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March 26, 2011
Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
blog, Speaking Events

Spectacular Spring Training Seminar

I’m up next. Hmmm…what happens if I’m not spectacular because I’m so NOT feeling spectacular…

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Shellie is the fun-loving host of the All Things Southern podcast who lives to help hungry hearts feast on Jesus through humor and storytelling. Shellie is a popular humorist, speaker, and country cook. She’s the author of the award winning nonfiction humor titles Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On, Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy, Heart Wide Open and Hungry is a Mighty Fine Sauce.  Her new book Finding Deep & Wide will release January 2020

INSPIRATIONS FROM MY HEART TO YOURS

"Let me help you learn to linger with God, because lingering changes everything." ~Shellie

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    I could live to be a hundred, give or take a few y I could live to be a hundred, give or take a few years, and I could be gone tomorrow. That’s how it works for all of us.  But for the sake of this discussion, let’s just say I’ll make the centennial mark. It doesn’t take a lot of mathing to determine I’m knee deep in the third quarter. That realization has set my wheels turning. 

I coached girls’ basketball once upon a time. And while it’s been a hot minute since I gave a half-time speech, I haven’t forgotten trying to impress on my teams the importance of the third quarter.  By that point in the game, the first half of play had taught us plenty about ourselves, and our opponents. We knew what was working, what wasn’t, and what adjustments we needed to make. The third quarter was crucial. If we took it lightly, our goals were doomed. If we seized it, we could position ourselves for victory. There’s a reason why the third quarter is called the championship quarter. It’s where games are won and lost. 

I’m aiming to apply those third quarter lessons to my life in Christ. I’ve learned a lot about myself and my enemy. (You have the same enemy. You know that, right?) The inestimable good news here is I also have a Supernatural Coach who is infinitely wiser than myself, or any other human who ever drew up a game plan, and this is His promise to all who’ll listen, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” Psalm 32.8 

I’m leaning in and listening closely for His adjustments. I’ve seen far too many games decided because of a third quarter lull in intensity.  Maybe you’re in one of the other periods of life. Heeding God’s good intentions applies to you, too. 

If you’re young, the Spirit of God wants to save you from a life of defeat. If you’re older and you’re being thrashed by the enemy, He is present to rescue, forgive, heal, and restore what has been lost and position you for a better season in His sweet Presence.  I implore you to lay your game plan down and trust His! God is for you. Jesus is proof. 

~Drop a heart if you need prayer.

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Shellie
    Life lately, with deepest respect and gratitude fo Life lately, with deepest respect and gratitude for those who gave all that we might live free. #lakeprovidencela #thetowncalledbyhisname
    Practiced some tough love this morning. My tomato Practiced some tough love this morning. My tomato plants had become one big mass of growing limbs twisting, turning, and carrying on slap out of control because someone (let’s not name names) had neglected training them and securing them to the arch support during their growth spurt. It hurt me to lose large portions of each plant but Sweet 100 tomatoes can take aggressive pruning and I knew it would be make healthier plants in the long run. I whispered to them more than once, “You’ll be ok, you need this.” Yes, I talk to my plants, and the birds, and the squirrels, and Hank the Tank, and anyone else who’ll listen. I won’t go into what I say to the one thousand seven hundred eighty-two varieties of insects that greet a Louisiana girl in the summer. It involves cursing— the Biblical kind, y’all— as in, “Die, you nasty bug and may your offspring die with you.” 

Want some “dock theology”? God can stand to hear you holler. He can stand to hear us all holler. 

God knows where our cravings, aspirations, and attitudes are out of control and He knows exactly what needs pruning for our growth and His glory.  But, there’s an all-important distinction in our analogy. Although my tomato plants didn’t have a vote this morning, God gave you and a free will that allows us to work with Him, or actively resist His corrective hand. God is for us, friends. Working with Him will always lead to greater fellowship and more abundant life. If He has put His mighty hand on something in your life while you were reading these words, lay it down. You’ll be glad you did. ~Blessings (And if you want prayer support as you lay it down, drop a heart below and I’ll pray for you by name.)
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