Hi kids- awesome treat for ya'll today! My great buddy and forever friend Corina Frakes Patterson is guest blogging! She is one of my favorite people, and has led an amazing life.
Read more about her shenanigans adopting a sweetie from India, being a pastor's wife, and living daily with pain, in my blog "Hotflash-X and Shekinah" that I published about her in February.
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| The fabulous Corina Patterson |
I admire her greatly, and can't wait for you to hear from her. ENJOY!
I am just
going to say it—
Before & After is about as American as hotdogs, apple pie, and
baseball.
Think about
it…
We encounter
Before & After all the time!
Companies use it to prove the worth of their product ---
(or maybe not! Haha!)
And the BEST
television shows use Before & After.
Have you ever seen shows like:
Trading
Spaces,
Extreme Home Makeover or, Yard Crashers?
Or the
end-all be-all of
Before & After,
What Not To Wear!!!
The best
show EV-UHH!
In case you
have not seen this AMAZING show, I’ll explain
(and give an honorary, WHAT IN
THE CATHAIR?!)
The show
goes like this:
a bedraggled mom jean -wearin, too big t-shirt
-sportin’, mismatched everything woman gets nominated and set-up by her
friends.
Stacy and
Clinton (pictured) sneak in and surprise the unsuspecting, fashion-less
thing and offer a $5000 GIFT CARD to buy a NEW wardrobe BUT she has to throw
out ALL her clothes. Once the woman agrees to take the offer (they always
agree, wouldn’t you?), Stacy and Clinton sit down with the gal and take a look
at secret footage of the woman on the street in her bad clothes. They proceed
to say things like, “what were you thinking?" and “Really. You left the
house in THAT?" Then, like fairy godmothers they help her buy beautiful
clothes that fit, cut her hair, put make-up on her and, Voila! “After “ happens.
Check out
this “After” with
the girls…uh, not so much:)
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| What were we thinking? wigs and aprons? YIKES! |
Once the
woman has all new stuff ,she always says things like,
“I love it. "
"I feel pretty."
" I like the new me” and
“Thank You”.
Don’t you love that?
Another Before & After is
actually the BEST that could happen
to anyone.
It is when you give your
life to Christ.
Most Christians (including this one) cite some dramatic “Befores” that makes the “After” part seem all the more amazing.
Here’s what
I’m thinkin: stick with me now….
In this case
it is NOT the “Before” that makes the
“After” amazing.
It is the “IN BETWEEN”.
The FREE
gift of Jesus Christ.
His willing sacrifice of Himself so I can live
with Him forever.
The unmerited favor for my bedraggled, mom jean wearin, too
big t-shirt sportin, mismatched self.
God sent His
son to deliver a priceless ‘gift card’ of salvation to
me,
us,
you.
Just like in
What
Not To Wear, all you gotta do is say:
“ I’ll take it”
...and agree to
throw out the old stuff.
God’s not even going to make you sit down to watch
secret footage and make fun of you…
He forgets about that part.
He simply
transforms you so you will look in the mirror and say,
“I love it"
"I like the new me” and
“Thank You”
“..if you
confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you
believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are
saved. As the Scripture says, Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to
shame” Romans 10:9-11
That is one
Cathair of a Before & After!
You should
definitely take the ‘gift card’
…..just
sayin!
i love this, corina! when do you start your own blog????
ReplyDeleteCorina, thank you for not saying "What in the cathair!?" when you went through my closet. ;)
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