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The Ramblings of Emily: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012. I stole away to my room for a few quiet moments this morning, picked up my, "writing notebook," and this is what flowed from my pen:. Somehow God is helping me to be cheerful. The younger children have been at each other's throats all morning, I feel sick and have a headache, but even so, I feel joyful. God is good, is He not? Since writing the above words I've been thinking further about what God is doing today. I recently decided to ignore the weather (despite my very. I stru...
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The Ramblings of Emily: January 2013
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. I praise You,. For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;. My soul knows it very well.". I don't know why, but I always thought of these two sentences as totally unrelated. Wonderful are your works,". Could never, after all, be talking about me. My soul knows that the Lord's works are wonderful, but my soul does not include myself in those works. CS Lewis so wisely said,. Humility is not thinking less of yourself,. There ...
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The Ramblings of Emily: A Talent or Two
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Friday, January 11, 2013. A Talent or Two. For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants. And entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents,. To another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them,. And he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. What gifts do I have? What could I possibly contribute to anything? Writing skills...
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The Ramblings of Emily: Not of this World
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Monday, May 7, 2012. Not of this World. Josh, I miss you so much. I wasn't super close to you; wasn't one of your best friends by any stretch, but you have influenced me in ways I can't explain. You helped us in so many ways at speech club! You gave of your time so that we would do better, and you somehow always knew what to say. I follow lots of blogs, but never, ever have I been so influenced by something I have read (other than the Bible, naturally) as I was by your post about dying well. I can see yo...
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The Ramblings of Emily: It's Been Awhile!
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Well, I had no intentions of completely dropping this blog. But that's exactly what happened! I won't try to fully update you on all that's happened in the past year and a half, but I will give you a brief update. Totally unexpected and hard. September 2013 was a difficult month. I got pregnant, again. Yep, we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our little girl, Cedar Faith, due August 8th. We bought a house. And, I started a new blog. You can find me at emilysleadd.com.
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The Ramblings of Emily: February 2012
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Saturday, February 25, 2012. I feel strange when I'm nervous. The really funny thing is that the strange feeling doesn't start in my stomach, it starts in my hands. They feel sort of weak and strangely hollow. This feeling moves up my arms, clutches at my chest and then wraps itself around my stomach until I feel entirely engulfed in fear. This is how I feel before speech rounds. I know, I know. I've done this for four years, shouldn't I be used to it by now? Yes, I should be, but I'm just not. I will ne...
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The Ramblings of Emily: April 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. Sometimes Sarah Is Just Right. My dear friend, Sarah, is so good to me. When I'm moaning and moping and pouting and panicking, she is asking me if I've prayed about it, talking me through my problems and telling me to go read my Bible. Lately I've been sort of beating up on myself, I guess. I'm not sure exactly what brought it on, but I'm just seeing myself fail in so many places and mess up in so many others, that it sort of started to weigh on me. For I know my transgressions,.
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The Ramblings of Emily: On To The Next Adventure
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012. On To The Next Adventure. I am now an NCFCA Alum. I'll never compete in speech or debate again. I was totally depressed about this for a little while, but somehow God has given me such a peace about it. I am so grateful for the past four years of my life, the wonderful friendships that I've formed, the crazy situations and the coffee runs. I'm so grateful for all of the nail polish used to fix nylons, the absurd amount of makeup used, the hair emergencies and the nerves. We made o...
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The Ramblings of Emily: June 2012
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012. On To The Next Adventure. I am now an NCFCA Alum. I'll never compete in speech or debate again. I was totally depressed about this for a little while, but somehow God has given me such a peace about it. I am so grateful for the past four years of my life, the wonderful friendships that I've formed, the crazy situations and the coffee runs. I'm so grateful for all of the nail polish used to fix nylons, the absurd amount of makeup used, the hair emergencies and the nerves. We made o...
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The Ramblings of Emily: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. I praise You,. For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;. My soul knows it very well.". I don't know why, but I always thought of these two sentences as totally unrelated. Wonderful are your works,". Could never, after all, be talking about me. My soul knows that the Lord's works are wonderful, but my soul does not include myself in those works. CS Lewis so wisely said,. Humility is not thinking less of yourself,. There ...
