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What's Crackin Peeps?!

I was just saying hey. Nothing much goin on here. Got errands to run tomorrow...or should I say "errands to DRIVE" ...why do we say "run errands" anyway? Cuz we know we ain't running no where...well, least I'm not.

Peace out! Hugs n Kisses! Power to the people!...LOL...ok I'm done.

Tirzah 

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So, so, so lazy this summer...even blogging. I am trying to find my mojo, but I think I left it somewhere. Did one of ya'll take my groove? Would someone please help me find it?

We have been swimming a lot this summer. It's been hot and we have no AC. I told DH that I wasn't moving back to Vegas without AC in my house...he concurred (did I spell that right?).

Too much chlorine, my kids have nappy hair. Guess I shoud do something about that.

We have a family trip planned for November, but I can't say where because I have a daughter that peeks in here occassionally.

Anyhow, I think I am done being random.

Luv you guys

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Hello Friends,

I am just taking a minute to check in and let ya'll know I am still alive. I am still in the process, but I am confident that God is in it with me. It's been hard and draining, but I knew the Holy Spirit was going deep in my spirit/soul this time because I asked Him to show me truth. So, keep praying for me.

"Thank you" to those who have sent me emails, cbox messages, and private messages letting me know you love me and are thinking about me. It means a lot to me that you care.

I will check in again at a later time.

Hugs & Kisses,

Tirzah

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I snagged this from Elissa at ChristianUnschooling

n the spirit of that great theologian, Jeff Foxworthy, I present to you some rambling thoughts in my head, all completed by the phrase “you might be misrepresenting God”…

• If your message is not filled with hope, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you tell people that they need to come to you to understand the message of scripture, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that “being real” means talking more about the wind and waves in your life than about the One who calms the storm, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that people who don’t attend a Sunday morning meeting are outside of God’s covering and protection, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that sickness, financial problems, hurricanes, broken bones, auto accidents, and terrorist attacks are all tools of God “to teach you something”, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that a person can’t live above their circumstances and walk in peace and victory, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that someone is not being real unless they tell you they’re struggling with some huge temptation, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the only legitimate types of prayer for a Christian are prayers of lament, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you tell someone who is experiencing the peace and joy of the Lord to “hang on, your turn is coming”, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that only “properly authorized leaders” are capable of serving communion or baptizing others, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that Christianity is best represented by a set of propositional statements and/or a systematic theology, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If your message does not lead to freedom, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the Father doesn’t speak to his children in various ways, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that America is “God’s chosen country” and that everything America’s foreign policy represents is ordained by God, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the Republican party is “God’s party, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that religion and Christianity are compatible, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that you can only “cooperate” in ministry and missions with people who have been baptized by a pastor in your same denomination, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that true Christianity is only represented by a particular denomination or systematic theology, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If your belief in Christ does not manifest itself in living the life that Christ commanded us to live, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that you are more capable of articulating what someone else believes than that very person is capable of doing, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, freedom to the captives, and walking to the lame were only for first-century “verification of the message”, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the only legitimate way to articulate one’s belief in God is found in a 4th-century statement, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that our main responsibility in relationship to God is to study the Bible, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that “everyone needs to have a pastor”, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that leaving the institutional church is what the writer of Hebrews meant when he wrote, “Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together”, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that a relationship with God means that you will accept or reject certain styles of music, certain hairstyles, certain beverages, or hanging out with certain people, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that Jesus turned water into mere grape juice, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that a particular translation of the bible is the only inspired version, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that one’s beliefs about baptism, bible translation, rapture timing, tongues, or a particular interpretation of Genesis 1-2 are absolute essentials to salvation and/or fellowship, you might be misrepresenting God.

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I am not one to be prone to having regrets, but I have 3 of them.

1. I regret that I had the mentor I had when I gave my heart to Jesus almost 18 years ago. Why do I regret it? Well, she was very judgemental and if it wasn't written in scripture then God couldn't/wouldn't do it (what ever it was). This judgementalism caused me to further judge. If people weren't like this or that then they were sinners and going to hell or they couldn't be part of our group..."clique" was more like it. Also, people who weren't saved could only be around to the extent and purpose of getting saved and if they got saved then they were lovable and could hang around. If they didn't get saved then they were rejected. She capitalized on spiritual warfare, which was fine except, she capitalized more on how mean and evil Satan was and how he was around every corner instead of how big and capable God was. So, I grew up in Christ being afraid of the devil and blaming every bad thing that happened on him (instead of taking responsibility for some of the choices I was making). There was so much emphasis put on doing more and being better that I always felt like I was failing instead of learning to just be. I always I wasn't enough and would never be enough. There was all this emphasis on being like the Proverbs 31 woman. I mean, who can be like her? Not only that, when does she have time for friendships? Intimacy with her husband? Time to play with her kids? Do something fun?

2. I also regret how I have raised my kids. I am sure there are other women who feel this way. I wished I could go back in time, knowing what I know now, and re-raise them. Maybe they wouldn't argue so much because I wouldn't have raised heck with them all the time about EVERYTHING. Maybe they would love each other more or deeper or something. I just wished I could do that over.

3. My last regret is that I sent them to public school. I'm not going to go into this in any detail because I believe it's already understood at least by homeschoolers.

Tirzah

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If Jesus lives IN us? Why do we, as Christians, always strive to be closer to Him. We can't get any closer to Him than Him living in us, right?

Just a thought...

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This is cute. I snagged it from Cathy

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You Can Only Type One Word.

This is not as easy as you might think. Change the answers to suit you.  It's hard to use only one word answers. When you're done, post a comment so I can check out your answers.  Enjoy!

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk

2. Who is your significant other? Kevin

3. Your hair? Short

4. Your mother? Sandra

5. Your father? Chuck

6. Your favorite thing? Computer

7. Your dream last night? School

8. Your favorite drink? None

9. Your dream/goal? Truth

10. The room you're in? Livingroom

11. Your fear? Fire

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Photographer

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. What you're not? Skinny

15. Muffins? None

16. One of your wish list items? Healthy

17. Where you grew up? Vegas

18. The last thing you did? Pee

19. What are you wearing? Lounger

20. Your TV? On

21. Your Pets? None

22. Your computer? Gray

23. Your life? Blessed

24. Your mood? Calm

25. Missing someone? Yes

26. Your car? SUV

27. Something you're not wearing? Necklaces

28. Favorite Store? Walmart

29. Your summer? Hot

30. Your favorite color? Magenta

31. When is the last time you laughed? Today

32. When is the last time you cried? Yesterday

33. Who will/would repost this? Clueless

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Rosetta Stone has been the #1 foreign language curriculum among homeschoolers for a while -- next week they are unleashing a brand new curriculum, and you can WIN the *all new* Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3… FOR FREE! 

This is a $219 program (and believe me it's worth every penny!) and the winner gets to pick from any of these 14 languages: Spanish (Spain or Latin America), English (American or British), Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Hebrew, or Russian.

This will also include a headset with microphone, and students will participate in lifelike conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program.  Rosetta Stone still incorporates listening, reading and writing as well, in addition to speaking.  Many homeschoolers requested grammar and vocabulary exercises, and with Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3, they're included!  For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program and allow parents to easily enroll students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, and view and print reports. 

To win this most excellent program -- in the language of your choice -- copy these (blue) paragraphs and post it in (or as) your next blog post -- then to enter the contest, go to the original contest page HERE: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/JenIG/501132/  and leave a comment with the link showing where you blogged about it.  And please make sure the link works to get back to the original contest page when you post it.  And good luck!  The winner will be picked randomly on March 26, and will be notified thru the link they left to their blog pg.   And if you have more than one blog, you can post them and enter those separately for more chances to win.   Yay for free stuff!

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The kids and I went to the store for some shorts. As we were leaving, we encountered a homeless man who walked up to me and asked me for 3 dolllars. I normally would have given it to him, but my money was in my pocket and I didn't want him to see that I had more than 3 dollars, so I told him I didn't have it...yeah, I lied. As we pulled out of the parking lot, I felt sad for the man and new I had to do something. We went to the gas station across the street and the Holy Spirit told me to go and give him 10 dollars. My heart was breaking. I prayed for him. After we got gas, we went to find him. He was so thankful. I wished I could have done more for him and started to feel the burden to do so, but the Holy Spirit said the rest was up to Him. I still felt sad, but knew the man was in capable hands.

My daughter then proceeded to tell me about her friends grandmother. She said the woman doesn't give to homeless people because she feels it's a waste of her money because they might go and buy booze or cigarettes. I pondered that and told Destiny that it wasn't for us to decide if any of them would take the money and buy anything other than necessities. It was up to us to obey and leave the rest up to God. Then I told her that if people have already made up their minds that all homeless people are alike then they wouldn't be able to hear the voice of God to know if they should give or not.

This hits home for me BIG TIME. I wasn't as bad off as the man in the parking lot, but I went through my share.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
a return to love.

Author~Marianne Williamson

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