Transformed Moms: IN ME....FILL...FILLING...FILLED

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, December 3, 2009

IN ME....FILL...FILLING...FILLED

TRANSORMING THURSDAY

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It's actually after Thursday when I write this. Yet, I think that it's good to share with you what was important about this Thursday. I'll do it briefly... in bullets... and then share a few pics that will help tell the story:

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Thursday (yesterday) was my b-day! Fifty seventh to be exact! 56 to 57 is transforming!

I'm thinking a lot this week about the word FILL... TO FILL... FILLING... FILL UP... FILL IN...
Last week when I was at J & J's, they talked about J needing a whole lot of dental work. The old wives tale about loosing one tooth per baby is mild compared to what J is having to go through. Her current challenges remind me that I need to go to Dentist Greg in the next few weeks to take care of 2 FILLINGS that I have lost and have those holes FILLED.

Yesterday, as I drove around South Jersey to observe student teachers, I headed out around 7 a.m. The sun had risen in the east. Further west of the sun was a full moon that God had just hanging there in the clear blue cloudless sky. A little after noon, I was at the Jersey shore with the sand below, the Atlantic Ocean ahead, and a cloud FILLED sky above. How had that happened? The sky had transformed and was transforming. As I watched, more and more dark clouds moved from the west to replace the fluffy white clouds and FILL the sky.

This week, according to our Holy Spirit theme, I've been doing a lot of thinking about "FILLING". The FILLING of the Holy Spirit was in our scripture this week on WOMEN IN THE WORD WEDNESDAY! I will post here. Meditating on it is transfomring.

Ephesians 5:15-20.

"Be very careful, then,

how you live-not

as unwise but as wise,

making the most of every opportunity,

because the days are evil.

Therefore do not be foolish,

but understand what the Lord's will is.

Do not get drunk on wine,

which leads to debauchery.

Instead,

be filled with the Spirit.

Speak to one another with psalms,

hymns and spiritual songs.

Sing and make music

in your heart to the Lord,

always giving thanks

to God the Father

for everything,

in the name of

our Lord Jesus Christ. "

FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT?

Unwise to Wise Transformation

Foolish to Understanding Transformation

Drunk/Debaucherous to Making Music in My Heart Transformation and Being Thankful Transformation

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NOTE: The full moon in this first picture of the clear blue sky was not picked up by my trusty Blackberry camera.

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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