tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39289389439023308022011-07-28T21:18:21.923-07:00Learning to not see ourselves, situations, and relationships through a black and white lens but how to experience God's grace in the gray of life.Karin Maneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504401968469683044noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928938943902330802.post-18346010426072823762010-01-31T05:22:00.000-08:002010-01-31T06:03:23.581-08:00

This past Friday night was the benefit concert for the Matthews family and I really struggled whether I even wanted to go. I wasn't sure why, but just had this rock in the pit of my stomach every time I thought about it. I waivered until Friday afternoon and in the end decided I wanted to be there for my friend Angie.As I walked in, I saw lots of people I knew old friends as well as new ones

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I found myself in a familiar cyclical pattern this week. I scheduled myself too heavy (need to figure out why I do that), so I worked 3 days from 9:00am t0 9:00 pm with no time to eat or to work out. Because I was so tired, most of my eating consisted of Taco Bell and McDonalds grabbed on the way home. So when I did have a day off, I found myself restless but exhausted and had decided "I'm

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So Duane wasn't so tough on me today. It felt really good to begin to work my muscles again and do strength training, even though I am way down from what I used to be. What is so cute about Duane and Connie are their pithy phrases that they use to encourage one another on. Like "respect the process" or "a workout done is better than one undone". Lots of good things coming up this weekend that

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So tomorrow starts my cardio and strength training with my friend Duane and his wife Connie. He is one of my small group members that is encouraging me. Duane is 50 something, but is one of the most physically fit 50 somethings I've every met! Not just that, he is wise and encouraging and I've given him permission to push me. I know I'll be frustrated at where I've gotten to, but since Duane

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Some of my wonderful friends did an intervention of sorts on me this week. I have been talking in my small group for the past few months of my desire to get back into shape and reverse this cycle of losing large amounts of weight and then gaining it right back. Not an uncommon problem. Which is why I'm choosing to even share this.For those who have known me for the past 7 or 8 years, you have

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I was on my way in this morning and on the radio station they were talking about a man and a woman, who had never met, getting married on Skype. If you aren't into the whole internet thing, it is a new way to make video phone calls from your computer. All free for anyone who has internet and a webcam attached or in their computer. My first thought was, how afraid people are getting of intimacy.

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I love my husband. I especially love watching the spiritual journey God has him on right now. Since losing his job the first of May, he has committed to not just go for a job that supports our family, but is determined to seek God for what He has for him and our family. The pathway so far has been a bit like walking in the dark.Chuck and I have been asking God to show us what we are to do. He

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Six months since I last posted. Oh well this is how I journal too. I'll journal veraciously for 6 months and then nothing...life gets in the way. God though has been prompting me to write more and more to get my thoughts down...it helps me process them. It is the extrovert in me. But in processing my thoughts can seem really chaotic...so if you are reading this, I apologize in advance!I feel like

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The name "Lily of the Valley" is used in some English translations of the Bible in Matthew 6:28 and Song of Songs 2:1, although whether or not the Hebrew word "shoshana" (usually denoting a rose) originally used there refers to this species is uncertain. The meaning of this flower is "You will find Happiness."And why worry about your clothes? Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work

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So last week was my trip to visit Bill Johnson's church, Bethel, out in Redding California. I attended the Advance Leader's conference which was by invitation only. I was there with 800 of my closest friends, of which included Sandy Freese and Jill Sloneker. After a stopover in Napa Valley on the way out (What happens in Napa stays in Napa!) we headed up 3 hours north from there to Redding. It

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I just love the irony that I'm supposed to be some what of an "expert" on prayer when I still have so many frustrations and questions about it.As I've been praying for some very specific situations some questions have raised in my mind. Like, can we enable someone through our prayers to continue in a path that may not be God's best for them? For example, a person really wants a specific outcome

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The past 4 days have been filled with appointments ministering to people with deep pain over the mistakes they had made. Mistakes that have hurt not only themselves, but others. They were not experiencing just the "I'm sorry..I got caught" type of pain. No this was deep anguish with mourning and wailing. It was so intense just sitting with them as snot dripped from their noses, enveloped in shame

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As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life....Knowing God leads to self control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. Godliness leads to love for other Christians and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone. 1 Peter 3; 6-7 Can I just say how proud I am of my daughter Samantha?

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So this past week I got my annual review and one of the words that was used to describe me was "steady". It's taken me several days to process why that word bothered me so much. There are so many other descriptions that I would have liked to hear. Descriptions like star-player, excelled, crucial to the success of the team, etc; not STEADY. Steady seems boring and ho-hum. Not exciting at all.

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I loved listening to Beth Guttenburg's stories this weekend. I have not had the opportunity to read her book "Reckless Faith" yet, but have heard her God stories are impactful and challenging. In the course of her talk, she reminded me of how important it is as Christ followers not to be asking God what His will is for our lives, but instead to ask Him "God where are you moving at that I can

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This week I began leading a table at the Financial Peace course that VCC is offering for it's staff during the day. It is my second time taking the course. Chuck and I took it last fall together and were blown away by how Dave presented great financial principles with such wisdom and LOTS of humor. So we got on a budget and started showing our money where to go, instead of wondering where it

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Well we arrived in this morning to Ireland. It really is as beautiful as the pictures. People are even friendlier. We arrived in time to catch the last part of the Vineyard Dungannon celebration where Jason and his team were sharing about their mission trip to India. Unbelievable how they went to serve there. Jason and Michelle Scott are fabulous people with a big heart for the Kingdom of

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So today I leave for Northern Ireland with a team of 13 other people to serve at an servant evangelism conference with the Dungannon Vineyard. I always hold this tension when I leave for big trips like this. My default is to have expectations, sometimes conciously, sometimes unconciously. And I'm almost always disappointed. India was one of those times. I went with expectations for one thing

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