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Amanda's Occasional Musings
  
Random thoughts, unrestrained meanderings, occasional rants, and joyful enthusiasm.

My Faithful Father, Enduring Friend
Your tender Mercy is like a river with no wind
It overwhelms me, covers my sin
Each time I come into Your Presence
I stand in wonder once again

(chorus)
Your Grace still amazes me
Your Love is still a mystery
Each day i fall on my knees
'Cause Your Grace still amazes me

Oh Patient Savior, You make me whole
You are the Author and the Healer of my soul
What can I give You? Lord what can I say?
I know there's no way to repay You
Only to offer You my praise

Your Grace still amazes me
Your Love is still a mystery
Each day i fall on my knees
'Cause Your Grace still amazes me

Its deeper, its wider, its stronger, its higher
Its deeper, its wider, its stronger, its higher
Than anything my eyes can see

Your Grace still amazes me
Your Love is still a mystery
Each day i fall on my knees
'Cause Your Grace still amazes me
Your Grace...still AMAZES me.

P.S. My name isn't really "Grace". But don't tell anyone, cause we're supposed to be traveling incognito here, and it's a big secret.

P.P.S. Just because heaven is a gated community, doesn't mean that God is a republican!
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Well, there’s yer problem………. Sep 23, 2008 10:57 am
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I’ve been doing internet dating for 2 ½ years now, off and on. In that time I’ve noted a recurring theme. It captured my attention more and more with the passage of time, and for a while I found it fascinating. It is common to all the sites I’ve been to; and there have been a lot.

I haven’t met many men at all during that time. 6 to be exact. They all had something in common. It has nothing to do with looks; they ranged from 5’3” tall to 6” 8” tall; and they ranged from devastatingly handsome to faces only a mother could love. It had nothing to do with education. One had a PhD, another barely finished high school, the others fell pretty evenly in between. It had nothing to do with career field. That ranged from college professor to retired Coast Guard attending community college to career grocery stocker. It had nothing to do with income. They ranged from about $14,000 per year to upwards of $250,000. What was this miraculous trait that captured my attention? They made the effort. That’s all. They sent an email, they asked to meet and made the drive. But that one thing is incredibly rare.

A lot of what I see is men waiting for women to just jump into their laps. It ranges the gamut of “You have to come to me where ever I am, because I won’t make the effort to come to you”, to “I won’t pay 5 or 6 bucks a month to send emails, I expect the lady to pay for the privilege of writing to me, AND she has to make the first move too!” I have seen men write that in their personal profiles. “I’m not a paying member, so you have to email me”!

Jacob found Rachel, he got to know her a little, and decided she was his future wife. He loved Rachel so much that he worked 14 years to make that reality; persisting even though he was defrauded after already working 7. He put in 7 more. Why? Because she was worth it. How wonderful it must be to know that you are worth that much to your husband!

Boaz loved Ruth so much that he made sure she was provided for before she knew he existed, then cleared a legal obstacle so that he could make her his wife. She was worth it!

My daughter is now preparing to marry the love of her life---in New Jersey. He thought she was worth crossing a continent for…several times. And he did! He put his money, time, and effort where his mouth is. He decided to win her heart whatever it took. He did it, too. Because he made sure she knew she was worth it.

My other daughter is building a life with a young man who traveled half-way across the US to be with her. The girl is blooming. Why? Because she knows that to him, she is worth it.

I know men that will travel 1,000 miles to go fishing or hunting, but won’t take their ladies to the beach an hour away. I know men that will spend $500 and travel 300 miles to attend a concert but won’t spend $50 or travel more than 25 miles to meet someone who might have been the love of their lives.

I had a man tell me that he’d come see me if I was within 30 miles; but, well…..50 is “quite a drive”. Wow, I felt so cherished and wanted. Needless to say, I never saw him again.

A woman needs to know that she is valued, wanted, treasured...worth something to the man she considers giving her heart to. It is the way we are made. We also know that men do not value that which is handed to them on a platter. God didn't make men that way; he created men to value that which they put effort into obtaining..whether that be a wife, a career, or a Harley. We know that you work to obtain what you cherish; and we know you work to maintain it. We have seen you waxing your cars!

Guys, don’t you WANT a wife worth working 14 years for? Don’t you WANT a lady worth crossing oceans and continents for?? Guess what makes her worth that.

You wouldn’t cross an ocean for the love of a woman??? Oh...... you wouldn’t cross the street for it?

Well, there’s yer problem……….

“A man who finds a wife finds a treasure; and receives favor from the Lord.” Prov. 18:22 NLT
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