The Chronicles of Melinda

Superchick - Stand In The Rain
 

She never slows down
She doesn’t know why
But she knows that when she’s all alone
It feels like it’s all coming down

(2x’s)
Chorus:

Well - Friday night we went riding.  Michelle D.  came over and rode Levi and we rode into near darkness and then rode around in the arena.  She rode Levi - who was very good for her.  What a good boy. Then we sat in my screenhouse- my new little God place erected in the front yard.  Some nights I have taken to sitting out there with my oil lanterns just chillin’.  Yeah - Rolo has put a hole in it trying to come in (as evident by pawprints on the screen) and I’ve had to straighten it out a couple of times (you should see it this morning after the storms last night!) but it’s still my own little place.

Anyway - Saturday morning was up and at ‘em bright and early.  Was hoping to be able to join some of my NHC peeps to assist at the Habitat project, but they aren’t ready to have a 9 year old on site.  Her daddy has to work in the morning so she had to hang with mom instead.  So instead we were up by 7:30AM to go get a roundbale of hay and then to do the tiring and laborous work of disassembling, loading on a trailer, unloading and reassembling my friend Lanie’s huge roundpen she so graciously let me use.  It wasn’t even 9:00AM and it was HOT!  Not to mention the work was laborous and I was sweaty.  But it’s up now and Clue has a huge new roundpen that will double as a place for riding lessons. 

Saturday evening was…….the NHC BLOCK PARTY!  If you missed it - don’t miss the next one July 26th.  This was my one year anniversary Block Party (in case I forgot to mention that I am rather proud that NHC has kept me this long and that I’m still all for God!)  For this BP we watched National Treasures 2.  Got to bounce around with some of my favorite NHC peeps and even managed to get my friend Lanie to attend.  Was unsuccessful at getting her to come to Sunday service…but who knows.

Sunday - Dave is back.  He laid out for us what GOD laid on his heart during his 50 hour prayer journey.  In addtion to doing some healing on Dave’s heart (because yes…our pastor is human) he laid out some BIG plans for NHC.  Ought to be exciting to see all that come to play.  Imagine NHC bringing 5000 people to encounter God. How cool is that.  So everyone - hope you paid attention.  Dave pretty much let us know ….there’s going to be a need for a bunch of folks  (500 to be exact)  to step up to the plate on this one and jump into serving to help accomplish the goal for the church  which is bringing a phenomenal amount of people to GOD.  WE CAN DO IT! So get signed up to serve!  Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. (John 12:26)

Sunday evening was the first of our STORMWATCH series at Spiked.  The kids were introduced to the new “improved” youthroom - which now looks like a storm went through it.  I mean - every time I walk into it I want to immediately start cleaning up….but it’s for a good cause!  HA HA!  There’s a street light, sings, greenery, junk, doors, windows - it looks like total carnage.  But we had the biggest turn-out of Spiked kids we’ve had since I’ve been serving in student ministries so it was awesome enough just for that.

Ironically enough - after Adam deliverred his message about storms in our lives (we’ve either just been through one, are in the middle of one or waiting for the next one) and God’s role in sticking with us through the storms - - - some major storms rolled through.  Got stranded at the church for a little big waiting for the brunt to be gone.  What was funny (and would make the YPM proud) was that when we were watching the sideways rain and lighting outside the youth room door, Taira first said “I’m scared” and then she went “wait …no I’m not.  God is with us.  God… I know you are with us!”  It was very cute - and showed she was paying attention to the mesasge.

One of our youth came back to the church to wait it out even.  And in the meantime we got to share some info about the church with someone who decided to pull into the church and ask some questions (whether they were really interested or just trying to evade the storms…it was an opportunity to talk to a stranger about the church).  When the storm finally settled down enough for us to leave I dropped off Andrew D. off and then another storm rolled through so ended up staying there for a bit.  At one point - lightning struck nearly RIGHT outside the house for a good scare.  But all is well - the earth has been nourished and nobody got hurt.

Now when I got home I exptected my little God-time screenhouse to be nowhere to be found.  But it was only partially collapsed.  It even survived another bout of storms that woke me up around 2AM.  I’ll set it back right tonight to see how it truly held up.  

Well - so now it’s Monday.  Got up bright and early to drop Taira off at Michelle’s and head in to work.  Boss is out today…but so is my co-supervisor.  Just managing a few minutes of blog time as it is.  Had an unsettling and abrubtly ended conversation this morning so I think I’m going to take my lunch out to the little “sanctuary” trail volunteers use and sit on one of the benches out there and spend a little time.  Gonna need some help on this one.  But hey - it’s Monday whatdya expect?   It’s definitely not FRIDAY!

Let’s see - Monday Taira went and hung out with one of the awesomest NHC families - the Daniels.  She gets to be Michelle’s “Mommy’s Helper” and help keep up with the little ones while Michelle gets some work done.  So it worked out in everyone’s favor.  Michelle got freed up, the kids got a playmate, I had a place for Taira AND Taira can get her fill of younger kids so she won’t be so anxious for a baby brother or sister.  HA HA!  (Doesn’t look like that will happen anytime soon if at all so at least I’ve got lots of friends with babies and younger kids to take care of that for Taira.

We had small group Monday.  And well…I know I didn’t contribute much.  Been “stuffing it” here lately.  But the group itself was great.  Lots is happening in the God Department.  After group - I did manage to leave Carrie’s BEFORE midnight.  So yay me! HA HA HA!  I know Carrie wants to put me out…but she just can’t! LOL!

Taira stayed the night at Michelle’s so she got to be there the next day.  Michelle took them all to the Museum of LIfe and Science.  I know Taira had a ball and there’s a new exhibit so I need to go check it out because she’s been talking about it all week!

Wednesday Taira stayed with one of my dearest friends Carrie.  First she came to work with me and got to participate in the Kids Club at Durham County APS.  I gave an AC presentation (my favorite thing to do on my job - children education).  And Taira got to see TWO spay surgeries that she thought were VERY cool.  Then we took lunch and went and met Carrie at IHOP!  I got a fat stuffed Colorodo Omelet and pancakes.  Breakfast - my favorite meal… especially when it’s NOT at breakfast time.  Taira then spent the rest of her day with Carrie.  She is going to become Carrie’s mini-me before all is said and done! LOL!

Wednesday night was BIG in New Horizon Church Youth Ministry.  We had a Jam & Java worship night.  The youth room was transformed into an ever so cool coffee house.  Carrie kicked up shots of Espresso, we had Frapaccino’s and straight up JAVA (with WHIPPED CREAM I might add!)  We had some awesome worship music and some extra awesome God movement through the ministry.  This did not just happen for our youth, but speaking from personal experience I can say that it moved right through the adults in our ministry as well.  God was at serious work through some hearts and we all got a renewed lesson in true worship.  It was awesome to have kids say that they want to have something like this regularly.  They want to have a night dedicated solely to WORSHIPPING GOD on a regular basis.  How cool is that?

Just wanted to take a minute to say that I am honorred and feel Blessed to be working in the youth ministry at NHC among some of God’s most awesome and dedicated servants.  God has assembled an extra special team to serve Him in teaching our youth about Him and glorifying Him…and He know’s what He’s doing.  In doing so - He has also blessed me with some extra awesome relationships that just seem to grow daily into more than I ever imagined.  So to all of the Youth Ministry volunteers and leaders……I love you!  Let’s do this!

Thursday Taira again was taken in by my sister Carrie for the day.  After work I went home and let the dogs out and then headed to scoop Taira up.  We went and helped out doing something extra cool in the Youth Room.  Come up Sunday and see for yourself. 

Today is Friday.  Taira again is with Carrie.  But she got there late this morning.  See - what’s cool is that we had a trauma at the house and it’s the last thing I mentioned cuz compared to all the God movemet - - - it’s peanuts.  The water pump went out mid-week- so we’d been without running water for the past couple of days.  Thank Heaven for Carrie and Lanie for providing showering facilities (and Carrie even let Taira do her laundry while she was there) and for my neighbors down the street who lended me a big water tank, complete with water, so we could get the animals taken care of.  Anyway they came this morning to replace the pump.  But keep your eyes out - I think I’m going to be house hunting sooner than planned.    I’m getting the feeling that the place may be coming up for sale within the next year or so.  Sad - cuz the rent is affordable for me even though I have dreams of my own little farm.  But then again…God may have something in store so I’m going to let Him take care of things.  So please pray for God to put things together for me so if there’s a big transition…it won’t be so difficult.

Just wanted to also send out a big I LOVE YOU to a few friends God smacked in the face this week with some unexpected life changes.  I know that God has a plan…so trust that He will take care of everything.  Not to say He may not do it like…tomorrow…but when all is said and done He will take care of it.  There may be a storm brewin’….but He will be the calm and the clearing after the storm.  

TOMORROW NIGHT is the BLOCK PARTY at NHC.  So come hang out with us…cast all your worries aside and hang out and eat grub, dance, hang out with some cool peeps (NHC peeps ROCK) and then settle in for National Treasure 2 on the big screen.  Just like being at the Drive in!
 

It was actually June 23, 2007 (not the 24th) that I set foot on the property of New Horizon Church for the first time ever to attend a Block Party by invitation.  So YESTERDAY was my one year CALENDAR annivesary, but the 23rd was a Saturday last year!  So I guess we can call the block party this Saturday my one official one year block party anniversary.  Well heck - I don’t know.  That’s kind of confusing isn’t it!  HA. Ha.

Now I know today is not Sunday, but last year June 24th was a Sunday and that is when I attended service for the first time ever at New Horizon Church.  (So I guess this Sunday is my real one year anniversary for a Sunday service attendance).   That’s the first time I experienced church as a comfortable place, was greeted by warm friendly faces, didn’t feel like anyone else even noticed I was “new” and felt accepted.  It’s when I got my first impression of Pastor Dave as someone who could talk about God and I could RELATE instead of a sermon sounding like a foreign language.  The message was OBEY.  I know so much more about how to go about doing that and am living much closer to that message now then I was back then (Thank God).

Anyway, 365 days ago today (well 366 since this is a leap year) makes one year ago that I attended service and decided NHC was the place for me if I was going to try this God thing.  No regrets.  I am still going strong and more sure than ever that NHC is my home away from home.

So - Happy Anniversary to me and NHC yesterday, tomorrow, or this weekend.  However you prefer to look at it we are still in bliss! I just want to say a huge THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU to my NHC family for keeping me this long. 

Friday night I got to spend hanging out and having an awesome dinner with my friends Carrie and Shirley.  We went to Carrie’s and grilled chicken, steak, corn on the cob, had some shrimp (and in case you don’t know…well I LOVE shrimp and suddenly just wished I had the leftovers), and salad.  It was cool - because I got to show up in my pajamas and it wasn’t even bed time!  HA HA!  What more do you need?  Good food and girlfriends!  So we had dinner and hung out and then…I put my pajamas to use and stayed the night.  Life was good. 

Saturday I woke up early to go home and my friend Lanie had two storage buildings deliverred to my house so she could use them to store stuff.   Then we made blueberry pancakes.  Okay check this out - - - they make pancake batter in a container like the spray whipped cream comes in.   It’s called Batter Blaster You just spray the pancake batter right into the pan.  How cool is that?  We just dropped blueberries in the batter and poof - BLUEBERRY pancakes.  What will they think of next?

I got a call from someone who wanted to bring some people to ride.  Well two people turned into seven people. So I spent the afternoon preparing for that and stopped at the feed store to buy some horseshoes so I can get the horses shoed up for some regular riding again. 

Taira called and wanted to come home because she didn’t want to miss church Sunday.  (Bless her heart….but she hurt her grandma’s feelings wanting to come home).  So they brought her home and I put her to work for the cause. 

The folks showed up to ride a little after 4:00PM…and I remembered how great it is to have some laid back and easy horses.  Six, Ransom, Levi and DMC (Taira’s horse) got put to work and were on their best behavior.  So we made a little easy money (and God told me what to do with most of it, which is why I think He blessed me with it unexpectedly so I couldn’t make any other plans for it).  I gave Taira a share because she used her horse to give a little guy a riding lesson while I occupied the others.  (That money is burning a whole in her purse right now - she wants to go to Wal-Mart! LOL!)   Storms were a’comin’ so we brought the horses in and put the kids to work helping feed. 

Then we went to town (Durham that is) to go hang out with a friend who had a break up.  Stopped and got some sodas and chinese food (a.k.a. broke up friend comfort food) and just hung out doing much of nothing (which is sometimes a very good thing to do).  Well…we ended up falling asleep over there!  I don’t seem to be sleeping at home, too much lately.  HA HA! 

Woke up early early early to get up and get home to go to church.  Went home, fed horses, let dogs out and showerred up.  Caught a few people off guard because I didn’t wear my normal jeans, t-shirts and signature bandana to church.  Instead - sandals, a skort (you guys didn’t realize it was a skOrt and not a skIrt, didja?).  Felt cute.  HA HA!  Someone even told me I looked “hot” in a skirt.   Someone else asked who I was trying to impress!  And my youth ministry people wanted to know where the heck the bandana was!  HA HA!  Hey - gotta keep you guys on your toes!

Dougie is back from the beach!  If it weren’t for a day at Carowinds she would have surpassed my tan.  She’s a soul sista now!  HA HA!  I missed her!  Now we’re fixin’ to layeth the smack down on the Youth Ministry in the creative area!

HUE - the ever-so-cool guy with the dreads who rocks the guitar on the worship team surprised us all with a Hue rendition (complete with SINGing AND guitar rockin’)  of Waiting for the World to Change.  HUE ROCKS (just in case you didn’t know!)

Executive Pastor Jamie gave a bit of an explanation for some of the weird emotional week in his message.  The new series is called “Disturbed”.  Seems that he’s been praying for us all to be “disturbed” by God this week.  Well Jamie….just wanted to tell you again “Thanks!”  ha ha.   God has indeed disturbed me this week. 

SPIKED STUDENT MINISTRIES - well yeah!  What can I say?  We “interviewed” a guy for the worship leader position by having him worship with us.  His name is James.  He’s pretty cool. 
 
We also had another big moving night.  Seems we’ve been having a lot of those lately.  God is busy in the student ministry area of NHC (and welll ALL of NHC really).  I can honestly say it has not been all easy, either in the emotion department.  Even a little (okay a lotta) painful.  It contributes to that crapload of stuff I’ve been saying I need to deal with.  But it’s also served a pretty big purpose in God showing that…we are not alone and he doesn’t intend for us to deal with any of the crapload on our own.  Where He might not be…he is putting others in place to help us deal and relate.  And He’s put us in place to share with these kids and help them hopefully not have to deal with the baggage we now deal with as adults.   

Well I’m back to work.  Got small group tonight.  Taira is at my friend Michelle’s today hanging out with three of the cutest kids I know and helping keep them occupied.    She’s spending the night, too.  So that makes getting to group that much more easier.  Waiting for my American Hero sandwhich to be deliverred for lunch.  BRING IT!

She didn’t have to tell me that - I already knew that because when I woke up this morning (and honestly before I even went to sleep) - I felt restored.  My Faith tank was on full and even spilled over a little.  But that someone else noticed this morning was refreshing.

This common thread thing keeps coming back up.  Well last night God joined me with another common threaded person.  We’d already been acquainted, but God took us to a whole nubba lebel last night.

Remember I said my God cup was empty?  Well last night I had over a two hour telephone conversation (til nearly 2AM I might add) with this person and through that one person - God  filled my cup and spilled it over.  By the time the conversation was over and I hung up the phone…peace had fallen over me…I smiled,  I felt that “happy” feeling in my chest and I felt restored.   I was able to lay down for a peaceful 4 hours of sleep.  But it was the most rested four hours of sleep I’ve had all week.  

I have no doubt that through this person - God was telling me some things I needed to hear.   This person shared with me the very first time they can ever remember me speaking to them.  It was just a casual hello in passing at NHC one Sunday - - - but that she remembers it was completely amazing to me.

Somewhere mid-conversation this person said to me “you are exactly where you belong” (meaning in the Youth Ministry)…and as random as that comment was in our conversation…she probably has no idea what that comment meant to me last night.

She also gave me some reassurance about a youth I’ve had on my heart and been concerned about that I have not seen at NHC in awhile.   She told me quite matter of factly…you WILL be seeing her again and gave me the reassurance that she was okay (because she knows…not because she thinks).  She probably has no idea how that eased an unsettled place in my heart. 

The whole conversation was full of restoration for me and I can only hope she got some of the same restoration from it.  We touched on a lot of different things in that 134 minutes and 46 seconds we were on the phone.  (My dogs really enjoyed being outside playing and being rowdy the whole time, too I’m sure). 

I thankfully and tearfully and prayerfully reflected on all that happened last night this morning.  Amazing is all I can say to sum it up.  Now I’ve still got a crapload of emotions I’m sorting out and will probably be seeking some help in that department when I convince myself I need to.  But God surely, through one commonly threaded person, eased a restlessness I’ve had that only He could ease this week.  And in doing so he bound our common threads together so we can guide, strengthen and reassure each other as we serve along side each other in the Youth Ministry and I think…no I know that great things are going to come of that.

Dear God - I praise you so much today.  I thank you so much that you used this week to tear me down.  I know, that you had a true purpose in that.  A purpose of restoration, reassurance and obvious proof that YOU are in control of all of this.  I thank you so much for showing me the common thread in Kimber and showing yourself to me through her.  You continue to reveal common threads of those you have put in my life and me in theirs.  I know now that those snags in life that have unravelled parts of us have meaningful purpose to your great plan.  And I pray that you will continue to do great things in the youth ministry as you bind the common threads of our team together to build it up.  You are so humbling and so awesome…and for that I’m truly thankful.  In Jesus name I pray…Amen.

Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind
Would you know me and see behind the smile
I can change like colors on a wall
Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all
I think I hide it all so well

Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can’t erase from my life
Everybody knows
Standing out so you won’t forget my name
That’s the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows

Looking through the crowd
I search for something else
But every time I turn around
I run into myself
Here I stand
Consumed with my surroundings
Just another day
Of everybody looking
I swore they’d never see me cry
You’ll never see me cry

Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can’t erase from my life
Everybody knows
Standing out so you won’t forget my name
That’s the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows

You say I’ll pay the price
That’s the chance that I’ll take
Though you may think I’m telling lies
But I just call it getting by

Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can’t erase from my life
Everybody knows

Standing out so you won’t forget my name
That’s the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows I am just barely getting by

I know I’m out of tune with my text message plan here…but I’ve been drawn to the book of Hebrews.  Chapter 11 caught my eye.  It talks about faith and things that happened to people BECAUSE of their faith.  It kind of recaps some significant faith driven events in the Bible.  (i.e. the parting of the Red Sea - the faith to cross it knowing it would not come crashing down on them - like it did to Pharaohs people:  or Abraham trusting in the sacrifice of his only son because God told him to…) 

A coulple of key scriptures regarding the word faith hit it on the head:

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Hebrews 11:3)

It’s our Faith that God exists!  That He created everything…and that something better awaits us that He also created just for us.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)

Pretty powerful, huh?  You can’t please God…if you don’t believe in Him, seek him and believe in the rewards that come when you do seek him.

 Dictionary.com defines Faith as the following:

God…in all your awesomeness I praise all that you have done and are continuing to do in my life.   And God I know in some parts of my life I may be falling short in the Faith Department.  I know that I need to trust that you will take care of me and keep me afloat in the sea of emotions I’m going through right now.  I know that there are things that I need to do that I am not doing, things I need to say that I am not saying, people you’ve put into my life that I need to trust that I am not trusting and I KNOW I am not grieving things I need to grieve so that I can truly heal from events in my life that hold me back.  Please strengthen my faith so that I will not be like Peter who walked to your son on the water, but let his doubt cause him to go down.  And even though I know that you would reach out your hand to me as your son reached out to Peter to keep me from drowning…I ask that you overflow my heart so that you will not have to reach for me.  Strengthen my heart so that I will not let my faith be compromised.  This in Jesus’ name I pray…Amen.

Got the radiator on my car fixed!!!  Got my stimulus check (and promptly paid bills with it), got a new refrigerator…got a little more sleep…going to see a movie with Carrie tonight and then to see some friends I haven’t seen in awhile.  God wanted to remind me he can ease my stress just as quick as he can wreak havoc on my heart.  

But I also can’t forget what’s coming……VERY soon (like NEXT weekend).

On June 28th is the first Official 2008 NHC Block Party.  For those who don’t know - an invitation to an NHC Block Party is how I ultimately ended up AT NHC in the first place last year.  (Click here for my first blog about NHC) It was my “first impression” of NHC as a church and the very next day I went to service and the rest my friends - is history.  HA HA!

SO….the first Block Party of the summer is going to be like my one year annivesary at NHC (Technically the block party last year was on the 23rd - - -but you get the idea).  The only difference this year - is I now have a relationship with the many people who just made me feel welcome last year and GOD of course.

Won’t you come help me celebrate and maybe in turn we can help someone else have that same welcome feeling I had last year and bring some new folks into God’s Kingdom?  Invite a friend…heck invite a whole family or even two (or three…or…or).

So come enjoy my one year anniversary of the Saturday that started it all with a Block Party invitation…and then the one year anniversary of the Sunday that really kicked it off by worshipping with me first service the very next day!!!

We’re going to have a very good time I am sure of it.

It means - I’m drained.  My cup of God got emptied…in a matter of I think…48 hours and one event.  Don’t panic - it is slowly, but surely refilling.  God never truly leaves us “empty” (right). 

One thing I learned last night…I am not good at communicating when there’s 101 things going on in my head AND I’m tired.  (Of course - when my spirit or my soul is compromised or I feel vulnerable I’m not very good at communicating period. I’m also a bad face to face communicator when it comes to things like this.  I know what I want to say and how I want to say it - but it just doesn’t come out.  Ask me to write what I’m feeling down for you…and I can do that.  Ask me to write a poem about my feelings …DONE!  But ask me to just look you in the face and talk to you about it and I feel awkward. 

And it’s hard not to feel like some of the things I let bother me really aren’t that important or important enough to talk to someone else about.  Maybe that’s part of the problem - I don’t want to be putting my business out on my sleeve and have to wonder if someone is thinking “is that all” or even “poor poor you” with the look of pity.  

You know I find a song for everything - right now this is mine (One Fine Wire - Colbie Caillat):

 I try so many times but it’s not… taking me
and it seems so long ago that I…I used to believe
and I’m so lost inside of my head…and crazy
but I cant get out of it…I’m just stumbling

How does this happen?  How does one’s normally overflowing cup of God get knocked over and leave one feeling…utterly empty?  How does life go from being able to balance on that one fine wire…to that one fine wire leaving us teetering?

Well- things happen…things don’t happen…you learn things…you discover something…you worry about something…you worry about someone…you doubt something…you doubt yourself…you’ve miscommunicated something you meant and aren’t sure how it was interpreted…you lose a relationship… someone lets you down…you think YOU’VE let someone down (maybe even God)…you let your sin creep back up on you and leave you guilty-even though you know God has washed it away…you let someone else’s sin against you creep back up on you and hurt you all over again…you find that you have something in common with someone - but it’s not a good thing……you question God’s purpose for you…someone in your church family you have on a pedestal falls off by an action and leaves you questioning their spirituality…this list goes on.  It’s just mind boggling that you can be strolling along all fine and dandy and one thing can send you into a downward spiral of internal and spiritual struggle with - EVEYRYTHING. 

When it seems to happen all at once it’s like a firestorm on your spirit and it leaves you ….well it leaves you emtpy.  Running on fumes…spent.  How can you talk to God about so many things at once?  I feel a bit greedy thinking God has that much time for me when I feel like other people are dealing with so much more.  I know what some of you will say - “God has all the time you need whenever you need it and there’s enough of Him to go around.” 

But…shouldn’t we be able to handle some things on our own rather than relying on God to fix our hearts and spirit all the time?  I feel a bit guilty needing him for some of this…crap…again.  And I feel a little guilty for going back to God about things I’ve already dealt wit him on.   Am I not supposed to lift it with Him and LEAVE it with Him?  I feel pretty darned worrisome to God these days.  He’s probably thinking “look - I made things happen for a reason.  I didn’t make things happen for a reason… I put you in places for a reason.  I put people in your life for a reason.  I put YOU in people’s lives for a reason…I took people OUT of your life for a reason…so STOP questioning me and just listen and roll with it!  You KNOW I have a plan!  Let it happen.”  Yea - God probably wants to smack me upside the head right about now.

It’s no big deal (okay well it is!), but I know this too shall pass.  And as usual - Praise Him in the Storm.

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