Prayer Copyer!!!

I was doing prayer with the kids yesterday and we’re literally 10-seconds in to praying when Odin looks at me like I had just stolen the 19 commandments from Moses on mount sinai and says, 

“ARE YOU COPYING ME???”

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I’m like, NO, I’m praying!!!

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He says, Weeeeeeeelllll, I said, I love you God! And THEN YOU said I love you God too!!! So, YOU DID COPY ME!!!

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I was liiiiiike, yeah I said I love you God too, NOT BECAUSE I WAS COPYING YOU, buuuuuuuuut because, 

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I LOVE HIM!!!! 

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There was a REALLY LOOOOONG PAUSE, then, 

                             ooooooooh ok, I guess that’s ok then!!! 

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I was liiiiiike, WOWWWWWWW!!!🤣🤣🤣

I have to say, Odin has a way of making EVERYTHING extra interesting!!!! Buuuuuuut sure do love this kid!!! 

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Single Saturday!!!

#NotMyFaultTheyDon'tMakeA-Move!!!👼

WHY God cannot be understood!!!

I was talking to one of my friends one time, and we were discussing how sometimes we just can't understand God. We don't get WHY He does things a certain way or WHY He allows certain things to happen. We just have to trust Him and know that He is looking out for us...And I started off in the discussion pretty theological "...the foolishness of God is wiser than men..." (1 Corinthians 1:25) I'm like you know, we just don't understand the way God works...Sometimes He’s JUST HARD TO FIGURE OUT!!! Then without thinking about it, it just came to me, I'm like, buuuuuuuuuut THEN AGAIN that makes PERFECT SENSE...
AFTER ALL...

HE'S MALE!!!
*ba-dum-cha

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 

Then I seriously just cracked myself up!!! For like five minutes straight!!! I laughed and laughed and laughed about that!!! I even patted myself on the back! Good one Mary! GOOD ONE!!! 

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Heeeeeey men just take it as a compliment if we females can't figure you guys out...its a GODLY TRAIT!!! Annnnnnnd if we CAN figure you out...that probably means your TOO MUCH LIKE US!!! Go gargle some gravel!!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!

♥Mary Frances :)
I know that God is a spirit, buuuuut Jesus, who IS GOD manifested in the flesh, , is a man! Furthermore, every time God is referred to in the Bible, it is ALWAYS in a male connotation...NEVER FEMALE!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Ginty Kids!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

#LifeGoals

You guys, I knoooooow I haven’t blogged in a while buuuuuuuut I have to tell you all something, I’m laying on my bed currently thinking 🤔 about my newest life goal…

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I want to get a TEMPORARY, EXTRA  JOB…

AT TRADER JOE’S!!!

Why??? 

For THE HOODIE!!! Liiiiike duh!!! 

Yes you guyZ, nooooo joke, I just wanna get a job at Trader Joe’s for the hoodie and then quit!!! 🤷‍♀️ 

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Can you imagine at the job interview when they ask me why I want a job with them??? I just want a hoodie!!! 🤣😂🤣

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Or they hire me and they’re liiiiiike, do you have any questions about starting your new job? And I’m like, YES, how long before I get a hoodie??? They’re like, in two weeks!!! And I’m liiiiiiike PERFECT, I’d like to put in my two week notice!!! Ahahahahahaaaa!!!

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I just left Trader Joe’s and was really jelly of my cashier’s hoodie!!! I was liiiiiike, MARY, do NOT covet her hoody… get a job here!!!

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Or ask your Asian sister in law to make you one!!! #AsiansCanDoAnything 🙌 omw I could ask her to make me a Trader Joe’s hoodie dress… I finally found a hoodie dress on SHEIN that is completely modest on me!!!! I was already going to ask her for a Landmark hoodie dress, now I can have her make me a TJ one too!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

I’m home from…

Literally THE BEST TRIP EVERRRRRR!!!

A 40th Birthday 🥳 gift 🎁 from THE BEST SISTER EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! 🤗 🥰 😘 

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It’s going to take FOREVERRR to blog about the whole trip… buuuuuuut my top 🔝 favorites: 1. Moses play- Light &Sound

2. Amish Farmers Market 3. Shopping 🛍️ at The Main Street Exchange 4. Seeing my extended family outside of NYC or AZ 

5. Standing in front of the country capitol and the White House for the very first time  6.The Bible Museum 7. Randomly meeting Pentecostals that read my blog in DC 8.The Spy Museum 9.Brooklyn Bagels 🥯 & a Paris Bakery 

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Weirdest things on the trip:

1. A lady with a pet roach named Gerald… YES I screamed

2. Uber driver that kept opening his door and honking loogies as he drove! 

3. Another Uber driver that lectured me for 10 minutes straight on FEMALE CANCER… I was liiiiike BRO… i was literally trying trying soooooo hard NOT to start laughing… and there’d be a 10 second pause and he’d be right back at it… AS YOUR FRIEND I have to tell you this… it was a really long and awkward drive to an amazing bakery!!!! 🤣😂🤣😅

♥Mary Frances :)

DC Pentecostal Shoutout!!!

We were in George Town doing a DC tour and we all had a lunch break and we were heading to the boat and I saw a group of people smiling at me… and it was weird because I had been seeing A LOT of modestly dressed people when we went to Lancaster but when I saw this group I KNEW they were Pentecostal… I was liiiiiike, are you guys Pentecostal????

They said they were, ANNNNNNND that they knew who I was cuz they read my blog… I was, that is soooooooo cool!!! The last thing I was expecting to find in DC!!!! There’s something about being Pentecostal, it’s not just dressing modesty that separates us from the world as it is with other Christian religions, it’s obedience to Acts 2:38, repentance, baptism in Jesus name and the HOLY GHOST, that truly separates us from the world and unites us together!!!

The people in my tour group were soooooo like, did you know those people? Why would you just take a picture with them? Who are they? One man kept asking me, well where are they from? I was like, Miami? He’s like, but where were they from before that? I was liiiiiike, idk 🤷‍♀️ liiiiiiike I literally just met them!!!! Buuuuuuut THE FAMILY OF GOD… we’re related by the blood 🩸 of JESUS!!!

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Sooooooooo shout out to the Pentecostals from Brother John’s church ⛪️ in Miami Florida!!! The only names I remember are Kaleo, the only reason I remember that name is cuz I knew someone else with that name and it’s Hawaiian 🌺, Mona and baby Jace!!!! Thanks for being a reader of Classic Mary Moments!!! Feel free to keep in touch, MaryFrancesWriting@gmail.com I love making new friends and it was a highlight on my trip meeting you all!!! 🤗 

♥Mary Frances :)

Guess where I am!!!

Having a blast.. already making plans to come back in the spring!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

No rear view mirrors!!!

"I'm shootin for the moon, an I'm in a spaceship, an this spaceship don't even have rear view mirrors, so that means I ain't even tryin to look back." 

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My friend said this to me a while ago. It was a slightly ODD statement to say and yet, the AWESOMEST quote ever. I just loved it!!! Its like soooo ghetto, yet sooo profound. "...An this spaceship don't even have rear veiw mirrors..." <----- SOOO Ghetto...BUT sometimes I think we need to GET GHETTO!!!

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Often times its the luxurious things in life that are holding us back in the kingdom of God! We have everything figured out just right. We're still in our comfort zone. We know all of our surroundings, we have our seat belts on, our seats just right, and our mirrors adjust perfectly. We're moving forward but we can still see behind us.

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You don't need to see what's behind. Leave your past and just go. In the Bible, before destroying the City  in Genesis 19, God tells lot and his family, "...Escape for thy life; look not behind thee..." However, Lot's wife did look back and she was turned to a pillar of salt. 

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What did lots wife need that she looked back? The WHOLE city was being consumed by fire, what did she need??? NOTHING!!! When your buried in the name of Jesus, THERE IS NOTHING in your past that you need to look back too. Looking back to this old world will ONLY destroy you. 

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" But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62) 

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We need to leave behind the things that are holding us back. You don't need to look behind you living for God. There's NO REARVIEW MIRRORS on your way to heaven. Who cares if your spaceship is a little ghetto?! You don't need the fanciest transportation, as you travel this journey, you just need to GET TO HEAVEN!!!

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All you need to do is get on the straight path, rip off those rearview mirrors and make up your mind...

I'm on my way to heaven and...

 "I ain't EVEN TRYIN to look back!!!" 

"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Monday!!!

I’m telling you guys, when in doubt,  

JUST ADD BUTTER 🧈 !!!! 

It works EVERY TIME!!! Either that or take a selfie 🤳 between the two, YOUR GOOOOD!!! Lol 😂 😝 🙌 

♥Mary Frances :)

Happpppppppyyyy Sunday!!!

Amen and Amen aaaaaaaaand AMEN!!! I don’t need a mega church ⛪️, just give me the anointed preaching of God!!!

♥Mary Frances :)