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Lora Armendariz
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Miracles Happen Everyday

God daily shows us how special we are and how much He loves us.  Join me as I write about how my life and the lives of other people who have been touched by God's grace.

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God's Olympians

2/12/2014

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I watched that beautiful 15-year-old girl, Yulia Lipnitskaia, skate in near perfection.  It took my breath away and even made my eyes fill with tears.  Then, after the awe wore off, I recognized a deeper feeling within me that had fanned to life as I watched someone else use a God-given gift to recognize an amazing potential.  That feeling was hunger.  Because I know I'm not there yet.  I'm still training, still learning to listen to His voice. 

But the hunger stays and women like Yulia remind me that road to great
things are usually long and difficult.  We can't give up when we don't get what we want in a week, month, or year and then assume that such dreams were not for us.  And we definitely cannot give up when God has given us that hunger.  Hunger to be who he has planned us to be. 

Even when I was littl
e I had a strong desire to show the beauty of life to other, to express it, to let others feel it the way I did.  I've dabbled in sketching, painting, music, and writing.  When I began writing novels ten
years ago I felt something bloom within me.  Like a girl with a secret garden I began cultivating an ability to show life through stories.  And I've known ever since that it was God's path for me. 
 
I'm so glad I had a chance to
watch some of the Winter Olympics this year.  My novel writing has been non-existent since we came home to the States.  I've pushed it to the sidelines as I've concentrated on all the rest of life going on around me.  But, it is time to get back to it.  I'm praying for God to show me ways to find the energy and time to work on those stories.  I'm hungry for it.  I'm hungry to do the work God has made me to do.  He made me to be a mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend too and I am ever thankful for how rich my life is. 

I think that each and every Christian out there, daily training to listen to His voice and follow His plans, are God's Olympians.  That's an exciting thought for me.  That in my little corner of the world I can be in God's front line, be the very best at His specific plan for me.  And that hunger is ever present, insuring that I strive for excellence, that I strive for a unique potential, a life full of Him.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
Ephesian 3:20

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Moth to the Light

2/6/2014

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I've been thinking about habits a lot here lately.  So far from perfect, there are many things I should change.  And really, there is no excuse not to change.  In my head I know I have everything I need to put change into effect, but I drag my heels.  I make excuses.  I ask God to show how to start changes or how to change even though usually I already know the answers and use such petitions as an excuse to wait... and wait.

Oh, but if I change the way I think about God, suddenly the whole situation transforms. 

If I think about God in me--beautiful, powerful, perfect, loving, and incredible in every way--change no longer seems a chore, but an inevitable push into something more great and awesome than any existence I have ever experienced. 

If I think about God's nature I know change is pleasing, precious, and full of joy.

If I think about God's power I know change is the coming of light into darkness, the bringing of sunlight into the night.

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5

And suddenly there are no more excuses to be made, because everything in me is flowing with God's will.  Like a moth to a bright light I have no will to fight my destiny.  Instead I long for it, fight for it, and fly to it.
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Isaiah 40:31
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New 

2/3/2014

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I watched my sister with her newest little boy and had to catch my breath.  Her hair was all gathered up into a ponytail and a half-eaten bowl of oatmeal next to her elbow.  But even though that little guy had kept her up the night before and kept her from finishing her breakfast before it became cold, she was still looking at him as if he was the most beautiful thing in the world.

There was no resentment there.  No self-pity.  No anger.  In moments where all sanity could and should devilishly dive out the window, she was calm and choosing to love him with every inch of her mother's heart. 

Oh, God, you truly give us the very best gifts.  I loved how my verse to memorize last week, John 1:16, danced through my head as I watched my sister and nephew together.  How perfectly precious.

Because he was full of grace and truth, from him we all received one gift after another. 
John 1:16

There are so many moments that life seems common and unworthy of anything but trudging diligence to carry on.  But God is so much more imaginative than that.  When I remember how amazing is our God and how His love shines into every little thing of our lives, I can see that precious beauty which alludes me when my thoughts are self-centered and defeated.  For God is full of all things great and we all receive from him one precious gift after another. 

My verse for this week is John 2:5.  It is a command, a simple statement full of promise and faith.  It is, "Do whatever he tells you." 

Because God is full of grace and truth and I can do whatever he tells me and believe he will care for my life perfectly. 

It's going to be a good week.  It has to be.  My God is good.  My God is great.
Do whatever he tells you.
John 2:5

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Where have you seen God's grace and truth this week?

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