“I am starting to notice things...”-(pg. 183)
“what makes you think colored people need your help?...”Why you even care about this?... YOU WHITE...”I’ve never had a colored person speak to me like that...”we want to show your perspective...so people might understand what it’s like from your side. We-we hope it might change somethings around here (pg. 192)
READ: LUKE 10:25-41
Ok ladies we are coming close to the date we are meeting, to fellowship with one another...so the next couple of insights may be sporadic throughout the rest of the book...So bear with me, and don’t worry I will let you know what chapters I am getting my inspiration.
Here’s a question-How hard is it for us to practice the art of “being”? Due to our circumstances or experiences we have noticed the dark things of this world, we are go-getters so we assume people need our help. Not only that but we try to bring to light a variety of things in order for people to understand a different perspective and we hope with God’s grace we would be the front runners to change things. We serve others and keep going..and going...and going. We try are the over achievers who are used to doing all the planning ourselves... These are GREAT things, these are our callings after all, but if we are to be the best to further God’s kingdom “being” seems to be more of a concern to our Father.
I must admit “being” is just not one of my “gifts.” For me, even as a toddler my great-grandmother used to tell people “I’ve never seen that girl walk.” What’s true then is still true today I only know one speed and I still seem to be able to maintain that speed. But that’s not the point of this life-how much we can accomplish in one day. I am beginning to see my day to day is about going to the well.
Here’s what I mean: In ancient times wells were built in order to provide water and it was dug to great depths in order to get to the water in the desert. Wells were positioned outside of towns and were places women would gather to collect the essence of what would sustain them and give them life. The women WENT to the place to get them life and took what was already there provided for them. They would go away refreshed and supplied with what they would need throughout that particular day. They just brought themselves and their buckets and sat waiting for life to fill them.
We might be women who have noticed the pain and hurt of this world when no one else does, we may even be in positions to help other women in various ways you ask for help or you just give it. We are all women who desire to leave behind a legacy for younger women, our children, and our grandchildren.
I challenge all of us this week to also try to leave behind the legacy of “being” and living that before we fight on the battle lines. This is new to all of us-so let’s us travel together down this road.
Spiritual Rhythm: Memorization
Continue the rhythm of breathing God throughout your day. Pick one verse this week, something that moves you, then write it out and take it with you where ever you go. Think of it, revisit it throughout your week. Something that allows you to sit at the well and enjoy the “water.” This will be your “water” for the day.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
"The Help" with people...
‘We don’t want to bring all that mess up...tell people the truth..” “Truth, it feels cool, like water washing over my sticky-hot body.” (150-151).
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”-Galatians 1:10
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”-Ephesians 6:5-8
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.”-Colossians 3:22
I don’t have much to say for this reflection, the “people pleasing” podcast from the women’s ministry at Irving Bible Church will be a good reflection and says what I would point out as it relates to this quote from “The Help.”
This podcast touched a depth of my heart that I would like to share with you. Take the time to listen to it and feel as you listen the coolness of the truth about breaking free from the chains of “people pleasing” and living a life of fear in hiding from our True selves.
The Podcast
/Users/kara/Desktop/People-Pleasing.mp3
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”-Galatians 1:10
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”-Ephesians 6:5-8
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.”-Colossians 3:22
I don’t have much to say for this reflection, the “people pleasing” podcast from the women’s ministry at Irving Bible Church will be a good reflection and says what I would point out as it relates to this quote from “The Help.”
This podcast touched a depth of my heart that I would like to share with you. Take the time to listen to it and feel as you listen the coolness of the truth about breaking free from the chains of “people pleasing” and living a life of fear in hiding from our True selves.
The Podcast
/Users/kara/Desktop/People-Pleasing.mp3
Sunday, August 21, 2011
"The Help" -BIG MOUTH
“Yes, because no one ever talks about it. No one talks about anything down here...” (pg. 123)
“God knows, the book business could use come rattling.”(pg. 125)
This week spend some time reading Jeremiah 1 and 36
What if when God spoke to you His calling for you right from the beginning He told you no one would listen to you or things were only going to get worse when you answered that calling? Would you still go? Would you still speak above all the noise?
In a crowded room with all the noise and the chaos of people speaking over another so they could be heard-would you find a way for your voice to be heard, especially when you knew the message was from God?
In the days of the prophets they at times were able to foretell what was going to happen in the future if the people did not turn back to God, but mostly they brought to light the reality of what was going on around nations who CHOSE to not acknowledge the consequences to their self-indulgent behavior.
On the other hand, the prophets were ordinary beings who CHOSE to talk about what no one else was talking about, they were rattling crowds and challenging them to step into being the men and women God was asking them to become.
Here’s the deal ladies...just like Jeremiah God may be telling us to speak up about something that needs to be talked about, no matter the cost. And as chapter 36 alludes to it is almost for certain there are going to be times when your calling, your cause, falls on deaf ears and it is rejected, the VERY WORDS that are from God.
So what are you going to do? Not talk about it? Or rattle some thinking? Jeremiah’s story is a good example of faithfulness and obedience even knowing when he was not going to be successful.
Watch this youtube video below. May it inspire us all to not go back to "ok" and to talk about what others are trying to silence or leave as white elephants in the room.
THE AFTERS-Never Going Back to OK (with lyrics)
Saturday, August 20, 2011
"THE HELP" -breaking ground
“No one’s ever written a book like this, “She say, whispering, finally starting to understand, I guess. “We’d be breaking new ground. It’s a brand-new perspective.” (pg. 120)
We’re finally starting to understand...
These women pioneers broke new ground in their time, doing what needed to be done. They found the strength within themselves in the their own hard times and plowed to new heights for women, though in the moment it just seemed as they were trying to survive in the times.
I encourage you to take a moment to look at this photograph and reflect on you...what is the one thing in your life that has yet to be written, that only you can create, the thing that maybe God is telling you to, “hey my warrior princess, break new ground here...” Maybe its breaking ground out of your sense of comfort right now or a new perspective in some form of expression Abba has been asking you to reveal to the world....
Here’s something else to think about...like this picture, you are not breaking ground alone, you stand with other women who are beginning to understand sometimes the ground is hard to break, but if we all work to break ground soon it will become soft. The catch: we come to live into our true selves, strong confident courageous women warriors.
Spiritual Rhythm:
This week I’m challenging you to the spiritual rhythm of ‘Breath Prayer’. This will begin the journey extending our “quite time” to the whole of our days, with every step, every interaction, every thought, every outreach, every telephone call, every meeting THAT IS time with God. Here are some simple steps to take to practice this (Taken from Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by: Adele Ahlberg Calhoun):
“God is the oxygen of our soul, and we need to breathe in all day long. Breath a prayer reminds us that each breath we are given is God’s gift and that God’s spirit is nearer to us than our own breath.”
Deeply breathe in, repeating any name of God that is dear to you
As you exhale, voice a deep desire of your heart. When you exhale, offer up the desire of your heart
Example:
Breathe in “Abba” breathe out “I belong to you”
Breathe in “Healer” breathe out “speak the word and I shall be healed”
Breathe in “Shepherd” breathe out “bring home lost son”
Breathe in “Holy one” breathe “keep me true”
Breathe in “Lord” breathe out “here I am”
Breathe in “Jesus” breathe out “have mercy on me”
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
"THE HELP" with minty Breath
“…look around investigate, and write. Don’t waste your time on the obvious things. Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.” (pg. 83)
“It is your time Skeeter…I’m not going to let you miss this just because your mother convinced you you’re not good enough…” (102)
“My soul finds rest in God alone...” –Psalm 62:1
“For in him we live and move and have our being.”-Acts 17:28)
I recently watch “To Save a Life” it had its moments of Christian cheesy movie BUT the end has an interesting quote:
“What’s the point of this life if you’re not going to let it change you?”
You, my dear sister are a warrior who IS on the frontlines of the things that should be disturbing us as individuals, as people and as a world. When we talk about the things we do people brush it off or don’t respond the way we THINK they should. So we have stood up regardless of their questioning and doubting to what we know to be Truth from Abba that we have heard. We are the few who have heard our calling and believed in the “this is your time, don’t let anyone convince you differently….” mentality and pushed on. But just like the quote says, “what’s the point of this life if you don‘t let it change you?”
While we are giving people the bread and water of Life on the battlefields, but we not to forget to be women who are engaged with God so much throughout our day that it becomes our inhaling and exhaling.
Here’s where I’m going with this…We have been trained from a young age to block off a portion of our time to have what we call “quiet time” or “spending time with God.” While I think this is important it is what I have come to realize only half way to where we are suppose to be. You see, these days we tend to box off parts of our lives for God…BUT that’s not the way Discipleship is supposed to be.
In 1 Corinthians Paul expresses that the body, mind and soul are all intertwined, nothing is separate it is all connected all flows together. If all we do is blocked off time with God and then go about our day and not let it change us or cause us to breathe a different rhythm, what’s the point? Bottom line: a simple 30 minutes daily with God and then we walk away still makes us queens of our kingdoms with our own agendas and have not given Abba our day. We breathe only when we “have time” or it works for us…
But what if spending time with God looked more like breathing? What if we were so open to the Spirit moving in us that we allowed God to use us in HIS DAY rather than us fitting HIM into our day…what would that look like for you?
What’s the point of fighting if you only take 30 minutes to get re-energized and that’s all? A warrior needs to be ready to go at a moment’s notice; energy is always needed to keep going. Warriors are stead-fast in all they do. I agree there are retreat times, but daily we should be allowing God’s presence saturate us in such a way that being with God become a lifestyle not a section of our day alone. Spending time with God becomes spending our day with God and no longer a checklist or deed, but allowing God to flow in us.
When people ask me “how do you make time with God?” I simply smile because it’s not God who is going with me through MY day but me going through HIS. He makes time for me when I simply know I’m in His presence in ABSOLUTIELY everything and everywhere I go-everything then becomes Holy. And let me tell you frontline women the air is a sweeter longer lasting fragrance than any 30 minutes at one time.
Our lives should be focused more on breathing God throughout our day than gauging ourselves or others on the amount of times they have “been with God” in a week. After all isn’t every moment God’s? We have the power to choose to spend each moment breathing God. So be involved in the things that disturb you and fight till there is blood and sweat and don’t let moments pass you by because IT IS your time by golly (hehe so cheesy), but know battles can only be won with THE KING taking the reins of each breathe we breathe.
Spiritual Rhythm:
This week I’m challenging you to the spiritual rhythm of ‘Breath Prayer’. This will begin the journey extending our “quite time” to the whole of our days, with every step, every interaction, every thought, every outreach, every telephone call, every meeting THAT IS time with God. Here are some simple steps to take to practice this (Taken from Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by: Adele Ahlberg Calhoun):
“God is the oxygen of our soul, and we need to breathe in all day long. Breath a prayer reminds us that each breath we are given is God’s gift and that God’s spirit is nearer to us than our own breath.”
1) Deeply breathe in, repeating any name of God that is dear to you
2) As you exhale, voice a deep desire of your heart. When you exhale, offer up the desire of your heart
Example:
Breathe in “Abba” breathe out “I belong to you”
Breathe in “Healer” breathe out “speak the word and I shall be healed”
Breathe in “Shepherd” breathe out “bring home lost son”
Breathe in “Holy one” breathe “keep me true”
Breathe in “Lord” breathe out “here I am”
Breathe in “Jesus” breathe out “have mercy on me”
“It is your time Skeeter…I’m not going to let you miss this just because your mother convinced you you’re not good enough…” (102)
“My soul finds rest in God alone...” –Psalm 62:1
“For in him we live and move and have our being.”-Acts 17:28)
I recently watch “To Save a Life” it had its moments of Christian cheesy movie BUT the end has an interesting quote:
“What’s the point of this life if you’re not going to let it change you?”
You, my dear sister are a warrior who IS on the frontlines of the things that should be disturbing us as individuals, as people and as a world. When we talk about the things we do people brush it off or don’t respond the way we THINK they should. So we have stood up regardless of their questioning and doubting to what we know to be Truth from Abba that we have heard. We are the few who have heard our calling and believed in the “this is your time, don’t let anyone convince you differently….” mentality and pushed on. But just like the quote says, “what’s the point of this life if you don‘t let it change you?”
While we are giving people the bread and water of Life on the battlefields, but we not to forget to be women who are engaged with God so much throughout our day that it becomes our inhaling and exhaling.
Here’s where I’m going with this…We have been trained from a young age to block off a portion of our time to have what we call “quiet time” or “spending time with God.” While I think this is important it is what I have come to realize only half way to where we are suppose to be. You see, these days we tend to box off parts of our lives for God…BUT that’s not the way Discipleship is supposed to be.
In 1 Corinthians Paul expresses that the body, mind and soul are all intertwined, nothing is separate it is all connected all flows together. If all we do is blocked off time with God and then go about our day and not let it change us or cause us to breathe a different rhythm, what’s the point? Bottom line: a simple 30 minutes daily with God and then we walk away still makes us queens of our kingdoms with our own agendas and have not given Abba our day. We breathe only when we “have time” or it works for us…
But what if spending time with God looked more like breathing? What if we were so open to the Spirit moving in us that we allowed God to use us in HIS DAY rather than us fitting HIM into our day…what would that look like for you?
What’s the point of fighting if you only take 30 minutes to get re-energized and that’s all? A warrior needs to be ready to go at a moment’s notice; energy is always needed to keep going. Warriors are stead-fast in all they do. I agree there are retreat times, but daily we should be allowing God’s presence saturate us in such a way that being with God become a lifestyle not a section of our day alone. Spending time with God becomes spending our day with God and no longer a checklist or deed, but allowing God to flow in us.
When people ask me “how do you make time with God?” I simply smile because it’s not God who is going with me through MY day but me going through HIS. He makes time for me when I simply know I’m in His presence in ABSOLUTIELY everything and everywhere I go-everything then becomes Holy. And let me tell you frontline women the air is a sweeter longer lasting fragrance than any 30 minutes at one time.
Our lives should be focused more on breathing God throughout our day than gauging ourselves or others on the amount of times they have “been with God” in a week. After all isn’t every moment God’s? We have the power to choose to spend each moment breathing God. So be involved in the things that disturb you and fight till there is blood and sweat and don’t let moments pass you by because IT IS your time by golly (hehe so cheesy), but know battles can only be won with THE KING taking the reins of each breathe we breathe.
Spiritual Rhythm:
This week I’m challenging you to the spiritual rhythm of ‘Breath Prayer’. This will begin the journey extending our “quite time” to the whole of our days, with every step, every interaction, every thought, every outreach, every telephone call, every meeting THAT IS time with God. Here are some simple steps to take to practice this (Taken from Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by: Adele Ahlberg Calhoun):
“God is the oxygen of our soul, and we need to breathe in all day long. Breath a prayer reminds us that each breath we are given is God’s gift and that God’s spirit is nearer to us than our own breath.”
1) Deeply breathe in, repeating any name of God that is dear to you
2) As you exhale, voice a deep desire of your heart. When you exhale, offer up the desire of your heart
Example:
Breathe in “Abba” breathe out “I belong to you”
Breathe in “Healer” breathe out “speak the word and I shall be healed”
Breathe in “Shepherd” breathe out “bring home lost son”
Breathe in “Holy one” breathe “keep me true”
Breathe in “Lord” breathe out “here I am”
Breathe in “Jesus” breathe out “have mercy on me”
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
'The Help' with the gift of Gumption
“If you’d just show a little gumption, Eugenia.” (pg.65)
“But my one dream was that one day I should write something that people would actually read (pg.69)
Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going to happen here.” Ask, seek and knock, God is waiting to reveal himself to you and tell you the things He wants you to know.
Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.”
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.-2 Timothy 1:7
Gumption means , you have a lot of spirit & spunk. the nerve to do things without question.
I think we all want to leave our mark in the world, after all we are all women who believe God has given us a high calling to travel to the front lines and lead people into battle. It’s leaving our prints, our legacy. Yet it can be daunting and overwhelming to even know where to begin. There is a picture book called ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds I love that addresses this very thing. The story goes like this:
“Vashti sits in art class uninspired and frustrated. When her teacher suggests she just ‘make a mark and see where it takes you’, Vashti defiantly places a dot in the centre of the page and hands in her work.
Her teacher’s response sets Vashti on a wonderful journey exploring the many ways she can make her mark using dots until she finds herself able to use her experience to encourage another frustrated young artist.
Women, if you are at a crossroads listen to the little voice within you. I have found in my own life there is never a “perfect” time to step out of the boat. Sure its safer, but you are still your own “ruler of your own world by staying there. What is keeping you in the boat? What is keeping your spirit full of fear and timidity-that is a spirit not of our Papa.
What a blessing we can seek women in the bible, women in our our lives and women in this book who can show us what a little courage and GUMPTION can do.
We are meant to be women who can bring Heaven to earth right now as is-what a high calling...
Now the question is--Are you gonna step out and allow that spunk and get the nerve to do something that could look risky? And when are you going to step out? Our Papa is ready to hand you your sword and take you on battlefields only He could dream for you.
Go and show your gumption!
Spiritual Rythmn:
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
“But my one dream was that one day I should write something that people would actually read (pg.69)
Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going to happen here.” Ask, seek and knock, God is waiting to reveal himself to you and tell you the things He wants you to know.
Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.”
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.-2 Timothy 1:7
Gumption means , you have a lot of spirit & spunk. the nerve to do things without question.
I think we all want to leave our mark in the world, after all we are all women who believe God has given us a high calling to travel to the front lines and lead people into battle. It’s leaving our prints, our legacy. Yet it can be daunting and overwhelming to even know where to begin. There is a picture book called ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds I love that addresses this very thing. The story goes like this:
“Vashti sits in art class uninspired and frustrated. When her teacher suggests she just ‘make a mark and see where it takes you’, Vashti defiantly places a dot in the centre of the page and hands in her work.
Her teacher’s response sets Vashti on a wonderful journey exploring the many ways she can make her mark using dots until she finds herself able to use her experience to encourage another frustrated young artist.
Women, if you are at a crossroads listen to the little voice within you. I have found in my own life there is never a “perfect” time to step out of the boat. Sure its safer, but you are still your own “ruler of your own world by staying there. What is keeping you in the boat? What is keeping your spirit full of fear and timidity-that is a spirit not of our Papa.
What a blessing we can seek women in the bible, women in our our lives and women in this book who can show us what a little courage and GUMPTION can do.
We are meant to be women who can bring Heaven to earth right now as is-what a high calling...
Now the question is--Are you gonna step out and allow that spunk and get the nerve to do something that could look risky? And when are you going to step out? Our Papa is ready to hand you your sword and take you on battlefields only He could dream for you.
Go and show your gumption!
Spiritual Rythmn:
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
Monday, August 8, 2011
"The Help" with Ripples
Dear Ladies-
I meant to have chapters 1-5 finished by now but I was on a retreat last part of last week. Thank you for your patience. Mat God bless you all. Here's chapter 3's reflection.
“I’ve never told a white woman what to do and I don’t really know how to start.”(pg.51)
“Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should got to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”-Exodus 3:10-11
Not really knowing how to start...
I feel like this is something we as women struggle with especially since we have a high calling to redeem people back to God through the love of Christ. Today’s thought is simply this...
You don’t always have to have it all mapped out before you start anything, simply starting can start a ripple effect God desires to start. And even failing can put you at a more refined starting point for the exact vision God would have for your calling.
Moses was one such person who God gave a high calling to but he didn’t know how to start and spent time questioning God. (For more reading on Moses story see Exodus 3:1-4:13)
Below is an in youtube link to a non-profit called “Falling Whistles Campaign” What I really want you to observe is what the founder, Sean Carasso, says about starting something but not knowing how to go about it and the journey him and his team have taken to get where they are now.
Maybe sometimes “no really knowing how to start” is the perfect place to start...
Spiritual Rhythm:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
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KaraWolfe100 has shared a video with you on YouTube:
Falling Whistles Interview
This is a video interview with the brand Falling Whistles. Falling Whistles is creating awareness into the deadliest war of our time. The Falling Whistles campaign launched with a simple message -- make their weapon your voice and be a whistleblower for peace in Congo. 100% of Falling Whistle proceeds are used to rehabilitate and advocate for war-affected children. Wear your necklace, share the story and speak up for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Please visit http://fallingwhistles.com
I meant to have chapters 1-5 finished by now but I was on a retreat last part of last week. Thank you for your patience. Mat God bless you all. Here's chapter 3's reflection.
“I’ve never told a white woman what to do and I don’t really know how to start.”(pg.51)
“Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should got to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”-Exodus 3:10-11
Not really knowing how to start...
I feel like this is something we as women struggle with especially since we have a high calling to redeem people back to God through the love of Christ. Today’s thought is simply this...
You don’t always have to have it all mapped out before you start anything, simply starting can start a ripple effect God desires to start. And even failing can put you at a more refined starting point for the exact vision God would have for your calling.
Moses was one such person who God gave a high calling to but he didn’t know how to start and spent time questioning God. (For more reading on Moses story see Exodus 3:1-4:13)
Below is an in youtube link to a non-profit called “Falling Whistles Campaign” What I really want you to observe is what the founder, Sean Carasso, says about starting something but not knowing how to go about it and the journey him and his team have taken to get where they are now.
Maybe sometimes “no really knowing how to start” is the perfect place to start...
Spiritual Rhythm:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
help center | e-mail options | report spam
KaraWolfe100 has shared a video with you on YouTube:
Falling Whistles Interview
This is a video interview with the brand Falling Whistles. Falling Whistles is creating awareness into the deadliest war of our time. The Falling Whistles campaign launched with a simple message -- make their weapon your voice and be a whistleblower for peace in Congo. 100% of Falling Whistle proceeds are used to rehabilitate and advocate for war-affected children. Wear your necklace, share the story and speak up for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Please visit http://fallingwhistles.com
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Who's "Help" Do I Need?
“Do you ever wish you could…change things?” she asks. “Oh no, ma’am, everything’s fine.” (pg.12)
I feel like we can all relate to this thought, and many times I bet you like me are the one who sits around with your friends asking the same question Skeeter asks Aibileen “don’t you wish you could change things?” Sometimes we think we ARE that change. And WE’VE got the remedy to alter the way things are…
So before we know it we see a need and plow full force before anyone else can react. Whether we want to admit it or not the things that go through our head is “who else is gonna do it? Who else is gonna make sure it gets done, the “right” way?” –can I get an Amen??
But seriously, we are women who do want to see change, that’s why we do what we do day in and day out, but for some reason we put all that load and responsibility of change on our own backs and not on the One who is more than capable to part the waters and shake the mountains.
Whatever your spiritual battle field, that battle was going on long before we got there, God has been using people long before we became engaged on the battle fronts He has placed us. Also, warrior women we need to remember God has engraved the names of the people we are trying to fight for on this earth on His Papa hands. Those we love, those we are sharing gospel living with God knew and loved them LONG before we did and he loves them that much more deeply than we.
So yes, let us continue to be women who seek change in this broken world, may we continue to fight for the things God would have us fight for, but may we also be women who remember the One who is LEADING us. These are His battles; we are simply the warriors who have chosen to take up arms and fight. God has full responsibility for the people we engage with, so may we be women who loosen our hands and instead of holding onto them tightly, may we lift them up to their Heavenly Father-sometimes we have to get out of our own way in order to see God work in people’s lives around us.
“Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this, that power belongs to God,-Psalm 62:11
“And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.”-I Cor. 6:14
Week’s Spiritual Rhythm: This week every morning, throughout the day, and before you go to bed recite the prayer below. May it guide you in discerning when God is telling you to step in, when He’s telling you to trust Him, and when He’s asking you to step aside for Him to do His work. It could alter the way you fight-you may just find that peace we hear so often about.
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
I feel like we can all relate to this thought, and many times I bet you like me are the one who sits around with your friends asking the same question Skeeter asks Aibileen “don’t you wish you could change things?” Sometimes we think we ARE that change. And WE’VE got the remedy to alter the way things are…
So before we know it we see a need and plow full force before anyone else can react. Whether we want to admit it or not the things that go through our head is “who else is gonna do it? Who else is gonna make sure it gets done, the “right” way?” –can I get an Amen??
But seriously, we are women who do want to see change, that’s why we do what we do day in and day out, but for some reason we put all that load and responsibility of change on our own backs and not on the One who is more than capable to part the waters and shake the mountains.
Whatever your spiritual battle field, that battle was going on long before we got there, God has been using people long before we became engaged on the battle fronts He has placed us. Also, warrior women we need to remember God has engraved the names of the people we are trying to fight for on this earth on His Papa hands. Those we love, those we are sharing gospel living with God knew and loved them LONG before we did and he loves them that much more deeply than we.
So yes, let us continue to be women who seek change in this broken world, may we continue to fight for the things God would have us fight for, but may we also be women who remember the One who is LEADING us. These are His battles; we are simply the warriors who have chosen to take up arms and fight. God has full responsibility for the people we engage with, so may we be women who loosen our hands and instead of holding onto them tightly, may we lift them up to their Heavenly Father-sometimes we have to get out of our own way in order to see God work in people’s lives around us.
“Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this, that power belongs to God,-Psalm 62:11
“And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.”-I Cor. 6:14
Week’s Spiritual Rhythm: This week every morning, throughout the day, and before you go to bed recite the prayer below. May it guide you in discerning when God is telling you to step in, when He’s telling you to trust Him, and when He’s asking you to step aside for Him to do His work. It could alter the way you fight-you may just find that peace we hear so often about.
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
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