As I Live Here And Wonder

Being in this moment with a girl who grew up on Primrose Lane ~*~ all photos & writings are my own, unless otherwise posted or re-blogged

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Out of His perfect love for you, God made you exactly how He wanted. He thinks you are pretty fantastic! Don't ever let anyone make you believe differently! Look at the care He put into making this tiny moth I walked past one day. How much more detail He put into making you this wonderful person! In Psalm 139 is says, You created every part of me; You put me together in my mother's womb. Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! I know it with all my heart. You were there while I was being formed in utter seclusion! You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in Your book! How precious it is Lord, to realize that You are thinking about me constantly! I can't even count how many times a day your thoughts turn toward me. And when I waken in the morning, You are still thinking of me! Pretty cool 😌 Nature on the sidewalk - 12 #sidewalkseries

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Just because we still need each other every day 💜 #truelove

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Anniversary Coming Up

Me: We'll be married for 30 years, in just a few days. Brad: Crazy isn't it. Me: It's awesome 💚 Brad: I love telling people how long we've been with each other 💚

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I love Brad, that's why I bought this little round wooden box 😌 #thriftshopfinds #lookinside #coolmemories #gardenfreshdill

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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. #letsbebetter #willyshakespeare

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Vintage Grace 💚🐹 #almostfamous

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You are a beauty, you are a joy, you are a light, you are my girl 💚 #eighteentoday

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Sweet sweet love of God We revere Your firelight heart Sweet sweet grace surrounds We've been sought Through all of our years You've carried our tears with You We are all here to find the place where our restless souls Will be free We were all made to see our hearts could not rest Until found in thee In this divine invitation we find Your embrace And in our deep adoration see the light of Your face In this divine invitation we all find the place for our souls Where the longings were born long ago Sweet sweet Savior come Near us now Into the depths of our hearts Sweet sweet breath of life You fulfill With the warmth of Your love The mysteries of Your ways . . #somethinglikesilas

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What I'm reading right now. ...Is it contradictory that I'm posting this on the internet?

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Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings & learn to fly. All your life. You were only waiting for this moment to arise... Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly. Into the light of the dark black night... ...you were only waiting for this moment to arise. #kennysbirthdaytoday #hewouldhavebeenfiftytoday #sidewalkseries #heisinthelight #myyoungerbro

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I Walk Into the Room

I walk into the room like a gangster 😂😂 

Me: What? 

Brad: (smiling) 

Me: Because I’m weird, right? 

Brad: No (smiling) 

Brad: (keeps smiling) 

Me: Because you love me. 

Brad: Yes 

Me: We love each other a lot, don’t we. 

Brad: Yes, we do.

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The people in this house know it's a wonderful life 😌 And ther's a hand, my trusty friend, and gie's a hand o' thine; we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

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“While the rest of mankind does it’s best to blow the world up, they like building a new one.”  :o)

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Nature on the sidewalk - 11 #sidewalkseries Life isn't always black or white. Stop judging.

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Sooner or later we'll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what's coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad. (2 Cor 5:10) #anewday #choosegoodness

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Jehovah Jireh, won’t you come and give us life

Jehovah Rapha, won’t you come and heal us now

He will breathe and restore the weary heart

He will restore our soul,  He will restore our soul

Ay ya, ay ya, ay ya, ay ay ya ya

Ay ya, ay ya, ay ya, ay ay ya ya

Ay ya, ay ya, ay ya, ay ay ya ya

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One Day Away

It’s only one day away.  Well, now it’s only about half a day away as I get ready to close my eyes to sleep and wake up to the day I go to India.  Going to India was never something I had planned for.  I’m not that person who travels to far-away lands on missionary trips.  That’s for other people.  And I’m glad that they do it, and love doing it, but it’s never been for me.  Then one evening at dinner with friends something happened.

My friend was sharing about his trips to India, which I always love hearing about.  I like his stories of his trips and that he’s the one who goes, while I am comfortably snug and cozy in my home with my family.  I’ve been listening to his stories for about ten years.  This evening in November was no different.  Except it was.  As he was talking I heard God’s voice saying, “Gail you want to go to India and you want to go this year with John’s team.”  I literally reeled back and looked over my shoulder and was thinking, “WHAT!?  Are You kidding me?”  When I rejoined to conversation my next thought was, “Wow, You are right.  I DO want to go.”  I was very aware that this was not a normal response for me.  I was very aware that in a single moment God changed my heart in a very dramatic way.  Or maybe God has been preparing me for this trip for some time now.  

Last summer I put together a display, at work, with pictures of the forty Indian boys who live at the orphanage we sponsor.  The pictures of their sweet faces and happy smiles tugged at my heart.  I was so grateful they were being cared for and loved and that our faith family was able to fund their daily needs.  I wouldn’t be surprised if God intended this for me when I began directing the preschool back in 1998.  One of my favorite families was from India.  In fact my student, Mahesh, didn’t speak a lick of English when he was first enrolled.  It was my joy to be a part of his learning our language, making friends and becoming a fun little boy to be around.  You know, as I think about it, I bet God had this planned as far back as when I was a little girl in first grade.  That would be so Him, and I love that!  There was a new girl in our class that year.  Her name was Rhohee and she was from India.  We became best friends that year.  I would go over to her apartment after school to play.  I remember Rhohee getting scolded by her mother because she spoke in Hindi in front of me.  She had to tell me that she was sorry and was being disrespectful to me.  Then we were off playing again as little girls do.  When the school year ended Rhohee’s family were planning to move.  The last time I played in their home her mother gave me a handmade woven little purse to remember them.  I still have this gift and I keep it with my precious mementos.  :o)

The other day I came across my daughter’s globe.  I put my finger on my home state of Iowa and put my other finger on the area we will be in India.  I just held them there for awhile as I realized I will be half way around the world.  That’s a lot for this Iowa girl to take in.  I could easily let that kind of distance overwhelm me, not to mention the work we will be doing, the language barrier, the climate, the unknowns.... better stop this list so I don’t get overwhelmed!  HA!

Instead, I will just lean back into the knowing I have, that God has planned for me to be a part of this India trip and He has made it possible for me to actually go.  There are reasons He has me going on this journey with these wonderful people, and I’m glad that God will be with me through it all.  I’ll let you know how it goes!