RUP4IT?

RUP4 a weekend away of R&R? Don’t be AWOL, MPN! It will be a time of GR2BR. Believe me when I say this will be an occasion that is HBB. Don’t take my word for it, CTO. In fact, AFAICT, only an ACORN would miss this. Don’t wait 2HBASTDO before you commit to come with us. You know it’s true, it’s too hard to just HITAKS anymore. ISTM we need this event to be TGWOG. Let’s BHB/CGH!

So, RUP4IT?

MC
DWM, FM
* Associated with the AAAAA.

This is just a fun way to say, "Let's get away from the distractions of this world, get alone with The LORD God, and get our priorties right." You know we all need it from time to time, so, my church women's ministry is planning a spectacular weekend for just that purpose. We will have fun, hear fabulous music, learn from prominent and encouragings speakers, play, eat, and in general, regenerate.

Need a key for the above message? Here it is. And, I hope to see you at HeartSong Ministry Retreat RUP4IT?


*Key to ACRONYMS
2HBASTDO – To Hit Bottom And Start Digging Out
AAAAA – American Association Against Acronym Abuse
ACORN – A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
AFAICT – As Far As I Can Tell
AWOL – Absent Without Leave
BHB/CGH – Be Holy Because God is Holy
CTO – Check This Out
DWM – Director of Women’s Ministries
FM – First Mansfield
GR2BR – Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish
HITAKS – Hang In There And Keep Smiling
HBB – Hip Beyond Belief
ISTM – It Seems To Me
MC – Michelle Canton
MPN – Make Plans Now
RUP4IT? – Are You Up For It?
TGWOG – Truly Great Women Of God

The Calling

Have you ever just wanted to know what your "calling" in life was? You know, that certain occupation your were predestined to do. The activity where you find fulfillment. Your perfect fit. Your passion.

As I consider my "calling", it seems that my passion is, in general, women's ministry. And, again, I find that total immersion is the only option for me. Not because I need something to fill my time and consume my energy, but because I have found that serving God with all my capabilty is the only place I find perfect satisfaction.

In the last few months I knew that God was challenging me to leave my current occupation, real estate. God has been very good to Husband and I through this vocation. He has met many financial needs in this way. However, I had become increasingly unsatisfied and even irritable as I worked with my clients doing tasks that in the past had been pleasurable for me. So, as an opportunity was presented to me to have a lead in our women's ministry at my church, in a complete attitude of prayer, I humbly accepted the challenge that God had set before me.

So, even though inadequacy haunts me and an unworthiness troubles me, God, in all His sufficiency has promised good to me. My prayer is that our WM will be His ministry. I long for other women to find their passion and come along side me and forge new ways to enable our peers at church and in our community to experience the LORD God, know Him, love Him, worship Him, cede to Him.

"And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant(Me) and the cause of his people Israel(You) according to each day's need, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other." I Kings 8:59-60