Jul. 15, 2008
Throwing Open the Windows
Posted in Single Moms as Keepers at Home
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One of my favorite lines from The Sounds of Music is something to the effect (I'm bad at exact quotes) of, When the Lord closes the door, somewhere He opens a window. I feel as if He has been throwing open windows of opportunity around me lately. I made one decision recently, just one, and it seemed rather small, (read door closed) and as a result many opportunities for serving Him, from my home, with my children, have presented themselves(read open windows). I will be joining Homebound Missions as a full time volunteer beginning September 1st. I'll share more details about that another time. We are going to be able to begin sponsoring a child through His Hands for Haiti's orphanage His House, immediately -- it's not adoption, but it's as close as we could come. It is amazing how the Lord will use us, if we will but obediently get out of His way and stop trying to serve Him in our way. I still don't know if I'll ever get to set foot on Haitian soil, but He can use me there, even from here. This weekend, the long coveted corner station for my computer "appeared" at a yard sale for FREE. What a blessing it is to have everything so neat and tidy. I've been given two sewing machines (that work) in addition to the two I already had, guess we'll definitely be going ahead with doing sewing lessons. The irony in this is that with the exception of making quilts, I really hate sewing, especially clothing. One of my biggest classes is going to be making medieval costumes -- this should be interesting. And today I was paid two compliments - thus feeding my nearly starved vanity. The new short sort of whimsical hair cut looks really good on me, according to one friend. The other told me that my face really looks healthy and that the dark circles that are normally under my eyes seem to be much faded. Wow! I must have looked way worse than I thought!!! We've cut so much of the refined, processed, prepackaged food out of our diet in the last year that I hope my body is beginning to gain some health value from it. It is just not fun having to walk by the Little Debbies Swiss Cake Rolls knowing that I can't buy them, because I can't eat just one.... As if in reward, I received fresh lettuce, swiss chard, and black rasberries (not to be confused with black berries) today from my neighbor. Yum!!! Well, I don't know what the Lord is doing in your life, but if He's closing doors or opening window, and you'd like to share, please leave a comment or send me an email. Blessings, MaggieRaye |
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