There once was a little girl who loved playing in the mud and getting messy. She had two brothers so she always did what they did. If they dug a hole, she did. If her brothers played with bugs, she did. Her brothers never minded her being “one of the boys,” in-fact they thought it was great! Years passed and that little girl started growing up, and started playing with dolls, cooking, and having tea parties. “What’s up with sis,” the brothers would ask each other. “She’s no fun anymore.” Something was up, that little girl was growing and becoming a young woman. You see, God created women to be nurturers. You may be thinking that you will never get out of the little girl/boy stage and become "all grown up". Today, I would like to share about when we fully become the person God created us to be. Take for example a butterfly. When the beautiful butterfly hatched did it look the same as it does now? No, it was a small larva, and after a while it transformed into that b...
On Sunday morning we left our hotel and headed south on the east side of Israel with the country of Jordan on our left. Beit Shean was a pagan city that was wild and full of amusment like Las Vegas, in the United States located under the ruins of the Jewish city in the tel. There the orginal Philistine city is where Saul's head was taken to and nailed to the center wall for display after the war. From there we could see Mount Gilboa , where Saul and Jonathan were killed during the war with the Philistine army. It was just amazing and interesting to walk through the ruins that once was active and standing in Biblical times until an earthquake hit in 749 AD and was abandoned until archaeologists discovered the city in more than 10 feet of dirt. We continued south to the supposed baptism sight of Jesus in the River of Jordan. As we walked down the steps we noticed guards with machine guns on each side. Since the River divides Israel and Jordan there needs to be some kind of securit...
Sorry I have not written in such a long time! Back in February of this year I married the love of my life, Tom! I am truly blessed to be married to such a godly man that supports, encourages, challenges, loves, and cares so much for me and those around him. The past few weeks at church we have been going through the sermons entitled, " The Church in a Messy World". It has been very good and I would highly encourage you to listen to the sermons! One point that my pastor made this past week about marriage that I think is utterly correct is that: "When you say 'I Do' you become one with that person and you give up complete ownership of self." When you say 'I Do' you are committing your entire self to that individual. EVERY part of who you are. You can not expect to get married and have life stay the way it was before marriage. Tom and I agree that things must and do change after you commit yourself to someone for life. Every part of your l...
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