When You Meet Under Nebraskan Skies... A Five Minute Friday Post

I said it a few weeks ago - how I almost never miss Five Minute Friday... and then I turned the calendar and saw that I would miss at least a couple in the coming weeks and I almost missed tonight as well! But I remembered... and I stopped in ever so late to the Twitter party to chat a bit and I will tap this thing out limited to my laptop because - you know, computer woes... but still - I am home, and I can not stay away!

{I can't say it enough, really - I love my tribe! The Gathering that happens on Twitter on Thursday nights and then flashmob writes out their hearts and hits publish all over the interwebs on Thursday and Friday (and sometimes on Tuesdays!) But, I know... I'm like a broken record here, stuck on repeat! However today I am thinking of a different community. Let's just get started.}

This is Five Minute Friday and our Word Prompt for the day is: MEET

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I already spilled out words about Jumping Tandem... a somewhat full recap of the amazing weekend that was, and you can read about that HERE...

But this is not that...

Sure, I met up with friends at Jumping Tandem. For some, it was a glorious reunion... (You know who you are!) and for some, it was the first time getting to hug and laugh and hear, not just read, their voice!

Again... this is not that.

It seems that I traveled hours and days to meet up with an ever present God under glorious trees and blue Nebraskan skies... 

I sat underneath a canopy of branches, feeling covered... sheltered... held.

I gazed up, and He was there.

I gazed out over rippling waters and winding paths, and He was there.

I gazed down at empty pages and written prayers, and He was there.

I gazed within, beyond shaky knees and a hopeful heart, and He was there.

I traveled to Nebraska to meet with writers, dreamers and friends and what I found was heaven on earth... who I met was Christ in me... full of glory.  

I know who I am... and Whose I am... but sometimes I forget that He is in me.  As in, for real... He fills me up and He leads and guides me and when He asks Big Things of me... He is the One... the only One, Who can bring them to pass... and suddenly I felt the pressure ease.

I gaze up... and out, and down, and within...
And He is there.

He is always there.

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I loved loved loved meeting up with online friends... many of whom I 'found' right here in the Five Minute Friday Community. I knew I would find God there as well, but oh how He surprised me in all the ways He showed up!

I love the #fmfparty Community that gathers on Twitter and all across the Internet on Thursday nights and on Fridays... on into the next week, where we encourage and uplift... where we share prayer requests and praise reports... where we talk food and friends and we find support and kindred hearts and we are reminded that life is good and God is good and we are not alone... and then we all write for five minutes flat, a flash mob of wordsmiths letting our hearts and our fingers do the talking tapping and we hit publish before we can second guess... we just let Him flow!   Five Minute Fridays gives us the chance to dive right in and share what He puts on our hearts! Click here to read what others have to say about "MEET"


Oh ...the fine print: if you don't know what FMF is!  Five Minute Fridays have been hosted by Lisa Jo Baker.  This week we start gathering over at Kate Motaung's.  FMF is open to anyone, so to learn more about it - and to jump in yourself (the more the merrier!) or just to find a linky to see what everyone is writing about today - click HERE!  The idea is to simply write... for Five Minutes flat... no editing, no deep thinking - or at least REthinking, no spell check - just write! Let it flow! We all write using a prompt that Lisa posts at 10pm Thursday night (EST.)  I'm loving the community of amazing bloggers and the creativity that flows from these magical Five Minutes!