Transformed Moms: TRANSITIONS IN PROGRESS

It is GOD who BLESSES and TRANSFORMS...

This is a blog for women (not just moms) who:

(1) Desire to be transformed by JESUS' LOVE, HOLINESS, AND GRACE;

(2) Believe that GOD'S WORD is the true Spirit food for HIS HOLY SPIRIT who lives within us;

(3) Submit to GOD and walk this journey of life with HIM transforming us more and more into HIS likeness.

It's a blog about the POWER OF TRANSFORMED LIVES. Let's begin with yours and mine and pass it on... 1 + 1 + 1...

Since GOD's HOLY SPIRIT lives inside a christian, let's choose to be nurtured and transformed by feasting daily on HOLY SPIRIT food - GOD's WORD - The Holy Bible..

My regular posts stopped in 2013, with a major move and the chronic illness and eventual death of our oldest daughter. Yes, we grieve daily, yet I am determined to continue to let the LIGHT of my LORD and SAVIOR shine through me. I have tried to start posting again, over the last few years, but have not been consistent. So, I think the biggest blessing for you and me both will be to intersperse some new posts while revisiting some of the former posts. Let's begin with "Oh, the JOY!" as we head into living through Fall 2019; meeting back here 1-2 days a week.

If you need daily encouragement, you will find plenty by clicky on past posts. When reading earlier posts, you will see that I often posted daily, following this format: ...Sunday in the SON, Meditation Monday, GratiTuesday, Women in the WORD Wednesday, Transforming Thursday, Family Fellowship Friday, Ketchup & Mustard Saturday.

There's a whole lot here! Take your time to browse.

Please come back and visit each week. Welcome!

Because of JESUS, we can be family,

Patti

Sunday, August 17, 2008

TRANSITIONS IN PROGRESS - HE LEADETH ME!

I'm sitting here overlooking Wolverine Lake, northwest of Detroit, Michigan, on a Sunday afternoon after a long nap. I can walk out the back door of the home of Brian and Shawna Bailey (Steve's sister) and have my feet in the lake in 30 seconds. As I am typing this, Crystal is out on the pontoon boat with Brian and Shawna. Here is a picture of my niece Brianna and her friend enjoying the water.

What a week it has been!

NEW JERSEY: Monday and Tuesday moving many boxes and furniture to make space for Jessica...packing and loading Crystal.

TRAVELING TO INDIANA: Tuesday night and Wednesday, Crystal and I traveled to Indiana.

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA: Wednesday we packed up Jessica's duplex, cleaned, packed some more. Thursday, Steve came with a U-haul trailer behind his truck...we loaded...cleaned some more. I went to bed at 3:30 a.m. Friday so Crystal and I could leave by 8 a.m. for our trip to the Detroit area.

TRAVELING EAST TO NEW JERSEY: Friday afternoon Steve and Jessica pulled out to head for Pitman (Steve with truck/Uhaul; Jessica driving her car)...Steve and Jessica should be in Pitman by now.

ARRIVED IN ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN: She's registered...moved in...met new friends....We'll do some final things at the business office, bookstore and in Crystal's dorm room tomorrow before classes start on Tuesday...there will probably be a few more trips to Target.
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I've been feeling very frustrated with myself this week...as stress builds...deep, restful sleep is no where to be found...emotions are high... Guess what? Questions arise! Patti, how's it going on fleshing out the 9 Be-Attitudes? Is transformation happening? How many times are you going to have to say, "I'm sorry?!?!?!" I'm sure it'll be 70 x 7!!!

Then, came the sermon this morning at the Rochester church of Christ. Patrick Mead "tag teamed" with their former preacher, Jerry Tallman, on 'TAKING IT TO THE STREETS'. The connections to our summer study were many. Here are some things that hit me this morning:

SONG: He Leadeth Me
QUOTE: The word DISCIPLE is used 269 times in the four Gospels and the book of Acts.
QUOTE: Jesus' disciples were zealots, far left, looney right, touchy feely "Oprah watchers"...
QUOTE: Jesus says that it is possible to cross all these barriers via faith, love, prayer, and mission...
QUOTE: John 8:31-31 "Then,......truly my disciples..." hmmmmmmm....
QUOTE: Following Jesus always comes with a cost...we must drop our "stuff" so He can give us what we need...
QUOTE: Apple trees produce apples...grape vines produce grapes...disciples produce disciples...or are we as christians seedless grapes?
QUOTE: A disciple is a jar of clay full of value because of what is on the inside...the aroma of Christ...
QUOTE: 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 - We have a ministry of reconciliation...WE ARE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS... NOTE: These are the verses that come after verse 9 that we talked about in class Tuesday morning..."I make it my goal to please HIM..."
SONG: Turn My Heart, oh LORD!

How's it going, sister? Some of you have had equally, if not a more stressful week than the Sikes': weddings, thousands of miles of travel, babies, sickness, income/outgo mismatching....let's spend more time in prayer this week than ever before for one another...that we follow HIS leading!
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youtube song: HE LEADETH ME by the Martins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf8n4ODkY7w

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1 comment:

B and V Leonard said...: I love this song! We sand it at our wedding while overlooking the mountains!

I pray you get some rest. I wished I could have helped in some way!

Thanks for your encouragement in getting refocused!! love, V; August 19, 2008 at 1:54 PM

A Little History of this Blog:

A group of moms in Pitman, New Jersey began meeting every Tuesday morning in June 2008 to learn how to be Master-Full Moms. Although that class only lasted that summer, we have continued to have other classes for moms offered at the Pitman church of Christ. This blog will remain like an ongoing class. So, come back each day and join us as we discuss being God's women as we encourage transformation in each other.
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3 POINTERS TO NAVIGATE THIS BLOG:

1. Just below, you'll find a series of questions and answers about who Transformed Moms are.

2. Options for getting started...after those questions and answers... YOU COULD click on the June 2008 Archive, scroll down to the first post called MASTER-FULL MOMS and start from the beginning with our 14 day devotional challenge, or.... YOU COULD start with our summary of our original summer class and blog on the 8-31-08 post: SUMMER SUMMARY - SPIRITUAL, or... YOU COULD browse through the archive and click what looks interesting to you...and/or...
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3. You're invited to read recent posts and come back daily to join us as we are led by the Holy Spirit down the road to healing and / or transformation.

Thanks for joining us, Patti

2. WHAT DOES A MOM DO WHO HAS THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVING IN HER?

… those who live in accordance with the SPIRIT have their minds set on what the SPIRIT desires …life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to GOD. It does not submit to GOD’S law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please GOD. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the SPIRIT, if the SPIRIT OF GOD lives in you…Therefore, sisters, we have an obligation… by the SPIRIT you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live… Romans 8:5-13

6. MOM, DAUGHTER OF GOD, HOW DO YOU GET THE POWER TO LIVE AND NOT LOSE HEART?

For GOD, WHO said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made HIS light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of CHRIST.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from GOD and not from us.

We are:

· hard pressed on every side, but not crushed

· perplexed, but not in despair

· persecuted, but not abandoned

· struck down, but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:5-12