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."

Thursday, October 23, 2008

HE WILL CARRY ME: HONORING MY DIFFERENCES





TRANSFORMING THURSDAY

HOW GOD DOES FAMILY!
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What do these license plate letter combinations have in common?
What do they mean?

  • M M C G
  • W F C L
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Well, that's a no brainer, Patti, the "C".

I have no idea what they mean!

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You're right about the "C"! And, what's more...it stands for Child.

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Last night, in our HOW GOD DOES FAMILY CLASS, we continued our discussion about the diverse make up of people within a family unit. We encourage each other to HONOR THE DIFFERENCES. Last week we talked about a family being made up of people of different genders, birth order, and background experiences. Last night we built on that by talking about different personality types.

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I've spoken briefly on former posts about various personality types. Let me give it to you as briefly as possible. A common personality theory includes 4 basic personality types that are attributed different names depending on the study or research group. The first recorded time, that these personalities were referred to was by Hippocrates, the "father of modern medicine". He assigned an anatomically referenced name to each of the four personalities: SANGUINE, CHOLERIC, MELANCHOLY, and PHLEGMATIC.
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Over time, different researchers with different studies have come up with the same conclusions. I will list a few below for you to investigate yourself. Some of the links are free and some charge. But, before you do that, let's go back to my original questions: What do these license plate letter combinations have in common? What do they mean?

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To sum up our last two classes, last night, we made our individual license plates. The first letter stands for whether or not you are MAN or WOMAN. The second two stand for whether or not you are FIRST CHILD, MIDDLE CHILD, YOUNGEST CHILD, ONLY CHILD. The final letter stands for which personality you are according to the animal names. The first license plate "number" listed above is MMCG. That is Steve's: Man/Middle Child/Golden Retriever. The next license plate "number" is mine: WFCL - Woman/First Child/Lion. We found, as we raised our children that we had a zoo at our house: MFCL, WMCG, MMCB, and WYCO.

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It was fascinating to watch at the end of class last night, as we joined others who had the same license plates. Who would have thought there was such diversity? Who would have thought there would be such connection?!!!! Who would have thought that there would be so many differences to honor?!!

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It takes alot of studying of one another...getting to know needs...spending time with each other for families to transform into what GOD intended them to be. Do you know your family? Really know them? Do you pray about honoring the differences? We'll continue this discussion next Thursday, but in the meantime, check out some of these links below and see what you can learn.

1. Mary Misicin-TRUE COLORS: YELLOW/RED/BLUE/GREEN

http://www.truecolorstest.com/True-Colors-Personality-Test.html


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2. Smalley/Trent-ANIMALS: OTTER/LION/BEAVER/GOLDEN RETRIEVER http://www.dbu.edu/jeanhumphreys/SocialPsych/smalleytrentpersonality.htm
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3. Florence Litteur-PERSONALITY PLUS: STAR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ AUDIENCE http://www.classervices.com/Online_Store2.html
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4. Professional Learning-SOCIAL STYLES: EXPRESSIVE/DRIVING/ANALYTICAL/AMIABLE http://www.professional-learning.com/ss360.htm
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5. THE 100 ACRE PERSONALITY QUIZ: TIGGER/RABBIT/EEYORE/POOH

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