What is living limitless? For many right now, the weather might limit how you’re living! Mostly, to engage in small talk, I’ll visit with others about the weather. At times, I feel set apart as I don’t have many friends that I talk to Jesus about. Weather chats keep us neutral and in agreement. When politics is involved, things might “heat” up this frigid front!
When I began “revamping” my website it was my goal to include my testimony. My faith and belief in Christ isn’t JUST about eternity ONE day. My goal in life is to live the ABUNDANT life that Christ offered when I chose to follow him. Do you know that in accepting and receiving, you too can have this power? I’d rather talk about Christ and his amazing creations that produce AWE –not angst or anxiety! I don’t want to get to the end of my “race” and lose my faith. The more Christ is IN ME, the LESS of this world I need. My joy isn’t based on circumstances or what I “own” or any other status. Living Limitless means I’ve received the Holy Spirit IN ME and I must die to my self and flesh daily.
I’ll ask you, “How’s the weather in your area?” and gladly have small talk. But what I’d love to hear answered is, “Do you know how loved you are and that you too can live a limitless life IN Christ?”
Join K.L. Hale from Flannel with Faith as she interviews Tim Denney, from WithoutLimit.org. Tim is the NW Regional Co-coordinator for the Northern MN Suicide Prevention Initiative (& the mental health lead for NW Health Services Coalition). Tim’s decade with the Quakers helped his Christ IN HIM life!
Keep the faith, my friends. Even in these frigid and frozen times! Stay safe and blessed. You are loved!💚
Take a leap of faith & read more if you’re interested!
***Please accept my apology for the previously published post! I’m learning the “in’s and out’s” of Podbean as well as working with a creator of an effect app for recording! These learning curves are great and I hope you enjoy this interview! Be encouraged! You are loved!***
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Right now I’m thanking Christ that I don’t live east of the Rockies.
I like how you said, “The more Christ is IN ME, the LESS of this world I need.” Reminds me of Plato (I think it was him, or perhaps some other erudite Greek philosopher). He walked into a marketplace, took a look around at all the gimcracks and whatnots that were displayed for sale on tables, and remarked, “There’s so much in this world that I don’t need.”
I was once a born again Christian, so I’ve been there and done that. It was fine, but my restive brain had more questions than answers offered by my religion. I had to go my own way, although part of that has involved Buddhism. So I’ve had both Christ and the Buddha in my life.
As far as being loved, how could anyone not love me? Why, I have the most beautiful ego in the world! And as far as living forever, I sure as heck hope so, but I don’t know. I assume it’s true, and am doing my best to prepare for the Hereafter, whenever that comes. That way, if it does come, I’ll be all set. Hopefully.
Be careful in all that nasty weather. Stay off the road as much as possible, and stay safe! ❄️
Tippy, of course everyone loves you, my friend! I don’t think it’s the ego~ it’s really your kindness and sense of humor (and great teaching of history!!). Don’t forget your talented piano skills!
I appreciate your authenticity and openness, dear friend! To not question our existence and the “bigger” questions beyond US is something I couldn’t fathom!
I’ve deconstructed my faith and walk (I know that word had become a “buzz” word). Sadly, not ALL, but some institutions have strayed too FAR from the whole point of the Acts gathering and the teaching of the New Covenant and what it means to “die to self” and surrender. It’s more of let’s pay more, become more routine, let go of ministering outside the building, banishing imperfect people all whilst that’s why they were created, almost to the point of “worshiptainment”. That’s MY experience. With that shared, I’ve been to many amazing gatherings.
It behooves me to think that I would just go somewhere once a week and mark it off a list and never talk about it, apply it, or fellowship. Honestly, if I sold all my belongings and hit the road to share Christ, and honor Him in all that I do, disregarding and dying to my flesh, I’d become the closest to walking as Jesus did!
The more I live, particularly having witnessed personal miracles in my life, the more I know I don’t belong in this world and I’m ok with being different or set apart. I’m not who I was yesterday, not 3 years ago, definitely not 20, and I want to keep applying this love throughout my life~ it’s harvest season! Even if I only have 3 years left, one day, or 20, my faith today is what I finally understand. If that makes sense?
If it were warmer and my bones weren’t so achy, I’d go to the nature center and make tiny snowmen. Hopefully by Wednesday? I don’t mind it. Why complain it really? It’s the weather. We all have it. But it does make for a neutral topic to discuss.
So, Tippy, how’s the weather where you live? 😂😂🤪 I’m jealous, my friend! But I’ll take the good and bad!!
Well, I admire what you discovered with your faith. It sounds to me like you’ve found that which cannot be explained in a way that makes intellectual sense. And yet it’s the most sensible thing a person could ever experience.
As for the weather, it’s very chilly here. Today our high only got up to 57. My greatcoat is at the ready, for those rare moments I venture outside.
Thank you, Tippy. You said identically what I’ve heard others before~”…that which cannot be explained in a way that makes intellectual sense.”
Until you experience it, it’s unexplainable!
I wish that same peace for you and promise for you. I’ve got to go back and finish your book! I was on a roll for a bit!
57 is perfect hiking weather~ but cool for your typical! It sounds balmy lol!
Take care, my friend! Oh, I meant to tell you that a dear friend loaned me her keyboard while she’s not using it! I’m excited!
That is a very trusting friend. I wouldn’t loan my keys to anyone.
🥰 she is!!
Beautifully written, Karla. Thank you for sharing and have a restful evening.
Sweet sister, it’s so good to see you. Thank you. I know you’ll enjoy Tim’s talk! God bless you. I’ve been praying for you daily. Sending gentle hugs and love.♥️🙏♥️
Thank you, sis, I have been praying for you too.
You’re welcome, thank you, too!
Hi Karla: nothing frigid or frozen here: we are having a heat wave: a string of days in the forties including y’s banger at 45 degrees ! stay warm 🙂
Hello, John! That’s wonderful! I’m so happy you’re doing the best possible! Nice weather across the big pond, many blessings, my friend! 🥰🙏
We are all so very Loved that it is possible and necessary to find love for others… I enjoyed the podcast and to hear your voice!! Blessings on you!!
How beautiful, Val. I’m so happy you enjoyed the podcast! It’s so true how loved we are. And if we all could FEEL it, know it, experience it…it just…changes you. I’m so blessed to have you on this journey with Finn and I. I’m very humbled by you and the prayer warriors. Finn and I send our love to you, Mochi, and the amazing teams you have!❤️🙏🏻🤗🐾
Yes. we have snow and really cold temperatures but today was beautiful and blue skies. And Jesus is so good. In the midst of the storm, my Pastor came and picked me up in his Jeep and took me to Church and I had Him and his wife and son all to myself. It was the best service ever with some of my favorites worship songs. So much beauty in the midst of the storm. He promised me good and that is what He gave. Jesus is the only way and will not share that with another! If you honor Him, He will honor you. That is what I have found and experienced. His Word is true and He cannot lie! And I am Blessed! Love you always sweet Karla! Stay safe and warm! 💙🎶💙
This is beautiful, Mama Wenda—just as you! THANK YOU for sharing your testimony, love for the Lord, your heart, joy, ALL OF YOU. You ooze with joy for him. You have experienced His love, mercy, and joy, even at the worst moment a person could ever experience. Do you know how much you inspire me? You can share all of this because you have experienced it and know it to be true! It’s such a blessing and I want all my family and friends to know! When I walk past strangers, my heart has a burden for them to know, too! The least I can do is smile and tell people that God loves them. And I don’t love God and others, can I really say that I have HIM in my heart? You are a role model of love, Wenda. I know how much music means to you and I’m so happy you had the Jeep ride with the wonderful pastor and family–and a beautiful service, too!
I love you sweet Wenda and I pray you stay safe and warm too! ❣️🤗❣️❤️🎶🎶🎶
I could not find your Podcast yesterday. It said there was a problem. So today I looked again and found your video and watched it. I thought it was a new one. Whether I have seen it before or not, I was so blessed in hearing your testimony and seeing your pretty face. You are so special and I am blessed to know and love you! I pray for you always and hope your suffering is victorious. And I believe it is working for your good as He has promised. I did not know you were in Missouri. I am in Kentucky, not that far away. One day we will meet and what a wonderful meeting it will be. Love you so very much. Stay safe and strong! ❤️🎶😂⛸️😘🥰😍
❣️❤️🤗 Mama Wenda, I’d love to hug you in realtime. THANK YOU for your precious words and love of God to me and everyone you meet!
The podcast published automatically from the podcast site–then I had to place it back to “pending”. THEN, republished! I’m always learning!!
Thank you for watching my testimony. It’s hard to believe that’s been two years ago now? But I have added my testimony page and I’ll place the podcasts on their own page too eventually, lol! I love you!!! Stay safe and blessed!❤️❣️🤗🙏🏻🪽🪽
We will always be learning. I did listen to some parts of it ad was blessed. I did learn. You have such a great and interesting Website. I love you, too. You are always such a blessing to me! 🎶🌹😍😘🥰❤️
It is an amazing thing to hear and feel that love from Spirit when I trust in Jesus kind lady. To be open and touch something so beautifully profound when I write or speak from that place. That previous interview with Tim touched me also. Here I was thinking I’m ok, I’ve travelled in that trust and understood…but…I don’t think it ever ends. It is awaiting us all when Spirit knows it is time, we open our arms and hearts and trust in that love. So a new journey has begun Karla and Tim, a more trusting one so that I can ‘hear’ that love more clearly ❤️
Big hugs to God’s team, and I pray that the cold bits that tested your personal mittens have had their say and now share much more warmth in what you speak. Much love and light to you both, to those delightful puppy dogs too, and I look forward to more heart warming love from within you both in the future. Take care ❤️
P.S. Just have to go for a wander for a few days so I’ll be quite for a bit. Yes, the silence may be a shock for a while. Oh, and lots of love for your current healing kind lady, may His love ever hold you in your journey 🤣🤗🥰🛵🥾🐾🦓🎶🕊️🌊🐬🐳❤️🙏
Aww, Mark, thank you! God’s Team! Aren’t we all better working together? Better than most football teams you follow, too, my friend 😉 tee hee.
Seriously, I’m so happy you were blessed by this! I’m like you ….I’ll never get to a point when it will “end” –the growing, learning, and becoming wiser. My life IN CHRIST and HIS IN MINE. Like you said, we open our hearts and arms and TRUST happens. You can’t explain it. It just is. It’s a power that goes beyond human understanding! You’re a miracle and you experienced it. YOU KNOW!
I hope Tim is reading these responses! I’m late getting to all of you, like usual, lol, but for good reasons (friends came by).
Now, Mark, you say you’re going to go wander for a while so I hope you’re ok! Thank you for letting us know! Sweet Ginger reached out by email as the gremlins were “live” again–but I think this time it was ME! I didn’t realize that the podcast automatically publishes (yikes! even before you add words or anything!) so I had to delete that and ask for Happiness Engineers on which “block” to use. Since it wasn’t one of their typical podcast blocks, I used the “custom HTML” block. More learning curves. It’s a good thing I love learning! 🙂
Finn and I send tons of love, prayers, and hugs to you in the big Down Under! Please take care and may God bless and hold you during this wandering time away! 🤗💚🐕🦺🦓🐩🐕🐾🎶🕊️⛅🐬🥾🥾❤️❣️🙏🏻🤗
Why thank you Karla, it is a rare beautiful journey for us all. But on that day we put our fail in Jesus it just goes somewhere so profound. I think maybe its that human thing where we try, try, try again until we realise He is just asking us to trust. Don’t get me wrong, in the beginning we do try, and lots of it. But it is at its end where after so long, and so many attempts, that we do finally ask Him to help us. And suddenly amazing things begin to happen.
And also amazing that you send me lots of love, prayers and hugs. I was attending a funeral of my brother in law that was quite a distance away and my body wasn’t too happy…but…It must have been you that gave me much strength and love for it all because I was able to do many things to help out. So thank you very much for that love and guidance. In fact, speaking of guidance, and amazingly, I knew the minister doing the service. She was from way back (it was my old home town), and I knew her from working with my wife (at the time). There was lots of ‘old’ things being touched and gone through.
In fact, as the service was going on, a white feather came down from somewhere and landed on the huge floral arrangement next to the minister. I think that may have been you as well, so thank you 🤣❤️🙏
Yes, technology was having its fun too. The send off music for the service stopped mid song, silent for a while, began again, then stopped, and even the minister said my brother in law was having his last gag at us 🤣
I shall touch base with Ginger very soon, she too has been through such pain and grief herself. It is one of those ‘time’ things but such a path truly touches us so deeply ❤️🙏
Thank you again for those blessings Karla, they did touch base beautifully. You didn’t know where I was but knew they were needed, so thank you. Big hugs, lots of love, and prayers for your journey my friend. Thank you 🤣🤗🥰🛵🥾🐾🦓🎶🕊️🌊🐬🐳❤️🙏
Haha…I put fail in Jesus at the top instead of faith…but you know, yes we should give Him our failures , and trust 🤣🤗❤️🙏
“Living Limitless means I’ve received the Holy Spirit IN ME and I must die to my self and flesh daily.”
I love this, Karla! We’ve been out of school, due to the sleet/snow, the past few days, and it’s been a struggle to focus on the right things. The events that are currently happening in our country are pushing my anxiety to the forefront. What can a little guy like me do to help bring peace to our world? The Holy Spirit told me the answer: pray and then work to bring peace to my little corner of the world. I will sweep off my own front porch, and hopefully help others sweep theirs. One person at a time. 🤗
Keep going, sister. Your reimagined life is an inspiration and the talk of heaven. I have no doubt that several in glory are saying, “Look at Karla!” I bet Christ himself is saying it too.😀
Blessings!
David, your words made me SMILE HUGE. You are TOO kind and gracious, my friend!! THANK YOU!
I had this feeling you’d be out of school! I understand what you mean about the current events. Former workkamping friends from Iowa came through here today. Our former manager and dear friend also joined us. We all spoke about the happenings of today. And about faith in God and history, in general. And that faith takes believing even when all the “evidence” seems to point to other things!
You’re doing a huge part in praying. NOT only that–but think of the impact you have at school on SO MANY people! You’re sweeping WAY more than just your front porch, my friend. You inspire me!!
I can’t imagine the pain Christ suffered on the cross. I’ve experienced crucifixion with him that I thought was painful in my mind; but I know it still can’t come close to what he went through. I won’t waste HIS pain to death and resurrection. At times that means that just loving him and my neighbor is all I can do.
It’s easy to feel helpless and allow ourselves to get wrapped up into it. Jesus and I have had very serious talks. A lot of habits I had have changed–things I’ve cut off to pray more, journal more, and personal calls with the women’s fire group, or other friends. Our “front porches” that he places in front of us. He will honor that for you, dear friend.
Thank you for encouraging me and being a prayer warrior! God bless you and yours!!!🤗🤗💚
Beautiful ❤️. Here we are currently being jet blasted by a frigid wind. Sat inside reading CS Lewis thinking of all the blessings in my world. With me it’s often too easy for me to focus on the negative. But spending that time with your voice and words, the blessings are flowing. ❤️
Gary, this is precious and kind. Thank you, dear friend. It’s heartwarming to hear that you were blessed by this! Praise God!
Isn’t being cozy inside with a book by CS (and add a cup of coffee or tea, a fire?) the best?
Sending hugs and love to you both! I appreciate you! ❣️🤗
Definitely a bit limited by the weather right now! Ready for SPRING! 🙂 Thinking of you always!
Thank you, dear M.B.!! Your support always encourages me! Yay to Spring! 🤗💚❣️
This weather has been pounding us left and right with snow and cold, Karla. I’ll still smile and be kind to those I encounter out … the best I can!
So proud of you, Karla. This is bold, honest, and full of Jesus. Living limitless is choosing Christ over comfort, faith over fear, and joy that is not tied to circumstances.
Praying this podcast reaches hearts and reminds people how deeply loved they are in Him.
We had soooo much snow, and it’s been too cold for children to go outside (single digits). I can’t wait to help them step into and through 18″ of snow next week. My best to you, Karla!
Oh my, Jennie! How has it gone this week? Those little ones would be lost in 18 inches! Sending warm hugs and love, my friend!!
You continue to inspire me, Karla!
Thank you, precious Ann! I appreciate you so much! God bless you!
Love this… Hope you are doing well and staying warm my beautiful friend. Some people can have an impact on your life that is unforgettable and I will never forget you being there for me when I so desperately needed a friend ❤️
Amie, I’m praying this is you as the name appears differently. I remember it so well and I send my love. Thank you, beautiful friend. 🙏💕 God bless you!
Yes it’s me Amie. I’m not sure what happened as I noticed this is a different name than what I had. I need to check my log in info. But anyways I love reading your blogs. You inspire me in every way 🩷🩷🩷
This post speaks from your heart. Just what I needed to start my day.
Thank you so much, Lisa! ❤️❤️ God bless you!
Thank you for this reminder at a time when anxiety is at an all-time high about events around us and personal trials. “Living Limitless”: Amen to that, sister!! 💖✝️🙌
Living limiless because we have Jesus. Praying for you little sister
Amen, brother!! Exactly! Praying for you too! Thank you for your prayers and support.
You are always near to my heart and thoughts Karla. My prayers go out to you as I listen to your voice and prayers for all of us. What a beautiful soul and you shine so bright. All my love to you dear friend, hugs, C
Oh, C, I’ve missed you, dearly. This comment ended up in my Spam folder. You are in my heart and prayers, big sis. How are you doing? Thank you for your love, prayers, and support always! All my love to you!! ❣️❤️❤️❤️