It's ladies night and we're gettin' crafty!

On the last Friday of every month some of the ladies from my church get together and just have a fun time of fellowship and togetherness. Its a time where we just get to be together and for a few hours forget about school,work,spouses or children. We have so much fun and it's really great to be able to build life long bonds and friendships that are built on our love for Christ and our love for each other as sisters in Christ.

So last night we got together and hung out and made handmade cards. It was so great to just be together and let our crafty sides take over. There were so many wonderful cards made, for birthdays, New Babies, New Mom's, mothers day,kids ect... everyone had some great crafty ideas.

Having these ladies nights mean so much to me and so many of the other ladies.For me it has been really difficult because in the last 2 to 3 years I my relationship with Christ has grown and flourished I was kind of stuck in the same old spot for so long within my walk, but when I started to grow I realized that alot of the people in my life needed to be cut out of my life. It was such a painful thing to have to do and left me no close friends in Chicago and a best friend that lives 4 1/2 hours away in my hometown in Michigan. So I really have no one.I mean I talk to my bff often via phone and email but as far as having someone to physically hang out with and do things with I have no and this ladies night is really helping to change that.

For most of the other ladies this is a welcomed event because our church is a baby church. We come from a church that has many different what we call satellites (locations) because chicago is such a different city in each neighborhood, every Chicago neighborhood has its own vibe b/c there are neighborhoods that are polish or Puerto rican, or Mexican,or Italian or Greek,or even a neighborhood that is mostly young families. and so each of our church locations are tailored to fit the people who live in that community but still bring the same message of the gospel truth of Jesus Christ to all, so our specific location has only been around for a little over a year and everyone is pretty new so we really haven't had that time to really dig in and get to know each other deeply. We have weekly bible studies/small groups but ladies night is not about a bible study its just us hanging out loving each other and building strong friendships. We all love it!

Lazy bones

I just came from bible study and that Beth Moore gets me to thinking every time. I love her and the way she teaches. She is so dynamic and so full of truth. She always says something that is a challenge to me that pushes me right out of my comfortable little bubble.

I have just been having so many of those days lately where you are super busy and running around like crazy that when you do have a minute you want to do absolutely nothing but lay around and watch bad TV ha ha. but I am allowing my want for lazy days keep me from doing the things that I should be doing on a regular basis, things that are essential to my life as a believer in Christ. There are so many days where I put off reading my bible and so many days that I don't spend nearly enough time before God in prayer, pouring out my heart to him truthfully and reverently.

This puzzles me somewhat because I know that after I read my bible and after I spend time with God in prayer I fell so much stronger and maybe even saner :) so why is it so hard sometimes to just dive right in and do it, and how in the world do you go about getting in the habit to do it daily?

God knows my heart, he knows that I love him and that I have grown so much in my faith in the last year and a half. learned so much about who he is and who I am in him, things that I knew before in my head and that I grew up hearing in church and sunday school, but that I now know and feel for myself in my heart.

Because of this I need to step it up and really grow even stronger and seek him so much more, and I hope and pray that my heart will shift and it will fall into place, I need him everyday in everything that I do in my life.

I'll take a whack at it

So the time has finally come, after careful consideration and deep thought I have decided to start blogging. haha. So here goes nothing :) Hope you enjoy my daily... (well maybe not daily) rambling