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holy week
holy week. the week that some will not even notice except for the stress & complications in life.
i had a guy ask me yesterday why it was called ‘palm sunday’. i told him it’s a crazy story that happened years ago. this guy rides in on a donkey into Jerusalem & people are crazy excited. i mean, throwing palms from palm trees in front of him like he’s a king or something.
that’s 5 days before they crucify Him. even the people He was most close to deny Him – out of fear. He endures the most detestable death one could even remotely fathom. then, just like that, He’s back. He’s no longer in the tomb. it’s empty. and instead of burning the whole earth up – because He is a king – THE King – aka God and could do it – He goes to the people that denied Him & spoke love and forgiveness. crazy love.
so i have the choice today – like i do every day- to live the abundant life He has offered. i can choose worry, fear, self, pride, anger – or i can live and walk in peace that passes all understanding. because it’s not normal – it’s crazy and weird and there is most certainly nothing normal about my life.
i told a gent this weekend how God is pouring His favor on me & i feel so unworthy & yet unashamedly grateful. he responded ‘He loves to bless you – you are His child’. my heart stopped & i stood there dumbfounded. He loves to bless me. wow. yeah. i mean He did die on a cross for me which was a blessing, but doesn’t He get worn out? no. doesn’t He get tired of comforting me in my despair? no and no. doesn’t He…the next 10 answers are no dear.
thank you God for holy week – not just this one but the original one most of all. my life is crazy amazing because of it.
picnic
for 4 months i have gone to the store & starred – i mean really, truly, drooling type of stare – at these quilts that are so fun. what would i use it for? a picnic of course.
so for 4 months i kept putting it off & putting it off – unable to make a decision (as of course i analyzed it like i was going to be buried with it or something). yesterday, we went to the park – with no quilt. nothing to sit on at all in fact but the grass of the earth and the spiders of death. nonetheles, quilt or no quilt, it was my favorite picnic in tulsa yet – with 3 of the best guys i know.
we ate pei wei & tossed the football/frisbee & grabbed ice cream even as well. loved it.
saturday was filled with niece/nephew games & then an evening with one of my favorite friends as we contemplated love, life, and all that fabulousness while gazing at the stars with a glass of vino. absolutely lovely & hilarious.
i think i’m going to hold off on the quilt. i mean, there’s really only a month left of outdoor sitting. plus, i just can’t make a decision – they are all so lovely.
things
so i feel like i’m doing this out of ‘holiday order’ buuuut oh well.
here are the most noteable things in my life in no particular order for 2009:
- went to the beach (alot)
- ran 6.2 miles many times
- first time to ride in an ambulance (not because of the above either)
- drove over the bay bridge (one of the last few)
- drove over the golden gate bridge
- found a way cool app called quadcam from lauren chandler of which I find myself just dying to capture God’s beauty & yet can only show you a glimpse of what i get to see from the air
- prayed and wept for a friend to become prego – she’s due jan 12th
- whitewater rafted with my lg
- two stepped many times -yeppers
- layed on the beach & thought ‘this is where all those magazine pics are taken’
- had a famous football player keynote one of my conferences & he signed something which what my bro is getting for christmas/bday. i can’t wait to see him smile.
- booked a ticket to portland
- saw lives changed at lifechurch.tv
- watched my kids (niece/nephew) grow up a little bit more.
- didn’t mean to, but kinda stalked matt trying to get a job – guess i’ll just enjoy the grape juice instead of serving it. ha!
- hanging out with my two best guys – justin & aaron.
- meeting random people on my trips
- running with angie (& lindz & timberly too)
- coffee dates all around
- girls night with jayci
- watching God develop our lg
- hanging out with the girls of lg
- sunday night dinners
- the wisdom of the dundees
- mexican with gwen
- realizing God has something more
- not owning a dog
- being single
- my parents moving back to the states
- coordinating the best conferences this association has had yet
- sushi in indy
- thursday afternoon ‘staff meetings’ at copelands
- being hugged by my niece & her begging to ride in my car
- a best friend becoming engaged
- 2 bf’s prego’s & marisa had jadeyn
- late nights with brie & cassie
- the rte 66 marathon relay – because i get to say the word marathon & i ran in the same sentence
- friends sharpening friends
- memorial day with nuni and mom
- sushi (and overall lunches) with malorie
- blackberry picking with amy & co
- riding a camel with lillie
- driving with my sunroof back
- singing hosanna at the top of my lungs while gazing at the sunrise on my way to work – just God & me times all around
i may add more later…these are just what were on the forefront. did we connect somewhere? what’s your favorite time together?
jetplane
welp, it’s sunday afternoon here at the tulsa airport. lovely really. besides the fact that i just left my parents for a work trip, it’s lovely.
the weekend has been good – we hung out with my brother and andrea & her parents. four years they’ve been dating now. saturday we had lunch with gary & donna – yumm. mom bought me a gorgeous bracelet for Christmas…sparkly to say the least.
and now, i sit, waiting yet again for another flight. i’m a little nervous to be honest. no reason to be – i get this way sometimes before flights though. i’m also very excited – i may get to see the beach tomorrow! woo hoo!! nothing would please me more. ok, so a few things, but not many.
the attendant just came on saying our plane is here & we’re about to line up. i have left my earphones so I may end up writing the 4 hours that i have to oakland. be anxious. stay tuned 
update from san diego via denver:
how great is our God
sunday nights
sunday night is my absolute favorite night of the whole week! i love it. it’s dinner with the fam.
not just any fam, my adopted family. we spent a few hours last night determining how we could open up a b&b on a lake & who would run what. then, donna and jo are the two most crafty people (did not inherit that into my jeans), and they wanted me to tie bows on baskets…i ended up laughing my way up & down stairs taking the baskets to the car because the bows looked like a little bit of pitiful should i had touched them.
the dundee’s are more than incredible. i could write a whole novel about them and it still wouldn’t be enough to give you a glimpse of just how amazing this family is. i have learned so much from them. gary & donna are two of the biggest givers i have ever known. and the crazy thing is – they don’t even care about the recognition. in fact, they prefer not to be recognized. they just want to do God’s best & see His name be glorified. last time i checked, my heart isn’t half that pure. joann is the most optimistic person i know. yet she’s sarcastic & hilarious all in one. she’s a great sister.
and it’s not that they’ve had this kosher life either. they have had hardships. yet they know Christ has control and they love and they forgive. they are living examples of Christ to this broken world – and for at least one night a week i get to be a part of that.
i ran in the race for the cure this past saturday morning with lindsey (beating my PR!)…as we were walking to meet up with the dundee’s i was telling lindz something about them & i remembering saying ‘i want to be just like them!’. so true. what’s more, i want to live a life that others see Christ in me - like i do them. not a good person or whatever, but someone who loves like Christ loves.
i can’t tell you why God blessed me with two of the greatest families here in tulsa (dundee’s & jone’s), but my heart has been touched in the depths, my life has been changed, and i am being molded. when donna asks what i want for dinner, the first thing in my head every time is ‘the family’. everything else is just dessert.
