Posted by Patti Foster on March 26th, 2008 — Posted in M.A.D. Now!
Uhmmmm…today while I was talking with a friend, the Scripture in Galatians 6:10 came up - Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the household of believers.
I challenge you and I urge you…after you’ve read this journal blog, make the choice to live out “in living color” the truth of these words in Gal 6:10!
No worries, you can do it through the power of the Holy Spirit within you.
Watch what The Artist of Life will do in your life!
God’s blessings to you,
~Patti 
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 23rd, 2008 — Posted in Keepin' Up with Patti
* April 5 - Crossroads Community Church; Longview, TXÂ Â -Â Â
             (Rescheduled)
* April 5 - The Children’s Park; Tyler, TX
* April 8 - Pine Springs Baptist Church; Tyler, TX
* April 17 - East Texas Authors’ Forum; Jacksonville, TX
* April 19-23 - GMA (Gospel Music Association); Nashville, TN
* April 19 - Speak @ Dinner for Women in Radio; GMA;Nashville, TN
* June 12 - Guest on 100 Huntley Street; filmed in Canada
* June 14 - Brain Injury Conference; Toronto, Ontario
*June 18 - 6-Year Anniversary of the Accident
* June 19 - BIR; Dallas, TX
* Sept 27 - Harvest Fest Youth Rally; Jacksonville, TX
* October 25 - Morning of Praise, First Church; Burlington,KYÂ
* December 7 - Antioch Baptist Church; Conway, Arkansas
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 23rd, 2008 — Posted in Patti's Brain Waves
God’s blessings to you on this Resurrection morning!!!
I’m wondering what needs to be resurrected in your life? What is God wooing you to?
These verses in Luke 24 really stood out to me this morning as I read them: In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them , Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He is risen! Remember how He told you…
Take it home personally. What is He longing for you to remember how He told you?
In your life and the memories you encase, what living things are you trying to find among the dead?
Tell it to Jesus…
Lean on Him…
He won’t walk away.
God’s tender mercies to you,
~Patti
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 21st, 2008 — Posted in M.A.D. Now!
Take a Calgon Moment in this Truth and see what God says to you…
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land (Songs of Solomon 2:11,12; NIV).
After you’ve spent some time soaking in the river of Songs, turn to Psalm 57 and climb into the cave with David and listen to him speak as he was hiding from Saul…
I’m ready, God, so ready! Ready from head to toe. Ready to sing, ready to raise a tune: ‘Wake up, soul! Wake up, harp! Wake up, lute! Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!’ I’m thanking you, God, out loud in the streets, singing your praises in town and country (Psalm 57:7-9; The Message).Â
What are you ready for? What season are you in?
Keep trusting!
~Patti
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 15th, 2008 — Posted in M.A.D. Now!
Today, wherever you are, do something that’ll make somebody smile!
…it might be a bag of Peanut M&Ms (scrumptious-deliumptious!) or a grin, a chuckle, a high-five, a touch, a hug, a kind word, a kind deed, a surprise visit, a much-needed phone call…
Whatever it may be, give a SMILE to someone’s heart, today!
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 15th, 2008 — Posted in Patti's Brain Waves
I’ve always been a “deep thinker,” but since the accident….. ah gee-willikers, much more so now! I love to dive into something deep and have to think about it! So, put on your scuba gear…this one’s going to take you under.
Here’s a Henri Nouwen quote that Brennan Manning feautured in his book, Ruthless Trust. Nouwen wrote: To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives -  the good as well as the bad, the moments of joy as well as the moments of sorrow, the successes as well as the failures, the rewards as well as the rejections - that requires hard spiritual wprk. Still, we are only grateful people when we can say thank you to all that has brought us to the present moment. As long as we keep dividing our lives between events and people we would like to remember and those we would rather forget, we cannot claim the fullness of our beings as a gift of God to be grateful for. Let’s not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God (from Bread for the Journey; HarperSanFrancicso, 1997).
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 15th, 2008 — Posted in Patti's Brain Waves
When’s the last time you accepted a blessing from the hand of God? Ahhh, good on ya! Â
How ’bout sorrow or gut-wrenching stuff…when’s the last time you accepted something like this from the hand of God? OUCH! That hits home, eh?Â
Well, stay with me… How do you think Job would respond to this? What would he say? What do you think his perspective would be?
In Book of Job (1:10), he posed this profound question, “If we take happiness from God’s hand, must we not take sorrow too?”Â
Uhmmm…take a Calgon Moment in that!
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 11th, 2008 — Posted in Patti's Brain Waves
In his book Ruthless Trust, Brennan Manning says this: Unwavering trust is a rare and precious thing because it often demands a degree of courage that borders on the heroic…It requires heroic courage to trust in the love of God no matter what happens to us.
Hmmmm…soak awhile with God in this one; listen to what He says to you…
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 5th, 2008 — Posted in Keepin' Up with Patti
* March 8 - LIFE meeting; Corsicana, TX
* March 9 - Emmanuel Baptist Church; Corsicana, TXÂ
* April 5 - Crossroads Community Church; Longview, TXÂ
* April 8 - Pine Springs Baptist Church; Tyler, TX
* April 17 - East Texas Authors’ Forum; Jacksonville, TX
* April 19-23 - GMA (Gospel Music Association); Nashville, TN
* April 19 - Speak @ Dinner for Women in Radio; GMA;Nashville, TN
* June 12 - Guest on 100 Huntley Street; filmed in Canada
* June 14 - Brain Injury Conference; Toronto, Ontario
*June 18 - 6-Year Anniversary of the Accident
* June 19 - BIR; Dallas, TX
* Sept 30 - Harvest Fest Youth Rally; Jacksonville, TX
* October 25 - Morning of Praise, First Church; Burlington,KYÂ
* December 7 - Antioch Baptist Church; Conway, Arkansas
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Posted by Patti Foster on March 3rd, 2008 — Posted in M.A.D. Now!
Soak in this Truth: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law (Romans 13:8, NIV).
Hmmm…loving people you get along with is not so tough, right? But the people who press your button and set you off, ah those so-called ”enemies of your heart” are not so easy to love, eh? Right-O!
Uhmmm…Paul said it like this, Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse (Romans 12:14, NIV).
Ooo-la-la!…words to put into “living color” by the power of the Holy Spirit within you!
Hang in there!…God’s blessings to you as you live Calvary Love! ~Patti
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