tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69447672011-04-22T14:22:29.977+10:00A journal about my journey of faith and freedom.Janet's Journeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733812364634965216noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944767.post-1172434351343170592007-02-26T06:59:00.000+11:002007-02-26T07:12:31.356+11:00

Hello there. Been wondering how I am doing. Good thanks. I am getting more energy each day, I am going for 40 minute walks most days of the week, and last week I lost 2.4kg - that is just over 11 kg all up so far. Oh and best of all, I am not hungry all of the time - yee hah! Actually, I can tell that my stomach is getting smaller, and the band is not quite as effective, but that is to be

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This week, Oprah had a show on people who have had gastric bypass and transfer their addiction for food to another addiction e.g. alcohol or sex.This is a very real issue that should be addressed. The reality is that it is not only very possible to become addicted, it is most likely a problem for people who are morbidly obese. Food is a comfort that is socially acceptable (at least in its use,

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I am sure some of you are thinking that surgery is a pretty radical solution for something I have proved that I can do in the past. I guess it is easy to think that I just needed to stick with it - in fact I told myself that many times.Once surgery was recommended to me - and when it comes from a specialist, you really have to think about it seriously, I did some research. One of the proved

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On February 7th, 2007, I underwent what I suspect will be one of those life-changing events for me. I had surgery and had a lapband inserted around my stomach. It is a long story as to what brought me to this place, one I will tell you in coming days.However, I wrote the following story of my weight loss journey to a new friend I had made in a group for lapband people. I thought I would put it

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My hands are gifted – or so people say. They can hit a series of black and white levers on a piano to create inspirational music, convert thousands of little red glass beads and wire into a beautiful red rose, cut and fold and glue paper to make a unique card, or turn a plain piece of fabric into a glamorous outfit.I treasure my hands. Without them I could not put my thoughts down on paper (or

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After a very reflective Good Friday, Easter Sunday was celebration of Jesus resurrection. Dagmar put together the most beautiful arrangement with the cross, red willow and 4 arum lillies. I will have to see if I can get a photo of it - it was wonderful.On a personal note - I had enjoyed the long weekend, having time to rest and re-create. I have been (and almost finished) crocheting a poncho

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Last week, I had a chance to talk with Pastor Ron about life. I recognised I was missing people from Maryborough - just to be with familiar people, people who had known me for a long time.On Wednesday, Ron sends me an email asking if we were going to be around on the weekend - He knew I was in for a surprise, and he allowed to tell me anyyyyyyythingggggggg. Well you can imagine how my mind just

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Today I was challenged about where was my blog. Pastor Ron got me... Something about "stirring one another on to good deeds" or something I suspect!Anyhow - it motivated me to set my laptop up so I can actually get on here. I have been setting it up on the dining room table each time I go on the net lately, and you can imagine that sometimes it was easier not to do it. Now it is on my darls

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One of the "issues" for me in moving to Canberra was to find a church home and family. Part of the anguish that I felt about leaving Mryborough was that something good was happening in the Church of Christ in Maryborough, in particular a move toward being an "emerging" or "missional" church - (two descriptive words that may not mean a lot to some who read this - just file them away in your mind,

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I went for an interview this morning at an organisations called AirServices Australia - they are the people who provide the fire engines at airports. It is a 3 month job, and looks positive - and good pay too so I am told. I will be working with the Deputy Chief Fire Officer on fleet management - purchasing and maintenance of fire engines etc. - well actually I won't ever have to touch a fire

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Hi everyone. A week has gone since coming to Canberra. I am learning how to drive around Canberra's circle streets, and maybe learning it's unique way of constantly changing from 1 lane to 2 lanes, and then merging back into 1 lane again. I can nearly find my way to the Belconnen Mall and home again, and sort of make sense of the parking places where you have to decide before you leave the

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What a day - trying to find my way around Canberra City, and finding buildings with recruiting agencies. However, I did manage to front up to 4 different ones and got an interview with an agency. She gave me some good hints on how to improve my resume - especially for the market here in Canberra. So tomorrow morning I have to get up early with a clear brain.We visited Grace church yesterday -

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Well we have arrived in Canberra. The journey was not quite as expected - but we got here safely.We got away on Monday morning, having found out that the truck would not be picking up the boxes till at least that afternoon. Our neighbour very kindly agreed to let them into the house. Just as well we didn't wait because they didn't come until Tuesday afternoon!!We got as far as Toowoomba, and

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It is now 10 days until we begin the 18 hour drive to Canberra. We will do ir over 2 days - visiting my son on the way.The garage sale we planned didn't happen - the advertisement was not in the newspaper. Actually I was really relieved, and we pulled in the signs. We made an announcement at church on Sunday that people could come and take anything they needed.The upshot of it is that nearly

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Well it is all happening. What a mad couple of weeks.I have 2 1/2 weeks work left at the School - time to finish an Operations Manual, Web site and the Records Management System.My dear one is working hard at packing, and setting up for a garage sale this Saturday. Even though we planned, and did cull LOTS of stuff, we still have about 8 cubic metres of boxes - virtually no furniture...I have

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After many years of alienation with his children, Bob (my darls) had the joy of reconciliation during 2005. This has - to our joy - included two beautiful grandsons, and a wonderful son-in-law. His youngest son stayed with us for nearly 2 weeks after Christmas, giving his mother (Bob's first wife) time to spend with her fiance and family before their wedding early this year.In light of my

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Today was a Christmas that wasn't going to be a family occcasion. Both of my children and their partners came home a few weeks ago, and we celebrated a birthday party. My Darl's children are in Canberra - just too far away to even consider, though, we would have loved to be with them - that is another story.Instead - we had a Christmas dinner with a difference, but one that our Pastor and his

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It is watershed moment in life when your baby becomes "officially" grown up. My darling Rosebud turned 21 this week. Yippeeee - you see, I see the purpose of being a parent is to bring your children into independence. With my baby, I was not too sure it would ever arrive!!! (well a couple of years ago, anyhow)The most wonderful part was that both my son and daughter brought their girlfriend/

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It is a couple of weeks since we came back home again - but life has been busy catching up.My Darl's Mum passed away the day after my birthday, after only 3 weeks of being really ill. She was 87 years old, and had been active right up to a couple of months before she got sick. Her golf club ladies were saying that she was playing golf this year!We had the privilege of being able to pray with

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My friend City Bound Train who I encourage to blog has returned the compliment - bless her. The name of her blog is appropriate for my week just gone.M darl's Mum, who is 86, has been hospitalised, and they have discovered that she is riddled with cancer. She is not expected to see Christmas. So Darls and I have been in Sydney for a week, travelling the trains to visit the hospital and see

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This morning at church we had a visit from a young (well he is young to me!!) man who grew up in our church, and baptised there, who has spent the last few years in Nepal with Operation Mobilisation. Actually - be was born in Nepal because his parents were missionaries there!What challenged me was his simple direct story of total reliance on God in dangerous situations. No airs or graces - just

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A couple of my favourite bloggers Michael and Bobbie have talked about slowing down lately.This has been a real issue for us this year. When I was being treated for lipodema, my Darls had to wrap both my legs every day with bandages from toes to thighs. It took up to 3 hours each day to unwrap the legs, have a shower and massage, and rewrap the legs again, especially at the beginning. We

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Phil & Dan McCreedon at Signposts have been posting Geoff Bullock's rewording of a number of his songs "to take into consideration his changing theology and understanding of grace".If you have not caught up on some of Geoff's story in the past 10 years, it is worth catching up on here.I have played piano in church from when I was a teenager, and it provides for me a real expression of worship.

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Thank you Bobbie and Michael for your return comments. I guess I figured I had dropped off people's lists!!I just had an interesting couple of days. I went to Brisbane with our Principal Suzanne (a good friend) for some professional development. It was a great time. On driving down (about 2.5 hours), a noise started in the car. We got our poor, wonderful mechanic out of bed before 7.00am on

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Hello thereAnj sent me an email this morning to say hello. It has been so long since I have been in touch on here that it feels wonderful to be remembered.I am still around, and learning to enjoy the "new size" me. I lost nearly 40kg, but have remained stable for the past 6 months - hard to rememeber that 12 monts ago I was in hospital, and was about to go into day 2...The journey has been

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I know ... I know ... it has been a month and more. I think I can put it down to an upcoming 45th Birthday - I am sure that is an excuse for anything. I am still doing very well. Every day I acheive my goal of remaining under 1500 Calories or thereabouts. I am so grateful that I am not feeling hungry, or craving food - and acknowledge that God has been good, and so has the medication!!! Most

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Saturday again - and it is voting day for us. In a way I understand many don't understand, we have compulsory voting in Aust. It is an offense NOT to go and vote for your government every 3 years. So we will do our civic duty later on - build it into a walk I trust. It is also my son's 22nd birthday - and he is away at University. I had better not ring him up at 8.20am, that is his sleep

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This is to remind me that I made the right choice today. This afternoon I wanted to get a pair of sunglasses to wear when I am in the pool - it is getting bright and warm over here. A couple of weeks ago, we sent our car to the car cemetry - and are just waiting to buy another one. A wonderful friend lent us a car for the weekend. We live not far from the shops - which is good because it is an

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I am sorry to have been so silent. I have been very busy these days. I have been (almost every day) getting up before 6.00 and going for a walk, before getting ready to go to school. Some mornings I use the exercise bike (15 minutes at the moment - trying to extend that slowly to 30 minutes). When I can I go to the pool in the middle of the day for a 45 -60 minute session of exercising. My

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Michael Main http://www.michaelmain.com/2004_09_01_theach.html#109486469659040515 tlkes about seeking God as to the Baptism of the Spirit, and what it means for him. This is my response to his post. Michael, Your search for all that God has for you is one I resonate with. I too was raised in a non-charismatic church, one which in fact, taught that the demonstrative gifts of the spirit were not

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I know why I needed to come home. My Darls was to be a part of my next stage of healing. While in hospital I was flicking through the TV channels, and heard a few words of a preacher man. He was talking about a book written by a woman saying that as women, we know when a man is looking at us with lust. This sparked off a series of thoughts in my head. "No man would look at me with lust" I

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I don't have my lovely flowers anymore... That is sad But not to sad - because I couldn't carry them home on the train with me !!! Yes... I am home again with my Darls and wonderful girl. I am home. There is nothing like a good cuddle in your own bed. I was terribly homesick/lovesick over the weekend. When I woke up on Monday just as bad - I decided to ask if I could go home. The Dr

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The surprise visit was my friends Janet and Keith. That was really special. Janet is an ex-Jenny Craig consultant, and has wanted to see me lose weight for some time. She is wonderful. They tried to find a single red rose for me - but couldn't find one. I got a bucket load of roses - well six of them in a bucket. Then we went shopping - looking for a pair of bike shorts as the ones I had

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Hi everyone I have been neglecting my blog dreadfully this week. My excuse - well I has having trouble getting online. Worse - Wednesday at midday I started getting a migraine. Finally today, I can say it is gone, and so I have spent 2 days in bed. Talk about frustrating - well it was when I could put the energy into thinking about it. I went for a SHORT walk this afternoon - and it was

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Sorry - I see it has been 3 days since I posted. I could blame having trouble connecting in hospital, but if I were honest, I have been distracted!!! It has been sooooo good to have my Darls visit. He gives me such stability, and a safe place to be. But it has also been fun showing off what I can do. We had a 1 hour aquarobics session just after he arrivcd, where we did a cardio workout - and I

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My darling, and my friends Barry and Iris are coming to visit tomorrow. My Darls is staying in a lodge across the road for 2 nights. Guess who is NOT sleeping in a hospital bed for those 2 nights!!! The physio has said he can come into the pool with me, to learn what I need to do and encourage me. This should be fun (as if we don't create enough fun in the pool already). I hope he is

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Bobbie (emergening sideways) has been struggling lately. And I am frustrated... because for some reason I cant leave a comment on her site (something to do with my Norton Internet Security setting I think), and I can't send her an email (Something to do with the broadband / dial-up connections clash) ... but I know she reads this. So I am sending you a message here Bobbie I don't know what to

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“The Word for Today” (www,ucb.comau) has this reading for today. “Let us throw off everything that hinders, and the sin that so easily entangles us and … run (Hebrews 12:1) Roman athletes stripped down to a simple loin cloth to make sure nothing prevented them from running their fastest. How about you? Do you just want the fun of being in the race, or are you racing to win? To succeed at

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Yesterday I spent 4 hours in the pool, including doing some cardio exercises. All the time they are pushing me into new territory where I have never ventured before. The deep pool has jets down one side, which creates quite a strong stream. We have to run in the water against the flow of the jets, and then run on the spot for several minutes. I am determined I will be able to go the full

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What a lot of changes that have happened to me in 1 week!. Last night, I realised that I could make my quads work - and see it happen!!! Thought I would put up some of the things I am learning that are helping me. Dr P (the psycologist who works with us) says there are 8 reasons (not excuses) why people become, remain or return to being fat. Lack of information on how to maintain weight loss.

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If my darling leaves me messages on here, I will send him one back. If my Darls, you want to come walking with me, you had better get some practice in. I walk a lot faster than I used to. And I suspect that some new clothes will be in order soon... But I am still your "old" wife you know. I love you just as much. I told the physio the other day - I didn't know it, but the feeling after a good

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It has been a good day, and a hard day. Good: I went for a 20 minute walk in the park behind the hospital. I discovered that delightful feeling of coming back from a good walk. Good: Being able to "jog" in the pool for 15 minutes. Hard: The second session in the pool was designed to push me to a new level. I was in the deep pool (too deep to touch the floor) - with a flotation devise around the

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The preliinary results of the sleep test is that I do NOT have apnoea (Yippee) - just insomnia. Today was another good say. I am getting stronger in the pool - and actually nearly worked up a sweat, and definately raised the heart rate for some time. . I go for the first weigh and measure tomorrow - should be interesting. I rewarded myself to day for the walk yesterday with a hair cut - my

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Last night I got wired up in the most inconceivable places to test how well I sleep. About 18 connections to the head, and jaw and nose and temples/eyes and chest and legs. Then I had to prove how well I sleep!!! Actually I slept the best I have for a while - given that I had 2 hours sleep the night before, and managed not to take a nap all day, and began walking, I guess that is not

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Here are the verses Barry sent me in the last post Isaiah 41:10 Do not be afraid for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right handHebrews 12:10-13 For out earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always right and good for us because it means

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Tonight I am a mess. After completing the second session in the pool today, I was feeling - well if not good, at least I could say I enjoyed it - sort of. About an hour later I was a crying mess. Of all things the nurse went to take my blood pressure, and the tightness of the cuff hurt my muscles so bad. Till then I was holding it together - feeling nauseous, and rather sorry for myself, but

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And do I know it!!! Another seesion in the pool this morning. M. tells me that it was the relaxing session - we will do a workout this afternoon. Ohhhhhhh. I am aching now!!!! Actually, this morning I enjoyed it. Had no problems going in - must just have been a massive resistance at the beginning yesterday. I bought a pedometer this morning (supposed to measure your steps). The idea is

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The beginning of Day 2. Boy that session in the pool knocked me about - I fell asleep early, but did the usual waking up after 2 hours. Finally I accepted some medication, and then slept well for the rest of the night. My muscles hurt last night, but they are OK this morning, just a little tired. One of the big fears I face comes from the years of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Pushing yourself

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Monday 7.34 am One night’s sleep – well sort of. I am not comfortable in the little bed – yes Darls – it is 3 ft 6 wide, while you sleep alone on the Queen waterbed!!! But I did sleep. I am feeling anxious about the unknown today; afraid I won’t be able to keep up. They are about to serve us some meal replacement drinks for breakfast. I have been taking these at home, and they are not too

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I spent 6 hours today on a train to come to hospital... and finally got here about 5.00. Got set up in a single room which was as good as a hotel room. But sadly, they come and tell us that we are in the wrong rooms, and got moved to an older area of the hospital. Still nice, just not the new room we were in. Who is the we? Oh... I have a room mate M who is here for the same thing. She has

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Welll I have finished doing what I needed to at work so I can go away for 2 weeks, without too much disruption. I have prepared agendas, left lists and contact details, even comissioned a brochure to be printed. Now I need to leave things at home in some order. Make sure the bills that fall due in the next couple of weeks are paid, leave my desk in some sort of order. Fortunately my darling

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Can anyone help me? I installed Internet Security last week, and how I cannot access any Haloscan comments... and far too many of my friends have Haloscan comments ... bobbie, neritia, When I turn the "Enable Script Blocking" OFF, it still does not allow me to see the comments. I press the comments button, and it changes colour as though I have visited the link, but NOTHING else happens. I

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Some of you lovely people in blogdom have contacted me to say I have been quiet lately. Thank you. I appreciate feeling cared for. It has been a busy couple of weeks for me. I have started working full time at the school, and finding I was coming home and crashing. Thankfully Miss 20 yr old agreed to cook the family dinner (with a little incentive!!). I also have been away at another

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Neritia has posted about her struggle with forgiveness and unforgiveness.  This is a topic close to my heart.   Jesus says a lot about forgiveness.  It was really important to Him too.  “If you forgive those who sin against you, your Heavenly Father will forgive you.  But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins."   This almost seems like it is saying that God's

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One of life's lessons I have been learning in the past 6 months is to wait on God when I desire something.  I commented "but I am keen to pursue what God has done in my heart, and see what difference that will make over say 6 months." in the last post.    I was thinking how it would have been good to wait a few more weeks for the appointment - and then on Thursday, a phone call comes through to

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Everything seems like a whirlwind at the moment. There is sudden and dramatic growth happening at the Christian School I am working with, and this means lot of work to be done to facilitate some of the aspects of it. I can see several weeks of long hours coming up. This excites me - as I enjoy "getting my teeth into" a good challenge. Please pray for me - that God will continue His work in my

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I am back home from the Christian Schools conference. I guess I expected something with lots of teaching stuff etc... No - it was a place to meet God, and did I ever. I have had a good night's sleep, and somewhat refelective about it all. Some highlights for me: Michael Frost talking about lots of things - very much Emergent Church thinking. The best thing was about not treating people as

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Just to say hello - it is Sunday morning for me now, and I am getting ready to play piano for church this morning. I am recovering OK form my "spiritual surgery" - it sure felt like that. I am looking forward to what changes it makes in my life. Last night, my darling went out and bought an ice-cream, as we sometimes do as a treat. IT sure made me feel sick, and I don't think that has

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I have been asking God for the reason for my struggle with obesity, and I think I may have an inkling of an answer. On Thursday night I spent some time with a counsellor, just searching through things that have come to the surface lately. There is a reason God designed Mums to feed babies from the breast. Babies need to be held while they feed, and so the physical, as well as emotional/soul

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I have to remind myself of this - or as I often put it "Done is better than perfect". The Word for Today talked about this today. I have to watch myself with this. I don't look like a perfectionist - my house is only medium tidy on good days. But sometimes I tell myself that if I can't do it right, I am not going to try. Sometimes I don't give myself permission to try, and not get it right

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I have become aware that I have been feeding my spirit lies about my body all these years. The biggest is "My body doesn't matter". Presumably as a result of the abuse, I have taken aboard the attitude that as along as I care about my mind, which I have, and my heart, which I do, my body doesn't matter. I have been reading 1 Corintians 15 this morning, and it is easy to justify this lie. Our

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Ouch....... I feel like God is performing spiritual surgery, and without anesthetic. Writing Psalm 23 really opened up some pain in me. I got as far as writing the line "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" and I was to write what was the worst thing that could happen to me. I realised then that it is all about deprivation, and being deprived of food. The absolute

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Idelette gave a challenge that we write our own Psalm 23. It was a challenge for me - and all sorts of things came to the surface. Anyhow, here it is The Lord is my source of nourishment He satisfies all my hungers He teaches me what I need to know In my journey to renewed health He touches my soul In the depths of emotion and pain That threatens to overwhelm me Even if I starve for the

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I have finally finished my last assignment, and posted it to USQ... that means (providing I pass this assignment), I have completed all the requirements for a Bachelor in Mass Communication. World, here I come... I have been working part-time at Riverside Christian College this year - and God willing there may be more work for me there. It is a great opportunity, because I have been a teacher,

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Today is a big day for me - my LAST exam before graduating with a Degree in Mass Communication (well - I have one assignment also to do). Problem is - life has been too busy to study. But who cares - I already have a Distinction for this unit with the marks from the 2 assignments. The end is nigh

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It has been my experience that when I am searching through an issue, that I get dreams that seem to be messges from God. I have had 2 dreams these last 2 nights. Didn't realise the first one may have been significant till I had last night's dream. In the first, I was back teaching (there is a reason for this dream - I am doing work at a Christian School in management, and I am considering

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I have noticed little things about myself in the past couple of days - things I am pleased to see... but afraid if I say anything, they will disappear. I am satisfied with food longer - the subconscious hunger that just has dictated that I eat is not the same. I ate some M&Ms the other night - and felt sick afterwards (I am more than happy to feel sick when I eat them). Just maybe I see a

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Don't like saying that, because that is not consistent with making friends with my body. But then again, it may be, as I have to come to terms with the truth about how I feel about my body. Here I am trying to work through how I feel about myself and my body, and I have not yet even begun "dieting" - i.e. depriving myself of food. (I trust I don't have to go there, but someone told my body that

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This also was written at the beginning of theis journey. IN the interest of having all this in one place, I put it up here I do NOT want to face this issue – but must. I know, and have become increasingly aware of in the past few months how inactive I am, but more than that, how much I DO NOT want to get active – but also how much DO NOT want to stay at this point. I HATE exercise. There are

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This is the letter I wrote to Dr Ian from the hospital, that started this process. I am putting it here as it is part of the journey - the beginning in fact. Dr Ian I have been sitting here – thinking that it is absolutely imperative that we address my weight loss issue, and then feeling absolutely helpless to do anything about it. My head recognises that it is critical – a now or never time

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It always comes in threes doesn't it - Michael Main (go to 10 June - I can't work out his permalink) talked about it too... I haven't written too much about the weight loss thing here since that really wasn't my intent when I started fasting, and now I find the folks who ask me about it don't really want to hear the answer. It's always a short conversation. "I'm amazed at how much weight you've

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Funny isn't it - when you want to begin a journey of discovery about yourself, it seems to come up everywhere. Andrew Jones talks about why he is so skinny. I could learn something here... Why am I so skinny? This information may be important to some. I really don't know why i don't gain weight, but if i had to guess, i would say these are the primary factors: - My parents were both skinny. -

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Bobbie started it - blame her. Well that is not true at all, but it seems a good place to start.... Bobbie has been so delightfully honest about her struggles and path to freedom and growth, it has set me thinking, and musing... You see... I am morbidly obese (horrid medical term), and over the years I have gained and lost weight, only to regain that weight, and a lot more each time. It is my

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Steve Taylor had fire, balloons, and a mirror ball for his Pentecost sermons. I bet the listeners never forgot that one Steve.

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Three and half years ago, at 42, I left a secure job to study at University fulltime. It was a risk, but with the wonderful support of my family, we have done it. (Hopefully - if I pass 2 more units this semester I graduate). When I left the job, they gave me a matching Parker pen and mechanical pencil set engraved with my name. It was beautiful, and I loved the feel of working with it But

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I am still getting through the assignment on Power and Control. - well I had better tell the truth, all I have done is gather some quotes... and thought through the structure of the essay.When I was in the mission, a PhD canditate was doing some field work there. His book is excellent for this assignment. However, it is unusual to read another person's interpretation of the life you lived 24

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I am enjoying to come to know Bobbie through her blog. It is surprising how much we have in common. Brought up in the same brand of church environment, both women who found it difficult to become the person we were designed to be in that environment, abuse as children, and eating disorders.... I am grateful for the internet, that allows us to get to know people that would never be possible

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One of my favourite bloggers, Real Live Preacher has decided to come out. Gordon told his myriad of readers his real name, and that of his church for the first time in 18 months. Why does someone in San Antonio, Texas telling the world his name make a difference to me. I have loved reading the Preachers articles on his blog - he is a master with words. I have loved coming to know the realness

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Maggie talks of the period between the ascension and pentecost as a time of Waiting on God - and is blogging on it each day. At noon we shall celebrate the mysterious moment of ascension, and then begin the Novena (nine day period of prayer) that marks the period of waiting between the physical presence of Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Waiting is not something that our culture is

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Just been a busy few days. I keep minutes for the Board of a Christian School, and had a meeting to prepare for and do the minutes on Monday night. Also working hard on completing a Child Protection Policy the school requires to maintain its accreditation. The fiddly bits of making sure the document is proof read, and all the procedures line up with the policy, and there are common terms used

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I am looking at the 2 different metaphors of Power and Control in relation to Austrlalian Aboriginal missions The Power as Cause metaphor says that power is imposed from above, and through domination, brings about change. The Power as Strategy metaphor says that power is negotiated, and while people may be persuaded to change, it is their choice. Which metaphor is more relevant when

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I have been reading up for this assignment. It would be easy to presume that because missionaries had so much power, that they used this power to coerce Indigenous people to believe. But this point of view - from an Indigenous writer should also be considerd It is rarely acknowledged that Indigenous people were not the passive victims of an overwhelming advanced civilisation in the face of

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I saw my name in print today - with my photo and a byline. What a thrill. Well it is just the national denominational magazine, but it is a start. It was an article about our local Christian Radio Station.

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I have been working through the development of a Child Protection Policy (Sexual Abuse) for a Christian School lately. Our State Government passed new legislation last year requiring it. It has been a challenge - meeting legislative requirements, and setting standards that are consistent with the Bible. First of all we looked for a scriptural foundation to build on. Now I know you can take

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I have thought about having a blog for a number of months, because I had all these good ideas I could talk about.... Now it comes to actually writing something this morning, can I think of anything to write. So I will write - just to get into the habit I am in the last semester of a degree in Mass Communication at the University of Southen Queensland. At 45, this means my life is in for some

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I have been thinking about creating a blog for a few months - and here I am at last. I finally decided it was time to leave thinking, and do something. Let me know if you visit hey!

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