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Obediently Keeping to Task & Waking Up Our Hearts

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Can it really be Friday already? How the individual days can drag but the week speed along amazes me. Unless you are new around these parts, you know Friday is home to The Friday Five at The Watered Soul. Each week I like to share five inspiring posts I have come across during my week that really encouraged, educated, or inspired me. It’s just a snippet of a few of the blogs I read. Although, my nose has been glued to the Kindle App on my Samsung Tab reading Packing Light in my free time this week.

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5 Inspiring Quotes

I learned that sometimes obedience isn’t pretty.  It isn’t natural. Sometimes it doesn’t feel good.
I learned that sometimes obedience is a war zone, a battleground, a contentious battle between our feelings and our faith. – Sharon @ Sharon Sharon God – I Almost Missed Church on Purpose

When did I allow my dreamer heart to die? Do I believe that God is fully capable of not just resurrecting lost dreams, but bringing back to life the dreamer in me, the one who reaches for the possibility despite the challenges? – Barbie @ My Freshly Brewed Life – Uncovering My Heart’s Desires: Becoming Living Art

Let not my heart be carried away or be consumed by the chaos and confusions the news channels bring to us. Let my heart learn to behold the beauty of God’s love around me.  – Ruth @ Hand Maiden’s Muse – A Ray of Hope-It’s Spring

How do you begin to understand at the tender age of 8, why the eyes that look like yours and the fair skin like yours and the wide nose like yours, is touching you in places Mom told you should never be touched; by a man you call Daddy?  –Stacy Earl from Women Walking With Jesus – Overcomer

It takes faith to put yourself out there. It takes faith to put words on the paper (or in this case the computer screen) and hit publish. It takes faith that what you are doing for God will ultimately bear fruit for God, not for you (or me) but for God! – Tami @ Blogs by Christian Women – It’s a Tough Job

The Friday Five Fellowship

Featured Post From Last Week’s Link Up

When God Calls by Denise at Refine Me Lord

There are many times in our lives when God will call us to go somewhere or do something that is completely out of our comfort zone, or beyond our understanding. Too many times we miss out on these amazing opportunities because we are unwilling to move…or let Him move through us!

Join The Friday Five Fellowship Appreciate each of you who stop over and join me each week.


Hope you are able to visit one of two of these great posts. Now tell what have you been reading good this week?

Comments

  4. LaVonne says

    Thank you, Wanda. When I woke up this morning to the realization that this was the end of the first quarter of the year, I was left spinning. So much has happened, yet there seems to be a stand still. I am very glad for these encouraging reads. Enjoy the weekend!
    LaVonne recently posted..Lent 2014: IntercedeMy Profile

    • Wanda says

      You know I hadn’t even stop to think that we have just about completed the first quarter of the year. Time has moved forward but in many ways things is the same. Happy Friday to you.

  6. Denise says

    Hi Wanda;
    Thank you for featuring me this week dear friend! Enjoyed reading the inspiring quotes you featured and visiting their sites; love being introduced to bloggers I haven’t visited before!

    We are actually finishing up our 4th quarter….year end time! Always fun times-ha ha!! 🙂

    Blessings to you for a joyful weekend! ?
    Denise

    BTW~you “talked” me in to purchasing “Packing Light”; it seems to go hand in hand with my post this week!
    Denise recently posted..Let it GoMy Profile

    • Wanda says

      Lol…oh you must tell me your thoughts on the book once you have a chance to read it. I have not finished it yet. But it definitely speaks to me where I am at the moment.

  8. Susan Wachtel says

    Dear Wanda,

    Thanks so much for highlighting these blogs…just read Sharon’s post and what a great reminder on obedience.

    I’m always encouraged or convicted or strengthened in my faith when I stop by.

    Lord bless…Susan
    Susan Wachtel recently posted..Far BeyondMy Profile

    • Wanda says

      Hi Susan, it’s always a pleasure to have you stop by. Sharon did a great job of on highlighting the reality of obedience.

  9. Ceil says

    Hi Wanda! I love Denise’s work and her artwork that always lights up her posts. Good call!

    Hope you are enjoying your book, learning to ‘pack light,’ We all need to learn that great lesson.
    Happy Weekend,
    Ceil
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  10. Alison Hector says

    The first quote and the second… yes and yes.

    Obedience is a daily war for victory on God’s terms, not ours. It’s a daily decision to submit to Him and His ways, all the while our flesh screams “Gimme gimme gimme” to us. Ah, what a struggle to embrace.

    I, too, have questioned where the dreamer in me went. God’s been resurrecting her slowly. I’m grateful for His patience with me, Wanda, so grateful!

    Have a good week, Wanda.
    Alison Hector recently posted..Do the roar (Not)!My Profile

    • Wanda says

      So I have Alison. It’s kind of sad how our dreams can become covered up but I’m grateful for a good who will reawaken those dreams.

  11. Janis@Heart-Filled Moments says

    Wanda, the quotes were all poignant to read. Sharon’s and Barbie’s probably touched me the most. I like having the quotes from the articles you feature. It gives me a good idea of what would appeal to me most.
    Thank you for the link up. Stop by and enter my Giveaway–http://heartfilledmoments.com.
    Blessings, Janis
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