Women's Fellowship

Hey ladies,

This week's get together was great. I think everyone had a great time.
I just wanted to share with you our study.

A RECIPE FOR FRIENDSHIP

By : Julia Bettencourt

Friendships are wonderful gifts to our lives straight from God.

Our friendships with our sisters in Christ are like recipes of goodness for us. They bake up something special. You may have heard that saying, "In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips." Friends are that sweet extra in life and even sweeter is friendship among believers in Christ.

Why is a recipe for fellowship and friendship with our sisters in Christ is so important? Let's check out the ingredients and see what they do.

Sisters In Christ Friendship Recipe

*Shortening - Provides texture. Our fellowship and friendship with our sisters in the Lord can add much depth and texture to our lives. We blend together in unity as part of the body of Christ.

*Sugar - Adds sweetness. Our fellowship with our sisters adds such a sweet taste to our lives. If we didn't have sugar in our cookies, we'd sure miss it. The same is with our fellowship with our sisters. We can't leave it out of our lives.

*Eggs - Holds ingredients together. Sisters in the Lord are someone to lean on. We are held together by fellowship with them. We are stronger because of them, their prayers, and their love in the Lord. We have a special bond in Christ.

*Vanilla - Adds flavor. Sisters add that flavor we need. They give us that extra sensation. Without friends and fellowship we become kind of bland.

*Flour - Adds substance. We need the substance a sister in the Lord can add. They give us many thing by way of mentoring us when we don't even know it. Their shared testimonies and way they live their lives has an impact on us.

*Baking Soda - Leavens. Leavening agents in baking helps to lighten the dough. Friendship with our sisters in Christ lightens our burdens through their prayer and encouragement.

*Salt - Enhances flavor. We know that friendships add flavor and just when we need it, they help improve the tastefulness and quality of our lives. Friends are the type of people that know just what we are going through and are there when we need them.

*Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips - The kind for chocolate chips we normally add to our cookies is semi sweet. Our sister friends tell up what they feel and think and that's okay. They can be honest and truthful to us. "Iron sharpeneth iron" (Proverbs 27:17).

*Nuts...Optional - Just a little craziness in a sister friend is great! Sometimes a little zaniness in our friends can be just the ingredient we need.

Conclusion: Friendships take a lot of time and effort to bake up but they are worth it when we sense that sweet aroma and special bond that they bring. Friends that have Jesus in common will have lasting relationships, not just here on earth, but will dwell with Christ together throughout eternity.

So, is your life a good recipe for friendship?

I hope that you enjoyed this recipe for friendship as much as I did. Pass it on if you think someone you know might get something from it.

Love and God Bless to all that read this post.

A Trip To The Orthodontics

Today Victoria made a trip to the dentist to start her steps for braces. They had to take imprisons. She didn't like that so much. But she did really well. She gets her braces April 7th. She's excited about it. The design she picked are hearts. She'll have to have them on for a year. I just hope there won't be a lot of pain. I'll keep you up dated on her progress.

Love to all.

Son's Birthday

Yesterday was my son's 17th birthday. I can't believe it. The years are just flying by so fast. Before I know it he will be out of the house and on his own. He's almost finished with 11th grade. He's hoping to go off to a Christian college. I just pray that God will lead him to do many things with his life.

Mother's get together.

Friday was our women's get together. This time we had 7 ladies. God sure put a few of us in our place. God is good. I just love this time with these women. We just pray that more and more women will join us on our adventurous walk with the Lord. This is a place to come and fellowship with other Christian women. A place you will not be judged.

The lesson we had was - Trusting in the Lord...

Proverbs 3: 5-7 "Trust in the lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil."

Psalms 37: 3-4 "Trust in the lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

Romans 12: 12 "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer."

These are just a few scriptures we went over.

Hope that anyone who is reading this is doing well. Gods Blessings to all.