TIP #7
LAUGH AT YOUR IMPERFECTIONS…
Duane won’t let me grocery shop (thank You, God!) because I want in and out. He’s a coupon guy and our head chef. This is just one way he’s a careful consumer… He’s always checking costs (we get the most value when Christmas shopping.) He holds onto receipts for a good, long time. This scenario will help you understand TIP #7:
A dear friend of mine was telling me he loved his wife because (just one of his many, many reasons I know!) she is frugal! Immediately I shot back with: “Duane loves me anyway!”
Boy! Did we laugh!
Philippians 3:12-14
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.