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





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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 30, 2019

Oh, the JOY - 2


There have been multiple things that have encouraged me over the last week.  Here are 3:

1)  Steve and I attended a marriage retreat in a suburb of Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday, led by Jeff and Cathryn Walling.  I had several "Ah! Ha!" moments.  Yet, the major one that kept coming back to me is, "Why have I allowed the devil to steal my JOY and the JOY from our marriage?"


2)  This past Thursday, I watched the OVERCOMER movie for the third time!  I do not agree with everything in the movie, but I am also so convicted by many things that it shares.  Blind and bedfast Thomas Hill shares, "When you find your identity through the ONE WHO created you, it will change your whole perspective!"
  • Thank you, Thomas!  I know WHO JESUS is!  I can quote many lists of names and descriptions of the ABCs of JESUS.  I know that JESUS is my big brother.  Yet, am I really connecting to who I am in JESUS?!?!?!?!  Do I spend most of my time feeling guilty or knowing who I am by GOD's GRACE?
  • I want to be like Hannah Scott, who was able to say, "Ask me who I am!"  and was able to answer JOYfully.  She quickly learned that the JOY of the LORD was her strength.


3)  Yesterday, in Steve's Sunday morning and evening sermons he mentioned that he'd been convicted to grow in his joy.  I had not told him that I had been convicted to return to a study of JOY via this blog.  I did not know that Steve had been convicted to speak about JOY yesterday.  We have both been pricked, by the HOLY SPIRIT, to grow in our JOY!




Thank you, HOLY SPIRIT!  Thank you, Thomas Hill!  Thank you, Hanna Scott!  Thank you, Jeff and Cathryn!  Thank you, Steve!






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