saturday, may 22, 2010

i walked at the park today

and the wind was so strong

here in colorado springs

i thought for a moment

that it might

blow all 16 lbs. of

my furry four-footed little friend, obie,

all the way to his grandparents house

in okc.

i choked and coughed

through the wind

as pollen soared

and stung my throat

but little obie seemed oblivious

to the difficulty

he chased a great dane

caught a frisbee

made friends with a st. bernard

and

sniffed a golden retriever

i was miserable

sneezing

swollen eyes

and ready to leave

after 30 minutes

the invisibles in the air—

the ragweed pollution

the dust

and everything that allergies are made of

wore me down

Lord,

make me more and more aware

of the other invisibles in life—

the small things

that trip me up

knock me down

and keep me from becoming all You dream for me

help me, like obie, to plow through

any obstacle

and find the joy

simply in being

content

to just walk with my Master

i love You, Father.

—susie

Girls in the Sisterhood!

Am thinking about Gideon today.

From the Old Testament.

He was a nobody.

But God chose Gideon to lead the Lord's army

against the enemy.

The enemy far outnumbered Gideon's little home-made army.

And God began whittling away at Gideon's army.

He couldn't figure it out.

Don't You want me to win, Lord?

he must have thought.

"The battle is Mine," said God Almighty.

"Trust Me."

God downsized the army three times

until there only 300 men left to fight against the giant army of enemies.

Gideon trusted.

And God confused the enemies, until they began to fight each other

and lost the battle.

Gideon won with only 300 men.

Wow.

God really does know what He's doing!

Perhaps He's downsizing some areas in your life.

Friends.

Money.

A job.

Those things that make you feel secure.

Though you may never understand . . .

can you trust without understanding?

The mark of a mature Christian is to

accept God's ways

without having to understand them.

Let me know your thoughts.

Love,

Susie Shellenberger

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Hi, Girls in the Sisterhood!

It's snaining today.

My own word for snow + rain.

Not quite snow,

but more than rain.

snain.

Feel like doing something constructive?

How about improving your

physical

mental

emotional

financial

and

spiritual

aspects of your life?

Sound like something you'd like to try?

If so . . .

You're going to LOVE

the 30-day challenge

in the June issue of SUSIE Mag.

The June issue just came out,

so you'll be getting it soon.

After you read through the challenge—

drop me a line and let me know what you think about it, OK?

Too tough?

Too easy?

Not interested?

Let me know what's going on with YOU!

And I promise to start writing more regularly

on here again!

Love you!

Susie Shellenberger