fun!

I went out to dinner with my fantastic husband and then for coffee after. I saw my first Zumba class and think I found a use for my front room...Zumba parties! oh ya!

ugh

I went to an outreach meeting at church yesterday. One of the areas our church will become involved in is fighting Human Trafficking. I have kept this topic at a distance. Sort of numb to it. The words Human and Trafficking are not disturbing enough for what is going on. I started to dig deeper into the cause and now cannot shake how disturbed I feel. Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world! Just follow one person's story and I am SURE you will become disturbed too. ugh.

I can't stop wondering what were these criminals, the human traffickers, like as children? What were their families like? How was it for them to grow up? What were the twists and turns in their swirly life that lead them to coerce someone into slavery?

And then what about the people being coerced? What were they like as children? What were their families like? How was it for them to grow up? What were the twists and turns in their swirly life that lead them to be coerced into slavery?

ugh.
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enriched soil

I read the Parable of the Sower today. I connected with the seed falling on the rocks and the seed falling on the thorns. I hear God's word and try to apply it but then trouble hits and I take forever to pray for guidance. Sometimes when I feel the glow of living within God's word; the thorns of life creep in and take over.

My prayer is for my soil to become enriched so that the seeds grow with deep, strong roots and I would produce fantastic fruit for Him.

Soil becomes enriched when things are mixed in and the soil is stirred up. The first idea that came to my mind to mix into my soil? Compost and manure. ;) My roots would become deeper and stronger if I make the most of the manure of my life and mix it all into my soil and let the benefits ooze. Right?

feeling their joy

I went to the doctors today for a follow-up review of my neck x-rays. Turns out I wasn't scheduled today like I thought. As I walked out of the building feeling like that was a waste of time, my attention turned to 5 adults all excited as they were looking at an ultrasound picture. They were tripping over themselves with excitement as they were walking stumbling out the door. <-- that pure joy and excitement over what is to come was fun to see. not a waste of time at all.