Well...I am writing this post with my sweet Mackinzie crawling in my lap and banging my head with the remote control. If I put her on the floor to play this early in the morning, she screams incessantly until I pick her up, so I am going to apologize early for any typos before I attempt to write anymore!
I don't know about you, but this video this week really "got" to me. Especially that part "to identify is to testify." My personal testimony is something that I struggle with sharing. You see, I have "dealt with my junk," but at the same time, I don't especially like to discuss the fact that, yes, I had junk...and at any moment, I may have more junk to deal with again! When Beth discussed, "trying to leave your past trials behind and attempting to forget that this past was a part of you" really hit home for me. I think that we can all relate to God's changing us from the inside out, and we want to live the life of the upward call. But this upward call is a call to transparency. If we can't relate to others, who on earth would want to be a part of this royal priesthood that God has given us. If we can't share God's redemption in our own lives, who on earth will grasp that they too could be redeemed!
So enough with my soapbox...here is our question for the week. It is taken from Day 1 on page 86.
"Has God ever allowed threat of trouble in your life to drive you to your knees. If so, what did you learn through the experience?"
Can't wait to read your responses!!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Week 3 Discussion Question
Sorry Ladies that it has taken me this long to post our blog question. This week has been very challenging for me in finding a discussion question that we can openly discuss over the blog. The homework has been very convicting to me in Week 3, and I hope that all of you have felt the same way. Instead of asking a specific question, I am going to ask you to discuss one thing that was relevant to you in any of the 5 days of homework!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Love Ya Girls!!!
I just wanted to let all of you know how much I am really enjoying this Bible study! I absolutely feel that we have the BEST group of girls for both the morning and evening studies. There is no doubt that God has brought each one of you to this group for a reason. If you ever get overwhelmed with all of the homework, please remember that this group is a safe place and not a place to be intimidated...keep your head up and keep going as best as you can! Though many of you I am just beginning to get to know, ALL of you have become SO SPECIAL to me!!! I look forward to each week getting to see you and having the blessing of studying God's Word beside you. I am praying that all of your days this week are blessed abundantly! Love y'all...Macki
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Esther: Week 2 Discussion Question
When Beauty is A Treatment!!!
Ladies, let's have fun with this one!! This week, the topic is beauty, and no matter how much we would like to admit that it doesn't affect us...let's face it...it definitely does (and we LIKE it!!) I know that I like to "beautify" myself...as well as anyone else around who will let me "beautify" them...can we say "make-overs" anyone? Poor Mackinzie, at the age of 1 she is stuck tolerating me and my beutifications. Each morning, I have to put her piggy-tails perfectly in place and accessorize them with the exact shade of "oh-so-pink" bows to match her equally adorable outfit. And if her curls are not as curly as I like, I even give them a extra spring before she leaves the house! No, we aren't Toddlers and Tiaras...yet...but that's why I have you girls to keep me in line!!! If I bring Mackinzie to Bible Study with a tiara on her head, blue eyeshadow, fake eyelashes, spray tan, and a purple feather boa, that's when you may need to pull me aside for a "come to Jesus"!
So...here's our question for the week:
The Hebrew term translated "beauty treatments" in Esther 2:3 means "cosmetics, beauty treatments , precious ointments, soaps for bathing." If you're home right now, go into your bathroom, look in the cabinets, and make a list of as many items as as you can find that fall under these categories.
Have fun!!!
Ladies, let's have fun with this one!! This week, the topic is beauty, and no matter how much we would like to admit that it doesn't affect us...let's face it...it definitely does (and we LIKE it!!) I know that I like to "beautify" myself...as well as anyone else around who will let me "beautify" them...can we say "make-overs" anyone? Poor Mackinzie, at the age of 1 she is stuck tolerating me and my beutifications. Each morning, I have to put her piggy-tails perfectly in place and accessorize them with the exact shade of "oh-so-pink" bows to match her equally adorable outfit. And if her curls are not as curly as I like, I even give them a extra spring before she leaves the house! No, we aren't Toddlers and Tiaras...yet...but that's why I have you girls to keep me in line!!! If I bring Mackinzie to Bible Study with a tiara on her head, blue eyeshadow, fake eyelashes, spray tan, and a purple feather boa, that's when you may need to pull me aside for a "come to Jesus"!
So...here's our question for the week:
The Hebrew term translated "beauty treatments" in Esther 2:3 means "cosmetics, beauty treatments , precious ointments, soaps for bathing." If you're home right now, go into your bathroom, look in the cabinets, and make a list of as many items as as you can find that fall under these categories.
Have fun!!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Esther: Week 1 Discussion Question
Alright Ladies,
Here's the first of our blog questions! It is taken from Day 1 on page 13.
"What are you hoping for as you begin this study?"
Not too bad, huh?
I hope that all of you have the chance to answer this!! I can't wait to read your responses!!! To help you get started, I will go ahead and post my response!! Also, I have included instructions on how to post a comment below.
Remember, treats will follow for answering this!!!
(To post a comment, click on the "comments" button below. This will take you to the screen where you can post your comment. At the bottom of this screen, you have several options. You can choose to leave a comment by setting up a google account or by filling in a blank with your name. You can also choose to leave the comment as anonymous, but if you decide to do this, please leave your name at the bottom of your comment so that you can get your treat...you don't want to miss that!! I hope that this is not too difficult. If you need help, just e-mail me!!)
Love all of you,
Macki
Here's the first of our blog questions! It is taken from Day 1 on page 13.
"What are you hoping for as you begin this study?"
Not too bad, huh?
I hope that all of you have the chance to answer this!! I can't wait to read your responses!!! To help you get started, I will go ahead and post my response!! Also, I have included instructions on how to post a comment below.
Remember, treats will follow for answering this!!!
(To post a comment, click on the "comments" button below. This will take you to the screen where you can post your comment. At the bottom of this screen, you have several options. You can choose to leave a comment by setting up a google account or by filling in a blank with your name. You can also choose to leave the comment as anonymous, but if you decide to do this, please leave your name at the bottom of your comment so that you can get your treat...you don't want to miss that!! I hope that this is not too difficult. If you need help, just e-mail me!!)
Love all of you,
Macki
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Hey Everyone,
I hope that all of you have enjoyed the beginning of our study on the book of Esther! I love God's Word and enjoy fitting all of the pieces of the puzzle together...nothing challenges my brain more...nor do I find anything more intriguing! The study of Esther is so relevant to us girls, and I know that all of the hard work that we put into this study will be blessed abundantly! Hang in there girls and watch to see what ways God is blessing your life through this study. He will...but our eyes just have to be focused on watching for that blessing...let's not miss it by getting distracted! Our journey is going to filled with so much learning that our brains are just going to think that they may explode, yet we will find ourselves wanting more. You see, once you begin in-depth Bible study...you just can't stop. Your heart is forever changed, and your mind is forever left wanting to know more...more...more! Wanting to know more about His character, His love, His ways, His Word. In this life, we just learn fragments, and we piece those fragments together to form a understanding of who He is...as much of an understanding that our finite human minds can comprehend. The more fragments we have; the deeper our abilities are to know, understand, and believe Who He IS!!! Jeremiah 9:24 says..."let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows ME." Girls, let's be able to boast that we know HIM!!! That we are readers and lovers of His Word!! Let our life's mission be to learn as many fragments about His character as humanly possible to have a working comprehension of Who He is! Then...on one sweet, sweet day, we can take these fragments and place these pieces as a offering at the actual mercy seat of Christ. And then, He will fill in all of our missing pieces with the actuality of Who He is, and we will be able to look up and say..."I know Him!! I know Him!!" What a wonderful day that will be when we can fully know Him and actually kiss His face!!! But until that blessed day comes, let's commit to learn veraciously and intensely. Let's commit to love each other genuinely and passionately. Let's commit to live this life intentially...for the upward call in Christ!!!
Philippians 3:13-14
"Brother (and sisters), I do not count myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching toward those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
I hope that all of you have enjoyed the beginning of our study on the book of Esther! I love God's Word and enjoy fitting all of the pieces of the puzzle together...nothing challenges my brain more...nor do I find anything more intriguing! The study of Esther is so relevant to us girls, and I know that all of the hard work that we put into this study will be blessed abundantly! Hang in there girls and watch to see what ways God is blessing your life through this study. He will...but our eyes just have to be focused on watching for that blessing...let's not miss it by getting distracted! Our journey is going to filled with so much learning that our brains are just going to think that they may explode, yet we will find ourselves wanting more. You see, once you begin in-depth Bible study...you just can't stop. Your heart is forever changed, and your mind is forever left wanting to know more...more...more! Wanting to know more about His character, His love, His ways, His Word. In this life, we just learn fragments, and we piece those fragments together to form a understanding of who He is...as much of an understanding that our finite human minds can comprehend. The more fragments we have; the deeper our abilities are to know, understand, and believe Who He IS!!! Jeremiah 9:24 says..."let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows ME." Girls, let's be able to boast that we know HIM!!! That we are readers and lovers of His Word!! Let our life's mission be to learn as many fragments about His character as humanly possible to have a working comprehension of Who He is! Then...on one sweet, sweet day, we can take these fragments and place these pieces as a offering at the actual mercy seat of Christ. And then, He will fill in all of our missing pieces with the actuality of Who He is, and we will be able to look up and say..."I know Him!! I know Him!!" What a wonderful day that will be when we can fully know Him and actually kiss His face!!! But until that blessed day comes, let's commit to learn veraciously and intensely. Let's commit to love each other genuinely and passionately. Let's commit to live this life intentially...for the upward call in Christ!!!
Philippians 3:13-14
"Brother (and sisters), I do not count myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching toward those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Let's Try this Again!!!
Ok, so I have decided to give this CrossPoint women's ministry blog another shot!!! I think it will be a fantastic way for all of us to stay connected with one another and explore new ways of sharing our faith through technology. Also, now that we are about to begin a new Bible study, it may be fun to discuss things that we have encountered in our homework. I hope that this helps ignite a new fire for the women's ministry at CrossPoint! Let's face it ladies, we are the communicators!!! The ladies are the heart behind the ministry at any church; that is why I feel that this ministry is vital for CrossPoint. So let's use this blog to sharpen, encourage, and above all things...love each other. I can't wait to see what great and glorious ways God is going to use this blog for His ultimate glory!
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