This December our family will not only celebrate Christmas, but also the marriage of one of our daughters. Yep, I hear your groans—two big events that require a lot of planning and execution by mom! And planning is not my strong suit. However, I’ve come up with a system that […]
Read More...Month: November 2012
Fierce Women in the Bible–Hagar
Every time I read Hagar’s story I’m intrigued by her. Let’s take a closer look at her unique life. (Disclaimer: This is a longer blog, but we have much to learn from Hagar so I didn’t want to cut any of it.) 2. Hagar’s story starts in Genesis 12 when […]
Read More...This is Foolishness!
While I was looking for a past blog to potentially republish this morning, I saw a theme in my blogging—dealing with worry and stress. Over the years that seems to be my continual struggle. And today I wanted a shortcut to help me with my stress. Okay, this is it–Enough […]
Read More...Fierce Women in the Bible—Sarai, the Next Chapter
The next chapter of Sarai’s life that we’ll discuss is Genesis 16. 2. Here we find Sarai a little disgruntled to say the least. In verse 2 she starts by blaming God she does not have a child yet. God promised Abram a son (Genesis 15:4) and since she wasn’t […]
Read More...Fierce Women in the Bible: Sarai
I am loving my study of the fierce women of the Bible! I love focusing on just the women. I feel I’m getting to know them as real people. Our next two women behave as the first mean girls in the Bible. We’ll discuss the first one (Sarai) today and […]
Read More...Getting to Know Women of the Bible
Have you started your study of the women of the Bible yet? I am loving it! I started with Eve (Genesis 2-3:7). I’m following the numbered questions I listed in my last blog. 1. Who? Eve. 2. She is the first and only woman made directly from the hand […]
Read More...Fierce (and maybe not so fierce) Women of the Bible
Yesterday I read a couple of blogs regarding women’s roles in the church and their satisfaction with their roles. The authors presented interesting and challenging information they said was backed by biblical truth. (Sidebar here: You know how we women can have 20 million thoughts going through our head at […]
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