Encouraging Other Women

This is a repost from April 2010 from my old blog but is so true and I thought worth reposting.  I hope it will make you stop and think......

Encouraging Other Women

I have been thinking alot about encouraging others.  I have been through so much in life that I am not sure I could have made it without my friends.  My friends prayed with me and for me.  Sometimes it was a note, a hug, a touch, a smile, "how are you REALLY", one friend sat with me all night one night when Moma was really sick and one sweet friend held my hand and we made a circle as my Moma left my arms and went into Jesus’.  None of those things cost much and most were free.  So then why do we not do more to encourage others? 
Reason 1–"I don’t have time"—really well I see you on facebook playing games, you are out to eat, you are at the movies and more.  Nothing is wrong with those things but are they more important than a friend?  I am forever stuck waiting in one line or another.  While you are waiting write a short note and drop it in the mail. 
Reason 2–"I don’t have the money"-hugs are free, pick some flowers from your yard, smiles and a touch of the hand are free.  I see some people who look like they have a cellphone growing out of their ears-so take a moment to call a friend and say I thought of you today.
I could go on and on with reasons but really they are not reasons but rather excuses. Think of it this way-how would you feel if you were the one that needed encouraging and maybe you are.  Even if you need encouragement yourself look around and find someone you can be a blessing to and I promise you will be the one that ends up being blessed also.
Thanks to all the ladies who have been and are an encouragement to me.  Now I am off to pray and ask God to show me someone I can be an encouragement to, will you do the same?
God bless,
Pat

And these are my blessings.....Charity-Anne Jenee' (Nene), Jonathan Raymond Jr (JJ), and 

Faithe-Makenzie Jazzlyn ( ZZ)!

They will be joined by Jeremiah Elan Tyler (Jet) on July 19, 2012 so be sure I will be back to post his pictures too.  :)

God bless,

Pat

Blogroll

     I love to read other godly ladies blogs.  If you have a blog you think I might be interested in reading.  Or if you follow my blog and you have one of your own, please send me a link to yours in the comments and I would love to add you to my blogroll.
God bless,
Pat

Ladies of the Bible!

     As I said in an earlier post I am doing a Proverbs 31 bible study this summer with a wonderful group of ladies online.  It started today and I am so excited already.
     One of Stephens assignments this week for school is to choose a lady of the bible, write where she is found in the bible, how she was used by God, her failures or successes, what we can learn from her and why he chose her. I started thinking how much do I really know about the ladies of the bible myself so I decided to start a study of my own.  I will loosely be using a book called "Women of the Bible" by Ann Spangler & Jean E.. Syswerda.  I am going to choose one lady at a time and study on her.  As I complete one I will move on to another.  
     I hope this will get me to dig deeper into my bible and also learn more about the ladies that God thought we should know about.  Through these two studies, my ultimate goal is to help me learn to be more the lady God created me to be.
     If you were to choose a lady of the bible to learn more about, who would she be?

God bless,
Pat

Proverbs 31 Study

                   Proverbs 31 Bible Study

     I am joining with a group of wonderful ladies and we will be doing a bible study this summer on Proverbs 31 lady.  It is through Good Morning Girls.  I am so excited to do this study.  I am hoping to gain consistency in my bible reading and study; also I am hoping to learn to be a better wife and mother and just a better Christian lady.  

    This study starts this Monday and will run through the middle of August. I am looking forward to spending part of my summer with other Christian ladies and learning to be more who God wants me to be.

     What, if anything, are you studying?

 

God bless,

Pat

Simple Womans Daybook for May8th

FOR TODAY . . . May 8, 2012

Outside my window . . . it is cooler thanks to some rain last night


I am thinking . . . about some spiritual issues I need to work on

I am thankful . . . for God always providing even when I give up and don't see a way, He already has it under control

In the kitchen . . .thinking a big pot of beans in the crockpot and some cornbread
I am wearing . . .pajamas from last night, really lazy this morning

I am creating . . .nothing, need to be working on next series for Children's church class

I am going . . . to Walmart later today to buy house supplies, don't want to go but it is needed

I am wondering . . .about how people can judge others but yet don't even want to look at themselves

I am reading . . . my bible, a devotional series for women over 50, won't be the big 50 til June but it is a good devotion and a christian romance book

I am looking forward to . . .a summer bible study I am doing with some friends

I am hearing . . . cartoons, Papaw and Sonic(also known as JJ)

Around the house . . . it needs blessing

I am pondering . . . how to best lead this bible study, what God wants me to do

One of my favorite things . . . time spent on my front porch swing

A few plans for the rest of the week . . . school, blessing my house, working on church projects and more

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing . . . 

the supermoon

God bless,
Pat

Supermoon and Heaven

     The other night everyone was talking about the "supermoon".  I wasn't quite sure what a supermoon was.  My son, T, informed me it was supposed to be bigger and brighter.  I mentioned it to my hubby but it was a cloudy night and I thought not much more about it.
    Then at almost 11 pm and yes we were still up, my hubby called me outside to see this moon.  It did seem a little brighter and bigger but who knows.  Anyway my hubby said I should take a picture, but all I had to use was my phone.  I decided to try anyway and on the 2nd try I got the picture above.  It kind of looks like a star or something. 
     As I was looking at the photo and the moon, I started thinking, and I know this might sound crazy, but I wondered what my Moma would say if she could see the moon from the other side, in heaven.  I know that might sound silly but one I miss Moma and I know she is in heaven.  I am not sure what heaven will be exactly but I am glad I know the one who made that moon and someday because I do, I will find out.
     Did you go look at the supermoon?  Take any pictures?  More importantly do you know the one who created it?  If you don't or you have questions, please let me or someone know.
God bless,
Pat