Hello Ladies!
It has been a while since I've posted! Lorilise has been doing a really wonderful job, hasn't she? I've been getting some much needed encouragement from her posts, as I'm sure you have as well.
So, as you all know, we at The Word at Shaw have been collecting diapers, wipes, and cash for Thrive St. Louis. Obviously anything that you have that is useful, and in gently used to new condition would also be accepted! I mostly only mention this because I'm in that category! : ) I will be donating some of Quint's gently used (stain-free of course!) clothes and bibs, and whatever else I can find that might be useful.
I just wanted to take a moment to share a little bit about my personal experience with Thrive. When I found out I was pregnant with Quint, both Harry and I were unemployed. If any of you have ever been in this stressful position, you know that here in Missouri in order to get prenatal care through Medicaid you must obtain a form from a medical professional stating that you are in fact pregnant. Now this posed a problem for me because I couldn't afford to go to my doctor to confirm my pregnancy. So I did a little research online and found Thrive. It was really great to get help from an organization that really, genuinely cared about me and my baby. The volunteer who worked with me prayed with me and was very encouraging. They even scheduled me for a free ultrasound. Since I had been unable to get prenatal care, it was such a relief to get to see my little man flipping around on the screen! All this to say, I was truly impressed with Thrive's care and concern for more than just my physical needs. It was obvious that they were also interested in my emotional and spiritual needs as well.
Thrive is a Christian, non-profit organization, so I know they depend on people and churches to support them in various ways in order to serve their clients. It is so exciting to see how we can be a part of this effort! Thank you so much, ladies, for all you do!
Eva
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Soul Sisters: 3 Things
Soul Sisters: 3 Things: We are Doing Three things. Thing 1 is trying to spread the word about this devotional blog to all our Word At Shaw Women. If you are readin...
3 Things
We are Doing Three things.
Thing 1 is trying to spread the word about this devotional blog to all our Word At Shaw Women. If you are reading this we have your email address or you already subscribe. Or both. If you are tight with any of our soul sisters at The Word, and are unsure if they read this, please email it to them-or email the link, or Facebook message it, Or tweet it, or Google Plus it...you get the idea.
Thing 2 is continuing to collect 3 things for Thrive:
If you are not on Facebook, don't think we don't want you to do the challenge. It is just a way of continuing to delve into God's Word every week day through Oct 28. We picked the 28th since it is the last weekday of the month. We all say we want to be in God's Word, we all confess to being busy-sometimes to the effect that we don't open our bibles for days at a time.
This challenge is just a simple start to changing that in our lives. For those of you who read your bibles daily, and more than two verses, this won't challenge you so much. But it is fun to share cool bible verses you come across with other women. So please share. You can also post bible verses you love in the comments section of this blog. Use the hashtag #bibleversereadingonadeadline there too, as it will call our attention to it sooner.
One more thing, Dear Ones, how are you doing with fear? We have been doing our message series on fear this month. Pastor Keith has been teaching us all a great bible verse on fear at the end of each sermon. Do you remember the first two he taught? I particlularly liked, "perfect love casts out fear." God is love, and love perfected at that, so His love is that perfect love. No surprise there, right?
We have talked about our big fears on Sundays, like fear of failure this past week. What are some small fears you have? Does God's perfect love cast that fear out too? Yes. Of Course. We know this.
Yet how many times have you been driving from school or work to home, and get so lost in worrying over little things, little fears, that you arrive home having no memory of the last 2-3 miles of that journey? I once worried all the way home because we had a birthday party planned for one of the children that night, and I was just positive I could not get everything done in time. I worried myself right up to 5 miles over the speed limit. The officer who stopped me was very sympathetic as he wrote my ticket. Then I had that to worry about. Worrying about something little-a birthday party-cost me some bucks. And worrying didn't help any, and my fear was unfounded. Because even after losing twenty minutes of precious time, my prayers to God to help me were answered. Everything that absolutely needed doing got done. And everything else was shoved into an upstairs closet for another day. I was far better off praying through my little worrisome fear, than actually worrying and fearing.
So my question is this: What are your small fears? will you try to pray your way out of that fear? That is my challenge.
Here's a great verse for us from Philippians 4:6-7, "Don't worry about anything: instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."
Please share in the comments section of this blog. Because saying it out loud, typing it, is part of letting it go.
Blessings, Lorilise
Thing 1 is trying to spread the word about this devotional blog to all our Word At Shaw Women. If you are reading this we have your email address or you already subscribe. Or both. If you are tight with any of our soul sisters at The Word, and are unsure if they read this, please email it to them-or email the link, or Facebook message it, Or tweet it, or Google Plus it...you get the idea.
Thing 2 is continuing to collect 3 things for Thrive:
- Diapers in large sizes
- baby wipes
- actual cash for those of you who still pay that way out in the world, and therefore sometimes have actual change. We are asking that you save your change, to make change for Thrive. See what I did there?
If you are not on Facebook, don't think we don't want you to do the challenge. It is just a way of continuing to delve into God's Word every week day through Oct 28. We picked the 28th since it is the last weekday of the month. We all say we want to be in God's Word, we all confess to being busy-sometimes to the effect that we don't open our bibles for days at a time.
This challenge is just a simple start to changing that in our lives. For those of you who read your bibles daily, and more than two verses, this won't challenge you so much. But it is fun to share cool bible verses you come across with other women. So please share. You can also post bible verses you love in the comments section of this blog. Use the hashtag #bibleversereadingonadeadline there too, as it will call our attention to it sooner.
One more thing, Dear Ones, how are you doing with fear? We have been doing our message series on fear this month. Pastor Keith has been teaching us all a great bible verse on fear at the end of each sermon. Do you remember the first two he taught? I particlularly liked, "perfect love casts out fear." God is love, and love perfected at that, so His love is that perfect love. No surprise there, right?
We have talked about our big fears on Sundays, like fear of failure this past week. What are some small fears you have? Does God's perfect love cast that fear out too? Yes. Of Course. We know this.
Yet how many times have you been driving from school or work to home, and get so lost in worrying over little things, little fears, that you arrive home having no memory of the last 2-3 miles of that journey? I once worried all the way home because we had a birthday party planned for one of the children that night, and I was just positive I could not get everything done in time. I worried myself right up to 5 miles over the speed limit. The officer who stopped me was very sympathetic as he wrote my ticket. Then I had that to worry about. Worrying about something little-a birthday party-cost me some bucks. And worrying didn't help any, and my fear was unfounded. Because even after losing twenty minutes of precious time, my prayers to God to help me were answered. Everything that absolutely needed doing got done. And everything else was shoved into an upstairs closet for another day. I was far better off praying through my little worrisome fear, than actually worrying and fearing.
So my question is this: What are your small fears? will you try to pray your way out of that fear? That is my challenge.
Here's a great verse for us from Philippians 4:6-7, "Don't worry about anything: instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."
Please share in the comments section of this blog. Because saying it out loud, typing it, is part of letting it go.
Blessings, Lorilise
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