tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36868753321560314592024-03-05T09:22:13.222-08:00Poetry & More By LaDawnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-89736702512368144192015-07-28T17:01:00.000-07:002015-07-28T17:20:01.471-07:00The Search Is Over!<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year has been an emotional roller coaster when it has come to me and dating. I date for a purpose while others seem to date for sport. I'm not saying every guy I have dated this year has dated me for sport because there has been at least one good guy in the bunch. I'm not trying to down any guys I have dated either because if it just isn't there, it just isn't there. The truth is, I don't look at a potential significant other and see their many flaws. I don't care if his legs are too skinny or his feet are too small; I don't care if his nose is too big or his smile is a little crooked; I don't care if he doesn't have much hair or his ears hang too low because I don't look at him to find reasons why he doesn't deserve my time or attention, instead I look at him and see all the reasons why I don't deserve his time or attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">With that being said, I'm not trying to talk myself up because anyone who knows me personally knows that I'm my own biggest and worst critic. I do not think highly of myself and I do not blame those who do not see anything special about me. I don't have the most beautiful smile or eyes that sparkle beyond compare; I don't have the body of a supermodel or hair that glistens in the sun; I don't have an outgoing personality or the most witty sense of humor, but what I do have is something worth more than all those things put together; I have a great big, giving and loving heart. Sure, it's been tattered and torn, bruised and abused; it's been stabbed and even been used, but somehow it still beats and has the willpower to love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't talk to everyone about my dating life but after a dating experience that took me to my breaking point at the beginning of the year, I decided to give it one more try. I had a great feeling about it for some reason and I didn't know why, but I guess I was wrong yet again. So now, I have decided the search is over. Yes, I said it, I'm done! I'm no longer looking to find someone to date; I'm no longer looking to find the love of my life. You see, perhaps God has been trying to tell me that the only relationship I need to be pursuing is a closer relationship with Him. Lord knows when I meet someone I put way too much of myself into him. I'm not saying that's a bad thing because God knows we all have the need for companionship. I'm also not saying that I will never date again or that God won't ever send me the love of my life (who knows, maybe He already has), but what I am saying is that if a man wants to be mine then he is going to have to pursue me for once and convince me that he is worth it because I already know and see my every flaw and how I don't deserve love or happiness. So, I want a man who sees beyond everything that is wrong with me and realizes there is something that just might be right about me too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wrote this poem earlier today and I'm thankful that I have Someone who looks beyond all my faults and pursues my love anyway. To Him I will always be enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, I want to fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In love with only You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">No one else has ever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Lord don't let me fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For anyone else but You.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, keep on loving me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like only You can do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have ventured on my way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Without You on my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I met men along the way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thinking they were kind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some said they loved me so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">It caused me to be blind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then they changed their plans</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And left me so far behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wish I could change things now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wish I could just hit rewind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But You always pick me up again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And ensure that I will be just fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, I want to fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In love with only You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">No one else has ever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Lord don't let me fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For anyone else but You.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, keep on loving me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like only You can do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You are the one person</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who loves despite my flaws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You see every moment that I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Give with my all in all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You don't reject this heart of mine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When another gives a call</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You don't give up on me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When my back is against the wall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instead Your loyal to the end</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Over and over I can recall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, I want to fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In love with only You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">No one else has ever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Loved me like You do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Lord don't let me fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For anyone else but You.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, keep on loving me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like only You can do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now my search is over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have found my true Love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Prince Charming is a King</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who reigns in Heaven above</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">He loves me like no other</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And believes I am enough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though I am not worthy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">He still gives me all His love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">- LaDawn Cossey</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-74826550682622712772015-03-27T21:55:00.001-07:002015-03-27T21:55:44.572-07:00The Stepping Stone<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I came upon a stepping stone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I refused to open my eyes to see</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">As I stumbled to the ground</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">There was no one to blame but me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">My face planted down in the dirt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">My mouth open as I bit the dust</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">My pride brought down to size</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">My own will was but a bust</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Now I am battered and bruised</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I am broken and I am torn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">As I crawl to that stepping stone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">With shame and with scorn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">The stone that tripped me up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Is now the altar from which I cry out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Believing to my feet I will stand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Of this I have absolutely no doubt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">My God brought me there to stand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">But I fell so hard and got myself stuck</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">As I cried out from my broken heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">My God reached down to help me up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Though the bruises may be fresh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">The spirit may be severed like a bone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Though the heart may be broken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I will conquer this stepping stone</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-37756791923125448162015-02-05T21:29:00.005-08:002015-02-05T21:54:35.539-08:00Stuck On The Thought Of You<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I laid down in bed tonight and couldn't seem to fall asleep. I wanted to somehow put some thoughts on paper, but I didn't really even know what I wanted to say or even how I want to say it. I began to think of a story that most know nothing about and this poem seemed to fall into place. It isn't some of my best work, but it explains in a way how life kinda feels right now. Sometimes you don't want to dance until someone pulls you out on the dance floor, sometimes you have no interest in fishing until someone baits your fishing pole, and sometimes you don't even realize that you want to do just a little bit of something until you get stuck on thoughts of what you wish you could do. I'm not really down about being single, but with Valentines Day just around the corner, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">it stands as a reminder that there isn't that special someone to dance with in my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stuck On The Thought Of You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I'm gonna take you dancing"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You said the words so boldly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"But I don't dance" are the words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That you got back from me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Then we will go fishing"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are the words you replied</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I don't fish either"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I blushed as you tried</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Again to sway my response</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We will find something to do"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought it was a joke</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I really had no single clue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Until someone told me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You really meant what you said</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"He said to text him" I was told</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm certain my face turned beet red</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I began to want to dance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to catch a little fish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to do something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And it became my own little wish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted my feet to move</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted my head to spin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to my body to sway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My heart pounding deep within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to bait the hook</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to lure a fish in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted the catch of the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then do it all over again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to do something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or maybe a little of nothing at all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It didn't have to be anything big</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It could have been something small</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But you will never be able</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To teach me to dance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To twirl me around</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As others take a glance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will never be able</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Perhaps I will find someone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">a little girl or grown woman </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below is a picture that I know she holds dear to her heart and as I have grown up, it has become dear to mine too. I based my newest poem on the story behind this picture. It is one of the sweetest stories of my childhood. Mom had taken me to get my picture made and I cried because I didn't want to get it made all by myself. Despite the fact that she didn't want her picture taken, she did it anyway to stop me from crying. I was such a Momma's girl back then and to be honest, I still am! In the picture you may see my little grin, but if you look close enough you can also see a tear in my eye. This picture is proof of the bond that we have always shared as mother and daughter. She has always been my rock. It's no wonder that I consider her my best friend. From the moment I was born she has always been there for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Thank you, Mom, for always doing everything </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">you could to turn my tears into smiles! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Momma seen my tears </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I began to cry</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, she questioned me, "Why?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't want my picture </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">All by myself; all alone</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She gave of herself again </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">On what seemed an ordinary day</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So everything for me would be okay</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She put a smile on my face </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, she put on a smile </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">To a momma with the memory </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2yJdr6Qs70Re55qxAPxJYD_sQ5fS3qPHE2eLycouzdPveTiHnqnUoOPJu0LaESDcWoPpgWGr3uOO6OviFdB7IdhE0SxW6o8oQcLiLzSGndWe8EFBNe9WM0euczaxVhmwS5Spma8BSnyk/s1600/Img03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2yJdr6Qs70Re55qxAPxJYD_sQ5fS3qPHE2eLycouzdPveTiHnqnUoOPJu0LaESDcWoPpgWGr3uOO6OviFdB7IdhE0SxW6o8oQcLiLzSGndWe8EFBNe9WM0euczaxVhmwS5Spma8BSnyk/s1600/Img03.jpg" height="133" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is my firstborn, Destiny's 14th birthday. I can remember as a little girl playing with my dolls and how I would dream of being a mother some day. I remember as a teenager dreaming of having a baby girl and being her mother. I always wanted a daughter and to be honest, I wanted a daughter when I was pregnant with Justice too, but we don't have to tell him about that. :)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEe_DKc1M9sNZiWrGmfJ6m4biF22ElGs6JrgkEvnHYIJrEZBOovRkORf0828mpRDcLIUMZ4jgb5VOfznA_3W6c5VWN8RGTADU17WtKiuUQjsyuis3IzjssFVSSBuJyHToVARokUxH-5FQ/s1600/dessygirl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEe_DKc1M9sNZiWrGmfJ6m4biF22ElGs6JrgkEvnHYIJrEZBOovRkORf0828mpRDcLIUMZ4jgb5VOfznA_3W6c5VWN8RGTADU17WtKiuUQjsyuis3IzjssFVSSBuJyHToVARokUxH-5FQ/s1600/dessygirl.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In my late teens, I remember praying one night and asking God if I would ever get the opportunity to be a mom. I asked Him to give me a dream to answer my question and that night He did. I dreamt of a little girl with blonde, curly hair and bright blue eyes. I knew if I ever had a baby that I would be having a girl. I knew her name would be Destiny because she was the little girl in my dream who was destined to be mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wrote this poem earlier this week for Destiny. She made my biggest dream come true and I thank God for her every day. She is the sweetest, wackiest girl I know. She is so much like her momma that it isn't even funny. :) My life wouldn't be complete without her in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Thank you for being the daughter of my dreams!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a little girl I would daydream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of the woman I would grow to be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to fall deeply in love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And live a life full of happiness and glee</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a teenage girl I would daydream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of adulthood and all it would bring</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted it all, career and family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">All in all, I wanted for everything</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a young woman I would daydream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of the life I was just starting to live</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was full of excitement of the unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had so much to offer; so much to give</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You see as a little girl daydreaming</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">With my baby doll I would play</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I fell so deeply in love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the daughter I would have someday</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And as a teenager daydreaming</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of the adult I desperately wanted to be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You were everything I wanted</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You were the best part of my family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then as a young woman daydreaming</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I found out I was with child</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I knew life was worth the while</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My entire life I spent dreaming of a daughter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her blonde hair and her eyes of blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then one day, God saw the desire of my heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And He made my every dream come true</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was on that special day I became</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who my whole life I always dreamed I would be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">That cold, snowy day my dreams came true</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She was with child </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And ready to pop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He wasn't the father </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yet didn't question God</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He trusted in His guidance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He loved that little boy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who told him where to go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through the road God paved</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And though they didn't understand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With his tithes he did pay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When he got home from church</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She stretched every dollar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And she never saw a way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And she often wondered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She called up her mom and dad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And how she was oh so sad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They lifted her spirits up a lot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She had them & she had God</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though she never understood </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She knew it was a lesson learned</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And would give her a reason to say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The good Lord has brought me through</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-59343757857275472422014-12-14T17:10:00.000-08:002014-12-14T17:10:00.756-08:00Lord, I'm Here and I'm Waiting on You<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have found in my life that anything I try to do on my own seems to fail. Honestly, I have no idea why I think my plans or ideas are better than the Lord's above, but often I get the mentality that I know how things should be. I don't take the time to stop and ask God for directions because I think my GPS won't steer me wrong. My GPS can easily lose signal and when it does, it repeats, "turn left" over and over again; sending me in circles. So, don't let your GPS send you turning left when you can easily access God's GPS through prayer and He will always send you turning right.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105 KJV</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6 KJV</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm walking down this narrow path</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unsure of where it leads</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The night grows dark oh so fast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know You are on Your way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I won't run and I won't hide</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, Lord, I'm here and I'm waiting on You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There You are in the nick of time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With a light so big and bright </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's a miracle knowing You are here</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Turning the darkness into light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You see what is in front of me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And prepare my every step</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You take my hand and lead the way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I can be exactly where I need to get</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even when I haven't got a clue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And Lord, I'm here and I'm waiting on You</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-84724513743186142592014-12-09T16:01:00.001-08:002014-12-09T18:41:26.116-08:00The Never-Been-Married Middle Aged Woman’s Perspective of the Single Life<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The never-been-married, middle aged woman’s perspective of
the single life is one that can be summed up in three little words; she hates
it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She may put on a smile (a fake one,
I might add) and she may throw a joke or two your way and odds are they are probably
about being single, but that doesn’t mean that she is happy about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the fake smiles she puts on her face turn
upside down when she is lying across her bed crying herself to sleep at night
because she is lonely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The most appalling question you could ever ask this woman
is, “Why are you still single?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her
mind, she hears the words, “So, what’s wrong with you?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe she has many faults, but that doesn't mean that every person who
is married doesn't have faults too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Married friends, she doesn't want to hear your mediocre
complaints about your husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
doesn’t care if he wouldn’t watch The Notebook with you because he wanted to
watch the Super Bowl instead, she doesn’t care if he forgot to put the toilet
seat down, and she doesn’t care that he left his socks on the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever it is that you think is so bad about
your significant other, well, just get over it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She would much rather have these problems herself and her advice to you
would probably be enjoy spending some time with him while watching the Super Bowl, put the toilet seat down
and be thankful that at least he remembered to lift it, and pick up those dirty socks for him because it just shows that he needs you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She thinks that you should focus less on the things that he does wrong and more on the things that he does right; like loving you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Divorced friends, you may think the whole wedding ordeal and marriage is overrated, but you don't understand that you have had that experience and she hasn't. So, don't stress to her that you think she is better off being single because you had a failed marriage and you don't think marriage lives up to all the hype. You don't understand what it is like to never have experienced marriage. You may also think she has gotten too old to do
the whole wedding thing and if she ever does get married she should just hit up the county courthouse. But her age doesn't change the fact that she still wants
the feeling of having her dad walk her down the aisle and see her groom at the
altar with a smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every little girl’s
dream is of getting married and the perfect wedding day and even if she is still unwed in her mid-thirties;
she still wants to have that dream come true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Older married couples, you may look at her and say that you
understand but if you aren’t or have never been in her shoes then frankly, she doesn't think you are in a position to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have been
married for boo coo years, then you don’t understand what it’s like to not have
someone there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have always had that
special person to help with the kids or to help figure problems out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You have always had that someone to go to when you just want to spend time with someone and you don't want to be alone. </span>You can be objective and see that things are
hard, but until you have been in her situation then you will never truly
understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can try to encourage
her; perhaps tell her that it’s all in God’s timing or you know the right man
will eventually come along, but most of the time your encouraging words are
falling on deaf ears because she hurts in ways that she knows you will never be
able to truly understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She studies married couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whether she realizes she does this or not, odds are she looks at a man’s
wife and thinks to herself, <em>Surely, I’m just as special or good of a woman as
she is</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also sees men who are married to
woman who have serious issues with addiction or cheating and she wonders how
those women are more deserving of a husband than she is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They clearly do not appreciate a husband as
much as she would.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes she just
wonders if God thinks she doesn’t deserve to have a husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though she knows that she does deserve
the love and attention of a man, she doesn’t know if God will ever bless her with
it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She attracts married men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This doesn’t mean she wants to attract married men, but they seem to
prey on her type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is lonely and
craves attention and married men like to feed on those emotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Married men often worry about the feelings of
their wife and children if they were to find out he was unfaithful; however,
they tend to overlook that the other woman has feelings too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether she knew he was married or not, he
still toyed with her emotions and put her in that situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Married men there is only one solution to
this issue; don’t cheat! Single women there is only one solution to this issue for you too; run, as fast as you can, run!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the never-been-married, middle-aged, single woman who
also has children who have never known a father there is more added stress to
her equation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disciplining her children
is a must, but she feels as if she is the bad guy 24/7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There isn’t someone to help with
disciplining, so she doesn’t get a break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It scares her that her children are going to remember her as being nothing
but miserable, grumpy and mean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, if you know a never-been-married, single, middle-aged
woman out there then please try to cut her some slack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She leads a life that many do not and will
not ever be able to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s
just hoping that one day she understands the meaning and purpose behind the struggle.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-21377952545500150502014-11-23T18:11:00.001-08:002014-11-23T18:11:49.127-08:00Here Comes The Bride...
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have heard the saying, “Always the bridesmaid, never the
bride.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sums it up for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I have never even been a bridesmaid
either and if I’m being honest, I’m not too upset about that;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have you seen some of those hideous bridesmaid’s
dresses?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> S</span>eriously though, for a woman at
my age (I know I’m only in my late 30’s, but still I’m no spring chicken in the
single world), it seems as if I will never get the blessing of being a bride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I may never walk down the aisle on this
earth, I do have the promise of being the bride of Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain He won’t leave me standing at the
altar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His promises are true and His
love is everlasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could never find
that here on earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Who can find a
virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proverbs 31:10 KJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other than my father, I don’t know of another man here on
this earth who would value me more than rubies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, I do know as His bride, Christ values us that much and
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He can offer us so much more than
any man here on earth ever could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ladies, He promises you a mansion, streets of gold, pearly gates and the
list goes on and on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doesn’t that sound
so much better than an earthly diamond ring? Oh, and as an added bonus;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t see anywhere in the Bible that says
He will be in control of the television remote and force you to watch Monday
Night Football!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ladies, can I get an
AMEN?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Fellas, if you are reading this
and one of you might possibly be my future earthly husband, then I’m only joking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The remote is yours, but can we compromise
and watch a chick flick during the offseason?)</span></div>
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findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD</i>. Proverbs 18:22 KJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ladies, whether you are young, old, or somewhere in between,
while you are preparing for your Heavenly wedding continue to be the good thing
that God made you to be here on earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is hard to resist when a man makes promises and shows you attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, a man should respect you and your
temple and if he cannot do that, then he isn’t the right man for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would only want for you what God, Himself
would want for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t give yourself
away for the temporary love or things of this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Focus on Heavenly things and the eternal love
of Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Above all, don’t leave the
only Groom that truly matters standing at the altar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let us be glad and
rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his
wife hath made herself ready.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation 19:7 KJV</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-134295083421959752014-01-22T21:42:00.001-08:002014-01-22T21:49:25.488-08:00Fellas, I'm On Your Side!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me start off by saying that this may be one of the very few times I will ever do this, but fellas, I’m on your side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, I can’t deny that there have been a few
times in my life where I was the typical man-hater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s hard not to be when you find out your
boyfriend is cheating on you or the man you are dating turned out to be married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>True stories, but those are the guys who give
good men a bad reputation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say that
because while I have dated a few snakes in the grass, I have also dated men who
loved and respected me and even though they treated me the way a woman should
be treated, I still looked for those little things that made him out to be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the bad guy</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something the poor guy did wasn’t good
enough, wasn’t romantic enough, or I just thought he should have done something
that he didn’t even realize that I wanted him to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does that make the guy a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bad guy</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">This past Christmas break, my 7 year old, first grade son
grabbed his notebook and ink pen and sat down beside me and began to draw a
picture one night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was watching a
movie and wasn’t really paying much attention to what he was drawing because he
is always drawing something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was
finished he held up the notebook and said, “Look, Mom!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had drawn a picture of a girl with a big
smile on her face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked who she was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assumed he was going to say it was his
sister or someone in the family, but instead he responded with, “It’s Jacqueline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s my girlfriend at school.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I smiled and told him how pretty she was and
that he had done a good job drawing her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He then took the picture in his bedroom and colored it all in and
brought it back to show me yet again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This time he had written at the top, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I
love you, Jakulin</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, I
told him how pretty his picture was and he began telling me how much he missed
seeing her while they were out of school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He said he was going to give her the picture on their first day back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a woman and a mother, I
thought it was one of the sweetest things ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A few days later the day he had been waiting for came and he headed back
to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got home that night,
I went through all the papers in his backpack and I came across the picture he
had made for Jacqueline. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked him
why he didn’t give his picture to her and he replied, “I did, but she said
that’s not how you spell her name so she didn’t want it”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It immediately made me think of how women
really are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are always looking or
expecting a man to do something for us whether it is something romantic or
something to let us know they are thinking of us and then when they finally do
it, we as women sometimes don’t think it’s good enough or we don’t want it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We overlook the effort that the man put into
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We fix our eyes upon the small
imperfections instead of the time and thought that was put into the gesture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">From looking back on a few past relationships with some of
the good guys I dated, I can see where some men make small gestures because
that’s all they know how to do or can afford to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we as women don’t see them for the
romantics that they really are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
he brought a flower home and gave it to you for Valentine’s Day, but that
wasn’t romantic enough because you wanted a dozen red roses sent to you at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t mean that he loves you any less
than if he had sent you two dozen roses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He thought of you and that in itself should be enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been single for almost 2 years now and
if a man walked into my employer covered in mud and looking a hot mess, smelled
like dirt and he had one single, yellow daisy that he picked from off the side
of the road and he thought enough of me to bring and give it to me, it would be
the sweetest, most romantic moment ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps that is because I have been single so long and my perspective of
romance has changed in the past couple years, but my point is, it shouldn’t
take a dozen red roses for you to know that someone loves or cares about you,
it’s the smaller things in life that truly matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would however be praying that he doesn’t
always look and smell like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But hey,
if you are a single guy (covered in mud or not) and interested in sweeping me
off my feet, here’s an FYI for you, my favorite flowers are yellow roses, so
feel free to put that information in your arsenal (but truth be known, any
flower would do). :)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last story I’m going to tell you isn’t one of love or
romance, but it is one of a caring friendship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A few years back my birthday was approaching and I worked around mostly
men at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had mentioned to an
older man that the only thing I wanted for my birthday was a single red
rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My birthday soon came and I got to
work that morning and was walking into the break room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was walking in, my older co-worker was
walking out and he told me Happy Birthday, then he said, “Oh, I have your rose
on my forklift”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t imagine the
excitement that I felt knowing that he remembered exactly what it was that I
wanted for my birthday and he actually got it for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I hurried up and headed to his forklift to
get my red rose before I had to start work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I walked over to him sitting on his forklift and he handed it to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so happy to be giving it to me, I can
still see the smile on his face, but unfortunately he would never make it as a
professional florist because the single red rose he handed me, was in fact a
single red tulip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone around us had
a good laugh about it, but in all honestly, it was the sweetest gift I was
given for my birthday that year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
didn’t matter to me that he got the flower wrong, what mattered was that he
cared enough to even get me a flower at all, even if he did pick it out of his
neighbors yard or so he claimed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes ladies, you just gotta cut a guy some slack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take it from me, there are guys out there who have the total
romance thing down to a science;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
haven’t ever met one yet (I personally only think they exist in the movies),
but don’t overlook the men who are trying to show you they love and care about
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many single women like
myself out there who would absolutely love to have a special someone to do
little things for them to let them know they care or are thinking of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So don’t reject genuine effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always appreciate any and all efforts made on a man’s part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, don’t you want him to appreciate all the little things you do
for him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James 1:17 KJV</span></div>
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given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling
savour</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ephesians 5:2 KJV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He was the first man to hold me in his arms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And gaze upon my face with unconditional love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">His touch of protection was so strong</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yet as gentle and soft as the clouds up above</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He was the first man to wipe tears from my eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He never wanted for my heart to be broken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Words of encouragement with strength and love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Were the kinds of words to me he had spoken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He was the first man to give me a kiss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So gentle and pure, so soft and so sweet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He never wanted to let me go too far</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was someone he safely wanted to keep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He would have given me the world if he could</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He would have granted my every heart's desire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But he gave me more than this world could ever offer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">His unconditional love was all I really require</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I realize I wasn't the first girl he held in his arms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wasn't the first girl to know of his love so true</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And I know he still loves those girls as he does me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But to be honest, it doesn't make me feel blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't mind sharing his love with those other girls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have no reason to feel any form of jealousy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For the love I know he feels for those three girls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know he also feels the same love for me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He was the first man to ever hold those girls too</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first man to ever love them and the first to ever love me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So it is safe to say he is very special to all four of us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For he is the only man we will ever call our Daddy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">-LaDawn Cossey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just the other day a teenager was talking to me about the
coming of Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She mentioned that
some people and preachers believe they know when He is coming back and that
some say in 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to assure her to
not put her faith in men, but put her faith in God and believe the words that
Jesus said that no man knows the day or the hour in which Jesus will be
returning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She mentioned that it
bothered her because that would mean that she wouldn’t even live to be 19 years
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her not to focus so much on
these earthly years, but to make sure she was ready for the coming of the Lord
then she would be assured eternal life.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;">Mark 13:28-33 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">28</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-13-28/" title="View more translations of Mark 13:28"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is
near:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">29</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-13-29/" title="View more translations of Mark 13:29"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">So ye in like manner, when ye shall
see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">even</span></em> at the doors.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">30</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-13-30/" title="View more translations of Mark 13:30"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Verily I say unto you, that this
generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">31</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-13-31/" title="View more translations of Mark 13:31"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Heaven and earth shall pass away: but
my words shall not pass away.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">32</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-13-32/" title="View more translations of Mark 13:32"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But of that day and <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">that</span></em> hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">33</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-13-33/" title="View more translations of Mark 13:33"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye
know not when the time is.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But after this conversation with her, I thought back to when
I was a teenager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can remember
thinking to myself that I wanted to do many things before the Lord came
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to get married and become
a mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can remember praying that
God would let those things happen before Christ returned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m now 35, I have 2 kids, so God answered my
prayer to let me be a mother, but I have still never married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I’m older I still would love to get
married, but if it isn’t in God’s Will before the return of Jesus, then it just
isn’t meant to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t find it sad
that I may never marry, because as a Christian, I am already betrothed to Christ
and am His Bride.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Revelation 19:6-9 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">6</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-19-6/" title="View more translations of Revelation 19:6"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And I heard as it were the voice of a
great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty
thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">7</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-19-7/" title="View more translations of Revelation 19:7"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">8</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-19-8/" title="View more translations of Revelation 19:8"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And to her was granted that she
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">9</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-19-9/" title="View more translations of Revelation 19:9"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">are</span></em> they which are called
unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But I can remember being that teenager who thought that
having an earthly relationship with a man was extremely important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, I find myself now thinking it is
important, but the difference now is that back then I was willing to give up
everything to have an earthly relationship, including giving up my relationship
with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did that very thing and it
is one thing that I regret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realize
God has forgiven me, but I often wonder if I would have waited on God to send
me who He wanted me to be with, would my life have turned out differently?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then again, I serve an all-knowing God,
so perhaps when I was praying as a teenager, He already knew I would turn to my
own doings to find love instead of waiting on Him, perhaps, that one special
man that He had for me wouldn’t be ready for a relationship with me until I was
older.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have honestly been praying
without ceasing for the past couple years that God would send me the man He
wanted in my life, but this man hasn’t approached me yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t understand why, but I’m not angry or
heartbroken (not that there haven’t been times when I was a little down because
God hasn’t sent me someone), but for some reason, I think that perhaps God
wants to ensure that I’m not going to do what I did in the past and turn to my
own doings again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe that’s why I
have had to wait so long because He wants to know that I’m completely in love
with Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all my past earthly
relationships, I think I have to be completely in love with God before I could
be totally and completely in love with a man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe that isn’t the best explanation for it, but in not so many words,
I want God to place a love in my heart for the man he wants me to be with and
for Him to place a love in that man’s heart for me as well.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Matthew 6:19-21 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">19</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-6-19/" title="View more translations of Matthew 6:19"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">20</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-6-20/" title="View more translations of Matthew 6:20"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">21</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-6-21/" title="View more translations of Matthew 6:21"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Deuteronomy-6-5/" title="View more translations of Deuteronomy 6:5"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And thou shalt love the LORD thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I got a little off topic, but my point is, I don’t know
everything about what God has planned for me in my earthly life, but I do know
that nothing in the world is worth losing my own soul for, not even the love of
a man.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Mark 8:36 KJV</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-8-36/" title="View more translations of Mark 8:36"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">For what shall it profit a man, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wasn’t sure how I wanted to end this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote all of the above last night, but I
just didn’t feel I was done with it yet, so I saved it instead of posting it
last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continued to search
through Scriptures, but couldn’t find any that I felt I needed to add to this
post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I decided to go to bed and ended
up praying myself to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I prayed for
many loved ones, for that someone special to come in my life, and the last
thing I can remember that I prayed for was something that I asked God to give
me as a Christmas present from Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
has given me so many gifts, from the birth of Christ to my children, from my
salvation to my daily needs, etc, but I don’t think I have ever asked him for a
Christmas present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I prayed for
it and everything else only if it was in His Will, so if I don’t get that
special Christmas present then it just wasn’t His Will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fell asleep and had a dream; I don’t remember
a whole lot about it though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t
really vivid but I remember being at church and was going to sing Psalm
17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I woke up at 2 in the morning and
all I could think of was that I needed to read that Scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so tired that I fell back to sleep
before reading it, but I woke up again at 5 a.m. and the Lord just wasn’t going
to let me go back to sleep until I read it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Scripture almost brought me to tears as it kind of seemed to fall in
to the category of many things I had mentioned in this post, so I’m going to
finish this post with the words of a prayer of David.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Psalm 17 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">1</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-1/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:1"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto
my cry, give ear unto my prayer, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">that
goeth</span></em> not out of feigned lips.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">2</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-2/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:2"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Let my sentence come forth from thy
presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">3</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-3/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:3"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Thou hast proved mine heart; thou
hast visited <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">me</span></em>
in the night; thou hast tried me, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">and</span></em>
shalt find nothing; I am purposed <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">that</span></em>
my mouth shall not transgress.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">4</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-4/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:4"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Concerning the works of men, by the
word of thy lips I have kept <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">me
from</span></em> the paths of the destroyer.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">5</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-5/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:5"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hold up my goings in thy paths, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">that</span></em> my footsteps slip
not.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">6</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-6/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:6"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I have called upon thee, for thou
wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">and hear</span></em> my speech.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">7</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-7/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:7"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O
thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">in thee</span></em> from those that
rise up <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">against them</span></em>.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">8</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-8/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:8"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide
me under the shadow of thy wings,</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">9</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-9/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:9"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">From the wicked that oppress me, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">from</span></em> my deadly enemies, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">who</span></em> compass me about.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">10</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-10/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:10"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">They are inclosed in their own fat:
with their mouth they speak proudly.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">11</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-11/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:11"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">They have now compassed us in our
steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">12</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-12/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:12"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Like as a lion <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">that</span></em> is greedy of his
prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">13</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-13/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:13"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast
him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">which
is</span></em> thy sword:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">14</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-14/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:14"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">From men <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">which are</span></em> thy hand, O LORD, from men of the
world, <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">which have</span></em>
their portion in <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">this</span></em>
life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">treasure</span></em>: they are full of children, and
leave the rest of their <em><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">substance</span></em>
to their babes.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">15</span></sup><span style="font-family: "JasmineUPC","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-17-15/" title="View more translations of Psalms 17:15"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">As for me, I will behold thy face in
righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-16700618012200651532013-12-19T19:59:00.000-08:002013-12-19T19:59:25.354-08:00Little Big Girl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVpAY0dmbbjEKj0qT98yCdULRQXZHBEZ9MpTtG-g40mcf5JIX6D55jtzIDa8fOCir_dlpL_sbYQf6IwP1HCBUe13x5u7r2NeuBtqvlIYk7kc2VPc1lipY4pmN_lHQnICKlpJi9If9rQgl/s1600/medescrazyblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVpAY0dmbbjEKj0qT98yCdULRQXZHBEZ9MpTtG-g40mcf5JIX6D55jtzIDa8fOCir_dlpL_sbYQf6IwP1HCBUe13x5u7r2NeuBtqvlIYk7kc2VPc1lipY4pmN_lHQnICKlpJi9If9rQgl/s400/medescrazyblog.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In two weeks my oldest child is going to be a teenager. I wonder where all the time has gone and how I got so old. :) I'm going to share a poem that I wrote for her when she was about 15 months old. It is about how she was growing up so fast. Now that she is almost 13 years old, it seems like it went even faster than that first year or so of her life. It doesn't matter how old she gets, she will always be my baby girl, always and forever! I love you, Destiny!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Little Big Girl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Joy you bring to my heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">With every single glance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Laughter you bring to my eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you shake and dance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You crawl up in the rocking chair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And smile so big at me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You think you're such a big girl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And you make sure I can see</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You get on your tricycle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Rmmmm, Rmmmm", off you go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You're getting bigger each day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">This you seem to know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You always know just what you want</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And that I'll grant all your wishes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I get my rewards</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">With big girl hugs and kisses</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You look at me as if to say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Mom, I'm all grown up"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that you have traded</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your bottle for your cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We go for walks, holding hands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You sometimes pull away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">More and more independent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You become every day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have gotten so much bigger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since you first came in my world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My little bitty newborn baby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is now my little big girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">-LaDawn Cossey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">April 24, 2002</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-84211551462001395382013-12-15T20:04:00.001-08:002013-12-15T21:32:35.196-08:00The Dream<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was walking out of Church on a beautiful, bright
Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A man walking beside me talking
to me as my 7 year old son took off running to my car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the man and I walked side by side, he put
his arm around my waist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt good
feeling a bit of companionship because I haven’t had that in quite a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then all of a sudden he pushed the
right side of my hip as close as he could get it to the left side of his
hip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It was as if we were attached at the hip, so to speak. </span>I could tell he was excited about
the new companionship and to be honest, so was I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked into his eyes and thought to myself,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What are all the people at Church going
to think about us being so close to each other? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This all seems so sudden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>But no more had I had that thought when I
had another, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But if he cares so much
about me that he doesn’t care what everyone else thinks, then why should
I?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, we both know this is what
God wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>We got to my car and he
looked into my eyes and said, “You won’t see me for a little while because I
need to go make some money to take you out on a date, but I promise I will see
you just as soon as I can.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then told
him how I understood, but once I was inside my car I thought to myself, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Why does this man love me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He probably deserves so much more than I can
give him.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next day had come and as I arrived at my job I was
surprised to see him in the parking lot of my employer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was in a food truck and was getting ready
to serve food to anyone who was willing to buy it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got out of my car and approached him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told me how he was hoping to sell some
food to the people who were working inside the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really wanted to help him so I took out a
pen and paper and I went inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
gathered as many orders for food as I could and then took them back to
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We served food to many people and I
knew he had made a little bit of money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I asked him how much and he told me that it was somewhere around one hundred
and fifty dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him how I felt
that was pretty good, but he responded by saying, “It isn’t enough.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t believe what he was saying because
he had said at Church that he just needed to make enough to take me on a date
and I knew that was more than enough to take me on a date because I really don’t
need anything fancy or anything special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, I asked, “Why isn’t that enough?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He said, “If we are going to be a family then I need to bring in more
money than that to provide for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
just isn’t enough.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reassured him that
God would provide for us, after all, we already knew this was God’s Will for
our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him of places that I
thought he could make more money, but he said those places weren’t going to
make enough money either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, we
traveled from place to place in search of somewhere he could provide for the
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I compiled a box full of files
about information that I thought might help him in his search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were sitting in the vehicle, him sitting
behind the wheel and I sitting in the passenger’s seat, he began to look
through the files.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly, my cell phone rang and I answered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The voice on the other side of the phone was
my ex-boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could tell by his
tone of voice that he was upset that I had found someone to be with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He kept talking to me about anything and
everything that he could think of just to keep me on the line even though he
knew I didn’t have the slightest interest in what he had to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of a sudden I look out the windshield of
the vehicle we were sitting in and it was moving and headed straight for a
tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I screamed, “Don’t hit the tree!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He then slammed on the brakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was trying to calm myself down, but was
still on the phone with my ex whom didn’t have any concern about what had just
happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much that he said, “I need
to make supper, but I’m not sure what I want.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I heard him say that the panic I had just endured turned into
frustration and I raised my voice to him and said, “What is it that you
want?!?!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My ex-boyfriend replied, “Meatloaf,
I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are you getting so upset
about what I have for supper?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I laughed
within myself, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Meatloaf?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>I calmed myself down and replied, “No,
not what do you want for supper, but what do you want from me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have nothing left to give you and I’m with
who I am supposed to be with and where I am supposed to be because that is what
I want, because it is what God wants, so what is it that you want from me?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ugh, dreams!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I woke up
this morning from having the above paragraphs as a dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This dream stayed with me all day long, in my
thoughts all morning long at church, in my head all afternoon, in my head
tonight at church, and yup, as you can see, it’s still in my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could psychoanalyze this dream, you could psychoanalyze
this dream, everyone who reads this post could psychoanalyze this dream, but
none of us would probably come up with the same analysis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a firm believer that sometimes dreams
mean something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes God tries to
speak to us and I have said it before and will say it again, God has
spoken to me through my dreams before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
that is why when I have such a vivid dream that I seem to dwell on it, looking
for some hidden message or an obvious message if it is there to find.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But is there a message within this particular
dream?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only God above knows the answer
to that question because as much as I can sit here and dissect it bit by bit, I
will probably never even reach the tip of what it really means.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I have dreams like this, it reminds me of Joseph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dreams he had and how God showed him so
many things within them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God had a plan
for him and when I think about it, God’s plan was basically planned around his dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did God show him things within his
own dreams, but also showed him things within other’s dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By doing so he was able to fulfill God’s plan
to preserve the lives of so many people including the lives of his brothers who
sold him into slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, when I think
about the dreams that I sometimes have and how there is no clear picture of what
it may or may not mean, I guess it always makes me curious as to whether God is
trying to tell me something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
seems a little silly, but even Joseph’s brothers probably thought Joseph’s
dreams were silly too, but in the end, God had a plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Genesis 45:4-8 KJV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">“And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they came near.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom
ye sold into Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now therefore be not
grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me
before you to preserve life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For these
two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in
the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And God sent me before you to preserve you a
posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now it was not you that sent me hither,
but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,
and a ruler throughout the land of Egypt.”</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-41919830860140033052013-11-18T20:45:00.000-08:002013-11-19T05:23:08.347-08:00LaDawn 101<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who am I?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure at
some point and time in your life that you have been asked to describe yourself
in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lately, I have seen on
facebook people liking a status and then being given a number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they have to tell that number of facts
about themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I’m challenging
myself to think of 101 things about myself that you may or may not know about
me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a
Christian.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am the mother of two children.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am 35 years old.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am single.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I got saved and baptized when I was 16 years
old.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I backslid when I was about 20 years old.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I rededicated my life back to God about a year
and a half ago.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love the Lord with all my heart!</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I didn’t used to be, but now I am extremely
picky when it comes to dating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Basically, because now I will only date a Christian man.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With that being said and good Christian men
being so hard to find, I haven’t been on a date in over a year.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A close friend of mine and I got matching rings
when we were teenagers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were to
remind us to save ourselves for marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if she still has hers, but I still have mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though I didn’t keep that vow to save
myself for marriage, I currently wear it as a symbol that I know God has forgiven
me and that I won’t make the same mistake again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I’m 35 years old and saving myself for
marriage.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I used to teach the preteen Sunday School class
at my childhood church.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love to sing, but I get nervous singing around
or in front of a lot of people.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have naturally curly hair.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wish I had straight hair.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have blue eyes.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love watching St. Louis Cardinals Baseball and
I have since I was a kid.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I used to collect baseball cards when I was a
kid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite baseball card from my collection is
my Ozzie Smith Rookie card.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While I have a television, I haven’t had cable
or satellite in about 6 years or so.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What “television” or movies I watch are watched
mostly on Netflix.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I graduated from Emmanuel Baptist Christian
School.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was the only high school graduate that year.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was privileged to graduate one year early.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m currently enrolled in college and I am
majoring in Psychology and Health and Human Services.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never had any piercings, not even my
earlobes.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have no tattoos.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite color is green.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been engaged to be married twice;
however, I have never been married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
first engagement was when I was 16 (yup, I now realize I was way too young) and
my second engagement was to my daughter’s father, but we never got around to
tying the knot.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The dispensed soap that we use at work makes my
hands peel and become extremely dry so I have to use special soap for sensitive
skin.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite food would be anything Italian.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had my first child, a daughter when I was 22.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I gave birth to my second child, a son, when I
was 28.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">About 8 months after I gave birth to my son, I
found out that more than likely he had a twin that I miscarried early on in my
pregnancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you imagine two Justices?!?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My birthday is May 4.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have only regularly attended 3 different
Churches my entire life.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I was a teenager, I wanted to get married
and literally have a busload of kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m talking lots of kids like the Duggars!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">38.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t like raw celery, but I like to eat it if
it is cooked in vegetable soup.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The only names I gave my son were his first and
last names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My daughter actually picked out
his middle name, Shay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wanted to
name him after their Aunt Shay.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are meanings behind why I named both my
children their names.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was named after a little girl my mother
babysat when she was a teenager.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love movies that make me cry.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a Bible that I keep in my car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes in handy for when I have to sit in
my car and wait whether it is in a drive thru or if I get to work early I
sometimes read before I go inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
thoughts are that life gets so busy and if there is down time where I have
nothing to do but wait, then why not use that time wisely and read the Word of
God.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When at home, I read my Bible on my I pad.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am the youngest child in my family.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am the only child that my parents have
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my other brothers and sisters
were with other spouses of one of my parents.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The longest I have ever held a job was 2 months
short of 10 years.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I listen to mostly Contemporary Christian music.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite song right now would probably be “Just
Say Jesus” by 7eventh Time Down. </span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe that God can speak to us in our
dreams.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have actually had several dreams that actually
came to pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most were what seem to be
silly dreams like dreaming someone got a haircut or shaved off their beard,
etc.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I do not know how to swim.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My dad only spanked me one time when I was
growing up.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My mom is my best friend.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My biggest fear is probably the fear of snakes.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I enjoy writing unless it’s a research
paper!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I really want to be a counselor or something in
which I can work with teenagers.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love to daydream.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I tend to over think every situation.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am very tenderhearted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a shy and quiet person.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never flown on an airplane.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe everything happens for a reason, even
me writing LaDawn 101 and you taking the time to read it. :)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a reliable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I tend to have the bad habit of procrastination,
especially when it comes to schoolwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(In which case, I am currently procrastinating right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite Scripture is Isaiah 40:31. “But they
that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not
faint.”</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a clock that no longer tells time, but I
keep it because it belonged to my Grandma Sue.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I could have one prayer answered right now,
it would be that God would have His Will in my life.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">70.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not a materialistic person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t need the finer things in life to be
happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a teenager, I always thought it would be
awesome to get married at Busch Stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I sometimes still think it would be pretty cool.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would love to watch a game in every MLB
ballpark.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have lived in 4 towns my entire life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in the state of Missouri (Dexter,
Bloomfield, Moberly, & Higbee).</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never had a speeding ticket.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite fruit is probably pineapple.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love eating raw tomatoes straight from the
garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just give me a salt shaker and a
mater and you have yourself one happy girl.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I was a little girl, I called corn on the
cob, “cob on the corn”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When visiting my
Grandparents in Arkansas, my Grandma Verdie always made sure I got my “cob on
the corn”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:)</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">78.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Out of all the States, I have always wanted to
visit Alaska more than any other State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure why, it just fascinates me for some reason.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The only amusement park rides that I like are
the water rides.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t mind cooking, but the worst chore ever
is washing dishes.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">81.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite soda is Cherry 7up.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never had a broken bone.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a bad habit of biting my fingernails.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">84.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I became an aunt at the age of two.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">85.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have fair skin and can easily get a sunburn.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I sometimes wish that I was more outgoing.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite cereal is Cocoa Pebbles.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">88.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite restaurant is probably Olive Garden.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">89.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love pecan pie.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">90.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love the smell of a freshly sliced cucumber.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">91.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would rather be cold than be hot.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">92.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite cologne for a man to wear is Derek
Jeter Driven by Avon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That smell could
make any girl fall in love!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am not easily angered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It actually takes a lot to get me upset.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">94.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not fond of wearing a coat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d much rather throw on a hoodie.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Someone recently gave me a recipe for Taco
Soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s my new favorite soup!</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I like to do couponing, but I really haven’t had
time for it lately.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">97.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not a big fan of animals in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing against anyone who does, I just don’t
want any in my house.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m an honest person and if there is one thing
that I dislike, it is someone who will lie to me.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am very impatient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is something that I have been trying to
work on. </span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100. </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t
like to take medicine and I’m not sure why but I won’t take it unless I
absolutely just have to.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">101. </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One thing I learned about myself by doing this blog
post is that my brain doesn’t seem to work as fast as it used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took me 3 days to think of 101 facts about
myself!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Well, there you have it. I hope you made it to the end without falling asleep, if so, then you just got schooled in <strong><em>LaDawn 101</em></strong>!</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-34602388908561374832013-11-16T08:01:00.001-08:002013-11-16T08:01:51.773-08:00Happy 7th Birthday, Justice!<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">I was talking to my mother the other day about how my
pregnancy with my son was hard and miserable. As happy as I was about the
miracle that was growing inside me, it wasn't a happy time in my life. My
life had been turned upside down. Then there was this baby that many
didn't even want to be born. I was encouraged to get an abortion by some
and even one person said they were praying I would have a miscarriage.
All of this was definitely added stress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am thankful for all those who stood by me, especially my parents, siblings,
aunts and uncles, etc. but I am very thankful for a young little girl who
wanted a little sister who fell in love with her baby brother before he was
even born. Even though it was impossible to convince her that she was
getting a little brother because she was dead set on getting a little
sister. When we went for my ultrasound to see if I was having a boy or a
girl, the radiologist said, "It's a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNBrFbT7xDf8KjmwmQzThBoPy9UNuF0zdPnaLlTkyCw_aw32tFA67ggqJwpoQh2IpEupsyDrAzXOI1x5y75RWRcFDoZ2fUW-MMCXv4CX-BLOHzaXSMrYuRVc_yGl7dxfCETmxA3JTF2FH/s1600/Scan8.tif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNBrFbT7xDf8KjmwmQzThBoPy9UNuF0zdPnaLlTkyCw_aw32tFA67ggqJwpoQh2IpEupsyDrAzXOI1x5y75RWRcFDoZ2fUW-MMCXv4CX-BLOHzaXSMrYuRVc_yGl7dxfCETmxA3JTF2FH/s320/Scan8.tif" width="320" /></a>boy!" Destiny who was 5
years old at the time, replied to him, "No, it's not! It's a
girl!" The radiologist laughed and said, "Well, I'm 99.9% sure
that it's a boy!" Destiny was still dead set that I was having a
girl though and I don't think she believed it until he was born.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">On November
16, 2006, I and my parents woke up and went to the hospital. We left
Destiny with Aunt Margaret and I promised that if she went to school that I
would have her new baby brother for her when she got out of school.
Justice being the stubborn and bullheaded little boy that he is, refused to
come until he was ready. He was born at 5:16 pm and he weighed 8 pounds 1
ounce and was 20 inches long.</span><br />
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long road being a single parent and I know I have many more years of it ahead
of me. Lord willing it won't be all by myself, but even if it is, I know
God will take care of us because He already has been for the past 7+ years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Justice has
brought so much happiness and joy to my life when I didn't think it was
possible. I can't imagine my life without him.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know God has big plans for my little boy. I'm so happy God chose me to be his Mommy. It is such a blessing to get to see him grow up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy 7th Birthday, Justice! </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mommy loves you with all her heart!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-55967454119304022252013-10-28T19:28:00.000-07:002013-10-28T19:28:17.583-07:00Pushing Through The Crowd<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And, behold, a woman,
which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and
touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch
his garment, I shall be made whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good
comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And the woman was made whole from that hour</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matthew 9:20-22 KJV</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">She was a woman diseased</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">She knew of a certain man</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Who worked miracles for people</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not sure if she could stand</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But through the crowd</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">She made her way</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Her faith was strong</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On that glorious day</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As she got close enough</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To touch the hem of His clothes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Perhaps she didn’t think He would feel</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Her presence so small, but all He knows</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He knew she was there all along</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pushing her way closer to Him</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Knowing her faith in Him so strong</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">She knew by just touching His hem</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He would do her no wrong</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For He made her whole</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because her faith in Him was so strong</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Twelve long years of disease</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">God healed her and now it was gone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">I’m pushing through the crowd</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Getting closer with every step</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">My faith growing stronger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The closer to Him I get</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then pain and doubt push me down</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So on my hands and knees I crawl</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wiggling through the crowd I go</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just need my Saviour, that’s all</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe if I reach Him</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All things will be made whole</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I just need to touch the hem</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is my ultimate goal</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I see the miracles He performs</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For all those surrounding me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And I know He knows I’m here</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And the closer to Him I will be</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m almost there, oh yes I am</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m stretching forth my hand</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To touch the hem of His garment</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So that I may be whole again</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">LaDawn Cossey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">October 28, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And when the men of
that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round
about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And besought him that they might only touch
the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matthew 14:35-36 KJV</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel like I’m pushing through the crowd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m just trying to get to where I need to
be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see God working miracles left and
right for all the people around me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
feel so selfish thinking, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God what about
me</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God performs these big miracles
for others and it’s like I’m down on my knees unable to get up, knowing that
what I need is so mediocre compared to the needs of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which could probably be God telling me that I
need to focus on the needs of others rather than my own small needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But still, my needs are closer on my
mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not that I’m not happy to see
the great things God does in others lives; it is just that I want those things
for myself too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know God can do it,
but sometimes I just can’t see anything happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, here I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m pushing, wiggling, and squeezing my way
through the crowd because I know my God is so much bigger than any problem,
want, or need that I have in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
only I could reach the hem of his garment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only then will I feel the Power of being made complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only then will my faith make me whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could turn from the crowd and seek to solve things on my
own, but what I would find would only be temporary and what I want; what I need
is the security only found in a Saviour that is everlasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m seeking the things of God; I’m not
seeking the things of this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So,
here I am, saying this to myself, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t
give up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep on pushing through the
crowd to get what is right in the eyes of God because settling for anything
less will leave you empty when you can have what God has for you. You can and will
be made whole.</i></span> </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-32082152931974862512013-10-24T20:04:00.000-07:002013-10-24T20:04:13.335-07:00This Little Light Of Mine
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Command the
children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light,
to cause the lamps to burn continually</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Leviticus 24:2 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">One night last week
I had a dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A friend of mine gave another
friend and I each a lamp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These lamps
were beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The artwork was so vibrant
and colorful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also had a cross
etched on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so excited that my
friend gave me a lamp, I couldn’t wait to fill mine with oil, burn it, and let
it shine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, my friend said she
was going to fill hers up with water and set it up on her shelf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried explaining to her that water would
not burn and thus, the lamp wouldn’t be as beautiful as it could be if she didn’t
fill it with oil and let it burn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
got upset with me and told me that she didn’t need me tell her what to fill her
lamp up with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I woke up thinking about
the significance of these two lamps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">My friend’s lamp
was full of water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was still very
pretty with the cross adorned on it and it made a nice decoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there was my lamp that was full of
oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burning it made the cross glow and
the light that was shown was simply beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was so much more than just a decoration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">I felt like my
friend’s lamp was like a person who has Christ in their life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The outside looks pretty, but she put the
wrong things inside her vessel and thus, caused it not to shine for Christ the way
it should be able to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These things that
I refer to could be anything, maybe it’s something they have watched on
television, music that doesn’t glorify God, or it could just be they put other
things in their life before God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whatever it is, it doesn’t fill their lamp up with the oil that it needs
to burn for Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">My lamp was like a
Christian who wants to shine bright for the Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They long for a closer relationship with
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He puts the things of the Lord in
his vessel like reading his Bible, prays without ceasing, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these things help his lamp shine, not
for his own glory but for the Glory of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">After
thinking on this dream, it made me think of all the things that I could do to
help fill my lamp up with oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could be reading my Bible more, I could be
praying more, I could be praising God more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even as a child, I have always been a quiet and timid person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like drawing attention to myself and
I don’t like being in front of people, but I hope that those things don’t hold
back my shine for Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that
is one reason why I started this blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s one way that I pray God lets His light shine through me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">I
was talking with someone the other day and telling them about how Justice stood
up to testify at Church for the first time Sunday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It blessed my heart that he wants to tell
people that “Jesus loves everybody”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is so bold and I hope that he continues to be this bold for Christ as he grows
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want nothing more than to see his
little light shine for Jesus!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup></div>
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</span><sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></sup><br />
<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">I
wanted to end this blog with one of my favorite Scriptures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope it encourages you to fill your lamp
with oil so that you are ready when Jesus comes again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let your light shine!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></sup><br />
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<sup><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Matthew
25:1-13 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></sup></div>
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">1</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-1/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:1"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then shall the kingdom of heaven be
likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">2</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-2/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:2"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And five of them were wise, and five <em><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">were</span></em> foolish.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">3</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-3/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:3"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">They that <em><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">were</span></em> foolish took their lamps, and took no
oil with them:</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">4</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-4/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:4"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">5</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-5/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:5"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">While the bridegroom tarried, they
all slumbered and slept.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">6</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-6/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:6"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And at midnight there was a cry made,
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">7</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-7/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:7"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their lamps.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">8</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-8/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:8"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the foolish said unto the wise,
Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">9</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-9/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:9"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the wise answered, saying, <em><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Not so</span></em>; lest there be
not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">10</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-10/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:10"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And while they went to buy, the
bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and
the door was shut.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">11</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-11/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:11"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Afterward came also the other
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">12</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-12/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:12"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But he answered and said, Verily I
say unto you, I know you not.</span></span></a><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><sup><span style="color: #666666;">13</span></sup> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-25-13/" title="View more translations of Matthew 25:13"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">“I don’t need everyone to hear me say I’m a Christian, but I
need everyone to <em>SEE</em> Christ in me.” -Unknown</span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-88167423662423408452013-10-06T21:28:00.002-07:002013-10-06T21:28:41.731-07:00Not Just Any Man
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my Aunts gave me some words of encouragement at my
family reunion yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had read a
post that I had put on facebook about finding that special someone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said she was going to comment, but wasn’t
sure how to word it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m paraphrasing
her because I don’t remember her exact words, but she told me that I was made
in God’s image, so I didn’t need to think that I wasn’t beautiful or wasn’t
good enough because I look exactly how God wants me to look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then she went on to tell me that God will
provide a special man for me and that I didn’t want just anyone, I want the one
that God has for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also said that
she knew I didn’t want just anyone helping me raise Justice and that he had to
be a very special guy for that job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
say, “job” because we are talking about Justice here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just joking, but all jokes aside, my aunt was
on the money when she said that I didn’t want just anyone, because I don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want only the best for him and for myself
and I only want who God wants in our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After talking to my Aunt, for some reason Mary and Joseph
came into my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I feel as
if I know a little about what it must have felt like for Mary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must have been hard for her,
when people around her wanted to kill her young child, specifically Herod.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">“<em>And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for
Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And was there until
the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by
the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.”</em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matthew 2:13-15 KJV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">It doesn’t say that Mary was made aware of the dream that
Joseph had, but I’m certain she knew something was going on because why would
Joseph get up and take her and the child and flee without reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary had to know that they were in danger for
Joseph to do those things or Joseph may have enlightened her about the dream
and what the Angel of the Lord said to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Either way, I think Mary had to know that someone wanted to harm her
child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel as if I can relate to that because there were many
people around me when I found out I was pregnant with Justice whom didn’t want
him to be born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had friends who weren’t happy about the
fact that Justice would be half African American and they didn’t think that I
should have the baby because he would be mixed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was told how this would be hard for not only a child growing up
biracial, but that it would also be hard on me raising a biracial child and
also hard for my daughter having to deal with having a biracial sibling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These friends suggested that I abort my
unborn child and one in which after I refused said that she was praying I would
have a miscarriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it wasn’t just a
few of my friends who had something to say, there were people who judged my
baby based on who his biological father is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He wasn’t a good man and thus, that is why Justice has never known
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I had friends who thought his
father was reason enough to get an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But that isn’t all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I found
out I was pregnant I was going through a custody battle for my daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t a pretty one and was extremely hard
on her and myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that I was
pregnant by a bad man, didn’t look good on me and thus, wasn’t favorable for me
in court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why even lawyers told
me, “If there was no baby….”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They didn’t
want to come right out and say it, but they suggested it in a round about way
that I should get an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
remember saying these words to my mother, “How can I justify killing one child
to save another?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is exactly what I
would have been doing, killing my child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>God created that little life inside me, it didn’t matter who fathered
that baby; that baby was just that, a baby and I would never be able to justify
a reason to kill him by having an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, yeah, it might not be the greatest comparison, but I think I know
what Mary might have felt like knowing that people didn’t want her child to
live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a feeling that is hard to
explain and a feeling that no pregnant woman should ever have to feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, I had a very emotional
pregnancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always felt that God’s
justice would prevail because only He could decide if that little life would
live or die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t up to me or
anyone else in this world to determine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my heart I felt as if God’s justice prevailed on the day I gave birth
to my son and that is the reason his name is what it is, Justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve always said that God must have some
really big plans for him, for so many people to be against him before he was even born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But getting back to what I was thinking about when Mary and
Joseph came to my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I think
about Mary, I think about how God gave her not just any man, but “a just man”.
(Matthew 1:19)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God wanted only the best
man to help raise Mary’s child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really
want the best man for myself because like I said earlier, I don’t want just
anyone helping to raise my child either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know if God can provide a good and “just” man for Mary that He can do
the same exact thing for me too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">While I was sitting here writing this tonight, Justice came
running out of his room to give me a picture that he had drawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did this to kill some time because it was
already past his bedtime, but I found it went along with what I was writing
about tonight and how I wanted only the man God wanted to help raise him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the picture and Justice said it was
of himself, me, and the dad that he has been praying for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How sweet and precious is that!</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Romans 3:23-26 KJV</span></em></div>
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus:</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through
faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that
are past, through the forbearance of God;</span></em><br />
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26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that
he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When my brother and I were in grade school, we were playing
outside one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dad had two piles in
the backyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was a pile of sand and
the other was a pile of dirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My brother
stood on top of the pile of dirt while I stood on the pile of sand and I
taunted him to throw dirt clods at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was doing really good dodging, but Dad caught us and told us to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad left on his tractor and went up the road
to a neighbor’s house, so we seized the chance to start our little game back
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I probably shouldn’t brag, but I was
pretty awesome at dodging those dirt clods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, that was until one with a rock in it hit me in the head on the inside of my left
eyebrow. I remember I had a handkerchief
in my hand that I put up against my wound and it was filling up with blood as I was running around the house
to go tell my mom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While running, I can
remember my dad was on his way up the road from the neighbor's house. I
distinctly, remember the look on his face when he seen all that blood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He jumped off his tractor and took off
running towards me to make sure I was okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While we both disobeyed Dad, I think my brother probably got more of a
punishment than I did, but one thing that my brother didn’t <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>get was a scar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s still there, although not quite as
visible as it was when I was younger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
look at it many times and I think back on that day when we didn’t listen to Dad
because we were so dead set on doing what we wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This morning was one of those days that I
thought back on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I began thinking of
all my scars, not just physical, but also emotional and spiritual scars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I began thinking, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Why would anyone want to love someone with so many ugly scars?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Then a song popped in my head, “Free To
Be Me” by Francesca Battistelli.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few
of the lyrics are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>Sometimes I believe that I can do anything</em></span></div>
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Yet other times I think I’ve got nothing good to bring</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">But You look at my heart and You tell me</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">That I’ve got all You seek</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">And it’s easy to believe</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Even though</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I got a couple dents in my fender</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Got a couple rips in my jeans</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Try to fit the pieces together</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">But perfection is my enemy</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">On my own I’m so clumsy</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">But on Your shoulders I can see</span></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I’m free to be me</span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I was in my early 20’s I thought I could do it all on
my own, but like that song says, “On my own I’m so clumsy” and clumsy I
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I could dodge the dirt
clods the world was throwing at me and I did pretty good at the start, but by the
time the game was over, I was left standing with open wounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that very moment I took off running for
help, God saw I needed help and for every step I ran towards Him, He ran
towards me too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t listen and I
deserved to get hurt even though it could have been prevented, but God was
right there the whole time, he doctored the wounds, let them heal, and left me
with the scars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may not be pretty
and the world may look at me and see every little imperfection, but I see the
healing power and grace of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I sit here, I can look at myself and see that perfection
does clearly seem to be an enemy of mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I pray daily that God would help me be more like Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one is perfect, we all fall short of the
glory of God, but it is such a comfort knowing that God loves me for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same goes for the scars I have in my
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might try to cover them up, so
no one can see them because they make me feel unworthy or less beautiful, but God
sees them and He loves me still.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
scars are just marks, just reminders of lessons learned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like my brother and I learned that Dad
was just looking out for us and didn’t want one of us to get hurt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we had only listened, but we didn’t and I
have that scar as a reminder that next time I need to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have all been hurt in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe we didn’t listen to God, maybe we didn’t
do things the way He wanted us to and we ended up with open wounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But He can heal those wounds and even though
we may be left with a few unsightly scars, they are just a testimony of what God
has done for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I tried to hide the
pain</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Of the open wound inside</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I covered it up with a smile</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Instead of a million loud cries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">But when it became too much</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I fell down on my knees</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I bore the open gash </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">So only God could see</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">He stitched up the abrasion</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Bandaged it up with His love</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Wiped the tears from my eyes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Sent comfort from Heaven above</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">He gave me time to heal</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Then removed the bandaid</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">He revealed something of a sore sight</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">A scar that with time seems to fade</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I asked, “Lord, why must everyone see</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Such an imperfection within me?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">He replied with a smile and said,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">“My child, it just has to be.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">So, you won’t forget what I have done.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">And so everyone can see.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">That they can be healed too.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">If they will just seek me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">I realize scars may not be pretty.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">And they may not be easy on the eyes.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">But scars are the reminders</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">That you have become more wise.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I have struggled with patience in so many ways for a
very long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I seek God daily for it whether
it is dealing with my kids, daily activities, or at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am definitely one who needs more patience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was at work the other day and a few
customers walked in, they didn’t seem to be in a hurry about getting to the
counter to order their sandwiches and I will be honest, I’m not the most
patient Sandwich Artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth is I like
to stay busy whether it’s waiting on customers or doing something behind the
scenes like prepping food or washing dishes, so having to stand and wait is
hard on me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I stood there; I was
fiddling around with the lids on the containers of food in front of me and
tapping my fingers on the cutting boards a little while waiting on the
customers to come order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My boss noticed
my impatience and said, “Be patient, they will come.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My response was, “I’m not a very patient
person.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m paraphrasing here when
I say this but she said that I must be a very patient person because I have
been waiting for that special guy to come into my life for a really long time
and I’m still waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t help
but laugh because maybe I underestimate myself and my patience at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I know where my hope and trust is
when it comes to getting that special guy, so it makes it a little easier to be
patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, I must admit, I’m
getting a little impatient in that department too. :)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have no intentions of giving up on God
to answer my prayers because he is my hope.</span></span></span></div>
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</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;">Psalms 71:5 KJV:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For thou <i>art</i> my hope, O Lord
GOD: <i>thou art</i> my trust from my youth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The conversation between myself and my boss got me
to thinking about patience and what it really is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I think about patience, I think of not
just prayers of a special guy, but of many prayers that I have prayed for days,
weeks, months, years, and even decades that haven’t been answered yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I still have faith and patience that God
will answer them too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, like I said
earlier, I get impatient at times, Satan lurks around the corner and says, “Girl,
are you crazy?!?!” for thinking this or that is going to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if there is one thing I know Satan is
good at, it’s telling a lie!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what is patience?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to look it up in the
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and this is what I found. Patience is “<span class="ssens">the capacity, habit, or fact of being <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patient"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">patient</span></a>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, that led me to look up the word,
Patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patient means “</span>able to
remain calm and not become annoyed when waiting for a long time or when dealing
with problems or difficult people”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
definition made me think of how I sometimes feel that God probably gets tired
of my whining when I start to doubt things in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes me feel like one of my kids at
Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They see Christmas presents under
the tree and they seem to be so impatient waiting for Christmas morning so they
can open them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I constantly hear them
asking what I got them or “Can I open just one present?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I tend to do God like that sometimes
when I say, “I’ve been waiting a long time” or “how much longer do I have to
wait?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I can sometimes see the “gift”
or rather answered prayer just sitting there ready to be opened, but God seems
to say, “My child, it isn’t time yet.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, I wait, wanting so much to just sneak a peek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously, who wouldn’t want to sneak a peek
of a gift from God?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have to trust
that the gift is just what I asked for and even if it isn’t; that it is
something that I need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thing I
learned about Christmas presents when I was a kid was that they weren’t always
something I wanted, but often something I needed instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, be thankful for every gift!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I went searching through my bible to find scriptures
about patience and I found two that really stood out to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is Romans 5:1-5 KJV:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
<a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-5-1/" title="View more translations of Romans 5:1"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:</span></a><sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-5-2/" title="View more translations of Romans 5:2"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">By whom also we have access by faith
into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">3</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-5-3/" title="View more translations of Romans 5:3"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And not only <em>so</em>, but we
glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-5-4/" title="View more translations of Romans 5:4"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And patience, experience; and
experience, hope:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">5</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-5-5/" title="View more translations of Romans 5:5"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">And hope maketh not ashamed; because
the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given
unto us.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don’t always see what everyone else sees when they read
Scripture, but I always try to take what the Word says and apply it to my life,
situation, or tribulation that I may be enduring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I read this Scripture, I see that the
tribulations I am enduring are teaching me to be more patient and this patience
brings more experience in my life which gives me hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t tell you how many times God has
worked patience in my life and this patience has brought experience as to where
I’m more patient in waiting for God to answer my prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, my experience gives me the hope that my
prayers will be answered in God’s time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second Scripture I found was
James Chapter 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is such a good
chapter that I have to include it in its entirety. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-1/" title="View more translations of James 1:1"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">James, a servant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-2/" title="View more translations of James 1:2"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">My brethren, count it all joy when ye
fall into divers temptations;</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">3</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-3/" title="View more translations of James 1:3"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Knowing <em>this</em>, that the
trying of your faith worketh patience.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-4/" title="View more translations of James 1:4"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But let patience have <em>her</em>
perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">5</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-5/" title="View more translations of James 1:5"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all <em>men</em> liberally, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">6</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-6/" title="View more translations of James 1:6"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">7</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-7/" title="View more translations of James 1:7"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">For let not that man think that he
shall receive any thing of the Lord.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">8</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-8/" title="View more translations of James 1:8"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">A double minded man <em>is</em>
unstable in all his ways.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">9</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-9/" title="View more translations of James 1:9"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Let the brother of low degree rejoice
in that he is exalted:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">10</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-10/" title="View more translations of James 1:10"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But the rich, in that he is made low:
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">11</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-11/" title="View more translations of James 1:11"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">For the sun is no sooner risen with a
burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and
the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away
in his ways.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">12</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-12/" title="View more translations of James 1:12"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Blessed <em>is</em> the man that
endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life,
which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">13</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-13/" title="View more translations of James 1:13"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Let no man say when he is tempted, I
am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any
man:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">14</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-14/" title="View more translations of James 1:14"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But every man is tempted, when he is
drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">15</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-15/" title="View more translations of James 1:15"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Then when lust hath conceived, it
bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">16</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-16/" title="View more translations of James 1:16"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Do not err, my beloved brethren.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">17</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-17/" title="View more translations of James 1:17"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">18</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-18/" title="View more translations of James 1:18"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Of his own will begat he us with the
word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">19</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-19/" title="View more translations of James 1:19"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let
every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">20</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-20/" title="View more translations of James 1:20"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">For the wrath of man worketh not the
righteousness of God.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">21</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-21/" title="View more translations of James 1:21"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wherefore lay apart all filthiness
and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word,
which is able to save your souls.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">22</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-22/" title="View more translations of James 1:22"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But be ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own selves.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">23</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-23/" title="View more translations of James 1:23"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">For if any be a hearer of the word,
and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">24</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-24/" title="View more translations of James 1:24"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">For he beholdeth himself, and goeth
his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">25</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-25/" title="View more translations of James 1:25"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">But whoso looketh into the perfect
law of liberty, and continueth <em>therein</em>, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">26</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-26/" title="View more translations of James 1:26"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">If any man among you seem to be
religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's
religion <em>is</em> vain.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">27</span></sup><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-27/" title="View more translations of James 1:27"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, <em>and</em> to keep himself unspotted from the world.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">There are three verses in this Scripture that I really
love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is verse 3; “</span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-3/" title="View more translations of James 1:3"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Knowing <em>this</em>, that the
trying of your faith worketh patience.</span></span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like I said earlier, Satan lurks around
that corner, he wants you to lose your faith, but if you stand strong, knowing
that God is there and he is going to answer your prayers, then you are gaining
patience through your faith in God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
next scripture is verse 4; “</span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-4/" title="View more translations of James 1:4"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But let patience have <em>her</em>
perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.</span></span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me this Scripture is screaming at me
saying, “BE PATIENT, LaDawn!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want
things to be “perfect and entire, wanting nothing” then I have to be patient
and let God have His way in whatever the situation may be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want things to be right, then I have to
let go and let God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last verse that
I really love is verse 17, “</span><a href="http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-17/" title="View more translations of James 1:17"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.</span></span></a><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, to me this just doesn’t include the prayers I pray, the things I
ask for, but it includes all the things that I don’t ask for, all the things
that I don’t think to ask God for on a daily basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’m not sure why patience has been on my mind so much lately
and especially tonight, but maybe God is teaching me to be more patient because
I know I need to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps what I
learn from my patience and gain experience which maybe will give me the
knowledge to help someone else later on when they may go through the same
tribulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thing I do know, I want
patience to have her perfect work in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Good things come to those who believe, better things come to
those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.”
-Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-67504683301201808312013-09-15T23:09:00.000-07:002013-09-16T06:32:36.106-07:00Letting God Be The Author Of My Love Story<br />
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You're a single lady, Mom cause you don't have a boyfriend.</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Me: Yes, you are right. I am a single lady, although I
wish I wasn't.</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Justice: I wish you weren't either.</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Me: Really? Well then you should pray that God would
give me a boyfriend.</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Justice: I do, Mom. I asked Jesus last night.</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Me: Well, thank you for asking Jesus. So, since you
want me to have a boyfriend, does this mean that if I get married my husband
won't have to sleep on the couch?</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Justice: No, he still has to sleep on the couch.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In light of this recent conversation, I wanted to post a poem I wrote awhile
back and posted on facebook. This poem is really special to me because it
reminds me of when I gave up on God and things went wrong. I lost my way
because I got tired of waiting on God to send me the right man and I ventured
out on my own trying to fulfill my desires instead of waiting on Him. I
had many failed relationships because I pursued them thinking that I could make
them work instead of looking to God.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I haven't dated anyone in a year or so. The last two guys I dated have
had a huge impact on me. The last man stopped talking to me when he found
out that my son was biracial. While I would be lying if I said that
didn't hurt a little, in another way, it was a huge blessing because if a man
can't find love in his heart for my son, then I don't need his love
either. The man before him promised me the moon and the stars, not
literally of course, but he did tell me everything I wanted to hear and
more. It's funny how it was all so easy to believe. He was a man of
God, but he didn't want to encourage my walk with God, which is something that
I definitely want in a relationship. He also refused to let me go to
church with him. With his unwillingness to encourage me or help me find a
home church, I realized it was up to me to do it myself which let me to the
church I attend now. I believe that him hurting me led me to where I was
supposed to be all along. So, I'm actually happy things didn't work out with him
either. Maybe I'm crazy, but after we broke up, I was pretty devastated,
yet I prayed and prayed for him that he would find the one he was supposed to
be with if it wasn't me. It wasn't long after that I found out that he
married a woman he went to church with. It made a little more sense to me
then, it still hurt, but I'm happy for him and also happy that God
answered my prayer and gave him to the woman he was supposed to be with instead
of me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, here I still am today. Still waiting and praying for that special someone to
come into my life and my son is praying for that too, which really blesses my
heart. I know that if God can answer my prayers for an ex-boyfriend to
find his someone special that He can answer my prayers that I find someone
special too. Truth is, I walked away from God and went looking on my own
15+ years ago and it was an epic fail on my part. Even though I haven't
dated anyone in over a year, it doesn't make me want to go looking on my own
again. I have no desire to chase after any dream or desire if it isn't
what God wants me to have. This time I'm going to do it God's way and
wait on Him, even if I have to wait another year or possibly many years.
I know He will make it worth the wait. I truly believe God will lay it on
the heart of the man He wishes to be in my life to love not only me, but also
my son and daughter. Justice has never had the opportunity to know a
father and I think I would be more excited for him to have someone in
his life than I would be for myself. And while I can think of so many
ways that all of this could happen, I don't want it to be any of those ways
either. I don't want to write my own love story; I want God to write it
because there is no greater Author than He.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She could sense him coming <br />
From what seemed a mile away<br />
She didn't want to see him<br />
For the fear she would want him to stay<br />
But there he was, right in f<span class="textexposedshow">ront of her</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Still looking as good as the first day they met</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She could smell his cologne so strong</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">That now made her weak with much regret</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">For something had changed for her</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">As she watched him walk away</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Like a weight that had been lifted</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She was happy he didn't want to stay</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">As good as she thought she had it back then</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">It wasn't as good as it could have been</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Though at that time she didn't want to part</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She now thanks God that guy broke her heart</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">She gave him her everything and more</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She thought it might make him stay</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">But you can't hold on to someone</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Who wants nothing but to run away</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">He sees something new around each corner</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And feels he deserves it all</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">When he left with that other girl</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She tried her best to make him stall</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And as he walked out on her that day</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She felt as if she could just die</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Now today she looks back at him</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And questions herself, "Oh, why?"</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">'Cause as good as she thought she had it back then</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">It wasn't as good as it could have been</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Though at that time she didn't want to part</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She now thanks God that guy broke her heart</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Now she may not be able to look into the future</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She doesn't know everything that's in store</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">But she can count on it being better </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Better than those guys, that's for sure</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">What she thought they could give her</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Wasn't what her heart deserved</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Now instead of settling for less</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">She's got her heart reserved</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">For that special man who will one day</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Walk into her life to stay</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The one who will remind her</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">That she has a reason to say</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">"As good as I thought I had it back then</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">It wasn't as good as it could have been</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Lord, I'm happy those other guys did part</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">And You sent me a man who won't break my
heart"</span></span></span></span></div>
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Cossey</span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD</em>. Psalms 27:14 KJV</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope</em>. Psalms 130:5 KJV</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me</em>. Micah 7:7 KJV</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-50989571965571436702013-09-12T07:32:00.001-07:002013-09-12T07:40:22.199-07:00God, Please Lead The Way!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was going through some old notes that I had on facebook this morning hoping that maybe I could find a poem to put up and I came across this poem that I wrote exactly 3 years ago. When I noticed the date that I wrote it, I knew it was exactly what God would have me post today. It makes me think of where I was at that time in my life and where I am today. I have come so far in my life since then and I praise God for that. Although I still question and pray about where life is going for me sometimes, I find comfort in knowing that God is leading the way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I sit here looking at an empty page,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is so much I want to write on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But how do I say what it is I really want to say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Without feeling stupid or like an idiot?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who would even care to know,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is running through my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just need answers to questions,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I need something as simple as a sign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I want everything to be right,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">September 12, 2010</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142159184557797268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686875332156031459.post-14636653153938913392013-09-01T21:38:00.001-07:002013-09-01T21:38:51.190-07:00God's Will<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been working on a poem for a few months now and I'm not sure if I have it exactly how I want it, but it just seems fitting to post it tonight after having a long day of Justice testing me and my patience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not everyone knows, but after I gave birth to Justice I continued to have some health problems and the doctor couldn't figure out what was going on, so her only solution was to do a couple procedures to try and figure things out. When she done these procedures she realized that I had a miscarriage and the only time frame of which I could have miscarried was in the early stages of my pregnancy with Justice. This made a little more sense because in the early stages of my pregnancy with him I had problems of which the doctor thought that I had miscarried, so I had multiple tests ran, was on bedrest, etc. I can remember praying, "Lord, if it's your Will that I have this baby then let it be, but if not, then Lord have Your Will". I wasn't praying for my baby to die, but yet that God knew what was best for me. Odds are that at the beginning of my pregnancy, I miscarried Justice's twin brother or sister without even knowing it until Justice was about 7 or 8 months old. I find myself wondering about what this child would have been like. Would he or she be anything like Justice or would he or she have been more like their big sister, Destiny? One thing I do know is that one day I will get to meet this little soul that I never knew and even though I don't fully understand why this child was never born, I do understand that God knew what I could handle and what I couldn't and thus, just like I prayed, He had His Will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now back to Justice testing my patience, on days like today, I often think to myself that God knew exactly what he was doing because sometimes I feel I don't have the strength or the patience for Justice. That may sound bad, but I know all parents have moments when their children test them too. But I believe God looked down and knew that I wouldn't have had enough strength to handle two babies. Especially, since at the time of my pregnancy, I would be bringing them up all by myself in a town where I had no family to help. I was blessed to have a wonderful daughter to help her Mommy with her baby brother and after a few months of Justice's birth some wonderful teenagers adopted Justice as their little brother and became a huge part of his and my life. God knew I needed help then and I'm very thankful He sent it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For years I prayed God would</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But as much as I tried doing it on my own</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was nothing I could do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I became so sick</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Completely out of the blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mom said, "Girl, I know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just what is wrong with you"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was in disbelief of her words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">This wasn't something I had planned</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But as I gazed upon that test</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I began to understand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My timing wasn't His timing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For He knew just the right time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I needed to realize it was to be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">God's Will and not mine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted so much to have my baby </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the first day of 2001</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But as hard as I tried that baby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But on the 2nd day of January</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My biggest dream would come true</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The daughter I saw in my dreams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Was born 2 weeks before she was due</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I felt as if I was being torn to shreds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As she made her grand entrance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But it was worth it all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of life's best experiences</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The moment she was placed in my arms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I knew I was destined to be her Mommy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She was God's Will for my life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She was my sweetest little, Destiny</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I never really thought I would be able </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But God saw I needed another</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And a new chapter of my life began</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't believe the first test so I took another</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then another, well, maybe I took a few</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then off to the doctor I soon went</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And she said, "an ultrasound is needed for you"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When they looked and looked inside my womb</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But had nothing to say to me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I knew they thought something was wrong</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I was finally told they couldn't find</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a broken heart I had</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was filled with such gloom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But my heart knew Who to turn to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">About these motherly emotions that were so surreal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only He knew if I needed another child</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I prayed that God would have His Will</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a week passed on so slowly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">With test upon tests done</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another ultrasound was given</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I seen the beginning little life of my son</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though the pregnancy was hard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My emotions were as if I was on a roller coaster ride</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I continued to pray to the Lord</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For I knew His Will He would not hide</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many said I should terminate the pregnancy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For they felt my baby shouldn't have been</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For some reasons I wish not to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But some were because of the color of his skin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I became not angry at those people</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Towards them, I had no ill will</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because Justice is the Lord's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was then and today it is still</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thus on the 16th day of November</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">A baby boy was born unto me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few months passed after his birth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And my body was still not up to par</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wasn't sure what the problem was</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the answer wasn't very far</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back to the doctor I went</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Where she ordered many tests</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only to find she had no answers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the problems that did persist</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So she suggested a few procedures</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of which she did perform on me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the outcome was surprising</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I learned of a miscarried baby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">This baby was not conceived</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the birth of my son</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But during my last pregnancy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was more than just one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had unknowingly miscarried </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My baby boy's twin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I often wonder to myself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">What might have been</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes it's hard to understand </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">As it seems to be oh so sad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But God knows how much strength</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inside me that I have</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I may not know the answers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">To the questions I ask within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I know it was God's Will</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">That the little life did end</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I trust and believe that one glad day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will meet the baby He carried home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My heart will then be so merry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">To meet the little soul that was unknown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">-LaDawn Cossey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">September 1, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." Psalm 127:3 KJV</span></div>
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