- Last week, our ladies' Bible study group finished up True Woman 101: Divine Design, by Mary Kassian & Nancy Leigh DeMoss. It was a rich and powerful study, and to a woman, everyone who completed the study, wished it could've gone on longer. Scripturally sound and deeply insightful, it gave fresh voice & vision to topics and passages that have long been on my heart... and knit them all together in such a challenging and relevant way for women of our generation. If your church has a regular ladies' Bible study, I'd encourage you to request this study as an excellent resource for a future session. I personally can't wait for True Woman 102, or 201-- whatever comes next! I hope this great study will be followed up with many more biblically-faithful, challenging messages for women in this generation.
- Submission-- it's a word fraught with misconceptions.
- This week at our church, we're starting a new bible study about prayer. I'll be facilitating/leading it, teaching from Scripture and leaning on "greats" like Andrew Murray. After studying more last night about the connection between fruitful prayer & abiding in Christ, this morning I woke up with "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" in my head... love that hymn!
- Last week, I did the great semi-annual household seasonal clothing exchange. (It's been two years exactly since I had all of our kids' clothing in one place; while it was quite an undertaking, I am so so so so so so so so so very glad to have these things more sorted & organized.) While I may share details of my own approach/method at some future point, I definitely don't have time to do that right now. Here's someone (a large-family-mom) who HAS recently shared tips/ideas about changing out kids' clothes.
- One afternoon this week, I looked on my banking app and was shocked to find that our balance was $70,243,856.00. I had fun being a $70 millionaire and dreaming up ways to give and use that much money, until they corrected our balance that evening, back to its normal level with not near so many numbers. :)
- Yesterday in church, I was overwhelmed with emotion as I remembered and prayed for friends and contacts who live in difficult places, countries where it is difficult, illegal, and/or potentially life-threatening to live as a disciple of Jesus. We are to remember those who are imprisoned!
- In an increasingly disconnected generation, what are Christians to do with this whole "love your neighbor" idea? Here's a great article about practical, literal neighboring.
- We have to fight HARD to keep our kiddos and ourselves from being overcommitted. Here's an article from Sheila about that very thing. As I came back to America last year after nearly 6 years away, this was probably one of the top three most shocking things I noticed about our American culture. We say "no" a lot... but many (most?) of the people I see seem stressed, overcommitted, and lack relational connection in their lives... and a lot of it has to do with commitments made for very young children.
SOME WORTH-YOUR-TIME-IF-YOU'RE-INTERESTED LINKS:
- Homeschooling is dangerous - Veteran homeschooler and mom-of-7 tells you how it is.
- Dear (Pregnant) Sister, - A good perspective on the demands of pregnancy
- Do you feel like screaming, "HELP!!!"? Sherry has some encouraging and vision-casting words.
- How do Modesty & Being Sexy for our husbands fit together?
- Why talking helps women "warm up" for marital intimacy
- To flirt or not to flirt? What should Christians do with this now-accepted form of female seduction?
- Should you marry someone who uses porn? A sadly necessary article in our generation.
- In seasons of stress, it may help to go into "Bare Minimum Mode".
- BEFORE you take online advice...
- What the BIBLE says about anger. Great compilation of wisdom here.
- Are you in need of godly counsel in some area of your life? Click here to locate a biblical counselor near you.
As always, I welcome your thoughts.
2 comments:
FYI: The kindle version of Art of Neighboring is currently free - just picked it up this morning, and then read your post. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Neighboring-The-Relationships-ebook/dp/B0073UN9CQ/ref=tmm_kin_title_0
I enjoyed Sherry's HELP article. Encouraging and convicting. It is so easy to compare and downward spiral from there...
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