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This week’s FMF writing prompt link-up is: EXTREME
Thursday, November 10th in West Michigan:Â
Blue skies, sunshine, and unseasonably warm temperatures exceeding 70 degrees fahrenheit.
All of the neighbors outside blowing the last remnant of falling leaves and gathering them up into brown bags to leave at the edge of their driveway for the yard waste trucks to pick up in the morning.
Wives overseeing husbands atop ladders, stringing Christmas lights along rooftop eaves and gutters.
Forecast for Sunday, November 13th in West Michigan:Â
Low of 27 degrees, high of 38; 50 percent chance of snow showers.
One extreme to the other, in a span of four days.
Such is life, right? Health one day, illness the next. Poverty one day, provision the next.
And yet, in summer and winter, springtime and harvest, for richer or for poorer, God remains the same and His faithfulness never wanes.
We may get whiplash from flying from one extreme to the next, but He stays constant. Stable. A solid rock.
So we build our foundation on the rock, and in Christ we shall not be moved. No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck us from His hand.
Amen?
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Join the link-up with your own five-minute freewrite below, then visit your link-up neighbor to read their post and leave an encouraging comment:Â
Yeah, Kate. Amen.
Tonight the thing has gone extreme,
the bleeding, pukes, and pain,
but I say that I live the dream
as long as I remain,
to muscle through this straitened life,
with all its darkness and its fogs,
to do my best, support my wife,
and care for all the dogs.
Cancer’s bad, but it’s not
about me, and it never was.
I take the place that I have got
for it is mine, and just because
I really truly want to know
just how far I can still go.
Four minutes. OK.
And, hey, Kate. Five Minute Friday is my lodestone.
Things are awful, but I REALLY WANT to be here.
Does this keep me alive, when the docs say I should be long dead?
Cancer’s winning. I can’t even get to the mailbox.
Can YOU be making a difference?
You betcha.
Please know that you make a huge difference, in keeping this thing going, this community.
Wherever two or more gather in My name, I’m there… well, dudette, you make it possible.
Heart on my sleeve, and I almost deleted the comment, but what the hell.
Bless you, Andrew for honoring Kate in this way. You are so loved by this community too.
Dawn, thank YOU.
Thank you, Andrew. This truly means a lot. FMF wouldn’t be the same without you.
Amen!
Yes yes. Prayers for you today, Andrew. Thanks for your beautiful poem.
Amen! God is faithful no matter what extremes or what mediocrity we face.
To trust His faithfulness is to know that peace that passes understanding, even amidst the storm and the uncertainty around us. That song you mention has been my earworm this week. No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck us from His hand. Thank you, Kate. I echo Andrew’s gratitude for this platform that you faithfully provide each week too. Blessings to you.