Sane, Simple, Sacred: Don't Feel Sorry for Me!

Don't Feel Sorry for Me!

^This is the scene outside our hotel window!

While my husband attended the morning's business session,

I found a Borders still open!

I was thrilled to be able to use the little bit remaining on a gift card

for a good cup of coffee and a piece of coffee cake.

(Our local Borders went out of business.)

I got a lot of ideas out of this issue of Flea Market Style

before deciding to get my hair cut in the same mall Borders was in.

Yesterday we found two thrift stores,

and this morning before returning to the Sawmill Creek Resort

I found another! (Go here for the details.)

Last night we heard a powerfully inspiring message

from our conference speaker, Rex Bullock--

Fan the Flame from 2 Timothy 1:1-7.

I'm really looking forward to tonight's message.

It's such a treat to be here!

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downsizersJuly 7, 2011 at 1:06 PM
I am so jealous!! You are encouraging me to make a point of going to more thrift stores and flea markets. Have fun.
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MaryannJuly 7, 2011 at 5:23 PM
Sound like you had an absolutely wonderful day.
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Janettessage.blogspot.comJuly 7, 2011 at 6:36 PM
Okay I will not feel sorry for you...this unpacking lady, in 100 plus degree weather is just going to soak in that picture again and dream of being in a place like that. Oh, enjoy and let the Lord richly bless you in many ways! May you be totally refreshed.
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BohemianJuly 7, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time... yes, our Borders went out of business too... so sad, I really love Books and so many of the major Book Stores are closing their doors around here.

Thanks for your complimentary and sweet words to my Blogaversary Post. Yes, I've been told that the comments section has been having a Blogger Glitch, they must be tweaking the system?

Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian
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MoJuly 8, 2011 at 2:32 PM
I won't feel sorry for you. I'll be tickled instead!
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AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 10:20 AM
I have been praying about the situation you mentioned in the previous post. It looks like you are enjoying your time away this week.
Blessings! Donna
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Kathleen July 9, 2011 at 10:33 AM
What a perfect roost for reflection! I know you're having a blast, but methinks your soul is being rejuvenated in ways that will linger long after you return home.

Enjoy!
Kathleen
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elaine @ peace for the journeyJuly 9, 2011 at 8:40 PM
So glad for your respite from busyness; for coffee cake and coffee and thrift store finds for $1. May God grant you many moments of peace as you continue down the road! You always make life sound pleasing and desirable. Thank you for the pause you bring to my heart.

peace~elaine
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PamelaJuly 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM
Oh my goodness...I just read who your conference speaker was. Rex is our friend. He stayed with us during a revival when Melanie was just months old (26 years ago). Since then RB had played for him to sing, even going on concert Beckham. I love hearing Rex preach. Such a "right where we live" kind of preacher.

Glad you got to opt for a Borders visit.
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

Don't Feel Sorry for Me!

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