mom came to pick up a few of my kids for the day yesterday. I am still not sure if she was rescuing me from them or rescuing them from me. Because I know from experience that nothing will change as long as I am feeling comfortable and ok with things the way they are. Isn't that true for most everyone? We don't really work on positive change until we feel. Or maybe even something new altogether He wants me to do. Or something He wants me not to do. Thursday, August 2, 2012.
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The Long Bunch: After
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Friday, April 5, 2013. That is exactly where I found Jesus. I thought I knew him. But I did not really know Him until He met me in that place. That place that everyone else seemed to think would be the end of me. He came there. And He stayed. The labels were hard. Divorced, home-wrecker, adulterer, mistress. I thought those were the names I would carry the rest of my life. And maybe in the minds of some, I still wear them. But not in my own heart. April 5, 2013 at 5:06 AM. April 5, 2013 at 5:07 AM. PS - ...
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The Long Bunch: May 2012
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Thursday, May 10, 2012. Busy We all are, aren't we? Our women's ministry director recently gave me a book called " Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working". I started reading it and one of the first things the author talks about is being "addicted" to adrenaline. Ok, when I think of adrenaline, I think of sky diving, roller coasters, and riding in the car while my husband is driving (haha). I don't. I get a break! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Huntsville, AL, United States. Just your ordinary wife, mom, step-m...
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The Long Bunch: April 2013
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Friday, April 5, 2013. That is exactly where I found Jesus. I thought I knew him. But I did not really know Him until He met me in that place. That place that everyone else seemed to think would be the end of me. He came there. And He stayed. The labels were hard. Divorced, home-wrecker, adulterer, mistress. I thought those were the names I would carry the rest of my life. And maybe in the minds of some, I still wear them. But not in my own heart. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Huntsville, AL, United States.
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The Long Bunch: Obsessing, Blessing, and a Little Insanity
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Sunday, November 25, 2012. Obsessing, Blessing, and a Little Insanity. Hello blog-world. I have missed you! Life gets a little nuts, I get a little nuts, and I sometimes want to disappear for a little while. This holiday season has kicked off with a bang, beginning with a trip to see my husband's family in Mississippi. It really did feel like I was disappearing. There is not a whole lot to look at in the Mississippi Delta. Well, except for fields. Lots and lots of fields. Thing So I will typically find a...
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The Long Bunch: Take Heart
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Saturday, June 1, 2013. I might have forgotten how to do this. I am giving it a shot tonight. I am scared. There. I said it. The last few days and weeks have wrecked my mommy-heart and stirred up a fear in me that I did not know I was capable of. We watched babies be buried in a pile of rubble while they were at school. Mothers stripped of their children by a violent act of nature that no one could have prevented. That by some cruel turn of events we might outlive our children? Motherhood. We have to...
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The Long Bunch: Less of Me
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Thursday, January 10, 2013. I also started memorizing the Sermon on the Mount. Yes. The whole thing. That is three whole chapters (5, 6, and 7) of Matthew. (If you are interested in joining me, you can find the plan here. I grew up in church, so this is a very familiar passage, but I had never really "unpacked" it to see what Jesus meant. Since I am no Greek scholar, I did what most any non-seminary, non-scholarly person would do. I Googled it. Google led me to a sermon by John Piper. View my complete pr...
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The Long Bunch: Too Late
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Sunday, July 7, 2013. This is how a mid-life crisis begins. You wake up one morning and realize you already are. But in addition to. And I have been praying about what that "something" is. The frustrating part is for the last several months, the only answer that God whispers to me is "create margin in your life". In other words, "Do Less". What? I don't like that answer so much. The verses I read this morning were from Galatians 6."Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been ...
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