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





TRANSFORMED MOMS:MOMS TRANSFORMED

Romans 12:1-2 "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Monday, September 15, 2008

OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD: TRUST HIM - IN SPITE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES!

Yesterday morning, we began a Ladies' Bible class entitled TREASURED IN MY HEART. This class will be taught by our elders and preachers wives. We will be sharing things that we treasure about the time we had raising our children.

I have to say that yesterdays class led by Katherine was AWESOME!!! I believe it was that way because GOD is at work in a major way! The class was I reflection of how God lives and works through broken vessels. Although I was a little late for class, I will share the gist of it:

  • Katherine spoke to the fact that we all carry "baggage or garbage" from our childhood...those things that weigh us down. She shared that she had brought plenty into her marriage but made every effort to get rid of it so that she would not pass it on to her children.
  • Katherine pointed out that Kristy had just had a baby which brought her to 3 children ages 3 and under. She asked Kristy if all the kids were still in diapers. The answer was - Yes! She asked if the diaper pail was gross and smelly. Once again -Yes!
  • Katherine wanted to know what would happen if she visited Kristy and dropped her diamond wedding ring down in that gross and smelly diaper pail. Of course, she'd do whatever it would take to get those diapers out of there!
  • Katherine used this to make the connection to our lives. We have these wonderful crowning jewels given to us called 'children', yet we often pass all our garbage onto them instead of going through our garbage and getting rid of it.
  • Katherine had given each of us a piece of paper. She said, "without writing your name on the paper take some time and write some garbage that has affected you and/or that you are still holding on to." We put our papers in a basket.
  • You could have heard a pin drop as Katherine read our responses...horribly sad, devastating despair, abandonment, abuse, fear......a group of wounded souls...
  • We were in a safe place...a group of people who love each other deeply...women who TRUST that they are being healed and transformed by the GREAT WOUNDED HEALER!
  • OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD: TRUST HIM!
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