But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 1 Corinthians 12:18 soooooooooooo, God has a place for me as a non-called worker and in fact it states that those parts of the Churchly-body that seem to be weaker are indispensable!

One more for tonight! The end of chpt 26 is another one to bookmark- Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

The rest of Proverbs twenty

The rest of Proverbs twenty three should be read by me before nights out "on the town". Ahem.

Do not wear yourself out

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Proverbs 23:4

Read the "about" and "preface"

Read the "about" and "preface" of my Bible tonight. Very interesting... Also there is a Christian radio station up here I like

Is it easier to "let

Is it easier to "let go and let God" when you are a called worker?

Contemplating that feeding the five

Contemplating that feeding the five thousand really was a super duper miracle

Matthew chapters 11-22 were riveting (and of course, God bless the Gideons). I got an emphasis on being humble and simple minded and that a persons faith can move mountains (I don't know how to translate that better)!

Still thinking about work bio-

Still thinking about work bio- think I got it though. And packing Bible for vaca:)

Writing a two/three paragraph bio

Writing a two/three paragraph bio for career...toughest thing! I need to figure out how to include that I'm a Christian...

Its so easy just to not commit

Crap!  I still can't comment on my own darned posts consistently...

Anyway,
Thanks everyone for your comments about whatever, whenever.  I find it's so hard to actually make a statement!  Even on my own blog!!  So I appreciate you all doing just that.  And I'm sorry Stacy but that's what I was doing in my passive aggressive way when I linked to that article.
I totally agree that the COEXIST bumper sticker makes literally...no sense...  But a piece of me believes in the come as you are sort of attitude and I can never shake it.  No matter how much I know that not every religion can be the real religion I'm still pulled in the direction of loving everyone for who they are and what they want to believe.  But it's so backwards?!?!
I have been told by many'a sermon that this is the Devil trying to steal me away and that communing with the people on the other side of the fence just dilutes my cause.  But maybe being honest in this post will help because I just want to believe with all my fibers that peace is the answer.
Not that it's not
But I don't know.  I feel bad for thinking that and bad for not thinking that.
I suppose this is the human struggle?
Battling external and internal?

Thanks for listening~

Hallelujah

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

If you're happy and you

If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it

The mind is an amazing

The mind is an amazing and fragile thing. I'm actually/surprisingly praying for my enemy tonight.

I really like that Focus

I really like that Focus on the Family magazine- Didn't get a chance to reference the wife-y Bible verses yet but its great

COEXIST

http://www.enochmagazine.com/articles/general/the-coexist-bumper-sticker

Ha. Pulled over because I

Ha. Pulled over because I just realized that I thought I didn't post but I did.

What if blessings are rain

What if blessings are rain drops?

On this night

I have a million things to say today about my new God daughter, getting to spend some quality time with my niece who reminds me endlessly of my own daughter only my niece actually asks me to sing more, my role as a wife/mother, my work, my hopes and dreams for putting energy into evangelism, the creepy crawly noises that I'm hearing in the woods outside my sister's place because I can only seem to get wi-fi sitting outside on the driveway in front of the garage...
Above all:  God bless Paytin Jo

Song: welcome to the family

Song: welcome to the family

Have been trying to think

Have been trying to think of a great, thoughtful, bumper sticker to get...

You are now entering your

You are now entering your mission field

I hope I know you well enough

Dear God,
I pray that I know You well enough to really appreciate the awesomeness that IS You.
Love, Nell

Mainstream

I'm not sure if I've said this yet but I pray (well.  I haven't prayed.  But I will) that someday there will be a network show, or even a cable show, whose story will read the struggles of a Christian.  And I'm sorry Hallmark Channel viewers because maybe there is a television series like this on your network but as USA gears up for their next blast of premiers I wonder how a religious subject matter would fly.

*PS. Saw the author of the blog based on the movie Julie and Julia and I couldn't help but be jealous.  Producers!  If you are out there?  PICK ME!!

stories bring the Bible to life!

The sound track to my daughter's second year is in the making and her God-mom turned us on to VeggieTales.  What a delight!!

I can't shake the notion since I want to give that I must find the mostest, awesomest, Nell-est sort of cause to give to. This is not a good chain of thought. I need to break the habit of being selective about my giving and I need to pray that God lights the way of where he needs my funds.

I say this everytime a certain set of folks is over (hence my being so tired last night from having fun the I forgot to post) but Christian friends are the greatest blessing

Just hit me

I was talking to a co-manager about our teams and some of their attitudes and a phrase came out of her mouth about how she was raised in a privilaged house but that hard work was still a core value.  She said, "even the beggers will get something if they just put out their hand".

Remembered today * hubby and

Remembered today * hubby and I "met" in religion class

I wanted to say something

I wanted to say something about God healing wounds-

A GREAT Mission

 Napada handicrafts began in 2008 as a ministry of New City Fellowship Church (NCFC) in Bangkok, Thailand. NCFC is located just east of downtown Bangkok and began worship in 2006 as a church plant of Mission to the World-Thailand (MTW). MTW seeks to start churches in the urban centers of the world with the belief that God uses the local church, not exclusively but significantly, to bring cultural transformation and renewal in communities and individual lives.

In the immediate community surrounding NCFC there are great spiritual and physical needs. The church desires to respond with the love and hope of Jesus Christ to see renewed hope and lasting change. As a community that loves and wants to follow Jesus Christ, NCFC labors to see people restored to fullness in him and assisted with tangible life needs.

NCFC has had an on-going relationship with a local low-income neighborhood and we cherish the lives of the precious people who call it home. These people are made in the image of God and have great dignity in the face of great adversity. NCFC seeks to love the people of this community and Napada handicrafts was born out of that ongoing desire.

Napada handicrafts employs women from this low-income community enabling them to better the lives of their families while forming community with Christians and learning the truths of God. Some of the women had low paying jobs and some had no work opportunities whatsoever prior to becoming a part of Napada. Napada provides a creative outlet for these women while seeing them come to know and love how they are a part of God’s great creation and plan.

I'm sure I've written about this before

But
Don't deadlines really make ya push to the end?  I think that God has blessed my life (and along with that my husband's and my daughter's) and along with that comes the good pressures of deadlines. 
Birthdays-
     Getting presents together for family is a deadline that you really can't push out :)
Work-
     Those Monday reports don't write themselves...and I'm happy to say I'm out of the yellow/caution section this week, finally!
Rewards-
     What about the mornings when you deal with yourself, "if I just get xyz done I will allow myself to go grab a cup of jo"

So what about the deadline of heaven?  Is that the peace that terminal patients seem to find?  Is that what small children seem to so quickly grasp when faced with turmoil?
I need to see heaven as a  R~E~A~L  place.  A real value.  A real goal.
     I will turn off the TV now (I had HGTV on in the background, that's better than like, MTV, right?) and pray about understanding that heaven is a tangible goal.