I expected an adoring husband who doted on me and met my every need and who would never upset me because we were so in love. I dreamed of a beautiful home where I could entertain and everyone who entered would be impressed with my decorating, cooking, cleanliness and organization.
I imagined beautiful children( which I did get) who were always obedient and who would excell at all they did. I wanted the big worldly package.
As my Dad warned me, "don't look at marriage thru rose colored glasses."
Well,.....I had on Elton John sized rose colored glasses.
I am so looking forward to the Conference on Marriage. I still have so much to learn after 34 years of marriage. Maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks.........I hope to see you there.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
We really had a good time last night. The 8 senior girls decorated thier tables and they were so fun. It was great getting to spend time with these young ladies. Dinner was great and I want to thank everyone who brought food and those who offered. We had more than enough! I learned you don't need as much salad.
The best nourishment that we had was listening to Ada share what the Lord has taught her in her years working on the college campus. She was refreshing and real and the girls and parents were able to ask her questions about challenges ahead. She talked about remembering the Lord's great faithfullness and how he is mighty and able to take care of us. We need not fret but truely trust and remember the great works of God and His ability to even part the waters. She stressed that those waters were parted for us. They were parted to bring Christ to earth for us.This should give us a great peace.
Next She focused on the future. We need to remember that we are to be purposeful in all we do. We are to
keep a kingdom perspective. This is freeing as we can love those whom we meet and rest in the fact that we belong to Jesus and he is the source of our fullfillment, not our friends,boyfriends, sororities, or posessions.
I am sorry if you did not get to come be with us but I hope that this very brief synopsis gives you and idea of what we were able to experience. I would love to hear from others what you took away from this time.
The best nourishment that we had was listening to Ada share what the Lord has taught her in her years working on the college campus. She was refreshing and real and the girls and parents were able to ask her questions about challenges ahead. She talked about remembering the Lord's great faithfullness and how he is mighty and able to take care of us. We need not fret but truely trust and remember the great works of God and His ability to even part the waters. She stressed that those waters were parted for us. They were parted to bring Christ to earth for us.This should give us a great peace.
Next She focused on the future. We need to remember that we are to be purposeful in all we do. We are to
keep a kingdom perspective. This is freeing as we can love those whom we meet and rest in the fact that we belong to Jesus and he is the source of our fullfillment, not our friends,boyfriends, sororities, or posessions.
I am sorry if you did not get to come be with us but I hope that this very brief synopsis gives you and idea of what we were able to experience. I would love to hear from others what you took away from this time.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tonight is the night!
Tonight we will have the pleasure of hearing from one of our own former members who is now working along side her husband on the campus of the University of Alabama for RUF. Ada Moore is comming to share with us her experiences as she has worked with college students for the past 8 years. I hope that you will come and join us even if you did not RSVP. We are having a great home cooked meal. (This is the menu that my Mom would always prepare for me whenever I came home and I would prepare this for Ada when she came home from college.)
This is an exciting but somewhat frightning time for our children and for thier parents. There are new challenges with out the presence of parents or church family. I hope this evening will help prepare our college students and us as parents just a little bit.I also hope we can discuss how we as a church body can continue to support these students and families and how can we be a church to students that need a church body. Ada wants this to be an interactive conversation so come with any questions or concerns that you want to discuss. I am excited to be with you all.
God is good,
Nancy
This is an exciting but somewhat frightning time for our children and for thier parents. There are new challenges with out the presence of parents or church family. I hope this evening will help prepare our college students and us as parents just a little bit.I also hope we can discuss how we as a church body can continue to support these students and families and how can we be a church to students that need a church body. Ada wants this to be an interactive conversation so come with any questions or concerns that you want to discuss. I am excited to be with you all.
God is good,
Nancy
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