We are having a ladies retreat next month. Patty Appleby is going to be our special speaker. A few weeks ago My pastor's wife, Gayla asked if I would speak for one of the break-off sessions. This is an opportunity that I am overjoyed about and extremely nervous at the same time, since there will be several churches there. I am going to be speaking to the young women. I began praying about what God would have me to speak on. I wanted something age appropriate that would go along with Patty's "race" theme.
So I have chosen to do a lesson on "A journey to Godliness." I would like to take the lives of two characters and comparing a Godly walk to an ungodly walk and then talk about the traits a Godly woman should have.
I feel as if this is what God wants me to speak on but have been nervous about it because I do not have a lot of materials on this subject nor have I thought of a good object lesson. Yesterday I was looking through a magazine I received from the Family Christian bookstore and a book jumped out at me. It is "A woman's High Calling: 10 essentials for Godly living" by Elizabeth George. So I thought hm...I ought to go check that out.
So I did and it happened to be 50% off. I was so excited! I also picked up two other books at 50% off. One is by Karen Kingsbury. Several people have told me that I needed to read her books. The other book was "Lies that Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh Demoss. I was rather happy about my purchases!
On the way out of the mall here was this woman and little girl selling girl scout cookies. I stopped dead in my tracks and said, "YES!" I was rather envious of friends at church Josh and Mary when I read in her blog that they had bought girl scout cookies a few weeks back. I never saw them and was all disappointed that we didn't get any. And like Josh and Mary, I love the peanut butter ones and Brian likes the mint ones. So I bought two boxes of each.
When I got home I was putting some groceries away and then when I put the cookies in the pantry I got really giddy! I started laughing and then did a little jump skip. The thought of it makes me laugh now. I was just VERY HAPPY about my cookies and I couldn't contain myself.
Also I joined a music club so I could get some cd's cheaper since I have bought only a few since High school. Yesterday when I arrived home there was my first set of free cds. I got two by Chris Tomlin, 2 by Phillips, Craig & Dean, and one by Mercy Me. They are all really good. I love Christian music. I am very touched by music so I am just thankful for good Christian music. I will probably add a lot of lyrics through out my blog.
Yay, it was such a good day!
6 comments:
Comparing a Godly walk with an ungodly walk sound like a good presentation! I do hope you post your notes and share with us.
I love Mercy Me and Chris Tomlin. I've never heard of the other group.
Hugs,
Eden
I just added you to my blog!
Yay for girlscout cookies!! And for the great deals on the books. That one "Lies That Women Believe" sounds familiar - someone must have told me about it.
By the way - I really like the picture of you and Brian!! It's a good one :-)
JANELLE!...
You're so cute! I love the added bit about jumping with joy over the cookies!
And so, it sounds like you had a really great day yesterday, so I'm very happy for you. I wanted to share that yesterday was a GREAT day for Jason and me as well... We found out where I matched for residency... And we're staying here in Dayton for another year while I work at Kettering Hospital!!!!!!!! After that, we'll be moving to Indianapolis for my three years of anesthesia training. So, at least we're here with the girls for another year (and I don't have to do surgery, which was our second choice to try to stay here in Dayton)!!!! And as for the other three years, we'll just have to wait and see what we can work out with Hope, and all come to a joint decision (hopefully) as to what's best for the girls. I was definitely crying tears of joy and relief that we'll be able to be here another year, though... and I'm still getting tears in my eyes when I think about it!
So, I'm glad you had a good day yesterday... because we did, too!
Have a Happy Easter! Love you and take care!
Lindsey
Hey, that's great that you'll be teaching one of the sessions. Don't be nervous, you spoke so well at our ladie's fellowship that one time, and I'm sure you'll do great again.
I have that Elizabeth George book. It's a good one. I also have Lies Women Believe. Well, actually Lisa is borrowing it right now. That's where she copied those pages from that she handed out in Sunday School class. My mom and her Bible study group went thru that book along with a study guide, and she said it was great to go thru it in detail.
Yay! It's weird how you and I have so much in common, like with the Girl Scout cookies. I also read your profile, and I totally loved Robin Jones Gunn when I was younger. My sister got me hooked on the Christy Miller Series, and then I read the Sierra Jensen series. I know she's written more, but once I got to college, I didn't really keep up with what she's writing. She's a great writer.
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