went out for lunch with the gang after church, and decided to treat myself to a burger. which tasted fishy, and promptly decided to make it's home in my tummy decidedly uncomfortable. oh well~! i go out for the fellowship, not the food. so it was worth every penny! :)
tomorrow i'm going to go see if canadian tire has my birthday present from the kroeker fam in (i have a rain check): a cast iron pot. *rubs hands*. i even got some yams i could cook in it, first thing.... if they are still any good (they were purchased for christmas eve dinner, lol)
got two requests to crochet hats like mine. should keep me busy!:
on the flip side of that, we are strangers in a strange land, a world not our home, rejected by a society that hates anything that reminds them of Christ.... so i've embraced - to an extent, the notion of being an 'outcast'. the first verse i currently have written above is fitting: "Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13. to be part of God's family is to expect rejection from the world. and we are called to 'willingly' go outside the camp - to willingly embrace the reproach of those who are within the camp. to 'willingly' be black sheep, in a sense. it's a 'to whom' it may concern situation, lol....
so, tim, 'outcast' stays, but is now modified by 'adopted'. he he. :D
i still want to get one of those headbands with the two bobbles on springs on top-- alien antennae, LOL.
also, being who God made me to be requires me to stand out. i hate standing out. i shared once at home group that i'm a natural introvert and everybody laughed!!!! (not meanly or anything, they just didn't buy it one bit, LOL). but being created by God to be colorful and creative does NOT an extrovert make. i *hate* being noticed!!!! so today i was like, ok God, you turn the black sheep into white sheep... but what about those with polkadots and zigzags, huh? huh? HUH? LOL ....except He made me colorful, and it's not 'flaws' worthy of rejection, (altho
ugh the world may LOL), but deliberate brush strokes from the Creator's hand.
i wore my new hat to the store yesterday, and..... ohh, the eyes that turned toward me. made me want to run. :(
but i still like my goofy hat. and two people want me to make them one similar to it, so.... c'est la vie. :)
i wore my new hat to the store yesterday, and..... ohh, the eyes that turned toward me. made me want to run. :(
but i still like my goofy hat. and two people want me to make them one similar to it, so.... c'est la vie. :)
...adopted... yes... good addition.
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