Happy Sunday,

Hope all had a great Thansgiving dinner with family and friends.

Hope you made it to church today.

What I think todays lesson is telling us about rewards is

that God will reward us when we are faithful to him

We need to open our ears, eyes, heart and mouth  so we
  
See what God would have us to see,hear him in still small

voice  have a heart like His.  Share with his people.  Even

if we just help one person  tell one person I believe God will

reward us for that.  We have to be willing to slow down and

listen when he speakes to us.

Well I hope all of you have a wonderful and great Christmas

Amber,

I do hope you and your family a
had a nice Thanskgiving.  I can't answer for the other women that
signed up to do this Bible study.  I can answer for myself I enjoyed
doing this study it was hard at first when I couldn't get audio to wk
but after I figured what I was doing wrong it was smooth sailing

Thank you again for taking time out of your busy day to set this up
for us.  I do hope you will try again and do this.. I felt very

comfortable doing my Wed night Bible lesson this way.  Hope you have a good week.

Karen Altz

Final Thoughts

So I've reached the end of this study.  It was an experiment that I'm not sure it accomplished what I wanted, but I do feel like I came out on this end with some things God wanted me to hear.

He made it very clear to me (once again) that I'm not called to be someone else. This is something I've struggled with for many years.  I find myself envious of how God is using other people.  He has to remind me that I have been created for certain purposes in His plan and that it takes all of us working in different ways.  My calling isn't any less important than someone else's.  This means that sometimes I am called to what seem to be pretty mundane things. At this point in my life it's been made very clear that I am called to be the best Christian wife and mother I can be to my family.  My role in God's plan is to raise my children to know and serve Him.

I also know that if God's calling to something larger isn't obvious, then it might be that he's telling me to wait.  I don't like waiting, but it has become a little easier over these last several months through this study.  I truly believe that God will call me to something else at some point in my life, but I don't know what or when that will be.  I do know that while waiting, I have to be open to the opportunities God puts in front of me and willing to act.  Recently, I struggled all the way to school one day about a particular co-worker and her personal walk with the Lord.  I had no idea how to start a conversation with her, but I knew I had to.  Immediately Satan began to interfere - I couldn't find her before school started and when I did she was in the middle of something else with another teacher.  I didn't take "NO" for an answer and told her that I would be waiting in her room for her.  The conversation went well and she appeared to be very open to what I had to say.  She told me that she felt like God had been pulling her back toward Him.  I don't know if I'll see this come to fruition, but know that I am continuing to pray for her and encourage her.  Even though I felt like I was in a period of waiting, I feel like being available to God's daily callings is just as important as embarking on some life changing experience.

At this point, I'm not sure if any of this makes sense when put in writing, but it makes sense in my head and heart.  Even though not many participated by posting or commenting, I know this study was what God wanted for me and I hope for at least one more.

 
Good Saturday Morning,

Hope all of you have had a good week.

How about this COLD and WET  weather?  Are we ready for

coming up week and spending time with loved ones?

It looks like after todays lesson we have one more then

I guess we break for Christmas.. I hope you have enjoyed

doing these lessons.

Today's lesson  I am walking away with  the God has

blessed us with different gifts and abilities on ways tom

Serve Him.. What ever it maybe we need to serve him

If is encourging, peaching, let people come and stay at your

house teaching whatever your gift is that God has blessed

you with use it. We all can serve God.

If we are struggling with on how we can serve God

we just need to ask Him

God please help me to serve you to the best of my ability

what and where would you have me go. Please open my

eyes, ears and heart you know what and where is best to

be.Thank you for the people that may come my way

today  that I may give them the right words that will help

feel better..

Good Afternoon,

I hope all of you have had a great week.  Hope you are getting

ready for Thannksgiving and plan on spending time with

family and friends.

This weeks study made me think  of commitment.  We are

commited to our family, friends, neighbors, church family,

all those that we come in contact with everyday.

We are commited to love our nighbors. Share with others

help others if we have the means to.

I like this story of the Good Shepherd (Jesus) 

I like how the shepherd takes care of this sheep and knows

where to take them to feed them and find water.

He knows each one of them even though we may see they all

look like the shepherd can tell the difference.  He knows

their cry, their walk Just like this shepherd is Jesus

knows our cry  or walks and needs.So if Jesus knows all of

this why don't people say yes to Him.  I think we all need

to say Jesus thank you for being commited to me and never

leaving me.  Please help me to hear your voice everyday

and follow you. Learn to have Jesus thoughts, hear your voice

to see what you see is best for me to speak in loving Jesus

words to walk in Jesus ways. Help me to have

loving kind hands and arms to touch and love others just

like a shepherd hugs and pats this sheep.

Thank Jesus for loving me and the hugs you give me.

Good Saturday Morning,

Hope all of you are doing well.  I had a hard time with

this one this week.  I am not sure if there was an audio

on this one I didn't see where you can listen to anything.

The way I understood this was no matter what we

went through, are going through, or will be going through

God has given us enough strength to make it.  He is

right there all the time and has been.  He gives us away out.

We just have to keep going.  Don't

forget to tell God thank you for that you have done for me

the things you are yet to do snad keeping me safe loving me

saving me.  Thank you God for waiting for me to say yes to

you for being my Lord and Savior thank you for  coming into

my heart 17yrs ago.