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rachel's blog: October 2008
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Stories that make us who we are. 8220;Arise, cry out in the night,. As the watches of the night begin;. Pour out your heart like water. In the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him. For the lives of your children.”. This week has been beautiful. But it’s only Wednesday, and the week already has been beautiful. I’ve accomplished things that some might call great. Valedictorian is buried in there somewhere. Summa cum laude is stamped on my college degree...So, as I wa...
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rachel's blog: What if?
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Thursday, November 18, 2010. 8220;For I was hungry, while you had all you needed. I was thirsty, but you drank bottled water. I was a stranger, and you wanted me deported. I needed clothes, but you needed more clothes. I was sick, and you pointed out the behaviors that led to my sickness. I was in prison, and you said I was getting what I deserve.”. Paraphrase of Matthew 25 by Richard Stearns, president of World Vision. 8220;To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.”. Maybe we don...
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rachel's blog: Let's get a little messy...
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Monday, November 2, 2009. Let's get a little messy. Away with your noisy hymns of praise. I will not listen to the music of your harps (strings). Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice. An endless river of righteous living. Amos 5:23-24 (parenthesis added). The first time I saw her, I didn’t have any children of my own. I knew even before I saw that her birthday was the day before Ben’s and my anniversary. Those eyes…they just wouldn’t let me go. Moses Mwesige came along in 2005, after we’...
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rachel's blog: The beauty of messy love...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The beauty of messy love. The love that bubbles in my heart, rises to my throat and lodges there when I look at my two sons, at their gem-of-a-man father, at their hands reaching for my face, my arm, my hair. These emotions, so completely different from each other, live under the same roof. Sometimes it’s just…overwhelming. Maybe you should know something about me. Maybe you already know it. I’m a perfectionist. Always have been…trying hard not to be. Because those boys (okay...
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rachel's blog: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. Naps are so overrated. I know, I know. Two blogs in one month. One week, even. I wasn’t really planning to write this. So I decided I should probably do what he said, share what’s on my heart. I hope what follows is worth a missed nap. Sometimes, it’s really hard to believe he’s a mighty, merciful, got-everything-under-control God. I feel doubt sometimes, too, when I think of my friends Ben and Katrina. He was late calling. I laid Jadon down for his afternoon nap, and Ben ...
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rachel's blog: November 2010
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Thursday, November 18, 2010. 8220;For I was hungry, while you had all you needed. I was thirsty, but you drank bottled water. I was a stranger, and you wanted me deported. I needed clothes, but you needed more clothes. I was sick, and you pointed out the behaviors that led to my sickness. I was in prison, and you said I was getting what I deserve.”. Paraphrase of Matthew 25 by Richard Stearns, president of World Vision. 8220;To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.”. Maybe we don...
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rachel's blog: March 2008
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Friday, March 14, 2008. Finding room to just breathe. It's been a rough few weeks…months. Or maybe it's been years. All this time, however long it's been, life has waved at me like I'm some old, almost-forgotten friend who missed the bus or the train or the carpool that takes people to places where they can really live instead of just exist. I don't know when exactly it happened, but I lost myself somewhere in the middle of all that time. Maybe this balancing act began way back then. So when the MakeShif...
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rachel's blog: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The beauty of messy love. The love that bubbles in my heart, rises to my throat and lodges there when I look at my two sons, at their gem-of-a-man father, at their hands reaching for my face, my arm, my hair. These emotions, so completely different from each other, live under the same roof. Sometimes it’s just…overwhelming. Maybe you should know something about me. Maybe you already know it. I’m a perfectionist. Always have been…trying hard not to be. Because those boys (okay...
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rachel's blog: December 2007
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Thursday, December 20, 2007. Tipped-over toys and dirty socks. They're everywhere. Or maybe that's just all I see anymore. Jadon's toys have overtaken the house—the gameroom, the kitchen, our living room's corner. Only our bedroom escaped most of that tornado, but even when I try to retreat there for a little me-time, dirty, smelly socks run me right back out (and they're not mine—because my dirty socks don't smell). I'm just running out of stamina. Our pastor, Scott Heare, talked Sunday about how God re...
