Transformed Moms: CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST...NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES...

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

Thursday, April 9, 2009

CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST...NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES...

TRANSFORMING THURSDAY

I find that God provides me with some of the most amazing examples for this blog at just the right time! Last week a friend sent Steve and me the following. Steve used it in his sermon on Sunday and I will share it here today. We have changed the names of this sweet couple just in case they would prefer their names not to be known. Notice especially the words that I have highlighted in bold. Be BLESSED!

The girl in the picture is Natalie, she is 21. Next to her, her fiancé, Ned, 23. The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US . Natalie had terminal cancer and spent hours a day receiving medication. In the picture, Ned is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of chemo to end.

In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Natalie chose to go along with her wedding and took care of every detail. The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss.

An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that Natalie used throughout the ceremony and reception. The other couple in the picture are Ned's parents who are excited to see their son marrying his high school sweetheart.

Natalie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube, listening to a song from her husband and friends

At the reception, Natalie had to take a few rests, The pain did not allow her to be standing for long periods

Natalie died five days after her wedding day. Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think.....

Joy is reachable... it's a fruit that the Spirit of God grows in those who belong to Him!
Life is short, so forgive quickly!
Love truly and deeply!
Life is hard, but God is good all the time!
Life is not always the party we expected it to be but as long as we are here, we should...
...REJOICE AND BE GLAD!!!

Matthew 5:11-12

"Blessed are you when people insult you,

persecute you and

falsely say all kinds of evil against you

because of me.

Rejoice and be glad,

because great is your reward in heaven..."

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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