I am God’s. I exist to serve His purpose for which He has designed and equipped me. These are constants and anything else is penultimate. I have been a believer my entire self-aware existence. This is a curse and a blessing. I am blessed because I’ve been on a steady path seeking His plan my […]
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Our Church, The Open Door, hosts a stations of the cross art exhibit every year, and this year I volunteered to create a piece out of LEGO bricks. I definitely hesitated until the last minute to speak up, but it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a couple years now, just never had the courage […]
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Growing up at my dad’s house, we had an above ground pool. I think it was about 4 feet high and 24 feet wide. We loved when the water got low, because that meant that Jay Gillis was coming over with his water truck to fill it up. He’d take the hose from his truck, […]
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It’s been a while since I posted a personal update. Things in married life go well. New job goes well. Thinking about going back to school in the fall. That might be the level of detail you get in the updates going forward…not really sure. I don’t really want to write about my life with […]
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I’m a moody person. I think I’ve always realized this, but only recently I’m learning how much my moods, and changing of moods shape my life. I don’t know if it’s something I should work to overcome, or something I should learn to accept as part of me…Where is the line that defines the difference between […]
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My how the time flies. I was originally going to title this post “Wake me up, when September ends” but we’re way past that point already. The alarm has been ringing all month long for me to wake from my slumber, but I’ve been dreaming and watching everything move at the speed of life. First […]
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