Karlyn: TWM Day 26

Good Monday Morning!  Good weekend just too fast!  Starting to run again today!  Praying I can get back on track.  The race is December 1st!

S - Titus 2:1-5

O - For me these are the standout points from this session...

"you need to realize that you are both sinners in need of God’s grace".

"I want to tell you, the best marriage is nothing more than two sinners continually humbling themselves and knowing how to get to the cross and find the grace of God. The best marriage does not come easily and does not happen apart from the cross."

Sturgeon

"He does not expect perfection in the creature, and, therefore, he is not disappointed when he does not find it"

^{"your husband’s strengths and weaknesses are exactly what God knew you needed for you to become the woman God wanted you to be. That’s true vice versa as well. Your strengths and weaknesses are what God knew your husband needed for him to become the man he needs to be"}

^{"Regardless of what his sins or failures may be, it’s no less a sin on your part to respond to those failures in a critical or harsh or unloving way."}

^{"It’s so easy to point out his failures, his flaws, his shortcomings. The question is not, “Does your husband have failures, flaws, and shortcomings?” He does. The question is, “Are you loving him anyway?”}

^{A - So how do I apply all of this?  First I have to be loving God and my relationship with him more than anything else in my life.  Second I have to remember my role as a wife and apply what God's Word teaches me.  Humility and confession of sin go a long way!!!!}

^{P - Lord you know I struggle with selfishness and pride.  Help me to pray for Ryan, verbally encourage him, and practice being a woman after your heart.}

Ginny - TWM Day 25

Happy Friday!!!  Running, football and church is all my weekend holds.  Should be a lot of fun!  Hope you all have some fun plans!  Have a great weekend!!!

S -  “are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children"  Titus 2:3-4

O - After our relationship with Christ, should be our relationship with our husbands and then children.  Nancy gives a lot of good instruction on how loving our husbands really does need to be taught to young women.

A - I would think that loving your husband and encouraging him and meeting his needs would be a lot easier when he is doing the same for you, but as we all know people are going to let us down; they aren't perfect and they won't fulfill our every need all of the time.  This is where I would think it would get very hard and very easy to get frustrated. 

P - Lord I pray for all my married friends and family.  I pray that You bless and strengthen their marriages and that Your Word would be very real and lived out each day in their marriages.

Karlyn: TWM Day 25

S- Titus 2 “are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children (verses 3-4).

O- "Invest in him. Invest in the relationship. I’ve seen this over and over and over again: “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). The problem is that you start to take your mate for granted, and then you expect him to take care of you and please you. You stop being kind, thoughtful, and courteous, and then you find there are barriers and coldness in the relationship."

A - This is one of the hardest aspects of marriage for me. I want more engaged and single women praying for marriage to learn beforehand that marriage isn't going to fill a gap in your life or fill a void or be all about you.  Marriage is about you investing all the time in someone else!  So pray for a godly man who seeks to do the same.  No one on this earth can always please you, bring you happiness, make you feel important, or read your mind.  God is the only one that needs to fill those expectations. 

P - Lord thank you for the grace and mercy you give us every day.  Please help me to extend grace and mercy in my marriage and to invest in Ryan more than anything else after you.

Ginny - TWM Day 24

Good afternoon girlz!!!  Thanks for praying for Jay!  He is doing much better today!

S - and so train the young women   Titus 2:4a

O - From generation to generation we as women need to be investing in others and learning from others.

A - I love the line where Nancy said to model the beauty of the Christian life.  There is such beauty found in living a godly life and most people don't see that.  They think of a Christian life as a whole bunch of things you can't do - basically being a stick in the mud.  But a life under the authority of Christ is beautiful and it is something our world needs to see more of.

P - Lord I ask that you open my eyes to those younger than me that I can help and invest in.  Thank you for those older women that I know I can call on and learn from.  I pray for more and more opportunities to be around them.

Karlyn: TWM Day 24

Good Morning!  Ginny I'm so sorry your boss has shingles.  I will pray it goes away fast!!!!!  If you've had the chicken pox you should consider going and getting the Shingles vaccine.  It's expensive but it will keep you from going thru what he is!!!  Rachel has had really low B12 also.  So low she could hardly get the energy to move.  She's taking a B12 shot every week.  She's had to be very proactive with her doctor in making sure they understand when she needs an increased dose of B12.  They told her it could be a long process in getting it back to normal.  I will keep praying for Amy.

Doctor gave me stretches to do on my foot several times a day, he said wear only running shoes for a very long time:(, and I can continue to run.

 Happy November 1st!

S - Titus 2:3-5

O - As Christian women we have a responsibility to train those who are younger than us and be trainable by those who are older than us.

A - Those of us my age at our church have been praying about this for about 7 years.  We were desperate for the older women in our church to want to help us and do things with us, but they didn't want to.  Finally in these last 2 years we've had a break through.  The break through didn't come until we decided that we were going to invest ourselves in the women and girls younger than us whether or not the older women did anything with us.  It's still a work in progress but we do have some older women we can go to now when we need to!  It taught me that when there is a personal need that I'm praying for sometimes I just need to provide that for someone else and in giving of myself God will provide what I need!

P - God thank you fo rhte women in my life that help me get through every day.  Please help me to continue to keep my eyes open to the women and girls that I can encourage and pray for!

Ginny - TWM Day 22

Good Afternoon Girlz!!!  Oh my goodness my brain hurts!  My boss is out going on day #5 with shingles, and so I am having to play loan officer.  Give me a $250,000.00 combine to finance or a 4 million dollar operating note to put together and it is smooth sailing, but give me a $33,000.00 pickup note to refinance and I have questions at every turn!  I'm exhausted!

S - Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.  Titus 2:3 NIV

O - Slander is to speak evil against someone.  Slander divides, brings bitterness, accuses, and so on and so on.  Slander is not an example of Christ's love.

A - Today was heavy!  Nancy makes a lot of good points today.  Lots of stuff that I need to spend a lot of time thinking about and reflecting on.  To help my brain make a little more sense of all Nancy had to say, I want to start by just making a list of the 7 suggestions for controling slander:

1.  Humble myself
2.  Put off all slander and evil speaking
3.  Put on a heart and words of kindness and love and forgiveness and grace
4.  Bring my thought life under the control of the Spirit
5.  Talk less
6.  Think before I speak
7.  Refuse to listen to slander or gossip about others

All of these areas I could work on, but #3 is the one that sticks out the most to me.  It deals with having mercy and I'm not good at mercy.  Slander is a heart issure more than a verbal issue for me.  Need work here!

P - Heavenly Father You care about my heart, and I know that what is in my heart is what comes out of my mouth.  Lord, please help me to have a heart that wants to see the best in others and wants to help them become the best they can be. 

Karlyn - How was the doctor's appt?  Did you ask all your questions?

Thank y'all for the prayers for Amy.  Things are pretty much the same although they did find her low in B12, so maybe that will help find a solution.  Please keep the prayers coming.  I am hopeful a fix will be found!  Also, please pray for my boss, Jay.  He has shingles and is in a lot of pain.  Thank you gals!  Love you ALL!

Ginny - TWM Day 21

Good Morning Girlz!!!  3 Fall Festivals!  That's fun!  My weekend was great!  Dinner with the girls, helped with a race, watched lots and lots of football, church Sunday and prayer meeting that night.  It was great!  Hope y'all all have a great start to your week!

S - As for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine” Titus 2:1

O - We must be grounded in what is truth and then live that truth out.  Knowing sound doctrine, keeps us away from false doctrine.

A - The whole time I was reading today's entry I was thinking about the sermon on Sunday.  Our youth minister gave us 3 key characteristics Christians need to have in order to change our world for Christ.  None of these three characterisitcs would be possible without the foundation of solid, sound doctrine.  Knowing what is true, so we can live it out.  Here are his points:

A = Attitude - If we are grumpy and pessimistic all the time, then others are not going to be attracted to our Christ.
C = Cooperation - We aren't in this alone.  We need each other.  We need to work together as believers to see His kingdom grow.
L = Legacy - Who are influencing and winning for Christ?  What type of legacy are we leaving behind?

(yes Cindy it spells ACL, and yes I thought of you and your ice bag sitting on the couch in the dorm)  :)

P - Lord I pray that my heart & mind would be grounded in what's right, not what is the newest fad or the most popular speaker/author.  May I measure all teaching by Your Word, and that when I have it in my head it will be lived out in my life.  That others may see You in me.

Praying for your doctor's appt tomorrow, Karlyn!

Karlyn: TWM Day 21

Happy Monday Morning!  We had a great weekend it was just too fast!  We went to 2 fall festivals and have one more on Wednesday!  I can't believe October is almost over.  I hope everyone's week is starting great.

I go to the doctor tomorrow morning and I have a list of things to talk to him about!  I haven't had a physical in 18 years so I guess I better get it all in!!!

S - Titus 3:4-8 But when the goodness and lovingkindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the HOly Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.  So that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works.

O - You've got to have sound doctrine and then apply it to everything you do.  The what and so what have to go together for the gospel to be believable in my life.

A - In the last 5 years I've been very aware of the importance of not believing that every Christian author and speaker is living and using sound doctrine.  I've been much more picky about who I will read and listen to and who I suggest to others.  I don't want anyone or myself to be confused by someone who isn't using sound doctrine in their teaching.  Sometimes people get offended because I choose not to listen to some of the popular folks.  I've just got to protect my mind because I can easily get swept up!

P - Lord thank you that your Word is the sound doctrine we judge everything else by.  Help me to live it out and not just have the knowledge.  Let your doctrine make the Gospel alive to others who are around me!  

Ginny - TWM Day 20

Good Morning Girlz!!!  Hope everyone has a fun-filled weekend ahead!

Here is my favorite quote from today:

"Up until last summer, I believed modesty was only in the way that I dressed. I realize now thanks to your teaching that it was my attitude as well that was immodest."

I love this one because it goes beyond just the clothes we wear to the big picture:  it's a heart issue that affects our attitude.  I have much work to do in this area.  I so appreciate this reader's comment.

P - Heavenly Father forgive me for an immodest attitude.  I want my attitude to honor You.  Please help me and teach me in this area that I may have a heart like Yours.

Ginny - TWM Day 19

Good Morning Girlz!!!

S - Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good. Titus 2:2-3
O - If we are to be an example and teach the younger generation about modesty, then we have to communicate and actually talk about the issue.

A - What I am learning through all this is that if we are to teach modesty to a younger generation and if we are going to model modesty in our homes, then we have to have open communication and actually talk about it.  The interview today gives a lot of good examples of talking to one's husband or talking to kids about their thoughts on a certain outfit. 

P - Lord, I thank You for today's interview that offered some practical strategies for teaching the younger generation about modesty.

Ginny - TWM Day 18

S - Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5

O - When our hearts are right and in tune with the Lord, we will strive to please Him and obey Him.  This is true in the area of modesty.

A - As a Christian, my #1 desire is to bring glory to the Lord.  It's probably a little hard for Him to receive glory when I'm flittering around immodestly or acting out of line.  Nancy brought up some really good points about teaching modesty to kids.  I like her emphasis on making it a natural conversation in everyday things. 

P - Lord, I pray for those friends and family dear to me that are raising kids.  I pray for them as they tackle many lessons, but specifically modesty.  I pray You give them wisdom and perseverance to say the right things and take advantage of the opportunities to start conversations. 

* I also ask that y'all pray for my sister, Amy.  She has been dealing with some dizziness and headaches, etc for about 2 years now and has gone to multiple doctors and tried multiple things.  Nothing has solved it.  Yesterday she went to the doctor and she has slight high blood presure and a very slight fast heart beat.  Nothing major at all, but the prayer request is that this would be the start to a solution.  The doctor did give her some low dosage medicine and she goes to see a cardiologist soon.  Again, it is nothing major, but a lot of the things she has been dealing with for the past 2 years are symptoms of this heart & high blood pressure thing.  All that to say, please pray that this fixes things.  It is becoming very discouraging and annoying.  It reminds me of your foot, Karlyn.  Can it just get better?!?!  I'm praying healing comes :)

*Also, one last quick one...if y'all wouldn't mind praying for some peace & wisdom in regards to what to do in regards to Jon, the boy that came down this past weekend.  He is great.  Truly.  But I'm just not totally physically attracted to him.  I just don't know what to do.  Prayers and ANY ADVICE would be so appreciated!!!

Ginny - TWM Day 17

Good Morning Girlz!!!

S - Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good. Titus 2:2-3

O - I need to be a consistent example to the younger generation; not a double-standard.

A - Walk the walk, not just talk the talk.  This goes for all areas, not just clothes.  To be consistent and true in what I believe and what I do.  This is especially hard when the issue is something that others don't see.  Just because others would never know doesn't mean I can change my mind about what I think is right and honoring to the Lord.

P - I ask for perseverance to do what is right even when others don't see, and for those issues such as modesty that are out in the open I pray I am a consistent example of what is good.

Ginny - TWM Day 16

Good Afternoon Girlz!!!  It's been a busy, busy Monday around here!

Karlyn, I just hate that your foot is giving you trouble!  I am praying, praying, praying it clears up and gets better real soon!!!  I'm also praying for the church situation. 

My weekend was good.  We had a lot of fun and got to do some neat things as well as just hang-out and watch football.  He's a great guy, but right now I just want to be friends.  Thanks for praying for me.  We did have some great conversations and everything that I was concerned about, we talked about, and it went really good.  The words definitely flowed and it was good.  So thanks for the prayers!

S - Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good. Titus 2:2-3

O - Such a call to be examples to younger generations.

A - A modest appearance is not only beneficial for ourselves, but it also sets an example for those younger than us.  It shows them that you can still look cute & stylish and be respected.  I think it is important for young girls/teenagers to see real life examples of modest dress that is still trendy.  They need to see that lived out.

P - Lord I want to be a good example to those younger than me.  Specifically in my appearance I want to show them that there is a way to dress modestly and still fit-in. 

Karlynkay:TWM day 16

Good Monday morning!  It's already been quite a Monday not too bad but I definitely need some God time this morning!
My feet still aren't good and I'm discouraged.  One more week till dr visit.
Church issue not addressed yet but that's a good thing!
I love October we have 3 fall fests in the next 10 days!
Thea stood up from the floor last night by herself, I'm not ready for this:)
Hope everyone else had a good weekend.

Ginny, I don't know if you know this but Nancy Leigh DeMoss has never been married and doesn't have children.  Despite that fact she does an amazing job teaching on these things.

S- Training younger women how to love their children, and then how to be self-controlled, how to be pure, how to be working at home, kind, submissive to their own husbands, so that the Word of God may not be reviled (Titus 2:2-3, paraphrased). 
O- I don't struggle much with clothes modesty but I do like that she brings out that it is a heart issue.  
I now have a new perspective on my Christianity at home.  If I don't live that out in joy why would my kids want to serve Christ?  Or for that matter anyone else that is around me.
A- so from today on I need to make sure my joy is in the right place so that my family and everyone else I minister to will see why serving Christ is better than anything else this world offers!
P- Father help me to live life in Joy.  Not fake happiness but the true joy I have in my heart from you because you redeemed me!

Ginny - TWM Day 15

Good Morning Girlz!!!  Everybody have a good weekend!!!

S - 1 Timothy 2:9-10

O - I'm reminded time and time again through this study on 1 Timothy 2:9-10, that our appearance is truly a heart issue.  Outlandish or not...where is my heart?  What is its motive?  Have I come to worship or come to impress?

A - I struggled with this a few years back when I was going to FBC.  I had broken up with a guy and we were both still attending and involved in our Sunday School class at FBC.  Every Sunday I would plan to the nth degree what I would wear and what I would look like.  I wanted to be the best looking girl in that class and make him wonder why he ever broke up with me.  This went on for months until he moved away and I finally realized the game I had been playing and how exhausting it was.  When I finally made up my mind that putting this much time and effort into my clothing didn't matter, it was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.  It was a heart issue and my heart had been focussed on the wrong thing.  There is so much more to going to church then what we look like.  Giving our best to the Lord - yes, but doing it for wordly pleasures is not a pure motive.

P - Lord I pray that in my appearance (at church or anywhere else) that I dress to please You not someone else.  Keep my heart's motives on what is important.

Karlyn: TWM day 15

Happy Happy Friday!  My dad is doing well, just sore and has to slow down for a while.

Also, Amy McCormick Kemmer's daughter Abby is having health issues related to her heart.  You can go on facebook and read the details.  They live not far from us and we see them often,  Abby is precious and Amy is concerned.  I have so many friends lately who have children with major health issues.  You just never know, I'm glad God does.

My feet are still an issue.  I think I'm going to take this week off from a long run and see if that helps.

Going to the punkin patch tomorrow to play!  Have a great weekend.

By the way this study is really convicting!

Last but not least.  I need prayers for handling an issue at church.  We've got a trouble stirrer who has struck again and I've got to be self controlled with my thoughts, words, actions, etc in my part of this.  I  run from conflict and this time I don't want to run I want to get to the heart of this in the correct way!!!  Thank Lysa Terkeurst for writing Unglued and making me aware of my reactions!!

S - I timothy 2:9-10  Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing,^[a]modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, ¹⁰ but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness

O - This quote from Nancy sums it up for me today.

"When you extend yourself, your heart, and your hands in good works, you know what you’re doing? You’re adorning the gospel. You’re making Jesus believable. You’re reflecting a heart that is modest and pure and self-controlled. You’re reflecting the heart of Jesus.

So, in our appearance, in our attitudes, and in our actions—everything about us—nothing is insignificant. It all matters: the way you dress matters, the way you think matters, the way you talk matters."

A- If I want Jesus to be believable to everyone around me I've got to think about how my appearance, attitude, and actions are reflecting him at all times.  I've got to be consistent in every environment that I'm in so that I'm not confusing the gospel example that I'm supposed to portray.

P - Lord I want self control, restraint, and a pure heart in every situation I'm in so that I'm always reflecting you.  Thank you for the practice situations you've given me this week.  Please continue to help me work through all environments and situations with a heart that wants to please you and not selfish.

Karlyn: TWM day 14

Good Morning!  I have been wiped out today!  I've been helping my dad paint our church sanctuary the past 2 days and I'm exhausted!  Pray for him he fell and cut his leg REALLY bad!

Also please pray for my feet.  I'm having a lot of problems with them and I need them to heal so I can keep running!

S - And I want women to be modest in their appearance.  They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes .  For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.

O - "Self Control Moderation Sobriety Soundness of Mind  Mental Sanity (that's my fave).  Not extravagant outlandish or extreme.  Willingly RESTRAINS sinful desires with the power of the Holy Spirit"  These are all things I desire and honestly I don't think I've called on the Holy Spirit's power to help me.  Probably why I have so much trouble with it!

A - Self Control with...
1. tongue- I am getting better with this!  Had an opportunity last night and I was able to be restrained!  Thanks you Lord!

2.  Use of time - this is a construction area and probably will always be one!  I am learning to ask God before I commit to something if it's the right timing.

3.  Emotional outbursts - sadly this is getting worse as I get older, definitely an area I pray over

4.  Physical appetites - still a struggle especially food.

5.  Uneccessary extremes or habits - don't know if TV fits in here but I've been convicted of what I watch in the last few months and have made adjustments and I can tell my heart is in a better place when I'm restrained with TV

6.  Spending money - restraint is always needed here and I have to pray often that God will help me to be satisfied and content with what we have instead of wanting more.

7.  Clothes - I'm pretty conservative in clothes but I will say there are times I think is this appropriate?

8.  Work habits at home - AWW NO!  stepping on toes.  Need lots of self control here!

9.  Procrastinator YES I'm working on this.  Sometimes I feel like I just can't think about everything all at once and some things just have to be over and done before I can get to the next thing.  Moderation needs to come in here I guess!

My favorite quote from this lesson....
"Let me tell you, the greatest freedom in life comes when we're under the control of the Holy Spirit. That's when you can really enjoy life. That's when you can enjoy healthy and wholesome relationships in the Body of Christ."


P - Holy Spirit please help me with self control in all areas of my day!  Remind me to come to you instead of just diving in.  Help me to show my love for Christ in my self control and Mental Sanity!

Ginny - TWM Day 14

Good Morning Girlz!!!  I woke up late, text my boss to tell him I'd been in later, run by the coffee shop to get a drink, my music minister is in there and buys my coffee for me!  Moral of the story: somedays you just need to sleep in.

I really liked today's post.  I'm excited to get some thoughts down.

S - likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 1 Timothy 2:9-10

O - We are still in 1 Timothy today, but Nancy is specifically focussing on the word "self-control."  I never realized before how PREVENTIVE and PROACTIVE self-control is, but now I think I will never hear the word "self-control" again without thinking those two words.  You see when we have self-control we don't even get into situations that are sticky.  This can be in the world of relationships, finances and FOOD (still the thorn in my flesh!!!).  Self-control allows us to stay away.  It protects us, and as Nancy says, that is not a fuddy duddy thing, it is freedom.  Living under the Holy Spirit and living by His design is so much more fun than giving in for quick fixes and than finding ourselves in a mess.

A - Some questions to answer:

Am I a self-controlled woman? Mostly yes, except in the area of FOOD!

Do you have sound thinking? Not all the time.  My brain wanders and changes.  I don't think I think stupid, but it's not always sound.

Are you moderate and temperate in your eating habits, your exercise habits?  NO!  Not when it comes to eating.  Yes, when it comes to exercise.

Is your tongue temperate? Most of the time.  I'm much more likely to keep it in, then let it out.  But then there are those occasions when I can't keep it in anymore and it all comes out.  This is still pretty rare though (and something I need to work on - blurting out isn't such a pretty thing no matter how rare it is).

Is your tongue controlled and restrained by the Spirit of God? I could use more of this.  I don't take advantage of opportunites where I could say something about the Lord or add in a verse or one of His truths or a conviction.  I just let the conversation keep going without saying anything.

Are you one of those people that just blurts out whatever comes to your mind? Maybe 4 times a year ;)  And that still only happens with those VERY close to me.  I'm much more apt to keep it to myself (which isn't always a good choice either).

Are you self-controlled in your use of time?  Yes.  Many years ago the Lord spoke to my heart about being busy.  Ever since then I have placed a lot of importance on having down time to be at the house, to take care of those things that need to get done.  I try very hard to not fill up my schedule with lots of stuff going here and there.

Are you prone to emotional outbursts, to anger, to temper? Not really.  There are definitely times that a good cry is in order, but it's nothing that ever happens with anyone else around. 

Do you have command and discipline over your body and your physical appetites: food, sexually, morally, alcohol, drugs? There's that FOOD thing again - ugh!

Are there any habits that enslave you, habits that are not godly habits? Yes, my need for sweets!  I struggle with reigning in my cravings for sweets.

Are you willing and able to restrain yourself from unnecessary extremes? It's tempting on this question to look at other people and go, "compared to others I'm not extreme," but the thing is I have to look at my situation.  I may not spend much money, but do I spend more than is in my means.  In my own way, there are times that I go extreme for me.

• In the way you spend money? every once in awhile I'll buy something I really want, but don't need and can't afford.
• In the kinds of clothes you buy? not too extreme here, probably a little boring
• In your work habits and doing chores around your home? extreme is not a word I would describe my work habits or chores with

Are you disciplined to do the job when it needs to be done? Yes.
Or are you like I am so many times, a perpetual procrastinator? Not so much a procrastinator.

When you find yourself up against the deadline do you throw everybody's life into a tizzy because you didn't have self-control over your schedule.  I use to do this.  I use to plan and try to accomplish way too much.  The Lord has taught me to let somethings go and to focus on the most important and to be O.K. with not everything being perfect.

Are you restrained and appropriate in relationships with men? In your demeanor with men? Again, compared to others, yes, but thinking back on past relationships there are things I would have done differently.

P - Lord, again I thank You for giving us instructions on how to be a true woman.  I pray that I would have self-control especially in the area of food.  How I deal with my eating choices reflects my heart, and I want my heart to be one that reflects Your soverignty.  I ask for strength and perseverance to run the good race and not give in.  Even today I pray for victory over temptation. 

*Also, have a quick personal prayer request.  I have a friend that is coming in this weekend for a visit.  This friend is a boy, and we've been talking on the phone for many months, and have met once.  In the beginning, I wasn't too interested, but as we've continued to talk and get to know each other I've really started to like him.  So, he's coming down again and I'm so excited, but I would love it if y'all would send up a little prayer this weekend when you think about it.  I know it will be a lot of fun, but there are some things we need to talk about and I pray the words flow and the conversation is good.  Love you girls!  Thank you sooooo much!

Ginny - TWM Day 13

Good Morning Girlz!!!

S - Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. 1 Timothy 2:9-10

O - Nancy focusses on the word "modesty" today.  I want to be a woman of modesty.

A - Oh girls I so wish y'all could have been here this morning.  We had bday bfast for one of the gals in our office this morning.  I am sitting there eating my bfast pizza with bacon and green chilies when these ladies start talking about the most in apporpriate things regarding their love life.  They were laughing it up and going and on and on.  There were guys in the room and some chimed in.  I scarfed down the last of my pizza and returned to my desk.  I open up today's post and read this: 

A woman who is modest is not comfortable when people are talking indiscreetly, when they are talking about private sexual matters in public. A modest woman isn't comfortable with that, and certainly she doesn't talk that way herself. She is discreet. She is reserved.

Now I don't bring this up to say, "look at me, I'm modest." but rather to give a great example of what is NOT modest.  I have my areas to work on too.  In speech, dress, demeanor...I want to present a Christ-like heart.

P - Lord, I pray for protection from a world that defines a true woman in different terms than You.  I pray that conversations such as this morning always make us uncomfortable in public.  Let us not accept the ways of society, but strive to be a woman that honors You.

Karlyn: TW makeover day 12

My dad is painting our church and he fell off the ladder today please pray that he won't be too sore and can recover quickly.  No broken bones that we know of just a bad cut on his leg.  What a day:)

S - I timothy 2:9-10 paraphrased That women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

O - adorn = thought thru and put together prepared

A - I'm thankful that Paul being a man knew what men struggle with...their eyes!!!  It's a great reminder that what we look like doesn't just reflect our heart but can be an issue for others also!  I need to make sure my outside is reflecting my inside.
Is my inner life well ordered?
Do I have a well ordered heart?
Are my emotions well ordered?
These are questions that I can ask myself daily!

P - Lord help me to be well ordered in a chaotic world especially my emotions!  God I give my emotions to you.