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Oh, Woe is Me!

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Day 24, Friday: Your top 3 worst traits!

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I’m Too Critical of Number One. Always have been, probably always will be. I don’t have to worry about the criticism others are shooting my way, I give out more than enough for myself.

REGRET.  I always tend to look back and wish I had done things differently. Even though I know I can’t change the past, I am forever looking over my shoulder and longing to undo things that cannot be undone!

WORRY!! And this is a sin! I am sooo bad about this one. I am always telling myself I am giving it to God and NOT going to carry it anymore but I go right back and pick it up. Bad girl!  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” Matthew 6:25-27 NIV.

But I am working on it! So I decided since there were no rules I would add my three good traits too! Who’s going to call the police?!

I used to love to take care of people. When I was able that is. To be able to give and help and know that you are needed is a wonderful thing. It is so different being on the other side. I have decided I don’t like it!

I try to be compassionate. Love the unlovable because God loves me!

I would do anything for my kids. I guess sometimes that could be a bad trait! They mean everything to me; I feel like I have poured my life into them and hope I have taught them well.

So what are your good and bad? Feel free to share!

Pray and let God worry

 

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Things I’ve Learned That School Didn’t Teach Me!

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Continuing the Blogging Challenge! Today is Day 23, Thursday: Things you’ve learned that school won’t teach you. And this one is interactive! Be sure and reply with your own thoughts today to make it even more fun!

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I’ve learned that you can’t change people no matter how hard you try. They may annoy you, hurt you, lie about you, stab you in the back, and you may have to call them “family”, but you are stuck with them. So you learn how to take deep breaths and realize that they are in your life for a reason. If for nothing else than to teach you patience…lots of patience.

I’ve learned that there really is more love in this world than hate. No, really there is. You may have to go looking for it sometimes but it is there. Look past those that dwell on negativity, the “gloom and doomers”, and you may be surprised to see right in your own little world, and commUNITY, people that are reaching out and giving a helping hand.

I’ve learned not to believe everything I hear. I hate gossip and it is so easy to get pulled into it. One minute you are talking about the weather and the next minute you are talking about somebody! But 99% of the time it isn’t true and someone gets hurt so the best thing to do is to do like Barney always said, “Nip it! Nip it in the bud!”

I’ve learned I can’t make it in this life without family. Yeah, I know I’ve already blogged about that a couple of times in this challenge. But they are the ones that stick around. I was blessed! Just look at your wedding pictures! I always heard that when you are planning your wedding you might as well use family members as attendants because chances are you won’t even have contact with most of the people who stand up with you ten years after your wedding. So true.

I’ve learned that time passes way too quickly. Wherever you are in your life that clock is ticking fast! Enjoy every minute, make the most of every day.

I’ve learned that it pays to have a good work ethic. The Sweetheart instilled this in our boys because his father imparted it to him. Laziness doesn’t pay! If you want to get anywhere in this world you are going to have to work at it. As the saying goes, “Money doesn’t grow on trees…” Never has, never will.

I’ve learned you cannot truly appreciate the adversities of others until you have experienced some for yourself. A true heart of compassion and a need to minister is born from hardship. We feel the need to reach out because we too have suffered and have known the heartaches and sorrows. Who better to comfort and reach out than one who can relate?

I’ve learned that marriage truly can be for a lifetime. That is one thing that definitely is NOT taught in school! I married young, too young by some standards, even though you couldn’t have told me that then! Love is blind. Two years after we were married we started a family, and I was never happier. I had so much growing up to do but thankfully God was merciful, we did love each other and that kept us together. This July we will celebrate 34 years!

I’ve learned that school doesn’t prepare you to be a parent! Oh my word, can I hear an “Amen”! Parenting teaches you to be a parent and it is hard work. I think they do have actual classes in some schools now. I have even seen some girls carrying around “babies” for 24 hours that they bring home from school to take care of and monitor. Of course it is nowhere near the same thing but at least they are trying. I give them an “A” for effort. Even reading thousands of self-help books on the subject is not the same as just getting in there and getting your hands dirty. Love them, lead them, and give them all of YOU.

And finally, I’ve learned that no matter what I have gone through God has never left me or forsaken me. Even when I knew I was the guilty one, He loved me back home! All of my mistakes, my failures and blunders, He kept on forgiving and pardoning.

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So what have you learned? I would love to hear! Leave your comments and your thoughts on things you’ve learned that school didn’t teach you.

 

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Back in Time…But not too far!

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Blogging Every Day in May Challenge today is links to your favorite Archived Posts! Yay for an easy one! I hope you enjoy and will take the time to read some of my faves that you may have missed!

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12 Hours to Save Thumper was one of our real tear-jerkers! I even got a couple of phone calls, besides the emails and comments, checking on Thumper. True stories are always a winner, even the sad ones…

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I believe I have received more mail on this post than any other so far! If God Forgives Me, Why Can’t I Forgive Myself? How far is the east from the west? How far does the Lord cast our sins when we are forgiven? It is not so hard to believe sometimes that God can forgive us, but it is very difficult for us to forgive ourselves. I have discovered that is one of the things the enemy tortures people with the most! And it is one of the all-time-high Google searches! This article deals with letting go of past wrongs, if God has forgiven you, it is forgotten!

My Three Sons seem to take over here at Hope in the Healing! “Hey, Guy! Somebody Call the Cops!” was definitely one of the busiest days on the blog! In this case there were only two at the time, number three had not yet arrived. No problem, number two could carry out this caper all by himself! Check it out if you haven’t read it yet…it’s a whole lot of fun!

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Are You A Wounded Healer? This was another very popular post that generated alot of email! People that have gone through much suffering in their own life and yet God has turned it around and they can now use that experience to minister to others…they are Wounded Healers. They know just what to say and when to say it, or say nothing at all. They show up at the right time and know how to pray. Their touch and their presence brings peace and comfort.

Don’t Pass By Nikolai is actually one of MY favorites! This happened while we were living in the country of Estonia, in the Baltics. Such a gentle and kindly Russian man, you will enjoy reading the compassionate story of our friend Nikolai. It is a wonderful reminder of the importance of something as simple as a smile.

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He Heals Me, He Heals Me Not. I was not expecting the outpouring of response from this post! Certainly many people could relate to wondering why God heals some and not others or even heals them at certain times in their lives but not others. But even more importantly was our response to it and God’s plan. This article was also my first feature for Internet Cafe Devotions.

I sure shattered my sweet and innocent image when this story broke! Then I’ll Huff, And I’ll Puff, And I’ll… Come on, what would you do??

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This super popular post by my dear friend Randa Chance, just keeps popping up in the archives! When the Music Stops, is one of the most encouraging articles you will ever read anywhere! If you are going through ANYTHING, Randa will help you pull up your bootstraps and get back out there and keep going. She has been through enough to know and God keeps picking her up over and over again. She is an overcomer! BTW, her book, Of Cabbages and Kings, is absolutely a hoot! A great read, you will laugh, you will cry, it will move you…and it’s for sale on the right side of my homepage!!

Randa Chance is a writer, speaker and pastor's wife at the Sanctuary of San Antonio.

Randa Chance is a writer, speaker and pastor’s wife at the Sanctuary of San Antonio.

And we can’t leave out the post that generated me the most views EVER in a single day!! You might know it would come from the cutest couple EVER as well. Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend and A Groom’s Worst Nightmare was a winner for me but a nightmare for my eldest, Kyle. Read the story to see if it has a Happily EVER After…

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Finally, the one that started it all! Faith Journey! I would have to say this is one of my favorites because it tells how the Lord helped me overcome my fears in the country of Latvia in the former Soviet Union. He was so faithful, to one who had never left United States soil and who was afraid of EVERYTHING, especially closed-in spaces! Oh, the fears He helped me face and defeat! I love this story that is funny, scary and full of surprises. I hope you will take the time to read it.

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