The Jesus Gypsy

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  • an army of fireflies

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    I basically live in a bubble, and unless you just happen to be reading this while battling on the front lines of a mission field or a war zone somewhere, so do you. It stings a little to hear that, doesn’t it?  I get it.  It feels pretty hard and gritty and unfair in our bubbles…

  • fa-la-labulous (my holiday gift favorites)

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    It truly is the most WONDER-ful time of the year, y’all. However, it is also the most AWFUL-ful time of the year for things like: healthy eating plans practicing boundaries with family members new cars you don’t want dinged up in the parking lot It is also a terrible time to have to go to the…

  • thanks, but no thanks.

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    Thanksgiving is such a time of temptation for me.  And it’s not just the food, y’all. Let’s face it, our culture has done an excellent job creating approximately a bajillion distractions and things to stress and worry over during the holiday season.  When you combine all the visiting family members, the responsibility of large meal preparation,…

  • an onion, a flashlight, and a bar of soap

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      Jesus is not who you think He is. But if it is any consolation, He isn’t who I thought He was, either. The more I read about him in scripture, the more I sit and talk with him in the morning over coffee, the more I cry out to him in the middle of…

  • in all the in-between

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    I don’t mean to be controversial, but I am not a huge fan of Oreos (I know, I know- the scandal.)  It is just that food items that have one texture on the outside and another on the inside give me the icks. But one thing I do admire about the Oreo is that it is one of the…

  • that time I was accidentally creepy

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    I once used salsa to try to bribe a girl into being my friend. No, this wasn’t some 4th grade will you sit with me at the lunch table kind of thing.  But it was a I think you are super cool and awesome and I would like to be your friend and I heard that…

  • the rest of the story

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    I have forever found stories fascinating and always wanted to dig deeper into people’s lives and really “get them.”   Perhaps that is why my degree is in Psychology (or was that more because I didn’t quite know what I wanted to do with my life and at least the classes were interesting?)  Any-hoo… Growing up, I…

  • a million sin-miles away (my testimony)

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    As I mentioned in my last post, I recently got to share my testimony with my new church family at Austin Ridge Bible Church.  In doing so, I realized I had never really never shared the story of how I came to faith on this blog and thought that should be remedied immediately – because the thing is…

  • #mynewthing

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    Christine
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    I swear I won’t cry/make you cry in this post.  I MEAN… WOW– I think there’s been enough of all that for awhile. So thanks for crying alongside me a couple weeks ago about our sweet puppy dog (if you haven’t read that yet and feel like bawling your eyes out and snotting all over yourself, please help yourself…

  • ode to the pee-pie

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    (be sure to click “show images” for this piece.) As I sat sniffling in my bathtub yet again last night, I berated myself for just how ludicrous this really is.  I should NOT be this upset, especially after 3 weeks.  I should NOT be so inconsolably, unreasonably, heartbrokenly sad over this.  I am so ashamed and embarrassed about it,…