Learning from Misty
I am a pack rat by nature. I recently found a track uniform from my freshman year in High School…been through 4 moves and somehow is still with me. I have no use for it…it doesn’t fit, yet I still find myself naturally unwilling to part with much of anything.
Well, my wife cured me of much of that sickness early in our marraige. I simply wasn’t allowed to keep plaid pants that I wore in the days when Ska was cool. Or shirts that had excessive pit stains (I had some serious contenders in that arena), even though I had once loved them, they had to go. So I’m ok with it now. I do ok with parting with my stuff.
Today my family crashed my house to clean my basement in preparation for construction starting next week. We are building a studio down there so I can do the bulk of the recording for the Anthem of Hope worship album (our second major product release, scheduled for late next year). I was so appreciative of the help…and despite my natural tendencies towards pack-rat-dom, I did a good job of purging the unneccesary items from my life. Unfortunately, that purge is probably going to cost me a pretty penny in dumpster fees :)
On a serious note though, I found a few books in the shuffle. One of which was a devotional book of Misty’s. I found some scripture highlighted and I wanted to share it. This was one that she had blocked out in yellow with a highlighter.
Peter 3:3-4a
3 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within…
The cool part is that she lived that, everyday.
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Things like peace, joy, knowing that Jesus loves us along with sadness, insecurity, they all show on our faces. Whatever is in our hearts, comes through, right?
Misty was so beautiful on the inside that it made her more beautiful on the outside. Not trying… now THAT is beautiful! And she did that so well.
That’s a great scripture.
But, I have to say, Ska is still cool. :)
That’s awesome, and so true. Love Misty and pray every day about her. Love you and Olivia too. Lacey and grandma is having an amazing time there and have laughed so much and have had a great time with Livi. You both are in my thoughts and prayers each night.
Love you, Aunt Amy~
So glad to have you back blogging. I miss your stories. Thanks for sharing the scripture- what a good reminder. Misty was beautiful on the inside and that shined through to the outside, too. That scripture is a great lesson that you will teach to Olivia and it’ll mean even more to her to know that it was important to her mom.
Amazing. Thank you for sharing that!
God is truely AMAZING! I was just out side with my mom after a “date” with a friend. She asked why I wouldnt let him pick me up and I replied that I was embaressed that we lived in Lakewood and did not have as much money as his family and did not want him to see how un wealthy we are. She and her friend replied that i shouldnt think like that and that i need to walk stronger with God cause its far harder to go to heaven when all your worried about is the world. I shrugged and told them they did not understand. I obviously then decided to come on your site cause to be quite honest you and your families story since day one has been whats kept my faith alive. With your trust in the Lord i found mine all over again and not just that silly childhood stuff but I really found my relationship with him. I am still having my struggles but I am sure working on it! Anyway, reading tonights post really confirmed what God wants to show me. I need to stray away from that of the world and live for him alone. That scripture is absolutely awesome thankyou for sharing! I completely agree that is exactly how Misty would live I knew her a very little bit but from the times I was in her company at Calvary I saw nothing but her beauty from within!
Congrats on freeing your “inner” pack rat! Cleansing your life in that way is such a wonderful feeling! Also, I love the scripture that you shared. I think that as women (and men too) it is often easy to get wrapped up in our outer appearance. It was very refreshing to read that scripture and I can totally understand why Misty would have highlighted that particular verse. It hits home with me as well! Thanks again for sharing!
Good stuff- that’s a great verse: very encouraging. The Bible sure is good like that.
I laughed when I read this, because I actually just went through all of my stuff recently, and I found that I have the exact opposite problem- I save as little as possible… o well :-)
I follow your blog daily and wanted to let you know that I would share it with my Dad, he passed Tuesday 8/4. He enjoyed the spirituality you bring to others by sharing your family. I believe it helped him in his final days. He would have turned 70 on 8/30.
Lisa,
I’m so honored to have been even a small part of your family during those difficult days. Your words humble me. Thanks for honoring me and my family.
Darren