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Significant Encounters 2022 Introduction

Sep1

Hi my name is Deb. I want to thank you for joining me today for the introduction to a new series in Significant Encounters.

Significant Encounters is a place for people who have had a lot of drama and trauma in their life,

Maybe they just really need a listening ear.

A way to resolve things in their life.

Maybe they just need a soft place to land.

Be encouraged, this could be that place.

My life was full of drama and trauma.

Cycle after cycle after cycle of abandonment, abuse, rejection, anger, guilt, and shame.

So much shame.

One cycle would end and another would begin.

There was seemingly no way out.

Is this where you find yourself?

With coffee cup in hand, I would like to invite you into some encounters to look at different aspects of overcoming drama and trauma.

Do you do all the right things day after day after day, and still, your life just seems to stink?

I did too.

But, I found a way to be at peace.

I found a way to have joy in my life.

I found a way to be able to keep the peacefulness in my heart, no matter what is going on in my circumstances.

When the cycles try to begin again, not if, but when, I’m able to fight against them.

Your life can be as PEACEFUL and as JOYFUL as you want it to be.

So if you’d like to join me in this, we can figure it out together.

When we begin our encounters in earnest, each session will lead us one step closer to a life of peace and a life of joy, and a life of contentment.

I am not a doctor or a trained consultant.

I am someone who has lived a lot of life.

A life full of drama, and trauma, who wants to help you get your heart healed in much less time than it took me.

I know that if we do a little life together, we can get you to a place where you can be free.

Let me leave you with this.

It’s a scripture from the Holy Bible found in Isaiah 61  

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.

Now you may think that sounds a bit like blasphemy, but here in John 14 it says “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

What I’m asking in His name, is that your healing will be complete.

I want to see your heart healed.

I want to see your bonds broken.

I want to see you living the life that peace can provide.

So grab your coffee and comfy seat and join me next Tuesday for our very first Encounter.

I hope to see you then.

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Stories from the 99 County Bible Reading Marathon Muscatine County (2)

Jul8

Day 2.

Knowing that the readings needed to begin at 6:00, I knew I’d need to get up early to make it on time. I asked my husband to wake me up. He did as I asked, only with one problem, I told him a time an hour too late!

I woke up with a shout of the first readers name on my lips and leaped into action.That was the fastest shower ever, and I know the dog looked at me like I was a crazy person when I shoved him out the door! I dressed, then drove quickly to the court house, arriving a scant three minutes before my first reader. Podium and Bible in place, she began to read while I unpacked the truck and began setting up.

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Friday mornings schedule was full until just after lunch time with readers that had signed up on line ahead of time. Between lunch and supper was a very large empty space. My only thought was that God would have to fill it. It was then hat I began checking my emails, and to my great joy, people were still signing in on line, filling up those spaces.

There were a great many walk-ups, personal friends asking where they could fill in and wanting to be put on call. One man I had never met before, walked up and filled six time slots for he and his family.

Friday was an amazing success, because God knows what we needed, before we needed it, and we trusted Him to supply ALL our needs. (More on that later)

Two friends helped to load up the truck at 10:00, and off home I went.

 

Stories from the 99 County Bible Reading Marathon Muscatine County (1)

Jul7

On day one of our Bible Reading Marathon, June 30, we woke up to rain. Not just a little rain, but a lot of rain. This is never good for the opening day of an outdoor event. But in our house, we say we choose the day, not the weather, and go about our business.

The rain did relent long enough to get our spot in front of the county courthouse set up. The goal was set to read the entire Bible from beginning to end, beginning on June 30, and finishing on July 3. The first reader arrived at the appointed time, and the reading began.

Our first “Group” of readers came from a local church. There were but a half dozen of them, and it was nice to know that they felt it important enough to come and read in the rain.

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We did have a canopy, but the rain was coming so hard, that it was leaking on us even under the tent. We used our umbrellas under the tent as needed.  I am fairly certain that from the street, it looks like a circus tent, but the reading went on.

We simply changed our minds from grumbling about the rainy conditions, to thanking God for the rain our farmers need, and also the fact that nearly every where in the Bible that it speaks of water, the Holy Spirit is involved. Rain down Holy Spirit, rain down. (God You Reign!)

 

That first day was really full on sign ups, with only one no show, that was not weather related. (That person ended up coming back more than once after missing the first time slot!)

The rain finally did subside, and although quite chilly, the rest of the day finished with great success.

It was decided that we would not go through the overnight hours, with safety being a large issue. So after the last reader at 10:00, with a little help from a friend, we packed up the truck to return Friday morning at 6:00.

God, You will need to make up for our lost over night hours so we can finish on time.

Stay tuned for story #2, you’ll begin to see why I say our God is Ever Faithful.