Our church has a women's ministry that I have been dabbling in for years. Sometimes I go, sometimes I don't. I got a little excited one year when they did a Beth Moore study - one of my favorites - but since then, they've decided not to do them. So I'm picky. Two years ago I joined, then last year I didn't, except for the very bitter end. This year I figured I might try it, I just wasn't sure if I should go in the morning - before work on Tuesdays, or the evening, which would have me out three nights in a row on some weeks.
I found out a few weeks ago that they would be doing the study on Calm My Anxious Heart, by Linda Dillow. This made me chuckle because I have a friend in Connecticut who I've known since kindergarten. She is Catholic, but had a neighbor who she kept telling me reminded her of me - I had no idea what that meant. When I went to visit her, she told me that her friend was a worship leader at Walnut Hill Church in Danbury, CT and she had invited her to a "Moms Morning Out". Now, I had been telling her for years about the Mother's Day Out program I had my girls in, where I would drop them off, go have fun for a day, then pick them up at 1:30 ready for a nap!! She was so excited, she signed herself up for this program, only to find out it was not that at all - she'd been duped!! It was a study on this very same book - and she loved it! Funny how that friend (who I never did meet=() reminded her of me. (I don't usually dupe my friends...)
Anyway, this past Sunday, I figured out that while I was contemplating which Connections to go to, I completely missed the kick off! Duh! It was last week, while I was enjoying a Tuesday at home... hehe. Anyway, a friend of mine, whose children have gone on a lot of our Space trips, told me she requested to be in my group (I sure hope the pastor's wife didn't waste anytime trying to sort through all those registration forms looking for my absent one!). So now, I'm in her group. There are 18 women in that group! 19 women all discussing contentment. It's going to be a long year for me!!! as I struggle with contentment on almost a daily basis. Woe is me.
1 comment:
I, too, am a big Beth Moore fan. And I also was disappointed after one study of hers at our church, they haven chosen not to other ones by her. ( I am not sure if that was a purposeful decision or that it just worked out that way....)
My mom and sister just did the Linda Dillow, "Calm My Anxious Heart" study, and LOVED it. In fact, they keep telling me I need to read the book.
My girlfriend and I are doing our own study together because we couldn't meet at the designated Women's Bible Study time at our church. We are doing the same book--but are working through it at our own pace. We are studying "An Excellent Wife" by Martha Peace. Pretty convicting stuff in there!
Post a Comment