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"Life 101"
Jul. 31, 2009
Beautiful Bible study today....so blessed to have "my girls".
I have been teaching a Ladies Bible study this summer. I had misgivings about it because being a homeschooler I just wanted to vegetate over the summer...no teaching. And then when my friend Rebecca asked me to do a Beth Moore study to boot I was CERTAIN I was not going to do it. But the Holy Spirit softly whispered in my ear how important this was going to be for soooo many ladies (me being one of them!!) and i GRUDGINGLY agreed. sigh...God's ways are always right. But I am rebellious by nature so of course I think MY way is best!!! But let me tell you, I don't know if you've ever done the Breaking Free series by Beth Moore...but it is THE BEST Bible study I have EVER been a part of. It totally is all about freeing you from the bonds that Satan holds on you from having the freedom of Christ. Ladies...today it had me questioning if I REALLY knew what it meant to love the Lord. I turned to the lady next to me during the video portion of this class and said "I have been doing this all wrong"...and she was grabbing tissue and crying and we just hugged and laughed and cried. There is nothing like a woman understanding another woman. Ladies...God blesses us with women friends. Our families are our biggest blessings...but our girls are our icing on the cake. Anyway, some of the questions that had me wondering if I was correctly loving the Lord were: Does he regularly circulate into my thoughts? Am I often drawn to spend time with him? Does my life demonstrate a love for God? Do I often enjoy God? Do I find relief or satisfaction in the obedient life? Put someone's name you love in place of "God" in those questions. How you feel about them should be how you feel about God. It was so monumental for me. Some other "happenings" at the Bible study...we have been praying for a lady with Bipolar disorder....she attended our Bible study today and shared how she has been in and out of the hospital. She has a 10 month old son with whom she has prayed for for years and has gone through infertility. WOW does this woman love the Lord. She shared her testimony of her bipolar disorder and how God has been faithful. We all cried and surrounded her with love. We prayed over her and she sobbed through the whole thing saying "yes Jesus" "thank you Jesus" ...I had to ask my friend Shari to pray because I was so emotional. We have a couple of ladies who have been through child abuse, several who have struggled in their marriages, one who has a spot on her brain that they cannot figure out what it is., tons of prayer requests for friends and family. We did a nice long prayer time for all of these things. It is so awesome to see God work in the lives and through the lives of his faithful. He never lets us down. We struggle...he's there...he lifts us up...and through him we help others. Ladies, we need our girls. But most of all..we need our GOD!!! Praise him through whom all blessings flow!!! "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:10). "Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is NONE like me". (Isaiah 46:9). Praise God!!!
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Aug. 2, 2009 - Wow!
Your an awesome friend and teacher thanks so much for this class,
Love ya