Grace Women's Retreat

I want to invite you to attend this year's Grace Women's Retreat happening April 10th-12th at the Oaks Manor in Van Buren, Arkansas.  Grace Women's Ministries is a sub ministry of CrossPoint located in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

Here's the details...

This is an event that I know will benefit your life.  If you are interested in registering, check out our registration page online.

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a Note to You, Woman

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To the women of the world

     To the ladies of the present

     To the females of tomorrow

Value who you are.

Remember your past, yes, but remember that it is this: your past.  

Learn from it.  

Grow from it.  

Avoid repeating it.  

       But leave it...Leave it all in your past.

Step up

Step out

Step forward

     For yourself

          For those who are paralyzed

               For those left in the bondage of self doubt

You can do this.

Be bold.

Be strong.

Classy.

Loving.

Compassionate.

       Be more than the women of the past.

Have passion and always act in wisdom

Respond always in faith.

Be more, because you are more.

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Women's Retreat Recap

Wow.  So it's been over a week since I've been back from Branson, Missouri, where we had the Cathedral of Praise Grace Women's Retreat.  (Read more about our discussion here.)  We really had so much fun...maybe even too much fun.  There is one thing that is undoubtedly true.  God changed lives during that retreat.  I know that He opened my eyes to several things about my personality that I've got to deal with if I'm going to be all God has destined me to be.

God's like that, you know.  He reveals areas, weaknesses, ideals in our lives that are unlike His character or that don't line up with His Word, but rather than just changing us (which would be so much easier) He leaves the us with the responsibility to fix those issues.  Oh, the power of the Holy Spirit is there to lead and guide us through the changes...but ultimately the choice to change is ours to make and the steps we take are ours to walk.

So here's some changes that I'm going to be working on...
1.  Be quiet more and listen.  Don't be pushy even though you believe to the very core of your existence that you're correct.  People don't respond well to that attitude.  And, yes, you are passionate about everything, but not everyone has to be passionate about everything too.
2.  Don't be so hard on yourself and on other people.  We are all sinners saved by grace.  You sin and mess up.  They sin and mess up.  Pray for God's grace to love with His compassion.  (I've been working on this one for a while, but I still have some more work to do.)
3.  STOP PROCRASTINATING.  You don't have to be afraid.  Just do what you know to do and continue to walk in God's Word.  The steps of righteous people are ordered of God.

Below are some pics of the trip.  If you ever go to Branson, please promise you will go to the College of the Ozarks and watch them milk the cows.  It was so cool...for real. :)

Don't forget to enter the 50 Follower Celebration giveaway for a $25 Target gift card.  It ends tonight!

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Who Can Turn the World On With Her Smile?

How will you make it on your own? 

This world is awfully big, girl this time you're all alone 

But it's time you started living 

It's time you let someone else do some giving 

Love is all around, no need to waste it 

You can have a town, why don't you take it 

You're gonna make it after all 

You're gonna make it after all

As a young, single woman in the business world it can be so easy to be scared of uncertainty--uncertainty about the future, uncertainty about family, uncertainty about relationships.  I know that I am often fearful or anxious about those subjects.  The privileges I have are quite unique for it was only 30 or 40 years ago that "woman kind" was in a very different place.  While women have been in the work force since World War II, to say that social and cultural advancement was easy is in error.  On the contrary, advancement and achievement was quite difficult.  Those difficulties were not because women were unqualified.  It was, however, the social norm.

As a young girl I remember loving staying up late to watch The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Nick at Night.  I loved that show.  Her show was the beginning of a revolution for women's rights...no, no, not the right to vote or even work, but the right to be treated as an equal.  All humanity, male and female were created equal with different strengths and weakness.  It's so important as human beings that we understand and celebrate those differences.  Further, every human life is worth equality.  

Recently, two things happened to rekindle my admiration for Mary Tyler Moore.  First, I stumbled across reruns of the show on Hulu.com. I laughed again at all of the jokes.  The second, was an article in More Magazine.  I hope that you take to the time to research Ms. Moore.

 Are there any women at you just find absolutely influential and stunning to you?  I'd love to read about them.

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