{"id":781,"date":"2009-11-15T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=781"},"modified":"2009-11-15T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T17:59:00","slug":"the-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=781","title":{"rendered":"The Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I realize that most Christians don’t gamble or play the lotto. <\/p>\n

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I have to admit… I love playing the slots. I love it! We were in Las Vegas for a conference. Sanj was off to his meeting and I had my 20 dollars to play the 25 cent slots. I didn’t realize how fast that would go.<\/div>\n
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Now what? I still had a lot of time to kill. In my pockets, I found Sanj’s business card. Insert a big smile here. Cha Ching. I had a great morning.<\/div>\n
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There are the slots that are down the road from us. They help keep our taxes low. I haven’t been. I know I better keep away. I do have an addictive personality.<\/div>\n
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“Imagine the Freedom<\/i>” that is our lotto’s slogan. Oh, I can imagine the freedom. But I am grateful for all I have and even all I don’t have. God has it covered.<\/div>\n
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But all this said to say that yesterday I won the lotto. No, it wasn’t monetary yet it was huge.<\/div>\n
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I am on a journey. Part of that journey was waiting for an opinion from someone important.<\/div>\n
I didn’t realize that I was waiting with bated breath. I was. I didn’t realize that my heart had been racing from the anticipation and fear.<\/div>\n
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I think I am on the path to writing for real. I feel that this is my calling right now. (Of course, being ADHD, I have other callings at the same time).<\/div>\n
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My heart is actually hurting. I wonder if I am having symptoms of a heart attack or if it is just nerves and excitement.<\/div>\n
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Sanj encouraged me to ask this editor\/friend to check out my blog. I was scared. I did. Then I waited. I was so scared of what I would hear. She had said, “How honest do you want me to be?”<\/div>\n
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Yikes! Honest. I don’t want to waste my time. Yet, I feel a calling. I just need to know if it is just the voices in my head I am hearing.<\/div>\n
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So I waited. She contacted me about other stuff but said nothing of my blog. I was ready to throw up.<\/div>\n
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Yesterday, this editor\/friend was on the mall trip. I don’t know what she said to preface it or what she said after it but here is what I remember:<\/div>\n
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“You write well.” She may have even said “very well” but I think I stopped listen.<\/div>\n
Oh my gosh!<\/div>\n
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This was my affirmation from God. I asked Him to please let her show me the way.<\/div>\n
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So I am on a journey. I am going to be a writer. I don’t know what that means yet but I am on the road. I really hope I don’t have a heart attack before I even begin.<\/div>\n
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I won the lotto. (Thanks, Barb and thanks, God).<\/div>\n
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(Could you say a prayer for me)? <\/div>\n
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