Fear

 

Dear Friends,

As you may know our some of our girls are attending a Christian private school this year to help ease this year of transitions in our family.  One thing this school really pushes is to teach the students scripture and how to apply it in their lives.  The teachers also give the kids plenty of time to learn presentation skills.  This has been somewhat of a stretch coming from homeschooling your whole life.  My girls have performed musically in front of audiences for many years, but the speaking part is all new to them.  Our middle oldest daughter (# 5) Maggie has a class where each student must lead a devotional topic during the school year.  I want to share the one she recently gave.  Each time I share the girl’s schoolwork, I am choosing the assignments that I feel relates to how they deal with their grief and missing Millie. 

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FEAR

𝟮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝟭:𝟳 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲.

 

𝟭 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟱:𝟳 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗺, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

 

𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟰𝟭:𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂; 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱.’

 

𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟰:𝟲 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 [𝗮]𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱.

 

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝟭:𝟵 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 𝗕𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀! 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼.”

 

𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟰:𝟭𝟴 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 [𝗮]𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭𝟰:𝟮𝟳 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗠𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂; 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹.

 

𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟮𝟵:𝟭𝟭 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂,’ 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲.

𝙸𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 “𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙽𝚘𝚝” 𝟹𝟼𝟻 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕.

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙸 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚝.

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎.

𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎

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As Maggie’s mama, I have the unique perspective of watching her grow from a small baby into the woman she is today.  She has always been so generous often giving up what she wanted to bless others (usually her big sister Katherine!).  She is very loyal to those she cares about.  She keeps her inner circle fairly small but can easily talk to everyone she meets. She is incredibly talented with her music although will tell you it is no big deal.  She dreams big but has to put lots of effort to making the steps necessary to completing them.  Like anyone, she has her pitfalls but that is not for a mama to share, right? Overall, I see God at work in Maggie’s life in some very real ways.  I look forward to seeing where he has her in the future.

 

Blessings sweet friends…

｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　｡･:*:･ﾟ★｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

I still believe in Millie’s Miracle

｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ Hebrews 11:1 ｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

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