Comments for Leaving Normal Behind http://mcfchr.wordpress.com ideas and questions (maybe a giggle or two) on life, living, and faith Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Forget Waldo … by tiachristina http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/forget-waldo/#comment-170 tiachristina Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:58:10 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-170 I will be asking this question pretty soon! :-) Too bad he will not be able to join us on our adventure to the NW. I guess that is just one more great reason for me to visit Memphis...not to mention to see you! :-) and to meet your mom! Thankful for you and Charlie! I will be asking this question pretty soon! :-) Too bad he will not be able to join us on our adventure to the NW. I guess that is just one more great reason for me to visit Memphis…not to mention to see you! :-) and to meet your mom! Thankful for you and Charlie!

]]> Comment on Moving Back to Memphis by christy http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/memphis/#comment-169 christy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:59:36 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=196#comment-169 Christy, I am sad to see you go but it is exciting when we follow what we know the Lord is leading. You will be missed at NBC. The other Christy Christy,
I am sad to see you go but it is exciting when we follow what we know the Lord is leading. You will be missed at NBC.
The other Christy

]]> Comment on Forget Waldo … by hkudla http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/forget-waldo/#comment-168 hkudla Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:07:22 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-168 Hi Christy, I know that I have not chatted with you in a while, but I wanted to include you in a game of tag... check out this link, and you will see what I mean. http://hkudla.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/ok-now-i-got-tagged-too/ Hope you have fun! :) Love, Heather Hi Christy,
I know that I have not chatted with you in a while, but I wanted to include you in a game of tag…
check out this link, and you will see what I mean.
http://hkudla.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/ok-now-i-got-tagged-too/

Hope you have fun! :)
Love,
Heather

]]> Comment on Forget Waldo … by Peggy http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/forget-waldo/#comment-167 Peggy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:26:54 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-167 Hi there Christy...how are ya doing? Hoping all is still well with your soul! Where's Charlie?... is he a new friend? Looks so clean and white trying to hide, being all comfy and cozy! At least the two of you can enjoy some nice walks together!!!Looks like you haven't been posting much...it took me until now to try and find your blog cuz the comment you left me didn't have a link...just mcfchr...I found you finally under my Friend section(imagine that!)Must mean we share something in common! I just want to bless you for dropping by and commenting on one of my first posts, way back in April What's interesting, June 28th...when you last posted...is when you also made time to visit me & leave a comment...AND it is the day, I wrote with Internet Cafe a post http://mazmagi.blogspot.com/2008/06/internet-cafe.html it was suppose to be on LIES we believed in the past...why we believed it...and Bible verses we use to combat this LIE... You are not a sucker...you are as loveable as this fluffy white friend...though I love "suckers" and find myself gullible or vulnerable to being one...we are not...(lol)so label be gone ...Christy and I are free from all labels that declare we are not sound...for we have the mind of Christ...and He has not given us a spirit... but power and love and a sound mind!(lol) You are a DOG LOVER and God created you to enjoy your Charlie and even Waldo, if you like searching. I have 5 "charlies", now that you can label crazy and a real sucker 5 times, well actually 3:) and from 2 of those 3, there were 6 more - 3 given away(which I regret because 2 died)1 is in MN and addrd to 3 were 2 pups I kept and cannot part with any of them, but promised God no more, but every time I see the strays...I almost become a sucker all over again! I panic when I can't find my Waldos...though I think I have my place pretty secure so they can't get out into the stray world. I wanted to send you From the Inside Out but you mentioned you heard it last year. It was one of the songs I used with YWAM students in Spanish & English, so I have it in my laptop! I just thought it was one that may minister to you! I pray you are enjoying your summer and taking it easy but also feeling better daily at regaining ground! I hope you can tell when I was kidding but truly know that DOGS can be very senstive and good companions...what a sweetie your Charlie...want to see more photos...Be blessed and hold on! Hi there Christy…how are ya doing? Hoping all is still well with your soul! Where’s Charlie?…
is he a new friend? Looks so clean and white trying to hide, being all comfy and cozy! At least the two of you can enjoy some nice walks together!!!Looks like you haven’t been posting much…it took me until now to try and find your blog cuz the comment you left me didn’t have a link…just mcfchr…I found you finally under my Friend section(imagine that!)Must mean we share something in common! I just want to bless you for dropping by and commenting on one of my first posts, way back in April What’s interesting, June 28th…when you last posted…is when you also made time to visit me & leave a comment…AND it is the day, I wrote with Internet Cafe a post
http://mazmagi.blogspot.com/2008/06/internet-cafe.html
it was suppose to be on LIES we believed in the past…why we believed it…and Bible verses we
use to combat this LIE…

You are not a sucker…you are as loveable as this fluffy white friend…though I love “suckers”
and find myself gullible or vulnerable to being one…we are not…(lol)so label be gone
…Christy and I are free from all labels that
declare we are not sound…for we have the mind of Christ…and He has not given us a spirit…
but power and love and a sound mind!(lol) You are
a DOG LOVER and God created you to enjoy your
Charlie and even Waldo, if you like searching.
I have 5 “charlies”, now that you can label crazy and a real sucker 5 times, well actually 3 :) and from 2 of those 3, there were 6 more - 3 given away(which I regret because 2 died)1 is in MN and addrd to 3 were 2 pups I kept and cannot part with any of them, but promised God no more, but every time I see the strays…I almost become a sucker all over again! I panic when I can’t find my Waldos…though I think I have my place pretty secure so they can’t get out into the stray world.

I wanted to send you From the Inside Out but you mentioned you heard it last year. It was one of the songs I used with YWAM students in Spanish & English, so I have it in my laptop! I just thought
it was one that may minister to you! I pray you
are enjoying your summer and taking it easy but
also feeling better daily at regaining ground! I
hope you can tell when I was kidding but truly know that DOGS can be very senstive and good companions…what a sweetie your Charlie…want to see more photos…Be blessed and hold on!

]]> Comment on It Is Well With My Soul by Heather http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/191/#comment-161 Heather Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:18:28 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/191/#comment-161 Oh Christy - First thanks for coming by my site and saying hi. It was good to hear from you and encouraged me to come over here and see your new posts. I have to tell you, the paragraph you talked about extending grace to yourself.. wow. I swear, that whole paragraph sounded like you were quoting my counselor!!! I too struggle with the extending grace to myself, and what that means about how much i really accept God's grace... apart from the pat answers my head knowledge can give me. Wow... it was really good. Also... though yeah, i probably don't need to know the details, i understand the drug interaction thing... not fun!!!! I forced myself to suffer through allergies until I could talk to my doctor and have him triple check that Allegra wouldn't interfere with anything else i was taking, and that I could take them all at the same time! Crazy life we lead at times hey?! I should have probably turned this into an email, but oh well... I have been faithfully checking your site daily just to see if you have been around making updates... know that I will continue to do so. And can you believe, i went from being in the hospital with suicidal thoughts just over a month ago, to moving out to seeing my counselor every other week, and being ok with it in between? I can hardly believe it myself, but God is doing something. He is helping me through this, and showing me how to catch what I am thinking/feeling and "rename" it like you mentioned and then apply the truth to what ever it is. NOT EASY at all... tricia was warning me that i knew the truth but wasn't applying it much... now comes the hard work... breaking away from her checking up on me, and starting to take captive my own thoughts during the weeks rather than putting them "on hold" and talking to her about them... i actually have to do the hard work. Ok, i really need to cut this super long comment short... but thanks for stopping by and catching up... Love ya and praying for you! Heather Oh Christy -
First thanks for coming by my site and saying hi. It was good to hear from you and encouraged me to come over here and see your new posts.

I have to tell you, the paragraph you talked about extending grace to yourself.. wow. I swear, that whole paragraph sounded like you were quoting my counselor!!! I too struggle with the extending grace to myself, and what that means about how much i really accept God’s grace… apart from the pat answers my head knowledge can give me. Wow… it was really good.

Also… though yeah, i probably don’t need to know the details, i understand the drug interaction thing… not fun!!!! I forced myself to suffer through allergies until I could talk to my doctor and have him triple check that Allegra wouldn’t interfere with anything else i was taking, and that I could take them all at the same time! Crazy life we lead at times hey?!

I should have probably turned this into an email, but oh well… I have been faithfully checking your site daily just to see if you have been around making updates… know that I will continue to do so.

And can you believe, i went from being in the hospital with suicidal thoughts just over a month ago, to moving out to seeing my counselor every other week, and being ok with it in between? I can hardly believe it myself, but God is doing something. He is helping me through this, and showing me how to catch what I am thinking/feeling and “rename” it like you mentioned and then apply the truth to what ever it is. NOT EASY at all… tricia was warning me that i knew the truth but wasn’t applying it much… now comes the hard work… breaking away from her checking up on me, and starting to take captive my own thoughts during the weeks rather than putting them “on hold” and talking to her about them… i actually have to do the hard work.

Ok, i really need to cut this super long comment short… but thanks for stopping by and catching up…

Love ya and praying for you!
Heather

]]> Comment on What’s Going On? … by Peggy http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/whats-going-on/#comment-158 Peggy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:48:17 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?page_id=164#comment-158 I'm praying for you...because I think I hear my own past echoed in your words...I need to go back and read and reread...because it sounds like part of my life journey...when I came here, I came wondering why someone named their BLOG Leaving Normal Behind...saw Sudan 2008 and I assumed ... "oh...she just went on a trip to Sudan for work or missions or...who knows and I almost just left without reading, but God was prodding me to READ it...so I skimmed it...and told HIM...THANKS, now I think I see why...and I couldn't think what kind of a comment I could possible leave for you to encourage(cuz that's what I usually try to do) ALL I can say is I agree...it is exhausting... I've been there, done that...and being"labeled" did not help me...but with GOD all things are possible...step by step...recovery and restoration of all that was lost or needs to be turned over to HIS HIGHER POWER is just the beginning...perhaps I will comment better after I really READ...which means listen...but HE has been my best LISTENER...so again I say...praying. I escaped my conflicts not like many in drugs in alcohol but by "running away"...but I can't run from what's inside. God has been doing that FROM THE INSIDE OUT...have you ever heard that song? I'm going back to look at more current posts! When I started my blog, I wanted to write about my problem but I'm gone a completely different direction and I think some of my writings may show it though...but I wanted to deal with it for any others suffering and needed others. Be blessed! Thanks for sharing! I’m praying for you…because I think I hear my own past echoed in your words…I need to go back and read and reread…because it sounds like part of my life journey…when I came here, I came wondering why someone named their BLOG Leaving Normal Behind…saw Sudan 2008 and I assumed …
“oh…she just went on a trip to Sudan for work or missions or…who knows and I almost just left
without reading, but God was prodding me to READ it…so I skimmed it…and told HIM…THANKS,
now I think I see why…and I couldn’t think what kind of a comment I could possible leave for you to encourage(cuz that’s what I usually try to do)

ALL I can say is I agree…it is exhausting…
I’ve been there, done that…and being”labeled” did not help me…but with GOD all things are possible…step by step…recovery and restoration of all that was lost or needs to be turned over to HIS HIGHER POWER is just the beginning…perhaps I will comment better after
I really READ…which means listen…but HE has been my best LISTENER…so again I say…praying.

I escaped my conflicts not like many in drugs in alcohol but by “running away”…but I can’t run from what’s inside. God has been doing that FROM THE INSIDE OUT…have you ever heard that song?

I’m going back to look at more current posts! When I started my blog, I wanted to write about my problem but I’m gone a completely different direction and I think some of my writings may show it though…but I wanted to deal with it
for any others suffering and needed others.

Be blessed! Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on Inspirational Story by Christie http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/189/#comment-156 Christie Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:31:46 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/189/#comment-156 Hmm...I definitely continue to pray! And I love this story! Thank you for representing my people well! :-) Hmm…I definitely continue to pray! And I love this story! Thank you for representing my people well! :-)

]]> Comment on Inspirational Story by hkudla http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/189/#comment-155 hkudla Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:12:11 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/189/#comment-155 Christy, Praying for all of the above. have a great weekend... and though its not a personal update, thanks for letting us know a bit more how to pray!!! Love ya, Heather Christy,
Praying for all of the above. have a great weekend… and though its not a personal update, thanks for letting us know a bit more how to pray!!!
Love ya,
Heather

]]> Comment on Everday Beauty (and not so everyday) by Eliza http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/178/#comment-154 Eliza Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:00:24 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/178/#comment-154 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Eliza. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Eliza.

]]> Comment on A New Day by Julie Still http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/a-new-day/#comment-153 Julie Still Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:37:24 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-153 Each day is filled with surprises...wish they all were good...but each day God can give us a new fresh outlook...(preaching to myself here). We don't know what is around the bend, but so grateful He does and promises to never leave us nor forsake us. He truly is such an awesome God. Hang in there girl! Proud of you! Each day is filled with surprises…wish they all were good…but each day God can give us a new fresh outlook…(preaching to myself here). We don’t know what is around the bend, but so grateful He does and promises to never leave us nor forsake us. He truly is such an awesome God.
Hang in there girl! Proud of you!

]]> Comment on Peak-a-boo by Julie Still http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/peak-a-boo/#comment-152 Julie Still Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:35:04 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-152 You go girl! Keep pressing on! I am so proud of you and grateful to call you my friend. Praying, Julie Still You go girl! Keep pressing on! I am so proud of you and grateful to call you my friend.

Praying,
Julie Still

]]> Comment on Charlie MacTavish … Doggie Olympics (photo attached) by Julie Still http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/charlie-mactavish-doggie-olympics/#comment-151 Julie Still Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:33:00 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=182#comment-151 Very nice! I give him a 8.5! Very nice! I give him a 8.5!

]]> Comment on A New Day by tiachristina http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/a-new-day/#comment-150 tiachristina Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:01:08 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-150 Good news dear friend. I thanked the Lord this morning to see the load was lighter. "Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;"~Lam.3:22-25 Good news dear friend. I thanked the Lord this morning to see the load was lighter.

“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;”~Lam.3:22-25

]]> Comment on Everday Beauty (and not so everyday) by hkudla http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/178/#comment-146 hkudla Thu, 15 May 2008 22:31:27 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/178/#comment-146 Hi Christy, I hope that things have been going well, as you have transitioned back to work. I have been praying for you as God has brought you to mind. I hope and pray that you are still able to work through things as you are working, and still dealing with emotional stuff, and life in the mix. May God bless you as you continue this journey we are all on... healing, growth, and maturity in Christ. God bless, heather Hi Christy,
I hope that things have been going well, as you have transitioned back to work. I have been praying for you as God has brought you to mind.
I hope and pray that you are still able to work through things as you are working, and still dealing with emotional stuff, and life in the mix.
May God bless you as you continue this journey we are all on… healing, growth, and maturity in Christ.
God bless,
heather

]]> Comment on An eventful weekend … by tiachristina http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/an-eventful-weekend/#comment-145 tiachristina Sat, 10 May 2008 05:01:19 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-145 I think that Charlie is currently on my favorite dog's of all times list! Trust me the list is SHORT! Glad he's found a new home with you! :-) I think that Charlie is currently on my favorite dog’s of all times list! Trust me the list is SHORT! Glad he’s found a new home with you! :-)

]]> Comment on Everday Beauty (and not so everyday) by Heather http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/178/#comment-144 Heather Mon, 05 May 2008 15:58:54 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/178/#comment-144 Wow. That was beautiful. Did she really start with her calf by her ear? Wow. That was beautiful.
Did she really start with her calf by her ear?

]]> Comment on An eventful weekend … by Julie Still http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/an-eventful-weekend/#comment-140 Julie Still Thu, 01 May 2008 22:29:25 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-140 I am so glad you have a furry new friend. Dogs are awesome and welcome to mommy hood to a dog...they allow us so much love and nurture. :) I am so glad you have a furry new friend. Dogs are awesome and welcome to mommy hood to a dog…they allow us so much love and nurture. :)

]]> Comment on For Your Viewing Pleasure … by Julie Still http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/for-your-viewing-pleasure/#comment-139 Julie Still Thu, 01 May 2008 22:27:16 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-139 NO WAY! WOW, she is brave...I don't think I could ever do that. WOW! NO WAY! WOW, she is brave…I don’t think I could ever do that. WOW!

]]> Comment on An eventful weekend … by mcfchr http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/an-eventful-weekend/#comment-132 mcfchr Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:04:38 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-132 Help me out!!!!! What crush? Another someone named like my dog from oh ... 9 or so years ago? Too funny! It's taken me 24 hours to even have something to guess! But no! Help me out!!!!! What crush? Another someone named like my dog from oh … 9 or so years ago? Too funny! It’s taken me 24 hours to even have something to guess! But no!

]]> Comment on An eventful weekend … by Amy http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/an-eventful-weekend/#comment-128 Amy Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:29:46 +0000 http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-128 We love the dog photos! Rhett says he looks like an old dentist :-) I'm seeing that you've never quite gotten over your crush on a certain individual... ;-) We love the dog photos! Rhett says he looks like an old dentist :-) I’m seeing that you’ve never quite gotten over your crush on a certain individual… ;-)

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