Get Your Hopes Up!!!: When Life Hits from All Sides
By Patti Reeser
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What would you do if all of your hopes and dreams were crushed in an instant?
In Get Your Hopes Up, the author gives us a vulnerable look into her life while going through what seemed to be some insurmountable difficulties with an unbelievably positive attitude.
In the forty-third chapter of Isaiah, he begins talking about when we pass through the rivers saying they wont overflow us or when we go through fire we wont be burnt. But what about when it feels like Hesaves us from the fire by dumping us in the river and turns around to do it all again and again?
Written as if she were talking to you across the table as a friend, with humor she describes her journey with resilience and an incredible faith and vision.
Be encouraged as you read that even in her darkest hour, she still saw God as good and hung on to the promise that He had a far greater vision for her life than the broken dreams she was now holding.
Patti Reeser
Patti spent two years at Wheaton College in Illinois, finished up her BA in Business at Michigan State University, and completed her MBA at University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to the accident, she had an intensive career in sales and marketing, specializing in opening up new territories and training salespeople.
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Get Your Hopes Up!!! - Patti Reeser
Copyright © 2012 by Patti Reeser.
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Contents
Introduction
Shall we Dance?
Can I Have a Do-over Please?
The Evil Cloud
Going Home!
Are You Tanning?
In Credit Score I Trust
The Warrant
Regatta Ranch
Postscript……
Introduction
We all have times when we feel beat up from every side. My story is not so much special than it was more visible and in many ways a testament of what the faithful prayers of many can accomplish.
I was reading the other day and noticed that Jesus marveled at the faith of the Centurion in Matthew 8:5-13. I read further in Luke 7:6 that it was the centurion’s friends that went to talk to Jesus on his behalf first.
My humble gratitude to all of you … my friends … who talked to Jesus on my behalf…. This is as much your story as it is mine.
Shall we Dance?
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Life is a Dance with God,
said the notes I reread from a small group seminar I attended some years ago. My mind went to the discussion—I didn’t remember if the leader had given more details, but I distinctly remembered me thinking about how many people live their lives in a box-step format, each step of the same routine with perfect execution. I understand some people want that, but not me. I thought then, and I still do, that I want my life to be the most passionate dance with my Creator, so that if he were to dip me over shark infested waters, I would still go limp in his arms.
Hmm, I thought as I contemplated that recollection. Boy, a person sure would have to go through a heck of a lot of crap to gain that type of faith
Needless to say, I had no idea that my intense dance lessons
would soon begin! And I don’t know how many times since then I’ve said to my dance partner, God, the ponytail is hitting the water … just thought I would let you know …. In case you didn’t see.
Looking back, I don’t think I had quite gotten the going limp in his arms
thing down very well at the time. Not that I have now, but I laugh sometimes at my current reaction to life-events, I have lightened up.
You probably aren’t like this and would not look at things the way I do. When I was in high school, for example, at a Halloween party for our youth group, I was picked as one of the couples to be in the caramel apple eating contest. The adult leaders picked the two kids that they thought they could have the most fun pulling this prank on. Yep you guessed it; we were the couple that got the caramel onion! But what you wouldn’t have guessed is that I was all set to win this gig as soon as I was picked. My attitude was, if you are going to play, why not win, right? My partner didn’t think so and bailed after the first bite. I was a bit perturbed because I had to figure out how to win with these new obstacles: no partner and the ONION! Everyone was dying with laughter, and I think I may have won because of all the commotion at my end of the line distracted and stopped the other competitors from eating their real apples. . No one could believe I didn’t give up. I don’t remember if someone just held the onion or if my original partner came back once he realized we actually had a shot at winning. But it was a fun night. (I think they let me spit out the pieces … in