tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946047569035303442024-03-07T23:26:35.583-05:00A Sister Among YouDonna Collins Tinsley is a sister among you, a sojourner, who writes a word of hope for mothers who have been affected by the pain of addiction in their loved ones lives. She prays for them also through Somebody's Mother Online Prayer Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/119408188089314/.
She lives in Port Orange, FL and has been included in 20 book compilations, several magazines and online. She is a lover of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.comBlogger460125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-50762208459693167202022-05-30T11:44:00.003-04:002022-05-30T11:44:16.804-04:00Memorial Day, Facebook tests and the Word of the Lord from Zephaniah.<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memorial Day, let us be truly grateful and also pause to remember those who sacrificed all for our country.</span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yesterday I saw one of those Facebook games and my daughter, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hixregina?__cft__[0]=AZWH66ecQ9t_XLkXV3AhLyvI7PSOcSUcYAyObHM86pbcv7Wnl144_ugnUoJLre2GP78ZfzNOZppqcXmkLi-X_FKHQl0wp6CkL5ZXmfYo11i_Qg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Regina Lee</span></a></span>, posted where if you touch the chair, you will see who is always with you. It said her grandmother, and that was absolutely true, as my mama, Nanny, to Regina was her biggest fan and constant helper. There are a lot of ways that Regina reminds us of my mama and that is a compliment as my mom had the biggest heart around. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Then I took the test, I tapped the chair, and it came up your Father. Well, I immediately dismissed that, as I probably never met my biological father, and grew up with an assortment of “dads” and substitutes that were at times, less than loveable. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">But immediately in my heart, the Lord reminded me, that He, my heavenly Father, was exactly what was said on the chair test. HE WAS ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, AND HE ALWAYS WATCHED OVER ME! </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I have a much deeper relationship with the Lord, than I ever might have had if I’d grown up with a good earthly father. I ran to the Lord early and clung to Him through much heartache and pain as a child. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I know and believe that He was always watching, sometimes weeping, at the things I went through when younger, but he never turned away and always gave me a WORD to hang on to. One of the best gifts in the world to me is the WORD OF GOD. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">So, yes, I’ll accept that My Father, was not only sitting next to me, but holding me, escorting me and rejoicing over me, my whole life through. I don’t have to wonder why the circumstances of my birth were the way they were. I don’t have to wonder why I have the DNA that I have. I’ll take the DNA of the Lord my God, and heavenly Father any day.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yesterday Pastor Jim asked had the Lord spoken to any of us that day? The Lord did before church with the test and then reminded me of the very same thing while at church. I would’ve gotten up and testified this story and the good thing is, I know I’d have the freedom to do it there, but since it involved Facebook, didn’t. I took the same test today, thinking it probably would give different results, but it still said, FATHER. So, thank You ABBA DADDY for your word of love towards me.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is the Word of the Lord to me today:</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“The LORD your God is in your midst,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A Warrior who saves.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">He will rejoice over you with joy;</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins],</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. Zephaniah 3:17 Amplified Bible</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And perhaps to you, too. Peace and blessings to you and continue to hold up the people of Uvalde, Texas.</div></div>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-31219419823662141522022-05-27T14:19:00.002-04:002022-05-27T14:19:21.472-04:00Asking for help for the people of Uvalde<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Today is the day we pray for deep,
unspoken prayer requests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continue to
pray for those in Uvalde, Texas. Lord, heal their hurts and send Your Holy
Spirit, the Comforter, to surround them during this time, we pray in Jesus
name. Even give a holy numbness to help the grieving parents through this day.
I know there will be testimonies of Your great help coming forth. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joel
Osteen says, “God wants you to ask Him for big things. Ask Him for those hidden
dreams planted in your heart. Ask Him even for the unborn promise that might
otherwise never come to pass in the natural. Ask Him to restore your broken
ties to family members and other loved ones. Ask Him for a life free of
illness. Ask Him for a full blossoming of your talents. Ask him to fulfill your
highest hopes and dreams.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
asking, Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Psalm
2:8 “Ask Me and I will give you the nations as your inheritance.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zh9JgvRQsM"><span style="color: blue;">The Porter's Gate - Daughters of Zion (feat. Casey J &
Urban Doxology) (Official Live Video) - YouTube</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zh9JgvRQsM<o:p></o:p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-33575170895487962572022-05-26T08:39:00.007-04:002022-05-26T08:39:52.379-04:00Got Tears? Dedicated to the families of Uvalde, Texas<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instead of our normal prayer topic of recovery for today, I
ask that everyone touch and agree and hold up the family members of those
killed in Uvalde, Texas. Lord, we are numb with grief and sorrow and just
unbelief, that people in our world can be so callous and cruel. To shoot a
family member, then many children and teachers is unbelievable. Yet we know
that the enemy of our soul wants to destroy families and he delights in the sin
of humans. There is evil in our world and it consumed first the predator and
then used him to hurt the vulnerable innocent children and teachers. Lord, all
we can do is plead Your blood and ask for mercy for America.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I call my thoughts on this tragedy: Got Tears?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your
bottle... Psalm 56:8 NKJV<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Tuesday, May 24,2022, a horrible tragedy occurred once
again with many school children murdered and a community shattered.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nineteen children – and two adults -- were shot and killed
while at what probably started out as a normal school-day; a day where everyone
was looking forward to finishing the school year and having a summer of fun.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This attack in the predominantly Latino town of Uvalde was
the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. since a gunman killed 20 children and
six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We want to say a tragedy like this is certainly abnormal;
but with more frequent shootings, we may not be able to continue to say such a
statement. We weep anew each day as we hear more about this tragedy and pray
their families are finding solace in their faith, family and friends. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The grief process takes time and I pray that our great
Father God will wrap arms of comfort around those whose family was
affected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully they will find
comfort in the fact that the Lord sees our tears and bottles them in heaven.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the eyes of our Father in heaven the tears we cry may
look like liquid diamonds. They are so precious to Him that He stores them as
jewels that He will uncover within us at the day of His coming.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the tears you have cried are stored in His bottle and
you are drained, He becomes your Restorer, Strength and Hope. Got tears? Yes,
we all do, but we will be amazed at the beauty of those glistening bottles
waiting for us in heaven. Our tears will be there, but our loved ones will be
there as well. Trust that God, even still, has us close under His wing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Donna Collins Tinsley <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
will still post our recovery day song, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzbIrTF5KE&t=23s"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Restore Them To You - YouTube</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzbIrTF5KE&t=23s</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-39932617601265476502022-05-25T18:17:00.005-04:002022-05-25T18:17:50.172-04:00Pray for the people of Uvalde, Texas<p> </p><p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">We
hold up the people affected by the tragedy in Uvalde. Lord, we ask that You
wrap arms of comfort around those who are grieving. We, as a nation, grieve.
May peace reign once again in America we pray. We ask everyone to stop and pray
for these people throughout the day, today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Today
the prayer focus is also on single parents. May the Lord be your Help, Fortress
and Great Provider, Jehovah Jirah. So, we pray especially that You, Lord, give
blessings and special favor to single parents and their children. Put them on a
path that You can bless and let them know there is no lack with You. Send
journeymates to encourage them, I pray. Put our children and grandchildren on a
path that You, Lord, can bless every day of their lives. We speak grace to our
mountains and ask that we all press on and don’t give up or run away.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">We
also pray for those sick, recovering from surgery or in the hospital. For those
who are sick or still in the hospital I pray for healing mercies and thank the
Lord for His tender mercies new every morning. For those who have had long,
painful suffering I pray that You will do what is the very best for them. Thy
will be done, thy kingdom come. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC-zw0zCCtg</span><o:p></o:p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-89495304101901494112022-05-21T13:14:00.003-04:002022-05-21T13:27:56.493-04:00Don't miss, “Your Words Are Powerful Be Careful What You Speak: Encouragement for 365 Days” by Suzi Yelvington!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">“<a name="_Hlk104018575">Your
Words Are Powerful Be Careful What You Speak</a>: Encouragement for 365 Days”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">by Suzi Yelvington uses the
scripture, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, speak life,” (Proverbs
18:21) in a powerful way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve told many people, read
your Bible and read Suzi Yelvington. I think I have nearly all her books now,
and I treasure each one. I’ve given always countless books so that I can feel
like I am on the “same page” with those I love, as each day, we are reading the
same book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Woven between life
experiences, Suzi speaks common sense ways of living and loving to us each day.
You would think these were written by a much older woman, but she has
beautifully learned wisdom young, because I believe, God knew she wouldn’t
waste one gift that He gave her. There were so very many one sentence quotes
that got me, or became words that I passed on, or just powerful words that I
could hold on to.<a name="_Hlk104031042"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk104031042;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">This is a long overdue review. I want Suzi to know how much I
appreciate her faithfulness to the Lord, our God. Although I am much older than
she is, I recognize the gifts and knowledge within her and I am blessed every
time I open a page of “Your Words Are Powerful Be Careful What You Speak!</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
are just a few powerful quotes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not let what you see happening allow you
forget the promises of God.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">“Declare: Today I am going to
make everything around me beautiful, this will be my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Lord hears his people when they call. I
depend on God alone.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“When it’s not in God’s plan, you cannot
force it. But when it is in the plan of God nothing can stop it.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And this might be my favorite quote: “Let God put you back
together right in front of the ones that broke you. You are somebody’s
blessing.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the years that I’ve been following Suzi Yelvington on
Facebook, I’ve become more aware of my words. It seems, at times, that I’ve
become quieter, as the message has sunk deep within my soul. But hopefully,
also when I speak it will be with words of life. I truly recommend this book
and all other books that Suzi has written. It makes me happy to say Suzi is
local to the Daytona Beach area and is also a speaker. </span><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
<a name="_Hlk104018153"><span style="background: white;">Proverbs 18:2: </span></a><a name="_Hlk104018121"><span style="background: white;">Death and life are in the
power of the tongue, speak life.</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Donna Collins
Tinsley<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-60597496019116802862022-05-01T18:36:00.002-04:002022-05-01T18:36:24.073-04:00Prayers for the weekend<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy Sunday and may the Lord send many blessings to your family today, a smile for the weary heart a hug to get you through the day.</span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A Fight to the Finish from Ephesians 6, key is "Pray hard and long.":</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we'll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Be prepared. You're up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it's all over but the shouting you'll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You'll need them throughout your life. God's Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other's spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“Our attitude is the color that paints your life beautiful or gloomy.” She also says, “Be the well-thinker, the blesser. Your difficulties? Strengthened your mind! I speak only when I am certain what I will say is better than what is left unsaid. That’s godly wisdom. Watch your words.” <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/suzi.julianyelvington?__cft__[0]=AZU5FAOPmfW61iJhCnGSt9bF-NlSwYNYrR6o4e9Jq1cHnmlp3_NMx7UVHhujyIV2QHGe5IOXdwRFcd1GwgHHRx7STxdQiNY_BYREhVUEktm90YIym01e4eUUlpbyAmNsuCr2LMTBtzjOd3xmUfPQhCYJ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Suzi Julian Yelvington</span></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We're praying over at Somebody's Mother <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/?__cft__[0]=AZU5FAOPmfW61iJhCnGSt9bF-NlSwYNYrR6o4e9Jq1cHnmlp3_NMx7UVHhujyIV2QHGe5IOXdwRFcd1GwgHHRx7STxdQiNY_BYREhVUEktm90YIym01e4eUUlpbyAmNsuCr2LMTBtzjOd3xmUfPQhCYJ&__tn__=-UK-R#!/groups/119408188089314/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/119408188089314/</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">4/30/22 Once again we are back to the day we pray for those who are dealing with grief. Everywhere we look, we can find someone, missing someone, grieving someone, wishing they could be together again.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">If they died in the Lord, we know they are in a better place. This world is not a bed of roses. Yet the One who wore a crown of thorns, will walk with us through this journey. He will comfort with great Father arms of comfort, like no one on earth can do. He will help you through. Those who miss someone in heaven will make sure they will get there to reunite with their loved one. What a glorious day that will be. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We also pray for those whose loved ones are getting close to leaving. Give them the strength for the journey and words of love and affirmation, and permission to leave. Peace, peace, peace to their hearts. And yours.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">4/29 Proverbs 3:5-6 (MSG) "Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for GOD's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Always-loving God, remind me that even the keenest disappointments aren’t evidence that You stand against me. Instead, those times may be when You’re closest and want me to change directions in my life. Help me to realize that when You withhold, You withhold out of love. I forget so easily, so remind me frequently. Amen." Cecil Murphey</div></div></div></div>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-35970678185726940352022-04-19T11:30:00.001-04:002022-04-19T11:30:10.802-04:00Praying for families of prisoners, today.<p> </p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">On Tuesdays we pray for Jason
Kent and all families who have a loved one incarcerated. There are many
broken-hearted parents who are missing the normal joys of life with their
family because of incarceration. Please send protection, help, wisdom and
healing for these families and their loved ones in Jesus name. I know that
there are brokenhearted grandparents and brothers and sisters also and of
course the children of prisoners endure much each day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Remember the words of the Lord to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This scripture is from another version of the Bible that I use.
Psalm 118 The Message (MSG) 1-4 Thank GOD because he’s good, because his love
never quits. Tell the world, Israel, “<u>His love never quits.”</u> And you,
clan of (Donna)/Aaron, tell the world, “His love never quits.” And you who fear
GOD, join in, “His love never quits.” 5-16 Pushed to the wall, I called to GOD;
from the wide open spaces, he answered. GOD’s now at my side and I’m not
afraid; who would dare lay a hand on me? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Here's some more verses, if you have the time:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Isaiah
54:13New Century Version (NCV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All
your children will be taught by the LORD,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and
they will have much peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Afflicted
city, storm-battered, unpitied:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lay
your foundations with sapphires,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">construct
your towers with rubies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your
gates with jewels,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and
all your walls with precious stones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All
your children will have GOD for their teacher—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">what
a mentor for your children!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You’ll
be built solid, grounded in righteousness,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">far
from any trouble—nothing to fear!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">far
from terror—it won’t even come close!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
anyone attacks you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">don’t
for a moment suppose that I sent them,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
if any should attack,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">nothing
will come of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
create the blacksmith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">who
fires up his forge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and
makes a weapon designed to kill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
also create the destroyer—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but
no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Any
accuser who takes you to court<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">will
be dismissed as a liar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is what GOD’s servants can expect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ll
see to it that everything works out for the best.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GOD’s
Decree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Isaiah
54:13-17The Message (MSG)<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-82173320573762563042022-04-07T09:34:00.001-04:002022-04-07T09:34:25.020-04:00Prayers for those in a recovery walk<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Thursday, a great day for Recovery in the
State of Florida and around our nation. Go to a meeting, attend a small group,
reach out to someone in prayer, be a light in this world. If you don’t feel
like you can do much on your own, join with someone else in their ministry. The
Bible says that one can chase a thousand and two can put ten thousand to flight
(Deuteronomy 32:30).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Surround all who read this today with Your
peace, love and Hope. We are praying strong prayers, though admitting we are
flawed humans that don't really know what to ask for, except we join in Thy
will be done, Thy kingdom come. We see the picture from below, the flawed
strings; the messed-up threads, but You see the beautiful tapestry from heaven
that is the complete, full and beautiful work of art. We yield to You dear Lord
and still we pray. Help, us Lord this day and please be with that one who is
hurting the most; you know who it is. I’m adding a prayer for a newly bereaved mom,
today. Lord, please comfort as only you can do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Replaying our theme song for the words and
message. Many thanks again to Steven Scheffler for doing what I could not, with
my words. His production is awesome and he is a blessing to so many people with
his gift of music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzbIrTF5KE<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This prayer was inspired by the mothers who
pray over at Somebody’s Mother Online Prayer Support Group. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are praying over at Somebody's Mother;
please feel free to join us:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.facebook.com/groups/119408188089314/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I I am standing in
absolute stillness, silent before the one I love,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">waiting as long as it takes for him to rescue
me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Only God is my Savior, and he will not fail
me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For he alone is my
safe place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His wraparound presence always protects me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as my champion defender.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s no risk of failure with God!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So why would I let worry paralyze me,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">even when troubles multiply around me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God’s glory is all
around me!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His wraparound presence is all I need,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for the Lord is my Savior, my hero, and my
life-giving strength.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trust only in God
every moment!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tell him all your troubles and pour out your
heart-longings to him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Believe me when I tell you—he will help you!
Psalms 62:5-8 The Passion Translation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><i><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pause in his presence</span></i><span style="color: #121212; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-23620601266320755052022-03-14T20:51:00.000-04:002022-03-14T20:51:21.279-04:00Don't miss The Scandal of Mercy (Joe Boyd Suspense Series) by Dan Walsh<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Scandal of Mercy (Joe
Boyd Suspense Series) by Dan Walsh <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;">I've read all of the Jack
Turner and Joe Boyd books </span>and I have to say, I hope Dan continues
writing suspense stories. Although I do love all his genres, I have to admit, it’s
always hard to pick a favorite of his books. I normally read them all at least
twice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At first, I was a bit
confused with the prologues and was not sure at all how we would get to the
present day, but Dan is always a master at weaving words. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The dilemma of the aging
ex-con who claimed to be innocent made the book a real page-turner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I could picture all the
characters in this small town and was so happy when justice finally came about.
The reality of what the definition of the scandal of mercy means to each person
on earth was thought provoking. I really liked Sam Clemens and could feel for him
especially because of the time he served in prison. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also liked the title and
the cover of the book. Glad to hear that Dan is already researching his next
book. Keep writing and we’ll keep reading.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-52142552723902414802022-03-14T14:38:00.005-04:002022-03-14T14:38:52.342-04:00You'll love The Prince and the Prodigal”, the newest novel by Jill Eileen Smith<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> The Prince and the Prodigal”, the newest novel by Jill Eileen Smith</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;">I loved reading The Prince
and the Prodigal”, the newest novel <a name="_Hlk98160800">by Jill Eileen Smith</a>.</span>
Of course, that may be because this is one of my all-time favorite stories in
the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was a little thrown off at
first, as in my readings, I can’t see that Judah had become a prodigal, but
later was able to see where the author was going with the story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even knowing the end of the
story, I felt myself hoping for the things that would get Joseph out of bed and
into his destiny. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Dysfunctional family are we”
could be the name of Jacob’s family. We’ve had crazy stuff in our family, but I
came away feeling better, in some ways. But it truly was heartbreaking the
story of Judah with Tamar. Their customs surely were strange back then. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is hard for me to conceive
of brothers hating a brother, but I’m sure many families live with this sort of
drama daily. Thank God for Joseph’s forgiving heart. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I was given a free book for my
review, I was not told how to review it by Revell. I am always happy to review
books by Jill Eileen Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-41124439391442427472022-03-01T15:07:00.002-05:002022-03-01T15:07:39.637-05:00 Celebrating Author Mary F. Caltenco's first book published at age 77<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Journey to the Cross: 10
Meditations on the Day that Changed Everything</span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">by Mary F. Caltenco was a
book that I thought I’d put with my other devotionals and read one day at a
time. But once I started reading it, I finished it in one sitting!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The subject of the cross is
one dear to my heart and I could tell it is close to Mary’s heart also. This
book is a reflection of her two trips to Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">It seemed at first that the
compulsion to write this book was to help mothers who have lost children. That in
itself is a worthy subject, one that is needed. But the many and varied places
she took us in the course of the book expounded more than that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The book started with a
beautiful poem, titled The Way of the Cross. Then the journeys start: The Upper
Room, The Garden of Gethsemane, the Church of Pater Noster, the Mount of
Olives, Golgotha and more. It was a life-giving journey filled with love and
was also very thought-provoking. It is a beautiful book to read as we approach
Easter this year and would make a timely gift.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The titles of chapters give
you a word to meditate on each day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">LOVING<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">SOLITUDE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">PRAYERFUL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">FAITHFUL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">HUMBLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">SACRIFICIAL <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">COURAGEOUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">FORGIVING <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">ETERNAL-MINDED<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">VICTORIOUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The stories within each
chapter were beautiful especially concerning her son, Jeff. Mary’s
grief-journey is unique but beautiful I could tell by reading this book that
she is a woman whose main goal in life was to love her family and friends well.
She has surely accomplished that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, I’ll be reading it
again, taking it a day at a time. Looking for more books by Mary F. Caltenco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Donna Collins Tinsley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=journey+to+the+cross+by+Mary+F.+Caltenco&ref=nb_sb_noss">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=journey+to+the+cross+by+Mary+F.+Caltenco&ref=nb_sb_noss</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=journey+to+the+cross+by+Mary+F.+Caltenco&ref=nb_sb_noss"><span style="color: blue;">Amazon.com : journey to the cross by Mary F. Caltenco</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-19856625779172483082022-02-18T12:32:00.000-05:002022-02-18T12:32:09.076-05:00What it Means to be a Family Member of a Person with a Substance Use Disorder<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What
it Means to be a Family Member of a Person with a Substance Use Disorder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Donna
Collins Tinsley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Substance Use Disorder* (SUD) comes in all shapes and
sizes. There is no “one way” to describe it, and as for most of us it is a
family disease. Each person in every family is unique. The way they relate to
life and living their journey is unique. You can have two children, raised by
the same parents, and one will have SUD and the other never touches alcohol or
drugs. Sometimes it is said to be genetic, it definitely seems to run in
families. Siblings react differently and they experience trauma also, expressed
sometimes in similar ways as the user. Anxiety runs high in many families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As Wynonna Judd used to say “Each person looks out
their window, riding in the same car, and sees different scenery.” That’s how
families are, sometimes. They see and act on things differently; one sibling’s
thought on their childhood may sound like they grew up with totally different
parents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve set myself on a journey, a long time ago, to be
part of the solution and not part of the problem. I’ve had to change a lot of
things about myself, because, God only knows, we can’t change others. I’m
learning new things. I’ve gone from “tough love” to boundaries that are
reasonable, and sometimes, I have to say, back to riding that same
merry-go-round again. I’m learning that language matters, as well as kindness
matters. Sometimes, taking a deep breath, breathing and praying are the only
things that can ease my anxiety.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m more about treating people the way I’d like to be
treated and minding my own business. Or at least I try to. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve gleaned quotes and beautiful writings
from so many who are online friends and also my Al-Anon buddies. I’ve even
learned things from people in Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. I
have a beautiful friend, Bert Drews, who is about 93 and he lights up my life,
as well as the lives of other people who he comes in contact with. He has been working
various 12-Step programs for over 55 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are very few families who have not been affected
by SUD. You can be rich, you can be poor, educated or uneducated, from the
lowest paying job to the White House, as Betty Ford so aptly showed us. It
affects all kinds of families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In my life, I’ve seen grandparents, parents, children
and even my own grandchildren succumb to this disease. Whether they live with
you or not, it affects your family. My own family has wrestled with alcohol misuse,
as well as drug misuse. Mental illness issues can come about with use as well. There
have been times when we didn’t know where some of our family members were for
weeks or months at a time. SUD brings anxiety to families as they watch their
loved ones go on what looks like an endless cycle of pain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The good news is there is so much help available right
now that wasn’t there some years back. The Volusia Recovery Alliance has so
many resources on their web page: treatment programs, in-patient, out-patient,
housing, meetings and so much more. They took up the cause that the Substance
Abuse Task Force began many years back. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Blaine Sonny Curran once said, “You can suffer the
pain of change, or suffer remaining the way you are.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Changes in our lives and family come with the cost of
hard work and perseverance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Online, there is Thrive! Family Addiction Support,
started by Pam Jones Lanhart, a program that uses the CRAFT method or the
Invitation to Change, (ITC) and has helped thousands of people. Pam is one of
our mothers at Somebody’s Mother Online Prayer Support Group and she has helped
thousands of people. She recently endured the pain of losing her dear youngest
son, yet she still presses on to encourage people to love well. She is a light
in a dark world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CRAFT (Community Reinforcement Approach to Family
Training) originated at the University of New Mexico and was developed by
Robert Meyers, Ph.D. and colleagues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CRAFT teaches family members how to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Identify their loved one’s triggers for and results of
their use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Break the patterns that lead to or increase a loved
one’s drinking or using.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Develop and improve communication skills to more
effectively express their needs and requests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Help their loved one access effective addiction
treatment resources when they express interest in treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Learn or re-learn how to take care of themselves and
reconnect with their values so that, regardless of their loved one’s use, they
can still lead a life that is centered on their values and not their loved
one’s drug/alcohol use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If violence or the potential for violence exists, help
family members identify triggers for violence and develop plans to keep
themselves (and their children) safe. (From </span><a href="https://helpingfamilieshelp.com/about-craft/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://helpingfamilieshelp.com/about-craft/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CRAFT empowers you to make changes to <u>your own</u>
life. You’ll learn ways to help your loved one stop or reduce his/her drug or
alcohol use and how to live your life better instead of always concentrating on
your loved one’s addiction. Instead of “steps” you will learn skills that you
can use at various times and in various situations. The goal being, I believe,
that your loved one will want to get help on their own, because you have
learned to love better, in a healthier way of relating to them. If, as
sometimes happens anyway, a death occurs, you will have less regrets than if
you used a more aggressive or confrontational approach. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Really there is so much online that I could write all
day. So, there is help if someone is looking for it. I was reminded of extra
resources from Cathy Hartman, so I’ll post more resources at the bottom of this
page<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am a family member of a person with a Substance Use
Disorder. One day I hope we will have all conquered this and we will be a “picture
perfect” family. Until that time I will commit myself to being a role model of
a person who is learning to take care of themselves, learning to enjoy the life
that I have and love the people in my family. Regardless of what their journey
looks like at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">*Substance
use disorder occurs <strong>when a person's use of alcohol or another
substance (drug) leads to health issues or problems at work, school, or home</strong>.
This disorder is also called substance abuse. The exact cause of substance use
disorder is not known.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Other
Resources:</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alcoholics Anonymous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">AL-Anon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Narcotics Anonymous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nar-Anon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMART RECOVERY <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMART RECOVERY FAMILY AND FRIENDS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Volusia Recovery Alliance
https://volusiarecoveryalliance.org/?fbclid=IwAR2WIO9F40JbwEVl7CmFwYLdE9w4kVkce56MyEH9kNATkB4al8hSgTtsqZU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thrive!
Family Addiction Support
https://thrivefamilyrecoveryresources.org/?fbclid=IwAR1myyUdQcoo8vH9-JtkRC3maOzdpdvRwLWHmmIQD_lLn2nSldtAXDoybEY</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Partnership
to End Addiction ("The nation’s leading organization dedicated to
addiction prevention, treatment and recovery, we are a diverse community of
researchers, advocates, clinicians, communicators and more.”)</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><a href="https://drugfree.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://drugfree.org</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> resources also
for parents, including Parent Coaching from Peers.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">CMC:
Foundation for Change (</span><a href="https://cmcffc.org/"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://cmcffc.org</span></a><u><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">)</span></u><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Wellness
Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) was
originally developed by Mary Ellen Copeland and a group of mental health
service users who wanted to work on their own recovery – this is what they
found worked for them and what helped them recover from their mental health
difficulties.</span> <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/WRAP.pdf</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On Facebook there is the Silver Linings group https://www.facebook.com/groups/silverliningssupportgroup<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why Don’t They Just Quit group.
https://www.facebook.com/ChangingLivesFoundation/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Somebody’s Mother Online Prayer Support Group (a
private Facebook group that joins with you in prayers for your family.) </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/119408188089314"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/119408188089314</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I know this is a limited list, but it is more than I
intended to post when I first had the idea for this subject. Online there are
many other resources, and I welcome hearing what works for you and your family.
There are a lot of things that our family has gone through over the years but I
didn’t feel the need to post everything. I’m very willing to talk to you
personally, though, if you email me at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Thornrose7@aol.com"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thornrose7@aol.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
with RECOVERY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-28391166446054825612022-02-03T19:33:00.000-05:002022-02-03T19:33:02.349-05:00THERE IS JESUS<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There
is Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes, I hear people talking about their fathers
and how precious a relationship they have or have had. Being their father’s
little princess as a child and feeling cherished is something, I’m glad, that
so many women experienced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sad to say, that isn’t my experience or the experience
of a great number of women that I know. But for those of us who’ve lived life
without an earthly father’s love…there is Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is Jesus for our affirmations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is Jesus for our hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is Jesus for our security.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is Jesus to help us keep going forward. He was
there during the pain of an abusive childhood. He is there as I navigate my
life’s journey. Through childbirth and fears; through raising children and now
as I grow older, amidst physical pain and ailments, there is Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He put that strong God-hunger in my heart as a child
because He knew, I would never have that earthly example. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not
unto your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will
direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s been hard to understand why I never got to meet
my own father. Part of me acknowledges that it was that father-hunger that drew
me to Jesus. My need was greater at a much younger age than many other people’s
need. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve told the story before of when I came to the Lord.
As a child, I lived with my grandmother, in Chattanooga Valley. Each Sunday we
were at Flintstone Baptist Church as she played the piano there. One Sunday I
was moved when I heard the altar call and started getting out of my seat,
heading to the front of the church.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As I got up, I felt my grandmother, Nanny, tugging on
my dress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Wait, Donna, till your mom is here to see you,
honey!” she whispered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t know why the urgency within me was so strong,
but I pulled away. “No, Nanny, I must go now.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That was the best decision I ever made in my life.
Jesus is what gets me through the day and the long nights.<span class="reftext"><b><span style="background: white; color: #aa4400;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">There is Jesus, for you, too.</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #001320; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,</span></i><i><span style="color: #001320; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;">Is God in His holy
habitation.</span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">God sets the solitary in families;</span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;">He brings out those who are
bound into prosperity;</span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;">But the rebellious dwell in a
dry land. Psalm 68:5-6</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="reftext"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I think this song, THERE WAS JESUS goes along well
with these thoughts. Check it out.</span></b></span><span class="reftext"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="reftext"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=There+Was+Jesus&FORM=VDMHRS</span></b></span><span class="reftext"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="reftext"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-67518831314303668232022-01-30T11:11:00.003-05:002022-01-30T11:11:38.383-05:00THE GIRL WHO COULD BREATHE UNDER WATER, by Erin Bartels, a book review<p><br />
</p><p class="MsoNormal">As I got into the book, THE GIRL WHO COULD BREATHE UNDER
WATER, by Erin Bartels, I found the backstory and the layers of the story very
intriguing. It was beautifully written and as I read deeper and longer it
became a real page turner.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At first, I was a bit confused about who Kendra was
continually talking to in her mind, but finally figured it out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is my third book that I’ve read by Erin and she is
writing better each time. Although published by Revell there is not a lot of
Christian content, but it was not written in a worldly way, either.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The family dysfunctions and abuses were sadly all too
familiar to me. The author’s note at the end made me both sad for and proud of
Erin. In my experience most of these types of abuses are not singular or
exposed, sometimes leaving lifetime scars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thank Erin for her courage in revealing her pain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I loved the characters in the book, especially Andreas.
Also, I really felt for Kendra when she learned the <i>real </i>family secret.
In real life these things don’t always get revealed while the parents are
alive. That, too, happened to me, but too late for any closure or resolution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although I was given a free book for my review, I was not
told how to review it by Revell. I’m always happy to read and review books by
Erin.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-63133017906770235742021-12-24T09:22:00.003-05:002021-12-24T09:22:52.893-05:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">MERRY CHRISTMAS TO
ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of Gifts, Music
and Life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In thinking about gift giving for the
holidays, I go back to the first Christmas I spent any time with Bill, who is
now my husband. He was in a sad season of his life and I remember making him a
stocking stuffed with Bible verses and encouraging notes, as well as candy and
small trinkets. We were just casual friends and he was always so kind and
helpful to me and my daughter, Regina. He’d even offered to be our protector
during a previous hurricane; turns out I had to save him from a frog that
jumped into the doorway and behind the couch where he was sleeping! I think we
all were more terrified of the frog than the hurricane. I was so relieved that
I was actually able to throw the frog wrapped in a big blanket out the door
during the lull in the storm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The next year was
our first Christmas together as newlyweds. We lived in a small house that
didn’t have heat or air conditioning, but it was a sweet and simple time of our
lives. It seemed, back then we all were happier with less. Despite the lack of
heat, warm memories were made.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Life went on.
Things got complicated. There were some years of ups and downs and then we
decided to move back to Daytona area, to be closer to family. I’m so glad we
did as within a few years Mama, then Poppa John passed away. I remember the
last Christmas we spent together. Mama was so happy she was able to give a
hundred-dollar-bill to all her kids. That was not a luxury she could not have
afforded before, but by then she had her very own money from her Social
Security check that she opted to get early. Looking back now I’m so glad she
did get it early as she died the next year at age 62. She nearly made it to 63.
She’d been so happy to have her “own” money that year and she wanted to share
it with the world. Of course, if you knew my Mama, you know she already shared
everything she had. That was nearly 23 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">What gift gives
you joy to give? Maybe you can’t give out $100 bills but you can give $5 gift
cards to kids or the homeless for food at McDonalds. Maybe you love to give warm
socks or pajamas? You can write a poem or a letter of encouragement to someone.
Or perhaps you can give a senior citizen a ride to an appointment or take them
to see Christmas lights? You may want to create your own stocking of notes and
verses, as I did the first Christmas I spent with Bill. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">These last two
years things have seemed hectic and normal seemed to go out the window. The new
normal might not look like what we’d hoped or dreamed for. Yet through it all
we have to realize that as a family or as a nation, we still have so much to be
grateful for. Listen to some beautiful music, watch a musical or a little child
dance around. Shine as best as you can, smile, it will make people wonder what
you are up to, and give like you’re my mama handing out $100 bills. Those are
the gifts you will remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donna Tinsley
2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUSIC
TAKE US AWAY</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are
you</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trying
to find the love in the season</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trying
to remember</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jesus
is the reason,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking
for some joy to rid yourself:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of
loneliness, physical pain</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or
lack of emotional support?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take
a moment to listen</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Music
is all around you,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
beauty of a violin,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
pitter patter of tiny feet,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
swell of the ocean,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
quiet before the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
music of the storm.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life
has seemed like a storm perhaps this year,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
storm that brought fear</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of
loneliness and pain.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
year</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many
in our family</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Have
experienced loss.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh,
the first night without a loved one,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
well as the first Christmas,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anniversaries,
birthdays,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Getting
through them alone</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh
Jesus,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
are they gone?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There
are no words</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can
give to</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
you feel better.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
comfort of our Savior</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
offer instead.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
those who grieve</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May
you receive</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
peace that the season offers</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
daily refill from the Lord.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
offer to pray for you each day,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
let me know</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
need me to.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
I’ll pray the Lord</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Will
give you a song</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
your heart,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One
to remember your loved one by,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Till
that grand reunion</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUSIC,
TAKE US AWAY.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Donna
Tinsley 2021<o:p></o:p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-34863386677703557072021-11-11T15:48:00.004-05:002021-11-11T15:48:48.159-05:00You won't be turning the lights out till you finish, Lights Out (The SNAP Agency) Paperback by Natalie Walters <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Lights Out (The SNAP Agency) Paperback <i>by Natalie Walters
was not what I was thinking I signed up for but more than met my expectations
for a page-turning, keep you awake, novel. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><i><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><i><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">CIA analyst Brynn Taylor was reunited with Jack Hudson
of the SNAP agency, (</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Strategic Neutralization and Protection Agency)
and the drama, suspense and fireworks began. The chase was on as they looked
for the Egyptian spy, Remon Riad and found a lot of others along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Part of me felt like I was reading Designated Survivor with
the constant suspense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m sure I’ll be reading the rest of the books in the series
and am grateful to Revell Reads for a copy of this book in exchange for my
honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-80722336538994435612021-11-05T12:58:00.000-04:002021-11-05T12:58:05.497-04:00 If you’re looking for suspense, try reading Crosshairs by Patricia Bradley!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><i><span style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If
you’re looking for suspense, try reading Crosshairs by Patricia Bradley!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><i><span style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">After
reading Crosshairs by Patricia Bradley as the third book of a trilogy, I’ll
need to acquaint myself with the first two in the series. It was intriguing
from the beginning and the characters were believable, moral and interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;">Ainsley
Beaumont, who is an Investigative Service Branch ranger, the former FBI sniper
Lincoln Steele, her grandmother and great-aunt Cora all have a story to tell in
a very Southern setting. It was suspenseful and believable and a real page
turner. Will there be a rekindling of romance or have the flames of love died
between Ashley and Linc? You will find yourself rooting for him and hoping he
will become bolder in his feelings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">I received this book free of
charge from Revell Reads in exchange for my honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-85274624200394598882021-10-29T10:45:00.000-04:002021-10-29T10:45:52.527-04:00My thoughts on the Netflix series, MAID, and Domestic Violence Month<p> <span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">My thoughts on the Netflix series, MAID, and Domestic Violence Month </span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{62c041e3-7f75-4c6a-852f-776b16e950a5}{225}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The Netflix series, MAID, is a must-see for everyone </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in my opinion, especially</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> those who work in Social Work and law enforcement. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{62c041e3-7f75-4c6a-852f-776b16e950a5}{225}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{62c041e3-7f75-4c6a-852f-776b16e950a5}{235}" paraid="2068770442" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Having had multiple experiences as a child with domestic violence I know it can leave scars on a child that stays in their heart forever. There are pictures in their mind perhaps of their mother being beat or emotionally tortured and the child sometimes feels guilty for not being able to protect their loved one.</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{62c041e3-7f75-4c6a-852f-776b16e950a5}{235}" paraid="2068770442" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{62c041e3-7f75-4c6a-852f-776b16e950a5}{249}" paraid="682335290" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">A personal experience I had when I was about nine-years-old was the pain I felt when I found out that I slept through my mom being beat in the head with a gun by one of my stepfathers. I vowed I would never let him get away with hurting her again. The next time I heard her screams I ran out the door screaming, “Call the police!” only to find out the one time I was brave, it was a false alarm. Those screams were the result of the news that her mother had died.</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{16}" paraid="957390654" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{20}" paraid="1647705091" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">My mom went on to marry another man with issues but she learned to fight back. Most of his problems came from being an alcoholic, but thankfully, in their later years, he quit drinking and there was peace in their home before they died. But my mom’s choices of men showed a pattern </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and also</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the low self-esteem that many women carry once they have been abused.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{20}" paraid="1647705091" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{30}" paraid="2137472564" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Sometimes law enforcement who haven’t been trained about domestic violence victims can make the victim feel violated all over again. Statistics say that the average woman forgives or goes back to the abuser on the average of seven times before they get true help. The recent </span><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #414141; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">case with Brian Laundrie a person of interest in the killing of Gabby Petito, where there was video of Gabby looking very scared, but not filing charges comes to my mind. 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There was a lot of paperwork to fill out and then she still had no chance of getting help on the day she filed.</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{48}" paraid="1412378124" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p aria-level="2" class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{54}" paraid="485244618" role="heading" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: #2f5496; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">From an online site it says you need to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">prepare a petition for a temporary injunction and file it to the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">appropriate civil</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> court. Within </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">15 days</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, there will be a hearing, and a judge will decide whether to grant your request for a permanent injunction against your abuser. Yet the 15 days or so that you may have to wait to get to court can be days of anxiety and torture as you wonder if you will be stalked or hurt while waiting.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":40,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: black; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p aria-level="2" class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{54}" paraid="485244618" role="heading" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: #2f5496; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":40,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; color: #050505; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #050505; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{79}" paraid="227552160" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #050505; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The court will look at a variety of factors when </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{108}" paraid="1780453206" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">if you have been threatened to have your children harmed or kidnapped</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{115}" paraid="179521398" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">if the abuser has intentionally injured or killed a family pet</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW167632677 BCX8" role="list" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; cursor: text; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{138}" paraid="850797328" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">If the abuser has used or threatened to use any weapons against you</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{145}" paraid="2106634449" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">if the abuser has restrained you from calling the police or leaving your home</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{152}" paraid="1903385647" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">if the abuser has a criminal history involving violence or threats of violence</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{159}" paraid="1271510308" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">if there is any prior order of protection entered against the abuser</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW167632677 BCX8" role="list" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; cursor: text; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{166}" paraid="314762639" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">if the abuser has destroyed your </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">personal property</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{175}" paraid="608732427" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">any other action that would lead you to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">reasonably believe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> that you are in immediate danger of domestic violence</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #545454; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{186}" paraid="1445649269" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 24.8208px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{194}" paraid="415890839" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">When you have a family member facing this type of issues, sometimes you can only pray. This week I felt led to write a prayer request on the local PRAYERLINE that my loved one would have God’s favor and protection. Yesterday I found out the person she is trying to get a restraining order against was arrested for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Thank the good Lord that this assault was not upon my loved one. My hope is that he will get time for the charge he is in jail for and be far removed from our lives.</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{194}" paraid="415890839" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{200}" paraid="1730798663" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I’m glad the series MAID is not only helping victims to learn that they are not alone, but also educating the community about domestic violence. Things are not always what they seem. Sometimes that second chance for protection doesn’t come in time.</span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 23.7417px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX8 SCXW167632677" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW167632677 BCX8" paraeid="{14d4152b-9e90-4970-a4a9-2fd6735b4d09}{212}" paraid="660760639" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167632677 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW167632677 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-77003519907324083382021-10-19T10:19:00.005-04:002021-10-19T11:09:31.114-04:00The psalm that is getting me through the days <p> The psalm that is getting me through the days:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">This psalm
has been my “go to” verses during this time of recuperation from knee surgery.
In the midst of my recovery something else started going on with me that made
it nearly impossible for me to eat or have energy. It might’ve been from my
being anemic and all the iron I was prescribed to take. I’m just now starting
to get my appetite back. Right after my surgery Bill had his birthday and I
remember listening to his birthday song from my sickbed and thinking maybe this
is how it is in heaven, knowing what is going on but not being a participant. Then
I had to really fight a depression that tried to overtake me and make me want
to leave the earth. I know that sounds bad but it was where I was at for a bit.
But for the Lord my God. I thought about quality of life, I thought about the
pain issues, I thought about the hard work to get my knee back in shape and
wasn’t sure I had it in me. There are always some family hurts that seem to be
on my mind, and I feel the pain of those with overwhelming life issues. Yet, my
main thought is FOR THIS WE HAVE JESUS, and JESUS PLEASE DO WHAT IS THE VERY
BEST FOR MY LOVED ONES. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">Although
I had plenty of time, there was no inspiration to write and now my regular
computer seems to have died. My back-up seems to have left some files out, so
once again, I’ve lost work that can’t really be replaced. But listening to Facebook
church broadcasts, and WAPN, sending prayer requests to PRAYERLINE, reading
daily Bible and daily devotions such as Suzi Yelvington’s books, have helped me
press on. A<o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>nd thoughts of my children and grandchildren.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psalm 116 THE PASSION TRANSLATION <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">I am
passionately in love with God because he listens to me.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">He hears my prayers and answers them.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">As long as I live I’ll keep praying to him,</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">for he stoops down to listen to my heart’s cry.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Death once stared me in the face,</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">and I was close to slipping into its dark
shadows.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">I was terrified and overcome with sorrow.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">I cried out to the Lord, “God, come and save me!”</span><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">He was so kind, so gracious to me.</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">Because of his passion toward me,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">he made everything right and he restored me.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">So I’ve learned from my experience</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">that God protects the vulnerable.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">For I was broken and brought low,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">but he answered me and came to my rescue!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Now I can say to myself and to all,</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">“Relax and rest, be confident and serene,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">for the Lord rewards fully those who simply trust
in him.”<b><sup> </sup></b>God has rescued my soul from death’s fear</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">and dried my eyes of many tears.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">He’s kept my feet firmly on his path</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">and strengthened me so that I may please him</span></span><sup><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 7.5pt;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20116&version=TPT#fen-TPT-1806a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: #4a4a4a;">a</span></a>]</span></sup><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">and walk before Yahweh in his fields of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Even when it seems I’m surrounded</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">by many liars and my own fears,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">and though I’m hurting in my suffering and
trauma,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">I still stay faithful to God and speak words of
faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><b><sup><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;"> </span></sup></b><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">So now,
what can I ever give back to God</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">to repay him for the blessings he’s poured out on
me?<b><sup> </sup></b>I will lift up his cup of salvation and praise him
extravagantly</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">for all that he’s done for me.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">I will fulfill the promise I made to God</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">in the presence of his gathered people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">When one of God’s holy lovers dies,</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">it is costly to the Lord, touching his heart.<b><sup> </sup></b>Lord,
because I am your loving servant,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">you have broken open my life and freed me from my
chains.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">Now I’ll worship you passionately and bring to you</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">my sacrifice of praise, drenched with
thanksgiving!<b><sup> </sup></b>I’ll keep my promise to you, God,</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">in the presence of your gathered people, just
like I said I would.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
<b><sup><span style="background: white;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">I will worship you here in your living presence,</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">in the temple in Jerusalem.</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">I will worship and sing hallelujah, for I praise
you, Lord!<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-19643738101670297382021-10-14T11:35:00.000-04:002021-10-14T11:35:07.275-04:00 My review of Murder in the Family: Florida Murder Mystery Series Novel 6 by Jay Heavner<p> </p><p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">Jay Heavner has had a run on Florida murders and I don’t look
for him to stop anytime soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">Through this series of books I’m seeing a good character arc
in Roger. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">In describing a “Character Arc” Jerry Jenkins writes, “It’s
simply the difference between who your character was at the beginning of the
story and who he is by the end [I use he inclusively to mean he or she]. That
doesn’t mean he has to move from flawed to fabulous—but he can. Yet he should
face significant obstacles—both internal and external—that fundamentally change
him.” Since the beginning of this series I’m seeing such a character
progression, with Roger as he peels the layers of his life’s journey. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">There were several chapters towards the end of the book that
really showed a change coming about in Roger’s character. Roger being able to
share some of his family pain with Lester was a big step forward. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the writing was truly moving and I’d
say would be worth the price of the book. I’m not giving away the scenario but
trust me, it’s good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sounds like Roger will be on another Florida adventure pretty
soon. I’m looking forward to reviewing another book for Jay Heavner at that
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-49921543061813749532021-09-29T08:46:00.004-04:002021-09-29T15:54:40.628-04:00My review of The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery Paperback by Amanda Cox<p> </p><p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">The Secret Keepers of Old
Depot Grocery Paperback by Amanda Cox is a story that will keep you reading.
From the sixties to present day, this book is a real page-turner. I’d have to
say that</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">The Secret Keepers of
Old Depot Grocery surely joins in with some of my all-time favorite Southern
women’s fiction. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">I love dual time theme stories that go back to the sixties.
This one did not disappoint. I’m really surprised at the depth of the writing
from such a young author, surely mature beyond her years. The very complicated
situations that arose with so much family drama was very believable to me. The
characters were very loving to the highest degree as far as Clarence, Jimmy, Bo
and Clay, as well as the women the story was about; the hardest thing to believe is the way Glory Ann was treated by her
own mom and dad. Although I know there are people who can turn their backs on
their own children, her parents really took it to an extreme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">I will probably reread this book as it was the type of book that you
devour as you just can’t wait to find the conclusion to this very complicated
but beautiful story.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">Although I received this book free of charge from Revell Reads in
exchan</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">ge for my honest review; I will now be on the lookout for any other books
by Amanda Cox.</span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-74292989788532146482021-09-22T14:01:00.001-04:002021-09-22T14:01:17.151-04:00Don't miss THE HEALING OF NATALIE CURTIS by Jane Kirkpatrick <p> </p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">THE HEALING OF NATALIE CURTIS by Jane Kirkpatrick is a novel based on a
real “wonder woman” of her era. She was a woman who caught the very soul of the
indigenous people and the beautiful artistry that they created. She was truly a
woman before her time. Reading this historical fiction book by Jane Kirkpatrick
makes me want to look up others by her. I was startled to find out what a
prolific writer she is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">Her love of the downtrodden and abused people will inspire you. Her
passion to create and help create the music that was being silenced and get
their story out, will stir you. She knew that to appeal to then President Teddy
Roosevelt was the only way to have the power to help the people she came to
know and love. Her mission was beautiful and I could sense a beautiful soul within
her and those she chose to represent. To take away music from the heart of a
child was truly abusive; she was able to return the song to their heart. They
came to know her heart; a heart of pure gold. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">You will want to read this book, probably more than once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt;">Although I received this book free of charge from Revell Reads in
exchange for my honest review; I look forward to reading any other books by
this author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-69003197597710386592021-09-10T17:23:00.002-04:002021-09-10T17:23:31.450-04:00TGIF! “Just Call to Me. I guarantee I will answer you. I will make you strong & brave.” (Ps.138:3)<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Just Call to Me. I guarantee I will answer you. I will make you strong & brave.” (Ps.138:3)</span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Praying for the many unspoken prayer requests today. I'll probably be reposting this declaration often: May we face the day without fear today Lord, praying for all who need help, resources, healing and more. This is my main declaration today:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> No Weapon formed against us will prosper, we will be the head and not the tail, all of our children and grandchildren will be taught of the Lord, He will be sought by those who did not call our for Him and found by those who did not seek Him. We will not labor in vain, nor bring forth children for trouble, for they will be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord and their offspring with them. It shall come to pass that before we call He shall answer; and while we are yet speaking He will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, (what the Lord showed me in this today I'm inserting my version: families divided will eat together)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Let it be known O enemy of our soul that we PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER OUR FAMILIES/ YOU WILL NOT WIN, CONTROL OR DESTROY WHAT THE LORD OUR GOD HAS STARTED.</div></div>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-67322091095058425782021-09-08T08:59:00.003-04:002021-09-08T08:59:17.108-04:00It's Wednesday! Halfway Through!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Praying for single parent families and their kids today. May
our great God and Lord Jesus give you your heart’s desires, with strength and
provision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I pray that any negativity in your life and any fear for your
children be replaced by love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thanking of many of you in particular and praying the Lord's
breakthrough.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">May the peace of the Lord surround us today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Many of you have
been in the fire for so long you have become used to the pain, but I felt the
Lord say, that now you shall know the blessing of PROMOTION. You shall now know
the blessing of seeing God move on your behalf in power and release you into
greater fullness of your calling and destiny. Do NOT shrink back, this is the
time for you to STAND and for you to TAKE YOUR PLACE." Lana Vawser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">From Accidental Saints “You are a mess, and you are loved.
You have a little issue with anger, and you are loved. I’ve not known you that
long, and you are loved. You think you are going through this alone but you are
wrong, and you are loved. The thing you are experiencing right now seems so
big, but what is bigger is that you are loved.” Nadia Bolz-Weber</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrAdbH28gIg<o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2794604756903530344.post-25395937970069390652021-09-06T09:25:00.000-04:002021-09-06T09:25:01.245-04:00Monday's Prayer and Quotes<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
Mondays we pray for families, your family and mine, those who need us and those
who push us away. Many today are off work; we pray for those essential workers who
can’t take off. Do something today to make someone else smile and you will find
yourself smiling, also.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is an old post I found in my journal but I thought someone could use it again,
today: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“There
is someone you care about that has been in a hard place seemingly much of their
life. It has been a constant concern. You have tried talking to them, you have
succeeded in getting other people talking to them. But nothing has appeared to
get them into the place where blessings are being poured out on them. They seem
to have a block that cannot be overcome. It affects them personally and
relationally. You have prayed again and again, and your prayers have seemed to
hit the ceiling. I am telling you do not stop. Don't give up. Fight the fight
of faith. Continue to believe. Promises will be fulfilled.” Bev Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2
Corinthians 10:4-5 (AMP) "For the weapons of our warfare are not physical
[weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow
and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories
and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the
[true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive
into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)," <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(240, 242, 245); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">"But there
are times when you don’t feel like lifting up your hands to thank and praise
God, yet you do it. Perhaps you feel very discouraged lately. Perhaps
everything is going wrong for you and you feel like your life is in a mess. You
can’t hold back the tears. Yet, you make a conscious decision to lift your
hands and thank God for being in the situation with you. You open your mouth
and begin to praise Him even though you really don’t feel like doing it."
Joseph Prince Ministries <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(240, 242, 245); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(240, 242, 245); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">“If you
haven’t healed it, every time you think about a negative event from your past,
your body produces the exact same chemicals in your body as when it happened.
This means you relive the experience hundreds of times simply because you have
not let it go.” Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">“I want to be the best me I can. So I follow my
natural rhythm, and don’t t try to imitate anyone else.” <i>Unleash the
Writer Within by </i>Cecil Murphy</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(240, 242, 245); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Donna Collins Tinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01448349920680475127noreply@blogger.com0