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Moved

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The last page...

I realized today that it was time to move on from Focus... A chapter of my life has closed, a chapter Focus... helped record. It is interesting to me that the chapter I feel has come to its end lasted almost exactly a year. Focus... wasn't around the entire time, but since July it's shown others what God is doing in and through my life. I've met many people, encouraged many people, upset some people and really helped myself in the long run through this blog. It's been a blessing and I'm very thankful I've had it.

I don't know exactly why I decided to make a physical symbol out of my life's change, but it might have something to do with the fact that blogger was annoying me this morning. I've had the other site, of which I will tell you about in a moment, for a week or so now, but had decided against moving to it. Something just clicked this morning and I decided to do so.

I feel like a recap of Focus... is something that one would do, but I don't think I will. I will put an end on this blog, and on this time of my life, with a few thanks and a few thoughts. Firstly, thank you to all who have read Focus... for the past nine months. Thank you for the comments and emails. There are many of you who have been an encouragement to me.
Thoughts? Well, I've learned a lot. Last spring God allowed me to go through some hard situations, all the while teaching me to focus on Him, no matter what happened. Focus really was my mantra all year long. Everything came down to focus and trust. Like the original full title said "...keeping it sharp and on God".

Ah...so melodramatic! Pretty much what I'm attempting to say is... The season of my life I was in is over. I'm leaving this blog. I've started another. Please relink and please join me over there for the beginning of this next part of my life, as I attempt to see the world through His eyes.

Verse of the day...

Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.

Romans 5:1

God is STILL faithful...

I just thought I'd mention that...

i.can't.believe.i'm.doing.this

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.


"Do we have the testimony of anyone who personally interacted with Jesus, who listened to His teachings, who saw His miracles, who witnessed His death, and who perhaps even encountered Him after His alleged resurrection?"

Case for Christ - Lee Strobel

Choices...and commitment

Life is full of choices. The main one on my mind right now is happiness. Or rather joy. I will not always be happy. But I can always have joy. Joy is something I choose. Even when my emotions tell me otherwise, I can be joyful in every situation. And that, heh, makes me happy.

Another thing is the choice of commitment. When it comes to work and commitment, I'm almost a workaholic because of the time and unneeded energy I put into my job. It's hard for me to call in sick and I continue in what I'm doing no matter the benefit or lack thereof, just because of commitment. This has taught me perserverance in a way, as I've been in several job situations that I hated but stuck with because of commitment.

A negative aspect to this is I start expectations for people to do the same for me, even when uncalled for. This is my expectation issue coming up again, but I do know it's there, at least, so perhaps that's a step ahead of where I might be.

There's also the commitment of relationships. I think I'm safe in saying of myself that I'm a very loyal friend. I've stuck with some people through a lot of pain and hurt, while receiving nothing in return, because of my commitment to them. Because of this I have to be careful who I commit my friendship to and that I don't commit deep friendship lightly. One thing, though, is that I completely choose my commitments to relationships. If I've chosen to walk through something with someone it's not from pity, pressure or overspiritualization. It's from a decision and a mindset that I've decided to have. This is why I get frustrated when people wonder at my commitments to relationships. That feels almost like a slam on my judgement and wisdom. Commitment isn't always an emotion, though it can be spurred off of emotions. It is just a part of who I am choosing to make myself become.

Sometimes I commit to things or relationships that make it hard for me. I get hurt, ignored or extremely stretched. (This can be for anything, like a job, not only a relationship) But I believe I have a fairly good idea about the issues I need to know about in something before I commit to it. Of course there will always be new things that come up. At work I didn't realize the amount of work it would require of me to accept the new Lab Manager position. I knew there was more and a bit of what it would entail, but I didn't know exactly how much. I couldn't have known exactly how much. On the other hand I knew some of the benefits I would receive, but even there I didn't know how great they would be. The fact that I've received two pay raises since my promotion is more than I ever thought would happen. There are more things I could list that I didn't know about at first but that have benefitted me tremedously since I accepted that position.

The same goes for relationships. I can never know how hard a relationship will truly be when I first commit to it. I can have an idea, guaging from what I know of the person, but I'll never really know for sure. And then, on the other side, I can never really know how much I will be benefitted and blessed by a relationship unless I commit to it and stick it out. And I think more often than not, at least when I have the Lord at the center of my life and decisions, the blessings and benefits are SO much more than I would have ever thought, and way much more than the hard aspects that could come. I choose commitment to relationships basing my choice off what I know of the struggle that could come and the blessing that could come. I don't choose it lightly and I don't waver in my choice unless I'm shown very clearly to have been mistaken.

I just don't want people to question my judgement. I know they may, but that is hard for me. I guess I ask for trust in my choices by others. Maybe this is asking too much, maybe this shouldn't be asked at all. Hm...


That was a huge ramble, which started without a point, and perhaps (at least to all of you) ended without making a point. But it made one for me which, honestly sorry to say, is all I really care about right now.
g'night

Sparkling...

I find that when a lot is happening in my life I tend to blog a lot more often. I just have this intense desire to write and write and write. The problem comes up when I don't have anything to write about. My posts become pointless or very vague (which in turn makes them very pointless to the reader). And yet this blog isn't totally for my readers, although I think a major part of this is for response to my thoughts, rather than only a avenue to spit out my thoughts.

It is interesting. At other times I've felt like the more I think the less I blog. Hm. Well, I know that to be true. Maybe it's just certain types of situations and learning that I blog more. My lessons currently would coincide with lessons I was learning last year when I was posting a lot. Those posts just seemed more profound. I continue to go back to them to see what God showed me. And THAT is the point of Focus... Huh, that just occurred to me. My second or third post stated that Focus... was a place to shout out what God was doing in my life. And now I can look back and be reminded. That is beautiful. :content sigh:

I am very happy right now. Happy in where I'm at. Happy about how I'm reacting to those around me. Happy about how those around me are reacting to me. I wonder now if happy is the right term. *runs to dictionary.com to use the thesaurus* (oooh! Nice words!) Ok, I proceed...

I'm happy, yes. But I'm also content and very satisfied. I'm peaceful. I feel overjoyed about so many parts of my life. (and my favorite, cause it's so perfect) My life is sparkling. I feel like I'm sparkling. I know my place in my situations currently is sparkling. And I'm anticipating a beautifully sparkling summer.... heh, why have that short of vision? I'm anticipating a beautifully sparkling life!

Dear Sara
I am a grl. I like to play borbees. My two front teeth are in.





Man it's awesome to find old writings of mine :grin:

:evil smirk:

Dedicated to someone...

Something brought you to my mind today
I thought about the funny ways you make me laugh
And yet I feel like it's okay to cry with you
Something about just being with you
When I leave I feel like I've been near God
And that's the way it ought to be...

CHORUS:
'Cause you've been more than a friend to me
You fight off my enemies
'Cause you've spoken the Truth over my life
And you'll never know what it means to me
Just to know you've been on your knees for me
Oh, you have blessed my life
More than you'll ever know, yeah, yeah, yeah
More than you'll ever know, yeah, yeah, yeah

You had faith, when I had none
You prayed God would bring me a brand new song
When I didn't think I could find the strength to sing
And all the while I'm hoping that I'll
Do the kind of praying for you that you've done for me
And that's the way it ought to be...

You have carried me
You have taken upon a burden that wasn't your own
And may the blessing return to you
A hundredfold, oh yeah...
A hundredfold, oh yeah...

Watermark - More than you'll ever know

This song is so true...so true.

Random Thought for the Day: "I have an asparagus growing in my garden. And by 'an' I mean one" - Mom

This Morgan girl sure knows what she's talkin about sometimes...

I was just going through some archives and I came across some amazing posts. Wow. I think I was slightly more profound last year, though I don't know why. I'm going through just as much but maybe I have more people to talk about it all with, unlike last year. Anyway, I found this post and it applied to me right now so much that I had to repost it...

"In the past couple days I've really been hit with amazement of Jesus' love for me. Lately I've been thinking about waiting for my husband and getting excited about the love story God will be writing with our lives, and the romance of Jesus' love really occured to me...
Every quality I would love in a man I can find in Jesus. And more... He loves me unconditionally, He's patient with me when I ignore Him, He doesn't mind listening to me rant and rave anytime I need to, He forgives my unfaith, my doubt and my inconsistency. And He loves me so much that He went through all of that pain and physical torment just so that I wouldn't have to go through eternal suffering... He actually died...just for me. The beauty of this just takes my breath away.
And He's in love with me. Me and all my faults... And He's looking forward to the time when He gets to come and take me away to His house...
It's just beautiful. Enough romance and true love to satisfy any romantic's heart. :)"