Last night was incredible!!!  It was a great way to celebrate the end of our summer study together, and we all had a grand time to the glory of God! Everyone in attendance received a "bookplate" as a keepsake!   It was actually a label that sticks on the inside cover of your book as a commemoration of our summer journey through this amazing purple book that pointed us to the Word!   For those of you who were unable to make it, I have attached the pdf so that you can print on... [More]

Ladies!  We have nearly made it through the summer study!  I hope if there are unread pages in your book that you will just continue along and enjoy them!  However, there are fall Bible Studies that I would love to introduce you to that you may want to be a part of that begin in September.  The fellowship is rich and the intake of the Word and accountability is priceless!  The studies will be showcased for you at our August 11th celebration -- hope you are planning on be... [More]

What is it in your life that is "vital" to your day?  What is absolutely necessary to the maintenance of your life?  What can you not live without?  What do you gravitate to everyday?  What do you need?  What do you consider an essential? I feel as though my title should actually be called "brutal" as being this transparent borders on brutal, however the title "vital" holds a larger lesson.  For the last 6 days now I have been without my "purple book"!   ... [More]

Reading through these devotions in the segments of obedience, and now trust, have caused me to think "parental." As daughters to the King, we must be the most fortunate of all royal subjects that ever were!  Our Father is creator and designer of everything in the whole world (and beyond!); He owns everything outright and holds it all in the palm of His hand; and He places it on the earth for our pleasure;  He loves us unconditionally and perfectly -- there is nothing we could do that ... [More]

All growing up my father would seize the moment to say to his three daughters individually with endearing eyes, on many occasions, "you're beautiful!"  In the beginning, my mind would race trying to assess what he could possibly see and as I struggled to receive a compliment, he smiled and continued, "on the outside too!"  This became a regular phrase (which he still says to this day), to the point I must admit in my teenage years that I would smile and sigh my "yeah yeah yeah"  -... [More]

It's true, though it did not start out this way, the title of the weekly blog has become a word game and a prayer -- "God give me a word that depicts the fresh thing you are speaking to me through Kay's book and your Word this week (and if it can rhyme, that would be awesome!)". So "crucible" -- A severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial.  We all have faced, or are facing, or will face our "crucible."  My stepson just trained last summer for 13 solid intense weeks to be a Unite... [More]

It keeps coming up "eternal!" Kay, in these last devotions, has challenged me to steer clear of my "joy steelers"!  I loved her "sheet" story-- can you all relate?  I can see growth as I recall my own "sheet" stories through the years, as God continues to be patient with me each time as I gradually learn how those "joy steelers" are temporal and God is eternal.  God had already brought this to my mind as two weeks ago my husband challenged our Sunday Sch... [More]

My journal is where I keep so many different things -- from quotes and verses to recording the toughest times all the way to the happiest -- sometimes even with pictures!  Last Friday I made a "happy" entry and have been waiting til today to share it with you!  Kay wrote a special note to all of us!!!  She said "please give the women my love and tell them that I pray they will so sense the Lord's presence and hear His voice through His Word.  Much love, Isaiah 33:2,6" Are yo... [More]

This week was a "Busy" week with a "capital B-double-exclamation-mark"!!  It was full of great things, some interruptions, several appointments, some disappointments, two graduations, my "Grammy day", a funeral, a promotion, my 4 year old grandson's birthday party, more women to add to summer study (yeah!), bon voyages, meetings, daughter's senior prom (beautiful), and then the usual keeping up with the challenges of everyday life.  So needless to say, I had to be "intentional" to have... [More]

"Speak to my Heart God" -- may it be our prayer, our plea, our experience, and our song for this summer! Welcome to the summer study!  You are among over 350 women scattered all over the county, into several states, and even into other parts of the world such as Indonesia, Africa and the West Indies!  All with the same goal -- to be "regular in the Word" this summer!  I am so excited that you have committed to this discipline.   Some of you have been in the book for a... [More]