Forthright Fixation

Every week, one of the girls tries to round up all of our truthfests and combine them into a post. And as the summer has progressed, it’s grown harder and harder to consistently get everyone to contribute due to overfull schedules and not enough breathing margins on life. This week was particularly bad, and I couldn’t get truthfests from 5 out of the 8 of us here at Forthright Fixation.

So, in hopes that they will read this and be convicted to keep up with the blog, I’m going to hijack the AWOL truthfests. Girls, if you read this, I know you’re busy and I know you all have excellent reasons to put this off. But I just couldn’t resist heckling you any longer. Feel free to strikethrough all that I wrote and update your truthfest correctly. I love you all!

Debbie Jane: God has been showing me His strength through me…His strength through people who could not be strong without Him. Through business, through trials, through impossibilities and improbabilities, God has been there. [Debbie is going to be insanely busy this coming week with a stage production of Peter Pan. Pray for much grace on her!]

Kate: God has been gracious to me this week, allowing me to get lots of things done that have been on my to-do list. He also provided me with two more piano students, which has been an answer to prayer!

Hännah: My week has been full of strenous days and little sleep. But there’s been that deep-seated contentment and joy in the Lord permeating the hours, for which I am very grateful. Provision of work, provision of strength and of grace for the little moments’ quiet need have been given to me faithfully by the dear Father who remembers that I am but dust. He is good indeed.

Katie Marie: is far too busy giggling and staying up late and humming Christmas carols to post. She does not send her regards, but rather laughs at the notion that anything could possibly be more important than investing in her visit with Kristin. [Pray for her time, that they are both blessed and encouraged. Biblical fellowship is a wonderful thing, is it not?]

Kaitlin: This last week I’ve taken the time to ponder God’s timing, and I’ve come to the fresh realization that it’s perfect! I see where He’s leading me now, from where I’ve come and to where I’m going, and that without His perfect timing chaos would reign.

Riëtte: is gadding about Gaithersburg humming and laughing and making new inside jokes with fellow worship team members. She said she’d only answer the phone if her “girls” (some sweeties she babysits) or her fish call. Leave a message. [Pray for her sanity. Okay, just kidding. Pray that she's blessed and built up by the Worship God conference this weekend.]

Kelsey: is bowing down with other devotees before a gilded image of Ludwig von Mises. Pray for repentance. [Just kidding. She's at an econ seminar this week. Pray that she is blessed by rich fellowship with the Lord and other believers during that time.]

Steph: finally succumbed to her secret desire to be a bohemian artsy person and is playing Pied Piper to hordes of adoring children as she instructs them in the Way of Artsiness. [Pray for grace as she leads an Art Camp for young children this weekend.] EDIT: Well, you’ll be happy to know that I managed to contain my bohemian artist inside over the weekend. I did, however, see a lot of God — He breathed life into Art Camp and met us above and beyond our expectations, using my weaknesses, and impacting the kids. Praise God!

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