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Gown Girls Surprise

6/12/2023

I heard the metal locker slam as I exited the dressing room. Another of us had arrived after the barcode scan.

We assembled like clockwork daily for six weeks and took our seats in the inner waiting room, scantily clad in hospital gowns. At least, mine was six weeks.

Each radiation treatment plan was unique, like the chemo and surgery. A variety of types of cancer accompanied every lady. But we each fell somewhere on a sliding scale of fear to faith.

A light danced in the eyes of Dawn in particular as she said, "Welcome, Donna. What do you have to share today?" Barely seated, the technician called my name.

I wondered what music my treatment team would play this time. Sometimes they let me pick. Anything to help me relax and remain still as they raised my arms and locked me into position. then took their posts at the command center.

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Sunsets and Sunrises

2/4/2020

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Embracing change
is often fueled by
our willingness to
shift perspective.

When we left the farm to move back to a metro suburb there were many changes.

I was thrilled to be reconnected to my husband after a 14-month time of transition for his new job and our property sale.

A vastly different lifestyle, environment and outlook awaited us on the other end of this 800-mile journey. Rather than grieving in the new location, however, the Lord graciously shifted our perspective to enter in fully to His new gifts and era.

There, at The Meadows of the Good Shepherd, we enjoyed our animals and the quiet peace, set apart from hustle and bustle of road noise. It was a good life. Simple. Quiet. Joyful. Filled with beautiful sunrises and sunsets, a view of deer feeding, wild turkeys, our redbud grove and peonies as well as the smell of freshly cut hay.

In the new location, however, I no longer see the sunsets, sunrises or have ready access to the serene nature setting I loved so much at my country house. There is a change of dark to light and back, but I cannot behold the brilliant palette of vivid color that graced our horizons on the farm.

The sunrises and sunset are still happening in the city for God does not change. We’ll just have to travel a bit to find them and remain open to the adventure that presents.

It is all a part of the trade offs of one season to the next. Like winter to spring and summer to fall — each has their own beauty.

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Come and I will tell you...

11/18/2019

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Earlier this week as I was rising to spend time with the Lord I heard "Come, and I will tell you great and mighty things you know not of."

What caught my attention was the first word -- come.

Jeremiah 33:3 was a verse I had both received and quoted often. However, it begins with the word call. I counted over 40 translations 1 of this verse on www.BibleGateway.com starting with the word call.

A few others begin with ask or pray.

3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3 King James Version (KJV)

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Cardinal Love

1/18/2019

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Little bird upon the tree
Looking in the window
Grandmother Great was resting
Her birthday at 100

You've waited patiently my friend
The signal to Grandmother
A cardinal seen in her path
She said meant she'd see her lover

This saying from a former day
Of the early 1900’s
Bringing comfort to a family still
In the passing of Grandmother

God knows our hearts and what we need
He is so very kind
To give us hope in a simple way
Quieting our minds

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Pressure Cooker Release

5/26/2016

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Pressure cooking 1 was a frequent method in my home growing up.

- Before microwaves it was necessary to cook
more on top of the stove.

Pressure cookers are a handy way to cook both meat and vegetables more quickly while using less energy.

Liquid placed inside the pressure cooker with the contents releases steam inside the sealed container. A weight operated
“jiggly” valve 2 placed on the top allows some steam and pressure to be released to avoid explosion.

The dancing of the valve weight makes a sound as it bounces in the steam release.

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Hosting with a Mary Heart

1/17/2016

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38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a
     certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received
     him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus'
     feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came
     to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath
     left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha,
     thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good
     part, which shall not be taken away from her. 1

Over the past two years God has been showing me ways to simplify and streamline my life to allow the most
important things to receive priority.

- Rising early to keep a tithe of my time for the day with Him daily gives me direction and creates relationship. Here I hear encouragement, learn new perspectives and have a blueprint
for reducing commitments to those the Lord says are mine to embrace for this season.

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The Difficult Path

10/19/2014

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What looks foolish will bring great reward
For those who truly fear The Lord
And you will find that in the end
It pays.

Talk & listen, walk & pause,
Walk & yet barely hear
That still, small voice that beckons us,
Draws us, & affirms our chosen path.

Did we choose it?
Not exactly.
Did we know the cost?
Not really.

How hard the journey
Would require us to lay down
Every comfort
Every hope for ease
And endure harsh words,
Bruised toes,
And bruised egos
Stretching us to take just one more step.

How can we do it?
This is not easy.
What gives us strength?
Is Christ alone.

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