After hugging it (yup, I really and truly hugged it.) I flipped open the front cover to see if my name and number were in it—like they were supposed to be—so if I happened to leave it laying around again there would be hope of finding it, again.
Guess what's inside the front cover?
I would've gladly crawled under the pew in embarrassment...if it hadn't been so true!
It says:
Everyday Life of a Looney
Right there on the front page, right where my name was supposed to be!
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After blushing and looking around to see if anyone had seen or heard that annoying little Birdie, I laughed all the way out to the parking lot.
This is one shoe that definitely fits me. Most of the time I feel like I'm living the life of a Looney. There are days when I think I'm one step from the Funny Farm, and there are days I'm convinced that I'm already there! But you know, that's okay! As long as I know I'm where God wants me, doing what God wants me to do, then I will gladly be a Looney.
and His grace toward me did not prove vain;
but I labored even more than all of them,
yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
~I Corinthians 15:10
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For me, being a Looney in the world's eyes has resulted in tremendous blessings for me. It has more than surpassed anything the world might have to offer me. I don't regret being a Looney, not even the teeniest bit. Why?
For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. ~Philippians 2:13
That explains it all to me in a nutshell.
For HIS pleasure. Not mine, HIS.
So, what shoes are you wearing?
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Green and pink sneakers Originally uploaded by EyeTwoEye
Red shoes originally uploaded by Daemys
How funny. You talk about living a looney life and I talk about living out life like an odd duck:) LOL.
ReplyDeleteLove this thought today and living looney right beside you, my friend.
mmwwaa!!!
Fellow Looney here! ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope me saying I'm looney too will make you feel any less special - cuz you are ;).
ReplyDeleteWonderful reminder, dear, of God's purpose for all of us, and everything about us--including our looniness!