SWAK!!

This lovely photo is to let you know we are having a . . . . DRUMROLL PLEASE . . . duh duh DUH!!!  A LIPSTICK EXCHANGE!!!!  Our fearless, mouthy leader decided that SHE needed to work on what comes out of her mouth and that if SHE needed to then maybe the rest of us do too - whatever!  Bible study is going to be a whole lot less fun with all of us watching every word that comes out of our mouths, ugh.  Why don't we all just stay at home?  I mean COME ON!!!  Just kidding.  I know I could definitely use some help in this area, kind of using the whole Thumper theory, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."  So, anyway, NEXT Tuesday, Sept. 22 we will be having a LIPSTICK EXCHANGE.  Here's what you do:

BRING:  Your Favorite INEXPENSIVE tube of lipstick or gloss ($5 or less)

HOW:  We Will Play Like Dirty Santa - So Wrap Your Special Gift With No Name On It.  We'll draw numbers and then go at it like a rat on a cheetoh.

OH!  And one more thing (totally unrelated to our lipstick goodness)!  We need to VOTE on how we want to do dinners on Tuesdays.  It's really important, so don't forget!

God Sees EVERYTHING

Not to scare anyone, but you can't hide your sin from God.  Just not sure if we all knew that.  I'm not sure David realized it or just thought that since he was special he wouldn't be punished very harshly (he was, four times over including the death of a child because of his sin).  The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.  The good thing . . . no, GREAT thing  . . . is that we can ask for forgiveness and we are forgiven by His grace, by His love, and mercy.  We can lay it at the cross and it will be as far away as the East is from the West, and He will trade our ashes in for beauty using it for HIS glory.  God is so good.

So, tonight we were talking about how God sees EVERYTHING.  And Trena kept saying that "He sees EVERYTHING!"  And the way she was saying it reminded a few of us of the scene in Toy Story where Woody and the toys that Sid had mutilated were getting revenge on him.  Here is the clip:

Dinner List

Here is dinner for NEXT Tuesday.  We could use one more main dish . . . 

Aug. 18th Session 6

Main

1. Amy R.

2.  Brenda

3.  Peggy 

Salad/Veg.

1. Lora

2.  Janet C.

3.  Deanna 

Dessert

1. Paula

2. Lori

3. Mary

As Our Children Start School . . .

Trena loaned me a book the other night at the meeting at her house called The Family Blessing by Rolf Garborg.  It's just a short little book on blessing your children and family and offers a few examples.  I've really enjoyed it and am trying to be diligent at blessing my kids before they go to bed.  I found one that I really like from this book that pretty much covers all bases and I thought I would share it with you to say over your children as they start school . . . 

God bless you with grace and peace,

power and protection,

health and healing,

holiness and godliness,

abundance and prosperity, 

and all the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit,

in Jesus’ name.  AMEN!

Hope all your kids, young and old, have a great year at school.

Books some of us have read that we REALLY like

Book List – From some of the Tuesday night Bible Study Ladies

REG (Christian Themed)

The Hole in the Gospel – Richard Sterns

The Lost Secret of the New Covenant – Malcolm Smith

Mere Christianity – CS Lewis

Parenting with Love and Logic – Jim Fay/Foster Cline

Passion with Purity – Elizabeth Elliott

The Shack – William Peterson

The Blessing – Gary Smalley

Praying the Scriptures for your Children and Teenagers

Rees Howells – Intercessor – Norman Grubb

Medford Series

The True Vine – Andrew Murray

Praying Like Jesus – James Mulholland

God Mean It for Good – A Fresh Look at the Life of Joseph – RT Kendall

Desire: The Journey we Must Take to Find the Life God Offers – John Eldredge

The Dynamic Duo: The Holy Spirit and You – Rick Renner

The Heavenly Man - Brother Yun

 

Non – REG (Secular)

Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson

Janet Evanovich Novels (all of them)

Fern Michaels Series

Miss Juilia Series

Secret Life of Bees

The Help – Kathryn Stockard

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The Wednesday Sisters

The Lord's Prayer

This is absolutely precious!  Just had to share with you guys.  Thanks Paula!

Indescribable

Some of us watched this about a year ago at Janet's.  And what we are studying this week reminded me of it again.  Who am I that HE would know MY name?  The creator of ALL knows who I am?  Look how far I have come!