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Five Minute Friday: Experience

February 14, 2020 by admin 24 Comments

Kate said experience

Kate said experience

verb: to encounter or undergo

I’ve had a few

Some have been not-so-good but most have been memorable and I’m thankful I’ve experienced the experience!

  1. Being a wife (twice!)
  2. Divorce (very sad)
  3. Childbirth
  4. Motherhood
  5. Grandmotherhood
  6. Being poor
  7. Being not poor
  8. Good friendships
  9. Road trips with my daughter and two grands
  10. Road trips with my husband – we went to Alaska this past summer
  11. Ziplining and other crazy feats
  12. Chasing cows across meadows, and other farm crazies
  13. Seeing a whale
  14. The death of very dear loved ones.

Hope to experience:

  • Whitewater rafting (easy rapids, please)
  • Seeing the Northern Lights

My greatest experience?

Knowing and being known by God. The experience of surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation [experience] I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance [experience], I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4.11-13

What experience are you most thankful for?

Kate said experience. I’ve had a lot of them. Some good. Some not. #bgbg2

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  1. JENNIFER K COOK says

    February 14, 2020 at 9:37 am

    I’ve had the beautiful experiences of white water rafting 3 times: The New River in WV, The Natahala in NC, and the Colorado River in NM within the Grand Canyon! I have also seen the Northern Lights in ND. I hope you get those experiences! I loved your list. FMF friend, Jennifer

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    • admin says

      February 14, 2020 at 9:51 am

      I’m a little jelly!!!!

      Reply
  2. Peggy says

    February 14, 2020 at 10:49 am

    Thank you for sharing your experiences. With Christ there is redemption in all and for plus all the marvelous joys of life. I hope you get whitewater rafting and northern lights too. Maybe in the same trip. 🙂 Blessings as you continue to experience your one beautiful life.(Visiting from #15 FMF)

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    • admin says

      February 14, 2020 at 12:12 pm

      Thanks Peggy – if not I will see them from the other side in heaven!!!

      Reply
  3. Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says

    February 14, 2020 at 3:21 pm

    I’m thankful now to live in silence,
    speaking only with my hands;
    this was not God’s violence,
    but a way to make me understand
    how very precious this thing is,
    that we call ‘communication’,
    and that to honour what is His
    with our words’ illumination,
    we must consider, yea, with care
    that which we would fain express
    in undisciplined vapourings of air
    of which volume does not bless.
    Assisi’s Francis I now heed;
    use words only when there’s need.

    “Preach the Gospel always; use words only when necessary.” – Francis of Assisi

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    • admin says

      February 14, 2020 at 6:34 pm

      only when necessary. We love you two!!!

      Reply
      • Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says

        February 14, 2020 at 9:07 pm

        And we love YOU!

        XOXOXO

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        • admin says

          February 15, 2020 at 8:10 am

          crazy mutual admiration society!!!

          Reply
  4. Jennifer Smith says

    February 14, 2020 at 4:04 pm

    Lots of wonderful experiences, for sure. Well, minus that whole ziplining thing. Oh my…definitely not for me:) Full lives…full of experiences. Such a blessing, right??

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    • admin says

      February 14, 2020 at 6:35 pm

      “Epic” blessings!!! The fullest!

      Reply
  5. Lisa notes says

    February 14, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    I love your list, Susan. I’ve shared many of the same experiences, for better or for worse. And even the hard ones have brought gifts with them. But knowing and being known by God? Yes, that’s the best!

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    • admin says

      February 15, 2020 at 7:39 am

      Nothing compares!

      Reply
  6. Ali Battersby says

    February 15, 2020 at 8:36 am

    Thank you for your thoughts and transparency. I think the most meaningful experiences in my life have been my relationship with my loving God and my relationship with my wonderful husband .

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    • admin says

      February 15, 2020 at 2:28 pm

      The TOP TWO!!! ♥

      Reply
  7. Lesley says

    February 16, 2020 at 10:17 am

    I love your list of experiences! Right now, I’m most thankful for the experience of being part of a church where I feel welcomed and like I belong, where it truly feels like a family – and I can see that my appreciation of that is even greater because of past experience where it wasn’t like that at all.

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    • admin says

      February 16, 2020 at 6:31 pm

      I totally get that, Lesley. Totally!

      Reply
  8. Heidi says

    February 16, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    So glad we were able to “meet” each other here. Thank you for your inspiration and encouragement!

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    • admin says

      February 16, 2020 at 6:32 pm

      So nice to meet new friends!

      Reply
  9. Tara says

    February 16, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    Life is really about experiences built up!

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    • admin says

      February 16, 2020 at 6:32 pm

      Yup. One upon another. xo

      Reply
  10. Kitty Lawrence says

    February 19, 2020 at 10:09 am

    Not being a goal setter, I have accomplished none of what I didn’t say I’d do. No guilt.

    I did finish A Month of Sundays by Dr. Eugene Peterson. It was a gem that I read slowly and thoughtfully.

    Reading The Moment of Truth. If ever I, or the world for that matter, needs TRUTH it’s today. Thankful The Truth called my name.

    Thanks Sus for another quick and thoughtful read.

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    • admin says

      February 19, 2020 at 10:25 am

      I agree, Truth called my name – O how grateful!!!

      Reply
  11. Sandra Black says

    February 21, 2020 at 5:07 pm

    I have lived in two foreign countries.
    I have been parascending.
    I have been on a hot air balloon ride.
    I have had the experience of finding my Grandfather’s grave – he was killed at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
    I am a wife, mother and grandmother.
    I am a child of God.
    I am loved.

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    • admin says

      February 22, 2020 at 7:16 am

      Wow, you’ve had the experiences!!

      Reply

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