-True friends are the people who you can make laugh and who make you laugh. Laugh often.
-Pancakes late at night are always a good idea. The waitress will probably give you the smiley face kids pancake if you ask, even if you are 21 instead of 12 or under.
-Encouraging others will probably encourage you at least as much as it encourages the other person. Not that it's a reason to do so, but joy comes in looking away from ourselves.
-It's often what we don't expect that delights us the most. Sometimes its good to let it happen and not burden ourselves with worrying about every detail. I can panic about the future or enjoy the present. There is a time for both of these things, but the second one is really important, especially right now.
-Sometimes God brings us through painful things to grow us, and the effects of that pain and growth can't always be seen right away.
-Sometimes God brings us through painful things to grow us, and the effects of that pain and growth can't always be seen right away.
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." --Ezekiel 36:26
All that's dead can be and IS reborn. Beauty comes from ashes.
Karen! Thank so much for sharing, there is truth in all of your words! I've been thinking about you quite a bit lately, and I just want to say I love you, and even when life is crazy (ok, especially when life is crazy) turn to God and he will give you peace and rest. I know you know that, I also know it helps to hear the same things at different times to get more out of them.
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Kiki
P.S. I'm diggin' the new font!
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