I had another post, on another topic, almost finished and decided it just wasn't right. So I've filed that, for another day perhaps, because I want to point you to something cool.
Two blogs that I've linked on the sidebar have met up in India. Only God does stuff like that.
Compassion, International has trips to some of its ministry sites, and as it just so happens they invited both Angie Smith of Bring the Rain and Melissa (um, she just got married and I don't remember her new name! Anyway, she's Beth Moore's daughter) who is one of the contributors to Living Proof Ministries Blog to the current trip to India. And both of these ladies are blogging about the trip from their individual viewpoints.
You want your world shaken? Go read what they're finding in India.
Me, I've read it...now I need to write a letter to our Compassion child, Charlotte, in the Philippines...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A Year at Beer Lahai Roi
Actually, the true blogiversary was last week, while I was on the blogging break.
Sure has gone by fast.
I started the blog with the idea that I'd use it primarily for Bible study...to push myself to study as if I were teaching, then teach. And I have done some of that, although, except for the study of Ruth, none of those studies have been what I thought I'd do.
And, I'll be honest, there's not a lot of y'all reading these things. Unless there are a bunch of feed subscribers that don't show up on Sitemeter.
According to that ever-present snoop, I have three regular readers...Miriam, Terri and my mother. There are a few others that drop in from time to time, and I usually have one or two folks who drop by after searching for information on 'Beer Lahai Roi'.
Now, I'm really not all about the numbers. I taught in a small church for years, and maintain that one student deserves the same amount of effort to teach as a roomful. So don't think I'm not delighted that I've got three who come by regularly. Three was an average class for me. Really.
But, as a blogiversary celebration, I'm going to do a roll call. Just leave a comment...who you are and how you found BLR. Just because it's nice to know if I'm really talking to more than three people.
And if it's, say, six, well, six is a good class too. And that way you'll all know one another. ;)
Sure has gone by fast.
I started the blog with the idea that I'd use it primarily for Bible study...to push myself to study as if I were teaching, then teach. And I have done some of that, although, except for the study of Ruth, none of those studies have been what I thought I'd do.
And, I'll be honest, there's not a lot of y'all reading these things. Unless there are a bunch of feed subscribers that don't show up on Sitemeter.
According to that ever-present snoop, I have three regular readers...Miriam, Terri and my mother. There are a few others that drop in from time to time, and I usually have one or two folks who drop by after searching for information on 'Beer Lahai Roi'.
Now, I'm really not all about the numbers. I taught in a small church for years, and maintain that one student deserves the same amount of effort to teach as a roomful. So don't think I'm not delighted that I've got three who come by regularly. Three was an average class for me. Really.
But, as a blogiversary celebration, I'm going to do a roll call. Just leave a comment...who you are and how you found BLR. Just because it's nice to know if I'm really talking to more than three people.
And if it's, say, six, well, six is a good class too. And that way you'll all know one another. ;)
Monday, April 27, 2009
Jubilee Monday #34: Sharin' the Love
A friend celebrated her 49th birthday yesterday, and I commented to her that it was now *her* Jubilee Year.
I got to watch the revelation hit her...and she lit up. 'Oh! It is, isn't it?'
It's a whole different way of looking at what is often a traumatic 'I'm getting OLD!' occasion. I'll be honest, I don't know if it makes it *less* painful, but it does provide something else to focus on so that the sting is maybe less noticed. ;)
I got to watch the revelation hit her...and she lit up. 'Oh! It is, isn't it?'
It's a whole different way of looking at what is often a traumatic 'I'm getting OLD!' occasion. I'll be honest, I don't know if it makes it *less* painful, but it does provide something else to focus on so that the sting is maybe less noticed. ;)
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Catch-up time!
My calendar tells me it's time for my quarterly internet break; so , aside from checking my email and the daily weather, I'll be off the 'net this week, working on stuff that got wwwaaaayyyy behind while I was sewing costumes!
Plus, I've got an out of town trip at the end of the week that's sure to get my focus adjusted and provide some good blog inspiration.
So...ya'll have a blessed week and I'll catch up next Sunday!
Plus, I've got an out of town trip at the end of the week that's sure to get my focus adjusted and provide some good blog inspiration.
So...ya'll have a blessed week and I'll catch up next Sunday!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Seven Pillars of a Wise Woman
This past Tuesday was our monthly Mentoring Moments women's meeting at church. We usually end up splitting up into small groups for discussions at some point; this month we actually did a quick little study and then had to present our findings to the group.
In my group were two ladies that I've recently become acquainted with and four first year Huntsville Master's Commission girls.
We had a ball.
Our passage was Proverbs 9:1 - 9: (NIV)
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city. "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding. Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will ove you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning."
Just for discussion, we took the seven pillars mentioned in verse 1 to be the things wisdom did in the next few verses.
1)prepared her meat and wine
2)set her table
3)sent out her maids
4)calls from the highest point of the city
5)She speaks to those who lack judgment
6)She does not correct fools or wicked people
7)She corrects and teaches the wise.
Each group (there were 8 groups) was to determine a modern day application for each of those seven things and, after about 15 minutes of discussion, we each selected a spokesperson to present our applications to the whole group.
Can I just say that 15 minutes is a really skimpy amount of time? So we had ideas flying around our group...some were from the 'Moms' in the group, others were from the young ladies. When the ideas were presented, it was cool to see that some folks had taken completely different approaches...one group (in which our children's pastor was the spokesperson) took the approach of mom feeding and teaching her children, which was really cool. It was at least very uniform all the way through! Ours rather jumped around, but here's what we came up with...a woman of wisdom will:
) (food -nourishes the soul/body…wine - new wine of the Spirit - nourishes the spirit) She makes preparation; nourishes herself in preparation for nourishing others
2) She sets the atmosphere…walks in that atmosphere, brings His fragrance wherever she goes, walking in His purpose
3) She disciples those who are younger (Titus 2), training them up and delegating tasks; sending them out into the world to serve
4) Seated in the heavenly realms, in the secret place of the Most High, she seeks God's perspective and interceeds, making the declaration over her city
5) She speaks words seasoned w/salt to those who have no knowledge without passing judgment upon them
6) She doesn't 'cast her pearls before swine' -- she uses discernment not to give people truth they can't handle
7) She's real and can be trusted to speak the truth to those around her; she has strength and wisdom and she's not afraid to offer it to her peers.
It was so cool to get the very varied responses...and to see how much we saw the same way!
I love those monthly meetings... ;)
In my group were two ladies that I've recently become acquainted with and four first year Huntsville Master's Commission girls.
We had a ball.
Our passage was Proverbs 9:1 - 9: (NIV)
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city. "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding. Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will ove you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning."
Just for discussion, we took the seven pillars mentioned in verse 1 to be the things wisdom did in the next few verses.
1)prepared her meat and wine
2)set her table
3)sent out her maids
4)calls from the highest point of the city
5)She speaks to those who lack judgment
6)She does not correct fools or wicked people
7)She corrects and teaches the wise.
Each group (there were 8 groups) was to determine a modern day application for each of those seven things and, after about 15 minutes of discussion, we each selected a spokesperson to present our applications to the whole group.
Can I just say that 15 minutes is a really skimpy amount of time? So we had ideas flying around our group...some were from the 'Moms' in the group, others were from the young ladies. When the ideas were presented, it was cool to see that some folks had taken completely different approaches...one group (in which our children's pastor was the spokesperson) took the approach of mom feeding and teaching her children, which was really cool. It was at least very uniform all the way through! Ours rather jumped around, but here's what we came up with...a woman of wisdom will:
) (food -nourishes the soul/body…wine - new wine of the Spirit - nourishes the spirit) She makes preparation; nourishes herself in preparation for nourishing others
2) She sets the atmosphere…walks in that atmosphere, brings His fragrance wherever she goes, walking in His purpose
3) She disciples those who are younger (Titus 2), training them up and delegating tasks; sending them out into the world to serve
4) Seated in the heavenly realms, in the secret place of the Most High, she seeks God's perspective and interceeds, making the declaration over her city
5) She speaks words seasoned w/salt to those who have no knowledge without passing judgment upon them
6) She doesn't 'cast her pearls before swine' -- she uses discernment not to give people truth they can't handle
7) She's real and can be trusted to speak the truth to those around her; she has strength and wisdom and she's not afraid to offer it to her peers.
It was so cool to get the very varied responses...and to see how much we saw the same way!
I love those monthly meetings... ;)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
News Flash...
I just discovered that we have a revamped church website...and the video from our Easter Sunday 3rd service is posted!
Click on the link on the side bar and, about in the middle of the page is a little box that says 'latest message' or some such thing, and there is a 'video' button.
That'll get ya there.
Worship and everything...including the Tye Tribbett song I posted about.
Cool.
Click on the link on the side bar and, about in the middle of the page is a little box that says 'latest message' or some such thing, and there is a 'video' button.
That'll get ya there.
Worship and everything...including the Tye Tribbett song I posted about.
Cool.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Jubilee Monday #33- Jubliee Joke
If this is supposed to be a year of rest, anyway.
The High School Musical opens this weekend, so the Actor and I will pretty much be living at school this week. He'll be rehearsing; I'll be sewing.
Rest is not happening...this week....
But, in a year, some weeks will be like that.
Don't expect much posting this week. ;)
The High School Musical opens this weekend, so the Actor and I will pretty much be living at school this week. He'll be rehearsing; I'll be sewing.
Rest is not happening...this week....
But, in a year, some weeks will be like that.
Don't expect much posting this week. ;)
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