how to be universally lovely

Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see the
purity and reverence of your lives
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and [...]

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miles of smiles

I want to make people smile.
Not like a comedian, Not laugh like haha, but smile with quiet joy.  I want to make people happy.  I want people to feel good just by being in the same room with me.
Yesterday I gave someone a smile when they needed it and when they commented on it I [...]

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heading back

okay, actually I’m already back.
The event was good.  Nothing earth shatteringly great or disastrously dangerous …or frankly anything easy to write about.
and there is something else on my mind anyway
I’m currently working on a memory verse
“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing because to this you were called so [...]

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love me tender

I want to be more sensitive.
Now to those people who know me and know how “over-sensitive” I already am, I will submit to you that what you are labeling “over sensitive” in me right now is actually just a tendency to over-react.
What I’m talking about when I say I want to be more sensitive is [...]

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wake up with JOY

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
I love to plan.
*sigh*
So does God.
I think that no matter how good I am at it…..God’s plan is probably a better deal than mine.  Any day of the week.
God knows everything.  He is a much better planner than I am.  In [...]

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the human jesus

I have a friend who is going through health and anxiety issues right now. It’s an ugly loop where the physical issues flare up and feed the anxiety, which makes the body tense and creates more physical issues, which causes more anxiety….
anyway, you get the idea.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time recently reminding [...]

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sorting things out

If there was a real Sorting Hat, it would have had to put me in Slytherin this weekend.

I was not a very nice person to be around from Friday to Sunday.
I was terminally irritated, slightly snarky and not very tolerant.
this makes for a not-very-fun-to-be-around Deirdre.
What made it particularly frustrating was that I KNEW I was [...]

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does God mind if I type to him?

If asked to visualize someone having a “quiet time” or “devotions” with God I have a pretty clear picture in my head of what that is supposed to look like.
It happens late in the middle of a peaceful morning.  The lady having the quiet time has finished the dishes and there is a load of [...]

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do not be anxious

Philippians 4:6&7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Most of us know the gist of this. We generally translate it as “try [...]

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memorization

okay.  So, on the recommendation of a friend in Texas,  I started reading this book last night (Breaking Free) and one of the first things in it is the statement  “here are the verses you should memorize while you are going through this book”
wow.
I went to Christian school through 10th grade so this is not [...]

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