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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/27/2008 11:44:25 PM
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collie1
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My dear friend Kimberly,
I am so sorry you are struggling so.
You are in my prayers, I am so glad to count you as a prayer warrior!
Colleen
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 12:16:44 AM
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BlessedAngel1983
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I already told you this, but i'm here to reiterate the fact. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Love ya bunches!
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 11:11:26 AM
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kj88il
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thanks, y'all. (okay...one little tear just rolled down my cheek.) i am SOOOOOOOO fortunate to have found y'all. God provided you before i even knew how badly i was gonna need your prayers and support. 
another late start for me. but it's good, i think. i actually went to bed early. was determined to lie there and read til my pill kicked in and i could just roll over and sleep. well...it still took about 2.5 hrs, but it was still asleep a couple hours earlier than i have been in say 4-5 days...so it's an improvement.
so i woke up this morning determined to research assistance for going back to school and getting certified as a medical transcriptionist. i've had this yen tumbling around in my head for a couple years now. maybe this is the time to put things in action. please pray that i will find God's guidance...that He will make it clear to me if this is what i'm supposed to do next...and if this is, indeed, the right time.
when i went for my CDL, i qualified for a state grant. perhaps i can find the same sort of thing for this. finances are, of course, of huge concern for me. i've only been back to work (part-time) for a month...after 2.5 months on work-comp (which only paid at 66.66%)...so things are VERY tight.
this is one of those times i really miss having the support - emotionally and financially - of a husband. where's my helpmate? where is my rock? i know God will provide...He always has...but usually not without my having to really struggle to come out of some very dark places. and it's so tempting to become bitter (again...believe me, i've wallowed in that before). most of my adult life has i've been married...and in my case, it has always been the husband that brought financial tragedy into our lives. (let's not even go into what that says about my choices in husbands! focus, people!! lol) but now...i'm alone. and while i've been very careful about my money these last few years, i have been laid off (like so many thousands of others in this economically-depressed rural area), got into a new career that has been a real boom financially and helped me rebuild my credit, help my kids, etc...only to get hurt on the job and go thru every dollar of savings i had built up...and now i'm hurt again...with no income for 3 weeks running.
i am at a loss here, folks. and i have to quit for now. if i don't stop and start praying and read His word, i'm gonna just fall into a jumble of self-pity and tears. 
please pray...
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 11:15:55 AM
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BlessedAngel1983
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We are most definitely praying! I hope things work out for the best. Hope you are feeling a little better too.
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If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 11:18:16 AM
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JustJeannie
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KJ, I am here for you as well...
I understand the aggravation at pain that they just can't do anything for. I have been diagnosed with arthritis in my back. I'M ONLY 35, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! I CAN'T HAVE ARTHRITIS...ok, so yeah, I can have it. It's hereditary........blehhhhhh
I will pray for all who are suffering in pain...
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Mah brain...it hurts...
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 11:32:07 AM
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Tinkerbell_
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Kimberly...*sigh*
I always wonder why bad things happen to God's faithful and obedient children. Why am I a struggling mum barely able to make ends meet? Why is she suffering from pain and uable to support herself? Why is he saddled down with child support payments when he takes care of the child better than the mum does? Why? Why? Why?
Two things come to mind in times like these. Times where we feel we're at the end of the earth and the rope holding us back is frayed and breaking bit by bit. Times where the shadows are longer, the skies drearier, and the clouds heavier. Times when tears flow more than a river and there's no one there to wipe them.
John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Pslams 46
God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.
We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom,
courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
Before the rush and roar of oceans,
the tremors that shift mountains.
Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.
River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city,
this sacred haunt of the Most High.
God lives here, the streets are safe,
God at your service from crack of dawn.
Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten,
but Earth does anything he says.
Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.
Attention, all! See the marvels of God!
He plants flowers and trees all over the earth,
Bans war from pole to pole,
breaks all the weapons across his knee.
"Step out of the traffic! Take a long,
loving look at me, your High God,
above politics, above everything."
Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.
I pray that you find comfort and strength in both of these passages, Kimberly and that God provides someone to come to you and hug you and hold you and wipe your tears away. I just wish I were there to do it myself.
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 11:35:35 AM
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JustJeannie
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Tink, I know these words were directed to KJ, but THANK YOU!!!
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Mah brain...it hurts...
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 11:49:22 AM
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God is good. All the time. I'm glad He was able to use me to show you a direction Kimberly. I only hope I continue to be obedient for Him. *huggles*
Now quit crying and get to reading, girlfriend! If you have to, put on some Ray Stevens. You can't cry when he's screaming, "ARE YE NEKKID!?!?!??!" LOLOL!!!!
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 12:31:26 PM
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kj88il
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okay...this was so cool!!
so i'm praying...asking God to cleanse me as i come before Him...asking for an open and discerning heart for where He may lead...asking that as i read His word His Holy Spirit will lead to what i need to hear, what will soothe my sould...asking that He open doors so that i can find the right resources, the right people to talk to, the rigth help that i need...and that's when the Holy Spirit did that little knocking-on-my-forehead-thing!!!!! 
Luke 5: 4-7 (4) When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." (5) Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets." (6) When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. (7) So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
i believe this is God's assurance to me that if i, too, trust His direction, i will find more 'help' than i know what to do with concerning a new job! my mind was suddenly filled with people i should call (fire up the ol' network), schools i should check for programs, etc.
thank You, Lord...for Your gift of the Holy Spirit...and for the peace that always comes when i allow It to fill my soul. thank You for Your never-ending patience...that no matter how many times i try to handle things on my own...no matter how long i spend worrying...when i finally remember that all i have to do is go running back to You...Your arms are always waiting, Father! and you remind me that You find even more joy in helping me, Your daughter, than i do when i get to help my babies! i keep forgetting "Father knows best." Your resources are limitless...and as we are told in John 10:10 "...I came that they may have life , and have it abundantly ." i praise you now, Lord, for how great and loving and faithful You are!!!
hallelujah! halleluhah! praise ye the Lord!
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 12:37:37 PM
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WaitingforBoaz
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ORIGINAL: kj88il
okay...this was so cool!!
so i'm praying...asking God to cleanse me as i come before Him...asking for an open and discerning heart for where He may lead...asking that as i read His word His Holy Spirit will lead to what i need to hear, what will soothe my sould...asking that He open doors so that i can find the right resources, the right people to talk to, the rigth help that i need...and that's when the Holy Spirit did that little knocking-on-my-forehead-thing!!!!!
Luke 5: 4-7 (4) When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." (5) Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets." (6) When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. (7) So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
i believe this is God's assurance to me that if i, too, trust His direction, i will find more 'help' than i know what to do with concerning a new job! my mind was suddenly filled with people i should call (fire up the ol' network), schools i should check for programs, etc.
thank You, Lord...for Your gift of the Holy Spirit...and for the peace that always comes when i allow It to fill my soul. thank You for Your never-ending patience...that no matter how many times i try to handle things on my own...no matter how long i spend worrying...when i finally remember that all i have to do is go running back to You...Your arms are always waiting, Father! and you remind me that You find even more joy in helping me, Your daughter, than i do when i get to help my babies! i keep forgetting "Father knows best." Your resources are limitless...and as we are told in John 10:10 "...I came that they may have life , and have it abundantly ." i praise you now, Lord, for how great and loving and faithful You are!!!
hallelujah! halleluhah! praise ye the Lord!
Awesome! I love it when He does the knock on my forehead thing(usually)
I was going to leave you a link to my fav. temper tantrum song by Rich Mullins. But you look like your good to go. Let me know if you need it later. 
On second thought, I'll post it in my thread and you can go listen if you need to. 
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 12:40:59 PM
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kj88il
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oh, thank you, tink!!! (((((((tink)))))))))
i just got myself another cup of coffe...and threw away my wet tissues...only to get out another. i was JUST headed for the psalms! now i know which one to start with. God always shows the way...sometimes thru our friends' direction. 
*Hugs* Try Psalm 91 too. One of my favs when life is difficult.
you're right, nadine. i pray verse 11 in my own way...every time i drive..."Lord, i ask that Your angels surround my truck as i drive. protect me...and those around me..." 
but today, these verses really speak to me...
Ps 91: 14-16 (14) "Because he loves Me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. (15) He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, i will deliver him and honor him. (16) With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation."
sighhhhhh....there's so much comfort...if we just look for it. thank you all for sharing your comfort with me this morning. i know God will work something positive out of this today.
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 2:19:13 PM
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We were free and made alive.
The day true love died. The day true love died.
Lisa is happy THE ROWDIES ARE BACK!
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RE: Shifting Gears with Kimberly - 5/28/2008 7:24:48 PM
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utilityfielder
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((((Kimberly))))
I can sympathize with you about the knees, since I have bad knees myself.
And I agree with the encouragement and prayers that the others have offered.
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