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."

Friday, February 10, 2012

CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST... FAMILY FELLOWSHIP FRIDAY...

The fellowship of suffering... there truly is a bond of fellowship that runs deep in this type of fellowship in the family of God.  In the last few weeks, my heart has been full of grief for many dear friends and family:  death of a parent, death of a second parent, death of a grandparent, job losses, pay cuts, chronic pain, rare disorders, tumors, cancer, surgeries, norovirus, children turning away from God...

Then, last night, again, I read these words from E. Stanley Jones' book, THE CHRIST OF THE MOUNT. 


"In choosing the way of the cross, we find ourselves in an intimacy of companionship with Christ who toils up that same road, and there in that way we hear words that make the heart sing amid its sacrifice.  Then can the soul say, 'Might one little drop of what I feel fall into hell, hell would be transformed into paradise.'  The comfort is not a sickly sentimental thing-it is not the wiping of tearful eyes, but the re-inforcing of the heart.  The Beatitudes put no premium on mere mourning...  ... There is nothing so absolutely blessed as to be able to suffer well.  The sorrow of the world brings death, but this sorrow brings life."


I observed the Beatitudes lived out in the life of my friend, Tanya.  As we are focusing on the first 3 of the Beatitudes, this week, I can't get Tanya off my mind. 

  • Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
  • Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  You will be forever blessed by reading this written about Tanya, on this blog, on the day she died:

http://momstransformed.blogspot.com/2010/01/go-light-your-world-be-transformed.html

She had learned how to love Jesus, love herself, and love others:

~Oh, the JOY!~

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