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I found this free floating note card in a box of papers and things. Anita has written on it in black Sharpie: Fear not the future; This one was something of a mystery to me – not what it meant but what it meant to Anita and in what context. A Google search [...] Inside the front cover of Anita’s book Secrets in the Dark by Frederick Buechner, she wrote some notes. This one jumped out at me this morning: 11/27/06 You have only one decision to make: to follow God or not. If you choose to follow God, you cannot fail. Your life is your ministry. It’s no secret and no [...] The most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people Going through a stack of note cards, this one jumped out at me. Turns out this is part of a quote from Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich (1937). Here’s [...] (I just found this on Anita’s computer dated 4/26/09. I’m sure she was reading this to reinforce her lessons on acceptance. However, it is from an article about overcoming grief – link at the bottom. Reading this made me shiver.) 2) ACCEPT THE SITUATION From Anita’s computer dated 2/12/2009 – brainstorm session ending with a new purpose statement.
What is my true purpose in life? To find Christ To follow Christ To take instructions from God To obey God To be free To help others be free To be a good daughter To be a good wife To be a good mother Christ Christ Christ-like Strive to be Christ-like To find the Christ [...] Wall post from late 2005: Service without spirituality is exhausting and hopeless; but in the same respect, spirituality without service is barren and selfish. We need to unite the two and do it all “as unto the Lord”. When we do that, something wonderful happens to out work in the kitchen. Sinks turn into sanctuaries, mops [...] This morning I stumbled across a box of more than 60 wall posts and notes that Anita left in a folder called “Personal Bible”. In 1999, I introduced Anita to the idea of a personal bible from a book I was reading called “Secrets of the Great Minds”. This idea was to write down in [...] Learn sign language Make a comfortable living by working out of my home Learn how to speak Spanish fluently Learn how to speak French fluently Travel to France with my best friend, Sophie, and her family Know a lot about wine Collect beautiful photographs Visit Italy Write something significant dated December 20, 2006 From Anita’s “GOD” file – written February 22, 2009 How do we face the hard times and keep going? 2 Corinthians Chapter 12, 7th verse Because of this surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, thorn in the flesh – prayed the Lord that it might leave me, and He has [...] I was having a hard time last week, at least until Wednesday. Feeling bad for myself, lonely, like my life was out of control and that I just couldn’t do anything right. About mid-day on Wednesday, I started going through Anita’s “GOD” file and reading about her struggles that she gave up to God. The [...] |
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