When You Call On Jesus

September 15, 2012 | 21 comments

Up there?

That’s me, at Linda’s beauty shop on main street of Marathon, Iowa, in 1973. I can still smell the perm solution, the Aqua Net, the stale cigarettes from Ben’s barber shop across the hall, and the frying hamburgers from the café next door.

At that age?

Absolutely.no.clue what would happen when that same girl would later call on Jesus. But I do know this: When the call is made, all things are absolutely, radically, and beautifully possible.

(Words on photo from a Nicole C. Mullen song.)

by dukeslee | September 15, 2012 | 21 comments

21 Comments

Megan Willome on September 16, 2012 at 5:48 am

Look! You were already a reporter–phone in one hand and pen in the other.
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- dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 3:16 pm
  
  I know. Crazy, right? But I turned out to be left-handed. I still have a corded phone, if you can believe it. 🙂
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Patricia (Pollywog Creek) on September 16, 2012 at 5:54 am

LOVE that song – I’m going to be singing it and worshipping all day now. Love it. Just love it.
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- dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 3:17 pm
  
  Me, too, Patricia! It’s one of my favorites. Hope you had a great Sunday.
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Cheri on September 16, 2012 at 8:38 am

Lord, give us the gift of faith to call. All the time. For everything. (And I love that song!)
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- dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 3:17 pm
  
  Hi Cheri! Thanks for being here, and for reminding us that God gives good gifts. 🙂
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S. Etole on September 16, 2012 at 9:30 am

The most important calls we make are to Him. What a little cutie!
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- dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm
  
  Hi Susan! Awwww … thanks! It was fun to come across that old photo last night. Brought back lots of memories from my hometown.
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Terri on September 16, 2012 at 2:41 pm

And on Easter too!! — Following from Twitter
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- dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm
  
  Yes! Good eye Terri. 🙂 …. Did you have one of those Easter-egg trees, too?
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  - Diane Bailey on September 16, 2012 at 9:11 pm
    
    Did??? I still do!
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    - dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 9:16 pm
      
      Me, too, Diane. 🙂
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Joanne Norton on September 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm

Made me grin when I first saw it… and, of course, knew it was you. AND calling on Jesus… and answering HIS call … are the most important events in our lives. Blessings.
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- dukeslee on September 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm
  
  Some of my friends say it looks just like my oldest daughter, Lydia. 🙂
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kelli- AdventurezInChildRearing on September 16, 2012 at 3:50 pm

I had an outfit almost like that one! and that song – when I call on Jesus – is one of the ones I belt out at the top of my lungs on my beach 😉
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Deborah Carlson on September 16, 2012 at 8:50 pm

Awww so sweet Jennifer!
Call on me and I will answer you…
o/

In His love,
Deborah xoxo
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Diane Bailey on September 16, 2012 at 9:10 pm

Could you be any more adorable? No, you are darling! I would love to hear about the day you made “the call”.
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floyd on September 16, 2012 at 9:59 pm

Awesome… Okay. A man’s perspective… Aqua Net and a lighter? Oh yeah, the best of times…
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- dukeslee on September 17, 2012 at 8:24 am
  
  Too funny! 🙂
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Karen on September 17, 2012 at 9:48 am

I love how you got the point across with this cute pic…and how smells of the past bring memories to the forefront of our minds…I feel the need to reminisce….
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Dayna DeLaVergne on September 17, 2012 at 11:10 am

Oh, my goodness–what a GREAT photo! Thank you so much for sharing it with us! And your description of all the smells really takes me back!
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