He’s been there and understands…

by SomeGirl on January 25, 2012 · 14 comments

Driving along on our way to therapy, my oldest one took out his Action Bible (a super cool kid’s Bible with comic book-like illustrations) and browsed around a bit, asking a plethora of questions (he was reading about the trial and crucifixion of Christ).

 

One of his questions really made me think…

“Why didn’t Jesus just call on His God powers and make himself not be able to feel things?”

What an important question… with an answer that ought to give us such comfort and relief.

You see, Jesus was 100% God, yet he allowed himself to be confined to a body that was 100% man.

Because of that, He’s not a stranger to what we go through. He’s “been there, done that.” And He understands.

He was homeless, and I’m sure He was homesick.

He felt the sting of death as he lost a loved one, and wept.

He needed a break from the crowd and sought refuge.

He was cheered for and sneered at.

Mocked, praised, loved and hated.

He was tempted to take matters into his own hands and provide for himself apart from God (yet he didn’t).

At one point He dreaded the future so much that blood came out through his pores.

He gave up his desires.

And trusted his future to his Father.

He was betrayed by a close friend, rejected by another, and verbally attacked by people he did and didn’t know.

He experienced severe pain and physical suffering.

His mother questioned his actions and his Father turned his back on him.

He was separated from God, in broken relationship with Him (for three days).

To top it all off…

He’s been to hell and back!

He could have turned off his human side and lived only by his God side, but He didn’t.

He’s been there and understands. He knows first hand how much it hurts.

 

I pray you find comfort in that today, sweet friends. I know I do!

 

For we do not have a high priest [Jesus] who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin. Hebrews 4:15

 

Something to think about…



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Panning (Photography Wednesday)

by SomeGirl on January 25, 2012 · 1 comment

Here’s something to try with a point and shoot or DSLR… Fix your eye, through your viewfinder or display, on a moving object.

Follow the object through your camera, moving to match the subject’s speed.

As soon as the object is in front of you, click the shutter release button.

If you’re shooting with a DSLR, (in manual) dial your aperture down to a low setting and your shutter speed to 125 or so. Set your ISO to whatever the lighting requires (100 for bright light, 400 for shade, etc…).


If you’re shooting with a point and shoot, you may or may not get a cool blurred background, but you’ll get a cool action shot. :)

(not the best example, but I hope you get the idea.)

This technique is called Panning.

Happy Shooting!

 

Just re-read this and noticed how abruptly I ended things. I think it had a little something to do with my writing position and other obligations at the time….

 

(I intstagrammed this picture as I was writing today’s post. Btw, I changed my instagram username to SomeGirlsLife – just in case you’re curious.) :)

 

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Would you mind answering a quick question?

by SomeGirl on January 23, 2012 · 2 comments

 

If you’ve already answered this question on FB,  feel free to disregard this poll. And thank you for responding there!

I’m curious, as I think about and plan for upcoming posts… would you mind answering a quick question?

Why do you read SomeGirl’s Website?  What keeps you coming back?

 

 

If you checked “other” would you please tell me more about that in the comment section below? I’d really appreciate it!

 

THANK YOU for taking the time to respond!

Love,

♥ Michelle (aka SomeGirl)

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Love in Action… Striving for Growth

by SomeGirl on January 19, 2012 · 4 comments

I enjoyed last week’s Love in Action photo post so much that I decided to do one again.

In fact, I might reinstate Fraddling Fridays and do a collage each week (if time/circumstances allow). All in favor…? Opposed?

(Fraddling – Love in Action)

Playing Mancala with my Honey

Letting my oldest one go on an adventure with his grandparents and puppy dog

Caring for another sick little one

Celebrating 13 sweet years of marriage

Putting to use seventh grade Home Ec skills – sewing a ripped Power Ranger costume

Making good things to eat, which created lots of dishes

(big thanks to my sweet husband for cleaning those dishes)

Special treats just for the adults (the boys don’t care for nuts)

Celebrating a sweet gift from my husband… a new phone! Since my old phone was swiped from the grocery store. :(

Hanging out with good friends at church

Spending quality time with “Daddy”

Cheering on his alma mater – Sic ‘em Bears! (Baylor)

A mini road trip listening to Kid’s Place Live

A little fraddle for me as the boys made bacon and eggs for dinner… I could get used to that!

Playing outside on a nice, warm day

Long awaited haircuts

and

A little book reading.

 

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. – 1 John 3:18

 

Please keep in mind that I’m only sharing times that I was successful at putting love into action.

There are plenty of times that I failed to show love to others, striving for growth is the key here, right?

Let’s press on and put our love into action!

How do you plan on fraddling this weekend? I’d LOVE to hear!

 

Ooh, I just found these fun link ups and decided to join in. :)

life rearranged

Perfect Imperfections

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Change of Plans (thought-provoking Thursday)

by SomeGirl on January 19, 2012 · 18 comments

My husband and I were scheduled to fly out of DFW for NYC today to spend the weekend in the Big Apple celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary.


Then our littlest one came down with the same 5-day virus our oldest one had last week. Poor little guy feels miserable.


(Not even a virus can keep our Power Ranger from suiting up.)

To make matters worse for him, we let his brother continue on with his plans to go camping with his Mimi and Poppy… it was heart breaking to see him cry over not being able to go as his body burned with fever.

Now, my husband and I sit together watching a foreign film on a comfy couch as I wonder if I’m starting to get sick, too.

And I am reminded of a verse…

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. – Proverbs 16:9

I pray that you and I would hold loosely to our plans, and trust fully in The One who knows the plans He has for us.

May that be something we continually think about.




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A Call to Prayer

by SomeGirl on January 17, 2012 · 2 comments

Well, I was getting online to write a photography post for today when I saw a headline that drew me in:

Internet Blackout Day on January 18 (Today).

This was news to me, so I went surfing and found an interesting video…

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PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

 

Interesting, hu?

After watching the video I tweeted back and forth with a few people about whether or not they were going to blackout their sites. One of my sweet online friends had a great reply saying that no she was not going to black out her site, instead she was going to “shine the light in the dark.” (I loved that response!)

I debated what to do – blackout or continue with Photography Wednesday. Soon I decided that internet piracy protection acts probably didn’t have much to do with me, and I had written my congressman already to say I opposed the bill. (Write your congressman here or connect with your senator here)

Then a question came to mind – How long before SOPA turns into censorship of other things? Similar to China’s internet censorship…

I have friends who live in Asia who have to be very careful about what they write online, what spiritual things they share.

Having spent 3 months in Russia as a summer missionary just after the fall of communism (the summer of 1992… which makes me QUITE old to some of you now, doesn’t it?!), I’ve seen first hand the spiritual oppression that comes through censorship and laws against proselytizing (to convert or attempt to convert others).

We’re really not too far away from that kind of governmental control… as much as we’d not like to admit it.

So… while I’m not going to black out my site for the day, I do want to draw your attention to the issue at hand and encourage you to spend some time in prayer for our country.

Let’s not take our freedom for granted.

And while we’re at it, let’s make the most of every opportunity given to us to share the gospel!

 

(I’ll be back next Wednesday with some helpful photography tips, I promise.)

 
For some light in the darkness visit my friend’s blog at Mom’s Mustard Seeds. You’ll be glad you did!

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