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Religious fashion shows…

23 Friday Jan 2009

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My glamazon movements be it in the kitchen, scouring the toilets with a pumice stone (spent a large chunk of time making a big splash there yesterday), the car, the line at the post office or waiting on a bench outside Sephora for our daughter have purpose.  God  consistly  guides my day through selected readings from each section of the bible.  I use the YWAM personal prayer diary daily planner.  My first reading  today is Matthew 23 from the Message. 

 Eugene Peterson titled the chapter Religious Fashion Shows.  Jesus is warning religious leaders not to place beasts of burden (my Rolling Stone take on Eugene’s words) on their people.  I found the whole chapter completely intriguing…

I am a “religious leader” who loves fashion shows.  Saturday mornings were filled with excitement, Elsa Klensch came on at 6am with shows from Paris, Milan, Tokyo and anywhere you can imagine. 

 Growing up in Iowa does not sound so chic, but it is.  Women in my home town dressed beautifully, and my mother was and is vivacious and  very, very elegant … extremely funny to boot…. Praise God.  The men were not so well dressed with the exception of my gracious Dad and several others to include Ray and Mike.  The  big joke was that I had to go out of state to find a man to marry who would wear a collared shirt.

  Resting here at the breakfast table my handsome collared shirt hubby has delivered scrambled eggs to my place mat.  Perhaps my days of pudge will fade. 

Back to fashion…the current fashions are stunning for spring and flattering for all.  The traditional 50’s knee length A-line skirt is in vogue and complements all figures. 

Sooo what are religious fashion shows and how can I avoid them. 

Very fashionable prayer…Notre Pe’re qui es aux cleaux, ton nom soit sanctife’e; ta volonte’ soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel; donnenous aujourd’hui notre pain, quotien; pardonnons a ceux qui nous ont offens’es; et ne nous induis point dans la tentation; mais de’livivre-nous du main; car a toi appartient la regne, la puissance, et la glorire a’ jamais.  amen   Impress all your hip peeps with your french, but how will you lead them to Jesus if they cannot understand the language your speaking? 

2006 had a conference “Wake Up Call”…Christianity in America won’t survive another decade was the tag line to hook you to the conference.

  Our Father who art in heaven boiled it down for us in all sorts of practical ways in Matthew 23.  Our pure clean heart washed with our  Saviours blood is the breakout fashion statement for all times.  Gorgeous gold belts and chains are not necessary for this type of hip,  the chains broken from the enslavement of hypocrisy are hip.

  “For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then turn him into twice the son of hell as you yourselves are”  Matthew 23 v. 15  NLT 

 Well ouch and douple ouch…I crossed 15 hours of land to get to Texas, making new converts twice the sons of hell was not what I had in mind.  Our sign of beauty will not be from bejeweled prayer shawls. 

Leading others to the presence of the Lord is all the leading I want to do…

I’ll be leaving the religiousity to those who want to make fashion statements.  My heart is trembling my friends and resting in His peaceful presence all at the same time.

True alive faith in Christ is the only style…Rest in Him Alone, Trish

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Make Do Monday in Texas…

19 Monday Jan 2009

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Our borrowed european frig...

Our borrowed european frig...

mini stairclimber and thighmaster for rainy days in Texas

mini stairclimber and thighmaster for rainy days in Texas

Our tv...sans cable...dvd's only...

Our tv...sans cable...dvd's only...

Today is Make Do Monday according to AnnKroeker.com.  Our family is making do in all sorts of ways today.  

We have decided to simplify our lives radically in the past few years and our recent move to Texas is no exception.  We did not recieve our household goods for 10 days and made do with blow up mattresses and cell phones.  The unexpected gift in our move I recieved was this gift of time, reflection and renewal in my soul.

One of the most instuctive verses in scripture for me has been in Psalm 17 verse 4 …

“Those who chase after other gods will be filled with sorrow”   The more space I free up in my days is more time to fill up with His guidance.   We are now enjoying time to rest attentively in our Fathers instruction…the B I B L E …in other words…this naturally causes less desire  for anything in this world that is matierial.  The craving for relationship is filled with my Lord, my family and my new church body. 

 Thinking about God surrounded by His Holy Spirit entering a new refreshing peace and quiet was extraordinary. 

 We recieved our goods a week and 1/2 ago and and are continuing to enjoy no home phone,  no tv, and making do without a large frig.  We were loaned a european size refrigerator and are surviving just fine. 

 The benefits of the former luxuries are whaning as we enjoy a  reflective home, free of excess noise and considerably more produce in our diets. 

 Our daughter has had a smile on her face almost continuously since we arrived to the lone star state. Due to a lack of variables, we will assume her creativity has kicked into high gear to fill her days once filled with nonstop disney channel.  She has taken up guitar (on her own initiative she asked our youth leader to teach her and a couple friends before the youth group every sunday eve), riding her bike everywhere you can imagine in our new town, and met lots of children in the neighborhood.  She is new in town,  and popular opinion would advise me to sign her up for all sorts of activities so she can make friends.  I have not been shuttling her to anything anywhere, and yet a content child is residing in our lovely new home.   The spirit of our beautiful saviour is fully present in my soon to be teen.

   We share one car and my husband walked 7 miles home from the church last week.  The weather has been very mild since we arrived. My fav pastor descibed his long saunter as really relaxing.  It also gave him a couple hours to just enjoy the outdoors and bask in the love of Christ.

  I have walked everywhere…the store, the post office, the local coffee shop, and to lunch at a local chinese restaurant with  my in-laws who came to visit.  They are used to watching Fox News, but were able to find it on the internet. 

 We have free internet in our new community and have enjoyed it from Day 1 to stay connected with the outside world.  The speed of emails is much slower than we are used to, but Ann Kroeker has been telling us all to slow down:) 

 We have had a couple rainy days and I’ve enjoyed my loooooow tech climber.  The thighmaster is now free of dust since I’m trying to diminish the stature of my new set of thunder thighs thanks to all the delish texan cuisine from my new church friends….. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh the body of Christ. 

Resting in peace and quiet in Him, Trish

Everything is Bigger in Texas…including my bum

09 Friday Jan 2009

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Comedic rantings of a pastor’s wife recently moved to Texas…yes that’s me Trish Southard who is suppose to be unpacking boxes and I’ve been packing pounds. Packing pounds is a way to let all of you know when the Lord said “My purpose is to give life in all its fullness” in John 10:10 who knew it would include a full backside. I located our scale in a box yesterday and thought seriously about donating it to the Goodwill. I wondered how the excess fluff and fullness arrived on my posterior, and the lightbulb came on as I veiwed reciepts in my wallet. Our dining establishments this past week have been the following in no particular order….Daylight Donuts, Texas Land and Cattle Company, Smokey Mo’s BBQ, Einsteins, Moonie’s Burger House, Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits, J and J Bar-B-Que and a delicious mexican restaurant El Jardin’s. We also enjoyed and Italian dinner in catered by our friends the Palmers, a Sugar Bowl party and a Fiesta Bowl party. I asked at Moonies if they had a Trader Joe’s in town and the waitress said aaaahhhh honey its way down in south Austin, you best make due with what we have up north Austin it’s about an hours drive south of here.
The spread of girth has even traveled to our smallest furry friend Daisy. She is enjoying a new doggy door. We all noticed as the week progressed here in Austin she is having a harder time getting through. Her front half is fine, her hind quarters are carrying a bit of junk in the trunk. She consumed burgers from various diners on our way to Texas.
Our little Daisy has road poundage catching up to her. I really have no way to spiritualize this experience except to say I’ll probably need to begin fasting and turning to the Lord each time I’m tempted to turn into Moonie’s.

 I failed to mention almost all these yummy Texas establishments are within walking distance of our lovely home, my friend Ann Kroeker prayed specifically for a home close to the town center.  I have walked to Daylight Donuts.
So I’m gonna name it and claim it today …Exodus 14:13
“Don’t be afraid. Just stand where you are and watch, and you will see the wonderful way the Lord will rescue you today.”
Father rescue me from the sin of gluttony and allow me to enjoy the delicious food of Austin in moderation.

V. Raymond Edmond said it best…”Some of our shortest prayers are our most effectual ones.”

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