I've always said men need to be challenged and women need to be encouraged. Women are challenged enough just living with one man and assorted children none of which came with a set of directions. No wonder we need the Lord.
Most of my days are spent in conversation with the male species all of whom wish to know how long this conversation is going to take or when will this ever end. Ah such sweet relief girlfriends bring to one another. It's a real blessing just to be in the same room with championship quality ‘lip-aerobic’ aficionados. I enjoy studying God’s Word with other women. It really helps to erase the guilt. I’m not the only one who hurts in life and I’m not the only one who fails either. Worshiping, laughing and just being putty together in the hands of an awe-inspiring Savior is so deeply refreshing to my soul. It’s like climbing into my daddy’s arms and getting a warm, comforting hug. Thank you Jesus - how loving you are.
The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isaiah 58:11
It’s not too late to join a small group, not to late to find you are not alone, not too late to be blessed, challenged and encouraged by the body of Christ. We were designed to share our lives, our joys, our burdens, and our grief. I like the laughing part the best. It’s like jogging on the inside and good medicine for the soul. Find a small group and while you are busy being a blessing you will be blessed.
Pearl to String: Precious Lord, you lead us gently and lovingly to new insights, new wisdom. You open our eyes and our hearts and our minds to understand what it is that You want us to be and to do. And we always think it should be more complicated; that we should have to believe three impossible things before breakfast in order to be Your servants, Your friends, Your children. But it's not complicated. It is simple, really. You want us to love one another. Why is it that we resist that so fiercely? Help us to "lay down" our lives, to "give up" our notions of self, so that we may truly "love one another" and so fulfill the law of Christ. In Jesus' name we ask. Amen.
Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 NKJV
Know you are loved,
Lyndi
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