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Name: Teresa Straub
Interests: I am an ambassador of the King of Kings. Passionate about Truth. No fluff, no nonsense, and not afraid of confrontation to expose the truth. I am passionate about discipling young ladies and challenging them to know God in all fullness.
My life in three words: TO KNOW GOD.
My prayer: Eph. 3:16-21
Occupation: Administrative
Industry: Hospitality
Message: message me
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Member Since:
3/1/2004
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| it's not about what the world has for you, but what you bring to it, wherever you are.
about giving and loving. right here. right now.
make what you will out of it.
When we are willing to be used by God, He uses us to flood our world of interactions with joy and brightness of hope.
He will provide the strength for it. You choose your attitude. And whether or not you will accept the strength. The power to make a difference and change lives.
♫ "But
thanks be to God,who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ
and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of
Him." 2 Corinthians 2:14
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| It's so easy for our hearts to get consumed in romance. So easy.
don't read into what I wrote. It's just true.
God. consume my heart.
I was talking with God tonight. It's been too long and it's my fault. We were talking about romance and why hearts get entangled so easily in everything except for the ultimate of ultimate heart-entangling experiences: the love of Jesus Christ.
Competing affections. God, remove them. I want to be romanced by my King of the Ages. By my Immanuel.
So often we settle for less, never knowing what we miss out on. You can never know what you are missing out on with Jesus unless you experience what you would have been missing out on.
My King has stolen my heart. In the most beautiful of all romance. I don't want anything less. Being in love with my King - keep my heart, Lord.
God brought this song to my heart to dwell on.
I want to be romanced by the King of the Ages,
I don't want to sing of a passion I've never known.
I want to get lost in the beauty of Jesus,
To dance through the night around Your throne.
The glories of Jesus. God, don't let me settle for less. Take my wandering heart, bind it to You. To what I really want. To all that will ever be and all that ever satisfies and all my heart was created for - to be lost in Your beauty and love.
Lost in the love of the King.
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| Time for an update...
Taiwan is wonderful. I am currently teaching English camps in Hsinchu, Taiwan. I will either be in Hualien or Taoyuan this next school year, teaching English.
Camps are a blast - Extreme drama... wonderful! It is turning out to be a perfect situation - a Teresa-shaped cookie cutter!
God has given me Isaiah 41-43 as the theme chapters for this year here.
I never dreamed of being in this situation, but God definitely is orchestrating my life... His ways are higher and better than my shrimpy little dreams. It is so much fun to follow Him and watch Him at work in my life and the lives of those around me.
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| This verse expresses my heart so well:
"I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service." 1 Timothy 1:12
How gracious our Lord is. That He would even consider me, let alone appoint me to such a high position: His ministry. My eyes are swelled with tears. What an awesome thing. And He strengthens us... I pray that you would understand a little more of His graciousness and mercy in your life.
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| Life is can be compared to looking out a frosted window.
The frost represents trials or hardships.
We can be near-sighted, staring at the frost. Or look past the frost and focus on the beautiful scene outside.
When in a trial, we can either focus on the ourselves or we can look
past it to see the beauty God is creating through the trial.
Joseph. What a marvelous example. He looked past the
troubles and praised God for His beautiful work and how He used the
circumstances.
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish
what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Genesis 50:20
Joseph was able to look at the trial through God's eyes and see the good and purposes in it.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9
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