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Let the Angels Camp Round About ...
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I was going to say, that beard wasn't quite so full when I met you in Orlando? Been feeding it MiracleGro?
SweetLissa
SweetLissa
This thread is about you. The other is about what Jews think of beards. I felt it was appropriate enough here.CecilW said:
I hereby vote that you should bring back the beard. You need padding for all that "Rolling On the Floor Laughing" that you do.CecilW said:
In fact, with you here I believe we all need one of those! :lol:
If I posted my picture from 2002 no one would recognize me. I think I like living in the present.
SweetLissa
SweetLissa
UPDATE:
As some of you know, my work situation has been precarious for some time. I work on a contract basis, and have moved around the country as needed.
That's how we ended up in S. Florida. A client contacted me, asking me to come for 2 months. I agreed. It is now a month shy of 2 years, and the job has continued, as a good job, this long. However, we knew it wasn't permanent, and began preparing to move on a couple of months ago.
However, it has come to a screeching halt. The CFO at this client feels that they are close enough to having their new software ready to go that I'm no longer needed on-site. Not that his IT manager agrees, but ...
This morning, I was called into my boss's office and given the good news. Time to start working remotely, complete a couple of quick projects, and then go into a supporting role, as needed. In other words, "We still need you but don't want to pay you much, so get scarce. Right away."
In the natural, that leaves me absolutely up a creek with no paddle. I know of no new clients(s) just waiting for me to become available and show up.
In the Spiritual, I suspect God is smiling broadly, rubbing His mighty hands, and chuckling, "This is gonna be FUN!" (Personally, I happen to think that God has a Sir BumbleBerry mischievous side as well, though of course much BETTER than mine. I keep thinking that He made giraffes AND duck-billed platypuses AND ME.)
Thing is, James says, "You do not HAVE because you do not ASK."
Well, notice is hereby given that I'm ASKING. We need a solution REAL FAST. (Speculate from there, you'll probably be spot on.)
And I'd very much appreciate it if all y'alls would ask, too. LOTS.
Thanks.
As some of you know, my work situation has been precarious for some time. I work on a contract basis, and have moved around the country as needed.
That's how we ended up in S. Florida. A client contacted me, asking me to come for 2 months. I agreed. It is now a month shy of 2 years, and the job has continued, as a good job, this long. However, we knew it wasn't permanent, and began preparing to move on a couple of months ago.
However, it has come to a screeching halt. The CFO at this client feels that they are close enough to having their new software ready to go that I'm no longer needed on-site. Not that his IT manager agrees, but ...
This morning, I was called into my boss's office and given the good news. Time to start working remotely, complete a couple of quick projects, and then go into a supporting role, as needed. In other words, "We still need you but don't want to pay you much, so get scarce. Right away."
In the natural, that leaves me absolutely up a creek with no paddle. I know of no new clients(s) just waiting for me to become available and show up.
In the Spiritual, I suspect God is smiling broadly, rubbing His mighty hands, and chuckling, "This is gonna be FUN!" (Personally, I happen to think that God has a Sir BumbleBerry mischievous side as well, though of course much BETTER than mine. I keep thinking that He made giraffes AND duck-billed platypuses AND ME.)
Thing is, James says, "You do not HAVE because you do not ASK."
Well, notice is hereby given that I'm ASKING. We need a solution REAL FAST. (Speculate from there, you'll probably be spot on.)
And I'd very much appreciate it if all y'alls would ask, too. LOTS.
Thanks.
Asking in triplicate from my family.
SweetLissa
SweetLissa
Praying for you, brother.
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Please pray especially for the kids. They havent learned that God knows whats best and he will and does provide.(They havent been around Cecil long enough yet! might take a few more years!) 
All they can think about is the need to move again, new schools, leaving friends behind. I know God does provide, have seen it over and over. I need to be an example to the kids and sometimes its VERY VERY hard. But i know God will help us through whatever and wherever he wants us to go.
Cindy
All they can think about is the need to move again, new schools, leaving friends behind. I know God does provide, have seen it over and over. I need to be an example to the kids and sometimes its VERY VERY hard. But i know God will help us through whatever and wherever he wants us to go.Cindy
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Cindy,
My prayers are with your family. How old are the kids? I especially feel strongly about praying for kids, and will add them to my prayers. Moving around is not always fun, and some take it one way and some another. Leaving friends behind is hard. I pray they will learn everything there is to learn of and from the Lord with each and every challenge, and be protected from all evil.
Ya'll have more going for you than most people on the planet...and it's their inheritance too if they'll have it...you can remind them of that. And if they're like me they'll get so used to moving they won't be able to stop after they grow up! Yippee...
Beta
My prayers are with your family. How old are the kids? I especially feel strongly about praying for kids, and will add them to my prayers. Moving around is not always fun, and some take it one way and some another. Leaving friends behind is hard. I pray they will learn everything there is to learn of and from the Lord with each and every challenge, and be protected from all evil.
Ya'll have more going for you than most people on the planet...and it's their inheritance too if they'll have it...you can remind them of that. And if they're like me they'll get so used to moving they won't be able to stop after they grow up! Yippee...
Beta
Cecil, Cindy, & Kids,
I'm praying for you. I know what it''s like to pack up and leave family and friends. It is exciting to see what our Father has in store of us each time we move. I do pray for the children, because I know it is harder for them to understand leaving friends. I haven't decided if I'm going to pray for Sir Bumbleberry or not. Has he been behaving lately. :lol:
In Christian Love,
Michelle
I'm praying for you. I know what it''s like to pack up and leave family and friends. It is exciting to see what our Father has in store of us each time we move. I do pray for the children, because I know it is harder for them to understand leaving friends. I haven't decided if I'm going to pray for Sir Bumbleberry or not. Has he been behaving lately. :lol:
In Christian Love,
Michelle
Beta said:
Cindy asked me to answer, as she's away from her computer just now. Ok, I had to swipe it for work today.
The three at home are Rosie, just turning 20; Amanda, 16; and Austin, just turning 14.
In addition, we request pleas for Eddie, 18. He chose to get out of the house and make his own way last summer. Did pretty well in many ways. Also, (note the careful NON-use of the negating "but"!), he will become a daddy within the next few weeks, is trying to get the girl married first, has spent this week living in his car, is considering going into the military, just got two job interviews, and is finally considering God and the need for Him in his new family.
And, of course, he/they are always welcome back home with us -- but just exactly where is that, or where will it be?
What an ADVENTURE !!!
I was one of those lucky kids that moved every few years as a child. And no, not a military brat, just someone whose parents moved a lot. Every time, it was an opportunity to start out fresh and have an adventure. Not all kids see it that way and I can relate, so I will be praying for them to understand and trust God and their parents.
Hope Cec and Cindy are keeping close to each other and the Lord during the trying time.
SweetLissa
Hope Cec and Cindy are keeping close to each other and the Lord during the trying time.
SweetLissa
UPDATE:
The kids' very abusive dad, the one who came in with a letter stating essentially that he was too crazy to hold a job, and thus shouldn't have to pay child support, has gotten his mom to pay for a new lawyer, all gung-ho to get him some "justice" at our expense, or at least rack up some billing. That means that, right at this financially precarious juncture, we have to pay for lots of legal hours and fight it.
The specific action, here 3 weeks before school starts, is for us to be forced to provide 1 week's worth of visitation during these 3, in PA from S. FL, at our expense, with another at Christmas, for both minor children. One of them, age 16, refuses to even talk with him via phone, much less visit. The other doesn't want to visit either.
So, the soap opera goes on.
The kids' very abusive dad, the one who came in with a letter stating essentially that he was too crazy to hold a job, and thus shouldn't have to pay child support, has gotten his mom to pay for a new lawyer, all gung-ho to get him some "justice" at our expense, or at least rack up some billing. That means that, right at this financially precarious juncture, we have to pay for lots of legal hours and fight it.
The specific action, here 3 weeks before school starts, is for us to be forced to provide 1 week's worth of visitation during these 3, in PA from S. FL, at our expense, with another at Christmas, for both minor children. One of them, age 16, refuses to even talk with him via phone, much less visit. The other doesn't want to visit either.
So, the soap opera goes on.
Cecil, Cindy & Kids,
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 comes to mind for you guys during this time of hurting may it comfort your family: All praise to the God and Father of our master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.
Michelle
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 comes to mind for you guys during this time of hurting may it comfort your family: All praise to the God and Father of our master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.
Michelle