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| Sunday, October 07, 2007 |
| Speaking Up |
This weekend I had to speak at a women's retreat at my mother's church. I spoke at 3 different session breakouts. I have spoken to groups before, but they've always been groups I was involved in and knew the people. This weekend I was a little nervous.
They asked me to speak about 6 months ago, required a seminar synopsis in June and a general outline that was to be printed in all of the books by the end of August. They were very prepared, but it was a little difficult to estimate what exactly would come out when I started talking.
The sessions were 50 minutes long and when I practiced for D this past week, I was at an hour and 10 min. Whoops! I cut a lot of it and still had to rush through some of it when it came right down to it.
My title was "Crossroads: Faith vs. Security". The general premise was that, as Christians, many times we don't want to step out on faith and take the risk for Christ, we would rather stay in the warm cozy shell of presumed safety. I used many examples of risk-takers from the Bible and from today's times too. I was able to share about our adoption story.
I really had a good time with my mother at the retreat and it was good to get out of my comfort zone a little and have to speak in front of a crowd. Maybe I'll share more of my topic content later if anyone is interested. It is certainly a passion I have.
My mother's birthday is this Wednesday, maybe the last birthday where I will be able to hand her a gift face-to-face. I was able to give her a new Bible, a NIV Study Bible. I was so excited.
Last week when my parents were down for the camp-out, I noticed that my mother's knee was swollen. This weekend it was still swollen, but it was also swollen into her leg area. Last night, by the time I drove home, my dad had called and said they were admitting her to the hospital with a blood clot. My mother got on the phone a little later and said that she had suspected it all along, but didn't want to miss the retreat with me. Mother, Mother! Please pray for her healing and that it will break up with no complications.
As for my dear hubby, he's healing, but is very impatient with being in the sling. I had to go to work with him last Thursday to play "catch-up" and I have a feeling I'll be taking him to work quite a bit over this next month while he has to keep his right arm immobile. He gets his staples out tomorrow and hopefully E gets her boot off tomorrow. They have the same orthopedic doctor. |
posted by 6blessings @ 5:53 AM  |
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Oh my. A blood clot is nothing to mess around with. I'm glad she's receiving care for it now.
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shouldn't you get a 2 for 1 at the doctors or something? Hope everyone heals quick
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I'm glad your mother is in the hospital getting help. She should have gone sooner. My mother passed away at 52 from a blood clot almost eight years ago. I hope yours has a fast recovery.
Kristin
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Oh my. A blood clot is nothing to mess around with. I'm glad she's receiving care for it now.