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Could you have a bad day if you lived in Niceville, Florida? Take it a step further. Would you be grumpy and out of sorts if you reflected on what Anna has called you? You are beloved. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Have a great day!

This reading through the Bible is a bit different from other times when I've done it. I'm using different translations for one thing.  I especially like the Passion Translation with all of its notes that being so much clarity to names of people and places.  The readers on Sunday also are an added bonus. All of this and we're only in II Corinthians! Can't wait for what else God is going to do in this walk.

Taking a light aside today. Don't have a clue why this popped in my head this morning. Then again, it's probably residual from a conversation on yesterday. The question is, what do you think the queen carries on her purse?  After all she doesn't need car or house keys. She doesn't need paper and pen to make her grocery list.  Do you think she has a cellphone in there? The only things we came up with that we were pretty sure she had were tissues and her gloves, if she wasn't wearing them.  Wanna add anything we missed?

From time to time I like to do an alphabetical list of the attributes of God, letter by letter.  Of course God is the very essence of everything that is G ood and P erfect but the exercise does help me to focus on what God is doing in my life at that moment.  So-- A lmighty, B eautiful, C aring, D evoted, E ternal, F ervent, G reat, H eroic, I ntense, J ust, K ing-sized, L oving, M agnificent, N oble, O mniscient, P owerful, Q ualified, R oyal, S atisfying, T remendous, U nusual, V ictorious, W orthy, X traordinary (okay I need a little help here), Y outhful, Z ealous.  What does your list look like?

Scripture is filled with passages that begin with but God, then God, and God. When it does, be prepared to be amazed!  God is going to do something that only God can do.  The same is true of life.  When I come to the very end of myself; when I've tried everything I know to try; when I finally realize it's not my show...but God.  I have wanted to try this blogging thing for awhile.  It's a step toward publishing the two books I've been writing for a very long time.  But God said "Wait, it's not time yet.  I need to share some other life stuff with you first." (God probably didn't say stuff, but you know what I mean) So, I continued to journal and wait.  I continued to journal and listen.  I continued to journal and research.  Now it's time.  God said so. This first step is scary but God is faithful.  This first step is intimidating but God gives me peace.