Friday, January 9, 2015

The Next Chapter...


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If I were to right a book about my life's adventures with Mr. Mann, I would envision chapter titles to look something like this...

Chapter One
Get a job at a zoo and meet your husband even though you are only 16 and won't get married for another 7 years.

Chapter Two
Go to 4 different colleges before settling down and figuring out what do with your life, all the while dating and getting to know your husband whom you met in Chapter One.

Chapter Three
Get married, move across the country for 6 months, move back and live in a couple of apartments before finding your forever home.  Oh, and have a couple of kids who will change your lives forever!

Chapter Four
Decide that your current home isn't really your forever home and build from scratch knowing that this will be your forever home.

Chapter Five
Realize that what you thought was your forever home, wasn't really your forever home, so buy some acreage 20+ minutes outside of town and rehab a foreclosure to create your forever home during a major recession, mind you.

Chapter Six
Get a huge shakin' from Jesus, find out that previous forever home was not really God's forever plan and move back in town, begrudingly of course, because you don't really want to rehab another home, but realize that God's plans are for good and that He trusts you to follow His direction.  

Chapter Seven
Realize that forever homes can't possibly exist while you are here on earth, so make the best of what is offered to you and learn that paint will become your new best friend!


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