i know there is Truth.
and i thought i knew truth.
fortunately for all of us
they can be mutually exclusive
{although, they shouldn’t be}
when sorrow redeemed itself
i found the grace i had hidden
but when light shined brightest,
grace became lost in the shadow
of memories and questions
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Musings/Poetry
i haven’t really talked about sports on here very much. but here you go. i am a huge, huge, huge basketball follower. not fan, follower. it requires discipline and sacrifice (like staying up late for west coast games…) i played basketball all throughout my childhood and in high school, and was at first a giant knicks girl…back in the day with ewing and starks. i was watching when the OJ chase interrupted the 1994 finals. then when the triple j’s (jimmy, jamal and jason) came out with the mavericks right after i moved to dallas, i quickly moved my loyalties. every since then, i have been a mavericks addict.
a sadness overwhelms me. i know this round isn’t over yet, and i know the mavs are capable of a comeback. but i have to admit i’m a little worried. i think in order to win this, they have got to do a couple of things. they have been playing a lot of man-to-man defense and i think with golden state, they really need to go to a 2-3 zone. golden state (except for baron davis) really can’t shoot from outside the paint and i think if they kept them out in the perimeter, it would disrupt the rhythm they’ve been showing. dallas is great at rebounding, and this would really put them back in the game for some possible fast breaks…which they have NOT been doing much of. i think offensively, they REALLY need to tighten up. they are throwing up weak screens, making sloppy shots. i think after having so many fouls from game 3, they were playing extremely scared tonight. both jerry stackhouse and dirk were not at the top of their game. they know better, and they should be playing much, much better.
anyway, i am going to try and go to sleep now. sigh.
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at 9pm CDT tonight, the top ranked dallas mavericks need some help getting their stuff together and actually getting more points than fouls…your prayers are appreciated.
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so, my husband chris is kind and swings by a local cafe shop to pick his extremely scatter-brained wife up a rare coffee beverage. while waiting in line, he gets in conversation with a man who had spent some time in australia. he said, “you know, you couldn’t wear that shirt there, “rooted” means something completely different and really inappropriate.” the guy went on to say his ministry he had started was called “rooted and grounded” and when they started wearing their shirts, everywhere they’d go, people would laugh.
we had a similar language barrier in scotland when we said pants (means underwear), tea (means dinner), dinner (means lunch), pudding (means dessert). we never knew what meal we’d be eating. fortunately, we didn’t talk about chris’ great aunt. her name was fanny. and that is one word you do NOT want to say out there.
so, my aussie friends…is it true?
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thanks to one of my amazing coworkers, jordan, i met a couple cool guys today who travel with life choices. anyway, after getting to hear what they are doing across the country (they were headed down to waco) and signing a copy of one of my articles for them (which was really uncomfortable…i could never be famous and do that on a consistent basis…i know i turned bright red!!) we somehow started talking about oswald chambers and i was reminded i needed to catch up as he is usually a daily read for me. i missed this on monday, and thought it was extremely applicable to those of us who are involved in serving our local church, whether paid or volunteer. so, enjoy the wisdom below and when you’re done, check out what life choices is doing!
Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom God gives His child; that is, a worshiping child, not a wayward one. A worker who lacks this serious controlling emphasis of concentration on God is apt to become overly burdened by his work. He is a slave to his own limits, having no freedom of his body, mind, or spirit. Consequently, he becomes burned out and defeated. There is no freedom and no delight in life at all. His nerves, mind, and heart are so overwhelmed that God’s blessing cannot rest on him.
But the opposite case is equally true–once our concentration is on God, all the limits of our life are free and under the control and mastery of God alone. There is no longer any responsibility on you for the work. The only responsibility you have is to stay in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your cooperation with Him. The freedom that comes after sanctification is the freedom of a child, and the things that used to hold your life down are gone. But be careful to remember that you have been freed for only one thing–to be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker.
We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in wholehearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might . . .”
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