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FOOD FOR THOUGHT….

Many of us are no stranger to delays, detours, and distractions through the past couple of years. I want to remind you that God is always at work amidst these interruptions. You may have found yourself in places you would not normally go or with people you would not normally encounter, but that very well may be the precise direction that God is purposely leading you. I believe the number of divine interruptions we experience in our lifetime often directly correlates with our willingness to be interrupted. If you are willing to make space for divine interruptions, you may be surprised with what God will do!

CALLING ANY UNITED AIRLINES RETIREES
IN CENTRAL TEXAS

Christi Young Lucksinger and I are looking for a United Airlines retiree ()or two) willing to help us with shipping diabetes supplies to type 1 Ukrainian refugees in Hungary. We understand the retirees receive a significant shipping discount from FedEx.

Message me or Christi if you think you can help and we can provide details. The international couriers we’ve approached are saturated and can’t ship for us at anything but standard prices. They are understandably dedicating their transport resources to larger businesses and non-government organizations.

Christi sent a small shipment of requested diabetes supplies today via FedEx. We have more donations incoming and will need any discounts we can get to defray shipping costs since later shipments will be somewhat larger. If you can help us or know someone willing to consider helping us, please PM us. Blessings and thanks!

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Photos from The Power Within by Stephen Ponder MD, FAAP CDE's post

This is my son’s diabetes doctor if you can help it would be a huge blessing

For those that may need a gentle reminder today just like I did……

When someone breaks your heart, don’t let them also steal your future.

There is a time to grieve and then there is a time to laugh again, make cookies, go to new places and slide down a slide with those who need to see you moving on.

Maybe this rejection was really a protection of new joys that may never have been if they’d stayed.

This is an end to what could have been. Yes. But, it’s also a new beginning. Stay with God. Keep praying. Get in His Word.

And you’ll soon see, He has already prepared something beautiful just ahead. Now, go discover it ❤️

These are some of my people, so incredibly blessed for these women who have walked life with me prayed for me and loved me threw all this past year has “dropped” in my life. God is so good

Proud mama moment, she wanted to earn some money for a toy she’s been saving for. And of course mom had to throw in a trip at the ice cream shop too. 🥰

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You’re going to make it. You’re not going to just barely crawl into your next season. You’re going to rise and run into it with a smile on your face and a heart full of grace. Broken people really do have the best hearts. ❤️

Christmas is finally here!!

Some of you know this has been what I’ve been walking threw the past few months…. But I’m so grateful I serve a God who knows my tomorrows better then me.

I often find myself suggesting to God all the ways He could surely fix my circumstances. But I’m learning that God loves me too much to do things my way. And His plan is always better even if I can’t understand or see it clearly as it’s unfolding.

I don’t know what unexpected twists and turns your story has taken, dear friend, but I do want to encourage you.

Don’t give up. Don’t stop praying. Don’t stop hoping and believing. But also, don’t believe that your way of getting to the other side of your circumstance is the only way. God has a perfect plan for a path to a renewed joy and a redeemed future that’s probably one you can’t even fathom. Trust Him.

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We don’t have to get overwhelmed with the enormity and depth of the Bible.

It’s okay if we read just a verse or two today.

But more importantly than reading His words, we must choose to receive them. And even more importantly, we must live them. Because the more we apply God’s teaching to our lives, the more it becomes part of us.

God's Word to me. God's Word in me. God’s Word working through me. God’s Word lived out by me. Let this be the rhythm of Truth in my life.

Dear Lord, help me to see You today in a single word or a single verse. You are all-powerful, and anything is possible through You. May Your words and Your truth seep into the plans I make and every thought I think today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

"Just...there"

"Just...there" Winnie the Pooh and Piglet teach us about ministering. For children and adults.

It’s World Mental Health Day. ⁣
I’m grateful for the growing awareness of the need to pay attention to our mental wellbeing.I’m glad to see our growing understanding of trauma, less stigma around depression and anxiety. We’ve still got some way to go, but its good to see topics that we once whispered in secret out in the open air and light.⁣
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Still this year as I think of World Mental Health Day there’s one group who’ve been on my mind a lot: leaders. ⁣
Those of you being strong for everyone else, leading everyone (staff teams, volunteer teams, churches, businesses, clients, littles) through chronic uncertainty, eroded by the pressure and aching grind of it all.⁣
You’re serving your communities through thick, thin and threadbare.⁣
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May I encourage you to do a little check in with yourself to ensure you’re taking care of you too? That you’re eating, sleeping, hydrating, resting - well? That you ‘re attending to your mental health needs?⁣
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Leaders - I want you to know that It’s OK for you Not To Be OK too. ⁣
It’s OK Not to Feel OK.⁣
It’s OK for a leader to need help.⁣
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And if that is you⁣, please:⁣
Book the appointment with the therapist. See your doctor. Join the recovery group. Open up to that trusted person who keeps asking how you really are. Listen to your loved ones who have your back and are genuinely concerned. ⁣
It’s not a sign of weakness.⁣
It’s not a sign of failure.⁣
It’s not an indicator of a lack of faith, or not praying/reading the bible/worshipping - enough. ⁣
It does not mean that you are not a good leader⁣
It does not mean this disqualifies you from leadership . ⁣
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It’s a reminder that while you may be a leader, you’re human too. That though you faithfully serve God and people, it’s essential that you remember that first you’re His precious child. ⁣
It’s been a hard season, it’s still a hard season. Perhaps you’d benefit from some help along the journey, just like everyone else.⁣
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It’s Ok To Not Be Ok.

OHHHH HOW THIS TOUCHED EVERY PART OF ME HEART……

It’s okay to feel hurt and confused about situations in your life. But don’t let your feelings lead you away from God or away from His Truth.

When it feels like all that’s left of your heart and your story is broken pieces, you can bring them all to God. He is big enough to handle our honest feelings. He’s not afraid of our doubts or our questions. And His Truth won't leave us, even when our gut honest cries don't sound so Christian.

Let’s press into Him in those very places where we may feel tempted to pull away. Let’s ask Him to meet us and speak to us in the pages of His Word. Let’s remember that it’s better to wrestle with Truth than stay stuck in our places of turmoil.

Glad we got home on Monday!!! I think he might be a little bit more happy to be at home in his own bed.

You’ve got this xx

As scary as not knowing is, I will be OK and so will you xx

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