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What Is A Weekend?

Posted on April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 by Pam

That is one of the funny lines from Downton Abbey. I usually discover good tv years after everyone else is done with it. It is always about the script so I cannot figure out the appeal of James Bond films. Oh well. We are full on inconsistencies. The weekend has always been about fellowship and honoring God with my Sundays. When I worked in real estate I took Sundays off but then worked most Saturdays because I needed to be available when my people were. It has never felt like a sacrifice. I need to re-engage God, no matter how wonderful or challenging my life is. You see, God get’s the credit for both. I know Who He is and I know that we are prone to wander from the truth. I mean no disrespect, but, a sovereign God has the final say on every day.

I think that stable habit began early. My mom and sisters and I would walk to the neighborhood church. It was independent and bible-believing. I had the best Sunday-school teachers on the planet. I was a member there for thirty years. I am now on my fifth church after moves and family preferences intervened. It is a seven minute drive, is independent and bible-believing. I do other things on the weekend but first place is fellowship. I would love to hear what else you did with your weekend but here is my list: exercise class, vacuum, laundry, tea with friends, a movie on tv, a driving prayer tour of a Hindu Temple, Muslim Center, and Buddhist Temple, cut out some fabric to sew something for an upcoming travel holiday, phone time with family, cooking, and probably more. With all of that randomness, to not gather in church sounds foolish to me. I do miss the days of soccer games, though!

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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