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Crisis averted

Posted in Family Life, humility on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Phew! Now she wants to be an athlete. Hmmm…. wait…. (I must confess this is still slightly less troubling to me.)
Confused?

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Today’s humility moment

Posted in Family Life, Spiritual Life, humility on May 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Today my daughter told me she wants to be a fashion model. When she was four, she wanted to be a teacher. When she was six she wanted to be a veterinarian. Now, she wants to be a fashion model. When I probed further, she let me know that she wants to be a fashion [...]

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I’m cuuuuuute

Posted in About me, Fun, Purty Pictures, humility, link love on April 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Lainey over at Chic Critique. I know. You saw this, and you thought I wasn’t pretty. I love how God worked it out so that I had just gotten new sunglasses and just had my hair done when Megan called and asked for a picture.
Note to self: wear sunglasses [...]

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Today’s humility moment

Posted in Family Life, Fun, humility on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

[television drones in the background while ice skaters move to music I vaguely recognize as being from a cartoon]
me : Listen, S., it’s Bugs Bunny music!
3 y.o.: No, Mom, it’s Tom and Jerry music.
His father is so proud.

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Further thoughts on humility

Posted in Spiritual Life, humility on October 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Humility is not about convincing ourselves or others that we are unattractive or incompetent. It is not about ‘beating ourselves up’ or trying to make ourselves nothing. If God wanted to make us nothing, he could have done it. Humility has to do with submitted willingness. It involves a healthy self-forgetfulness. We will know we [...]

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The view from middle age

Posted in About me, Fun, Spiritual Life, humility on October 22, 2007 | 11 Comments »

Who has a face like Brad Pitt and feet like Fred Flintstone? Oh, yes! It’s true. I guess this is what the humble me looks like!

(Hat tip to Sincerely Anna and Antique Mommy.)
The best thing about middle age so far is that it I’m forced one to look away from my bulging middle, and [...]

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Pimple on God’s b*tt

Posted in About me, Spiritual Life, humility on September 17, 2007 | 9 Comments »

God has been teaching me about humility in the last year or two. And I have been asking what an authentically humble me looks like.
Yesterday, I stood in front of my church and said these words:
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to [...]

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