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Low

September 14, 2024 jinnyhenson

The Psalmists knew how to whine, vent & gripe, right? They also knew how to explode with joyful relief. The Book of Psalms’ 150 chapters run the wheel of fortune from bankruptcy’s begging God how long must I bear pain in my soul? to the million-dollar ecstasy of Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

It is so glorious when life falls perfectly into place for us and so dire when the bottom drops out. If it is true that one purpose of our lives on earth is to learn specific lessons God has for us to learn then why would the excellent teachers albeit dreaded dark days be so shocking?

Psalm 116:6 spoke to me this morning, “The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low he saved me.”

He saved me sounds like a swift one-handed interception for an instant win rather than the dull and painful daily process of weight room reps. Being saved after being brought low may be glancing up a year after tragedy and thinking, “Dang-look at me still breathing and half way thrilled to be alive…no way! Go me! Woo-hoo!”

While I stared at the sea monkey container of my life after we lost our child, I had to believe that, visible or not, hope was there. Floating around alive and well. The crazy thing is what brought hope from invisible to visible was the proof of it in those who loved me.

Hope showed up in a card, a meal, a kindness. People who had walked the path lending me their favorite scriptures. Latching onto life-giving passages.

Do not ask me how people inspired by God’s graceful Spirit loving you translates into strength and hope when brought low but be certain of this; it does. The vision of being saved, rescued, hopeful and seeing the sea monkeys is only possible in hind sight.

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Baylor Line Run🤍

August 26, 2024 jinnyhenson

So this marks the 10th anniversary of me sneaking into that good ol’ Baylor Line to run for all those Baylor Girls who never got the chance!

When my sophomore room mate Mo and I returned to Baylor for the opening of McClane Stadium and realized that females could now partake in this storied freshman tradition, we had to run.

Being the minister’s wife I was naturally more resourceful than Mo. We purchased tickets to gain entrance into the game but had to finagle into the restricted area within leaping distance of the freshman.

Mo texted that she had been busted and her dream to run was shattered. I on the other hand was set on ready, nervously counting down the seconds until go time.

I figured that if I leapt out mid-steam and headed for the middle that if my calculations and yellow box sandals held, no police officer would fight inertia to chase me down. Right?

Finally the count down was over. The unruly runners were released and I literally took the leap from stands to astroturf. Looking up at the from my never-experienced vantage point was a huge adrenaline rush. I flung my green and gold afar and even stalked Robert Griffin. And even if ESPN is no mega fan of RG3, I still am!

When Dr. Livingstone came to Baylor I emailed her, sent this video and not long after that she invited all female alumni back to run. The greatest part about that story was her retelling the story of receiving an email from a female alumni and inviting women back to run at my nephew’s graduation. I was almost cool for about 4 minutes.

I cannot in good conscience recommend sneaking into places…highly enough. Some times when you get a really bad idea you just gotta take the leap, pray you don’t wipe out and grab a Heisman Trophy winner.

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Maggie Lee for Good

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 jinnyhenson

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Who Cares?

November 17, 2014November 24, 2014 jinnyhenson

Each Maggie Lee for Good Day has a rhythm all its own: a cast of colorful characters from various countries, races, religions and ideologies dancing out a good deed in their unique way. The timbre they hear and follow differs but from our perspective they are a beautiful flash-mob of random kindness unleashed on October 29th.

Some reach out just to let me in on their secret, “Hey, don’t post my name anywhere but we’re paying a month of bills for a single mom we know. We had her sister sneak into her house and find out to the penny what her bills for November will be. We’re giving her a wad of cash! Maggie Lee for Good!”

Others like my friends Gina and Colleen sent out fliers for their well-orchestrated events. One lady in Flower Mound, TX who was moved by the MLFG story sent Maggie Lee’s Closet a check for $750.00 and simply told Colleen, “I understand how they feel.” Another friend, Jeff, listed his custom duck call along with the reason why he was selling it on a message board and it brought $450.00. The craftsman who made it was so moved that he is replacing it fee of charge.

Impoverished kids in Tipton, GA, brought cans of food to share with their food bank as well as Caddo Middle Magnet School kids-to the tune of thousands of pounds of cans. Oh, and every single CMM student received a post-it note of encouragement on their locker.

The FBCS student body which had raised over $400.00 already through candy sales came through with generous donations for each of the charities highlighted at the celebration.

Andy donated dog food to a shelter while his wife answered my 911 call for a huge replacement 4 balloon for the donation celebration here. Rodan+Fields rep Elizabeth brought Halloween costumes to MLC and made MLFG the charity for October.

In Fayetteville, NC Jessie’s fifth annual costume fun run raised over $1,000.00 for NC Organ Donation Services. On her 18th birthday trip to New York she represented MLFG and hot great pics with the Today Show hosts Al Roker & Savannah Guthrie.

In New York the cast of Broadway’s Wicked collected kids’ clothing to help little people in need. Some like my mom who knew Maggie Lee well and whose random chin hairs remained untweezed now that she is gone breakfast for three different groups in need.

So who cares? You do. Doing your festive little dance in Senegal flinging loaves of bread in Jesus’ name, reaching out to the homeless in New Orleans, baking cookies in Houston and collecting donations for doggies in Shreveport.

The whimsy of God, the winsome ways of his partners, the wondrous unfolding of the Maggie Lee For Good story. How woven together we truly are.