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Name: Jill
Birthday: 9/20/1968
Gender: Female
Interests: I believe in indulging on a $4 cup of coffee at Starbucks, even if its your last $4...its worth it as long as you get something decadent. I think pear and cotton candy Jelly Belly jelly beans are the best. I think that life is taken too seriously, myself included. I believe everyone should take time off for good behavior, even if that means calling in 'well'. I believe you should get to know Jesus, He will show you what you really need and give you more than you could ever ask for.
Expertise: You'd have to ask my friends...
Occupation: Mom/photographer
Message: message me
Member Since:
2/6/2006
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| Hello FriendsI haven't been on here in months. It seems to be my last priority these days. Maybe thats a good thing. I wanted to update things about our lives yet a few lines here in Xanga seem so simplistic. You may also go to facebook and look at my photo albums after I confirm you as a friend.
Tom and I are good, still seeking a job but we are blessed and provided for as God sees fit. My Mom is doing great. She is in the middle of three treatments but there is no chemo involved (monoclad antibodies for those of you who know cancer treatment). She is handling them like a trooper. She has even started driving again after a long year off. Just short trips but its a good start. Dad says she is keeping him busy!
Abby and Emily are gearing up for their recital. Abby is in her fifth year of ballet and Em in her second, although she chose tap this year. They are doing great and are really excited as the year winds down.
I have been working at the preschool/daycare at our church as a sub. It is now closing down. They decided to go a different route for the church and will reopen in the Fall as a preschool and after-school care facility only. Kinda sad because so many lost their jobs, but it is probably a better situation for the church. Some had been there as long as 12 years and were really invested...I loved it but it is ok.
I'm still photographing weddings. I have one this Saturday outside, its supposed to rain so it should be interesting! We've been planting the garden, although it isn't as big as normal because we don't know where we will be this Fall. Something just makes us doubt we will be in Crawfordsville...but we'll see!
We took a couple of days and took the girls to three state parks, Shades, McCormick's Creek and Brown County. Sure had a ball. It was fun watching the girls jump rocks to get across the river beds. They were trying to see who could keep their feet dry the longest. Abby laughed when Em got her toe wet...then a while later Abby stepped her full foot in the river and Em just roared...and continued to talk about it for the next two days! Ah, little sisters, we should all have one to keep us humble!
Better get off of here. Much to do in this beautiful day. Take care friends and God bless you as you live this life we've been so generously given. Don't take the easy days for granted.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into and inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time." | | |
| Anyone notice that the SON is shining today? ...oh yeah, the sun is too! Very cool coincidence...I think not. | | |
| The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste...This girl shouldn't get bored...I'm thinking up ways to call and tease my friends. Sadly, it is entertaining me. It is a Friday night and we should be doing something. Anyone got any ideas besides board (bored) games, the tv and this stupid computer when it is absolutely freezing outside and you are pinching your pennies until the bleed? Send them to me and if they are entertaining enough I will post them...email...tjn1020@gmail.com.
Lets see...looks like that homemade carmel corn is gonna happen. OK...well its really microwave carmel corn but it will still work in a pinch. Its been there for way too long...needs to get into my tummy...glad I worked out this morning and am doing Tae Bo at the crack of dawn...thank you Anita!
My husband really enjoyed grilling outside tonight...I giggled while I looked out the window. We really need to get back to our normal lives. Just as soon as he finds this wonderful new job God has in store!!
Have a great Friday!
Jill
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| Wow, its been a whileWho would think so many months could go by and yet I had nothing to say. Thats not the Jill you all know and love, eh? Well, maybe thats a good thing. Sometimes you get all caught up in yourself and just either blab everything away and make no sense (you know the old saying, "Better to keep silent and look like a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.") or you go inside yourself. I fought the battle to not do either...sometimes losing miserably to both. Sometimes, not. This last nine months has literally taken all we know and depend on and put it in a blender and made it a puree. It has been our job to pick out the pieces of what is left and find a way to build a new life on them with only the direction of a bible and prayer. Ever made a milkshake? Think of taking it after you blended it and picking the milk out...good luck.
Now I'm not saying that it is impossible. You can go get training and specialized assistance and certainly take all the milk out of a milkshake. It all takes time and a ton of work. We will mess it up a few times and we will certainly make a few messes, but eventually we will have the experience to do exactly what it is that we have worked so hard to learn. Thats the way it is with the work we do for the good of the cause of Christ. We are being prepared to do "something". It may be as simple as offering a moment to someone in need or as complicated as leading the masses to the throne of Christ. Regardless, it takes preparation, work, faithfulness, endurance, focus and the ability to not let the grief that happens so often take over your soul. There is only one way. Jesus Christ. I am absolutely sure...one way, one door, one path, one Jesus. Look for the path, open the door, pay attention and listen to Jesus...he is there even when you are not. He will give you what you need when you need it...even when you didn't know you needed it. Do not depend on men, do not give up on men either, only God is perfect and he gave us Jesus so that someday we will be made perfect in Him. But until that day...be faithful. Forgive generously, love when you don't want to, give up resentment and bitterness. They will only hold you back from fulfilling the training God is generously giving you to use while you are here. Do you really want to miss living? Why would he give us life if it wasn't worth more that the grief we are bearing today? The grief will pass and you will get stronger if you let God use you for His good.
Just remain faithful...let God carry the load. If you get a chance, read Hebrews 11. You are not alone. Many good people remained faithful and never saw their promise until they saw God face to face. I hope that doesn't happen to any of us. But if it does, it will STILL be more that worth the suffering down here. Edify each other. Lift each other in prayer. Let people see why your light shines even when you are hurting. Oh...the sun just shined in on me through my door to might right. It was cloudy all morning...until now. I have it so good. I love you all!
Know you are blessed.
Jill
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| I finally have something to say...I finally decided I have something to say. I got tired of hearing myself talk about things that were just sad so I decided to wait to post until I have something that crept into my thoughts as I read and did my bible study. Apparently that took nearly three months.
Here is what is on my heart tonight. I wonder what we would be like if we were given nothing but the bible to study and there were no great scholars to teach us at bible college. I mean nothing. No other books about the bible were in print. No one to tell us what any of it means "according to their intense studies and great knowledge". We would have the sole responsibility to find out exactly who our God is and why we need him. We would read without preconceived notions or directions to improve our "ways". Would we start at the beginning and end with Revelation? Would we ready the "dirty" part first? (Yeah, I was that kid that never wanted to get caught reading SOS, way to embarrassing. HA) Personal accountability with God and God only. We would begin the relationship with God and he would finish us. He could work in us simply because we chose him. A simple beautiful marriage without the influence of our world. It would be so pure and no one would have the right to tell you that you were doing something wrong because it would be a personal love affair with our Creator. Sort of like my relationship with Tom, no one else's business but yet an outsider could see something beautiful is there.
I wonder if more people would want the label "Christian" if we had a love affair with God and quit trying to impress people with what we "know and have experienced". I've had about enough of self-consumed Christianity. I want to figure out how to reach the really good people who aren't sure why they need Jesus. Sure wish I knew how. They seem to elude me. The word Christian just seems to have an edge to it that shuts them down. Of course, what does the church make it? Something to live "up" to. Wow, it is such a gift I don't deserve...but how do you explain that? Back to the book...the bible is calling me again. Guess I have work to do.
That's all I've got. I love you my friends and family. Goodnight and sleep well.
J
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