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I GIVE UP. . .I QUIT. . .IT'S TOO MUCH. . .
Back in September when Jenna resigned as the office manager, I thought this would be a great opportunity. However, I quickly found it difficult to juggle research and other efforts I was involved in and have time left for my family. After less than a week I called several friends to say I didn’t think I would be able to handle working at the office in addition to my other endeavors. This weighed heavy on my mind for several days then one morning on my way to work as I turned on the radio I heard Charles Stanley say “You asked God to put you here and now your complaining; God did his part now you have to stand up and do yours.”
Yesterday I attended an event sponsored by Bear Witness; Agenda 21 Conference – Save the Republic. I learned more disturbing facts regarding the condition of our nation. How can I help with this effort too? What are we going to do?
I spent the night trying to digest all this new information and wondering how I could make an impact on yet another issue. This morning when I checked my email I had more than 65 emails to go through, ugh. After more than two hours I had finally finished going through the emails. However, had yet to begin looking into the information from yesterday. I was feeling overwhelmed and defeated.
It was time to put this on the shelf and take care of some family things, so I decided to head to the grocery store. Sitting in my car at the light, people everywhere, I felt so alone, defeated, and just felt like saying “I QUIT.” I don’t know what made me turn on the radio, but I did. Since I was using my husband’s car I did not know what station would come on, but as soon as I turned on the radio I heard “Don’t try to take care of everything, but pray for everything then ask God for what you need and listen, he will tell you what to do.” This statement was directed to me; I am trying to take care of things without knowing what the “big picture” is.
I finished the grocery shopping and got in the car to head back home. Thinking about what I heard just a short time before and realizing that with God everything is possible. Listening to the radio, I was at the top of the Buchman Bridge and heard this statement on the same station, “Coincidence is spelled GOD.”
The battle we are in for our nation and for those around the world depending on our success is in God’s hands and for that I am thankful. We cannot take care of everything, but we can pray for everything and seek God’s guidance.
There have been so many times recently when I feel there is no answer and no hope as we are up against so many obstacles, but each time I get to this point God reaches out and lets me know he is there. Thank you Father for your words of wisdom today, I feel much better.
All my love,
Debbie
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Comment by Fred Gottshalk on January 16, 2012 at 2:18pm
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Debbie,
I think that you quantified what Billie, and several others(including myself) have said. Sometimes I feel like an octupus going in the direction that each of my eight (?) legs want to take me. But I keep trying to focus on that one leg, which is the dominant leg, that will take me to my goal. I think that is why Billie does not want us going in eight different directions. WE MUST FOCUS ON THE GOAL!!
God Bless You, and all of the FCTP
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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on January 16, 2012 at 12:12pm
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School board? Heck, I want her to run for mayor :)!
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So I guess this would not be a good time to ask you to run for the school board
:)
Lol
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Good job Debbie, thank you for sharing a transparent heart. Steve
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Comment by JL Gawlik on January 11, 2012 at 11:42am
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Ditto on all said, this brought tears to my eyes, i do not even come close to what you do but a lot of times i feel so frustrated and feel so overwhelmed with what is going on in our government in DC, Tallahassee, and locally here in Jacksonville.
I am so fed up with ALL the PC~BS lies. GOD Bless you and yours and thank you so much for ALL that you do.
{{{{{{{{{DeBBiE}}}}}}}}}}
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Debbie,
Wow what a powerful message. I recently had on my mind to drop out of everything and just take care of myself and my family needs, so your message gave me food for thought, because our great country is worth fighting for and whatever the tasks God will find a way, we must listen with the Small, Still, Voice and the answer will come. God bless America
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Debbie,
I am so grateful to you and Lori, you two are the reason I ever got involved with FCTP.
From our very first meeting of Mandarin/Julington Creek I was in love. I was in love with the passion you and Lori showed, it was very contagious. I went directly to Carol and asked if I could start a community group in the Southside/ Baymeadows area on my own.
Know this, you and Lori are responsible for a tremendous influx of talented people all devoted to the mission of FCTP. What you and Debra have done with the Poll Project alone is a huge accomplishment.
We have had many occassions where we practiced our patriotism, wheather waving signs or canvasing neighborhoods for Matt Schellenberg.
You know I love both you ladies and I am availble to help when times seem to gang up on you.
And to think this all started with a disagreement about a post on the web site.
Much Love,
Tom Wright
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Debbie I love you honesty and I love how God ALWAYS meets you where we are at. Thanks for sharing and yes With God ALL things are possible to those who believe. We must keep our ears tuned to what Abba (Daddy) God says not what the media says. We live in this World but we are NOT of this World we live in a different Kingdom with A King that never leaves us nor forsakes us. He doesn't leave his children begging for bread. Even if we have to eat Manna from on High. Thanks again for sharing and encouraging all of us who think that we have to do it all. Ciao Bella
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Comment by Caryl R Stevens on January 9, 2012 at 1:46pm
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Debbie, you are doing good work. I know,. I've seen it. We will all start working together when it is time in God's time...not necessarily our time. Please hang in there. We need your research ability and your organizing ability. See you tomorrow. Hope we have piles of postcards returned!
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Comment by Jerry Tisdell on January 9, 2012 at 8:41am
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It is funny Debbie how things work and how messages come to each of us. I wanted to attend that very same meeting. On Friday I was doing some remedial plumbing in my house. As I shut the water to the house off the handle snapped on me. So I went and got a new valve and fittings. As I was installing the new pipe to the old pipe it simply fell off in my hand from under the house. That was a strange shock, as it was late I knew there would be no meeting in the morning for me. I was not going under the house at night and had to put the repair off until the morning. By noon the water was back on. I have been working on a project for a year now that I feel will have a powerful impact in a big way. Knowing how I am had I gone to that meeting it may have taken me from my direction. When I opened my email this morning and read what you wrote I knew then why my plumbing problems got unusually worse for no apparent reason. Thank you for what you wrote, Jerry
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