Dear Ladies,
I was so blessed by our fellowship last night! Your prayers lifted to the Lord and your transparency in sharing indicate such a sincere desire to learn and know more about our Lord, and a true desire to be godly women. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to sit for a while and be still before God with like-minded sisters. And heartfelt thanks to our beautiful host family.
As I said last night, if you don't yet have the book set Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit and would like help in facilitating a bulk order, let me know. We need an order of 12 and then each Study Guide is free, as well as shipping.
If you want to participate in the 30-day husband encouragement challenge, visit Nancy Leigh DeMoss's website at http://www.reviveourhearts.com/ and look to the link on the left entitled "Grow." Why don't we officially start fresh with that April 1, to give each of you time to go to the site and print it? I'll be curious to hear reports of how well we've done -- or not (we're still bound in these fleshly bodies), but I'm sure the Lord will use even our failures to bring glory to Himself.
I pray you have a great rest of the week. Watch the blog for upcoming reminders of our next meeting's assignment, April 27.
May Christ alone be glorified...
Debbie
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wow, it's hard to believe...
...it's been almost a year since my last post, almost a year since Abby's successful surgery! She's doing great, by the way. Only God could have orchestrated events to cause us to make the difficult decision for her to stay in school as a "fifth-year senior" before we knew the surgery was even necessary! The blessings He has poured into her life this school year are too numerous to count!
Even though this blog has been "quiet," my life certainly has not! There have been many joys, many challenges, many answered prayers, many days of waiting on God. Many times the Lord has had to remind me that I must constantly lean on Him to keep a quiet heart in the midst of turmoil, recession, fear and worry. So I shouldn't be surprised that He is causing me to revisit the book Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell. I just read in Isaiah this morning, "And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher" (30:20). Isn't that beautiful? That's what any Bible study should be about -- pointing us always to behold our Teacher!
I love the Preface of the book. I agree wholeheartedly with Teri that homeschooling moms are a wonderful group of women! Homeschooling may have become more popular since the writing of this book, but we continue to swim upstream in a culture that is so counter to biblical instruction. So like Teri, I am pleased to be numbered among you, and very honored that I've been asked to facilitate another study using this book.
So, ladies, if you've been directed to this site because you're considering being a part of this study with me, welcome! I recently realized while studying, that this blog might be a useful communication tool. It could be used to remind you of our meeting dates, the chapter we'll be studying, your "homework," etc., but I don't want to add another "to-do" to your list, another website you feel obligated to check. If you feel this could be helpful to you and you have an account with blogger (or want to quickly create one--it's free), could you post a quick comment? I look forward to seeing you and serving you...
Debbie
Even though this blog has been "quiet," my life certainly has not! There have been many joys, many challenges, many answered prayers, many days of waiting on God. Many times the Lord has had to remind me that I must constantly lean on Him to keep a quiet heart in the midst of turmoil, recession, fear and worry. So I shouldn't be surprised that He is causing me to revisit the book Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell. I just read in Isaiah this morning, "And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher" (30:20). Isn't that beautiful? That's what any Bible study should be about -- pointing us always to behold our Teacher!
I love the Preface of the book. I agree wholeheartedly with Teri that homeschooling moms are a wonderful group of women! Homeschooling may have become more popular since the writing of this book, but we continue to swim upstream in a culture that is so counter to biblical instruction. So like Teri, I am pleased to be numbered among you, and very honored that I've been asked to facilitate another study using this book.
So, ladies, if you've been directed to this site because you're considering being a part of this study with me, welcome! I recently realized while studying, that this blog might be a useful communication tool. It could be used to remind you of our meeting dates, the chapter we'll be studying, your "homework," etc., but I don't want to add another "to-do" to your list, another website you feel obligated to check. If you feel this could be helpful to you and you have an account with blogger (or want to quickly create one--it's free), could you post a quick comment? I look forward to seeing you and serving you...
Debbie
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