True Confessions September 29, 2009

The sermon series at our church right now is Confession. I have really gotten alot out of each week and the main thing that keeps convicting me is how much I agree with God about my sin. You see, to confess means to say the same thing about or to agree. That is stepping all over my toes because so many times I return to my sin because it does something for me or because I like it, in other words I don’t truly agree with God about it or I would be disgusted and avoid it.

My favorite analogy about this concept has to do with something that I really hate-onions. I don’t like them at all and so therefore I avoid them at all costs. I don’t buy them, order them in my food or keep them handy in my fridge. It’s my prayer that God will help me to feel the same way about my sin as He does and to avoid it at all costs (like I do onions).

When I can agree with God about the sin in my life then I can experience true confession and begin to live life in freedom.

WOW…something noteworthy September 16, 2009

well it took something really noteworthy to get me back on this blog. I have actually been very busy with some projects and writing on the blog we have set up for the book which is www.inourshoesthestudy.wordpress.com or maybe that is backwards but you can find it there.

Anyway, the thing that has gotten me back onto this blog is two-fold. One, my daughter kelsey has written for a blog that I’m impressed with and you can find that blog entry at http://josiahroad.com/blog/entry/key-chain-servant/…she went with me when i was speaking at a church in Kentucky this past weekend and the ladies just loved her. They also bought some keychains so she is much closer to getting that orphanage built in Haiti!

The second motivation for me is all that God is doing in some other areas of my life. Jennifer and I have gotten some invitations to come and share in relation to the Bible Study that came out this year and we are so excited about that. Tomorrow, Thursday Sept 17, we are doing a radio interview with Marnie Swedberg on blogtalk radio, so please pray for us and listen in if you want to:) you can find it online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/MarniesFriends/2009/09/17/Marnies-Friends and it is live at 3 eastern time….

Kelsey with me at KY event

table with plates and KEYCHAINS!

Beth Moore is coming to Nashville February 17, 2009

I am so excited and I hope you know that Beth Moore is holding a Living Proof Live here in Nashville for Minsters’ Wives only. It is in March and I just know it will be such a powerful time of teaching and encouraging.

She did one like this a couple of years ago and it was awesome. If you are in ministry you should definitely do all you can to be there. Just go to lifeway.com/women and you can find it under events for ministers’ wives.
Hope to see you there!!!!

Great time at the Forum November 14, 2008

I had the privilege of spending several days this week at the Women’s Ministry Natl Leadership Forum down at Lifeway and it was awesome. I absolutely love seeing women from all over the country who have a passion to serve the Lord and to reach and teach women how to know Him and love Him better.

Chris Adams and her team do such a great job with the whole thing. One aspect that I totally enjoy is getting to see people that I have met over the years from various churches and states..it’s like a really fun family reunion of sorts..(without weird aunt Myrtle who always says something embarrassing)..its really just a bunch of women who love Jesus and its great…

I also had a wonderful time meeting with other ministers wives who were there and we had a breakout session together…what an encouragement to have some time with other ladies who are walking in the same shoes as I am…

I talked to several people who are also on facebook and i thought it might be fun to have a group so we can all keep in touch …if you are on facebook, or if not sign up, you can go to my page and join the Forum Friends group so we can all continue to chat and encourage one another:)

Football Daze October 4, 2008

I have to admit that I love football. There is nothing funner(not a real word but i like it) than watching football and eating all those favorite finger foods. At our house we all have certain of these foods that we like best and on good weekends I fix them all and the people just come in and out eating and visiting and cheering for whoever is playing at the time.

Today was especially fun because it is so fallish and I absolutely love having the windows open and getting that fall air. We were a bit disappointed (to say the least) in UT today but liking that new quarterback better anyway so maybe the season will get better. Sometimes it’s hard to be a fan but we still love the big ORANGE. We did our fair share of cheering for the commodores today also…very fun win for them and they are going to kill the vols:(

I’m so thankful for days like this where we get to enjoy our family and all the friends who come by. Something about fall just feels more relaxed and I’m all about that for sure…could be that I slept so late today but whatever:)