In chapter 3, I share how “our hearts leak and will always end up empty when we find our worth in anything but who we are in Christ. Our value is not measured by what others think of us—but we surely live like it is, don’t we? It’s almost as though we wake up every morning with an empty jar, like Sam, and walk around holding it out to people or things, hoping they will fill us…”
In today’s video message, I talk about the things we look to and illustrate how we can allow God to fill the empty places in our hearts…
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(Optional) Download my “Message Notes” in a PDF format here or in a MSWord doc here. We want you to just watch and let God speak to your heart the first time, but we also knew some of you will want the notes. I even included blanks for you to fill in. 🙂
UPDATE: It’s been quite a week at our house…a trip to the ER with my mom after a bad fall Sunday, I woke up sick on Tuesday and my son Andrew (14) broke his collar bone that same afternoon. Wednesday we found out I had bronchitis and that Andrew’s break was much worse than we expected. Fortunately, we are doing a good bit better today. God’s kept us close to His promises and provided strength and encouragement through so many of your prayers and notes. THANK YOU!!
Connecting in Community: I’d love to hear your thoughts about this week”s video message and your answers to questions at end of Chapter 3. If you left a comment earlier in the week, let’s talk about questions we hadn’t answered yet. Like 4-7. And how the video message ties into the question about finding our “worth-ship” in Christ.
Just click “share your thoughts” right below this post and do just that – share your thoughts, I love to hear them! And I’ll share mine too.
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Good evening ladies,
I finished reviewing the questions at the end of chapter 3, and question 5 verses and question about if Gods love could be enough. In the NIV version of the Psalms 63:2-4 :”I read further with verse 5 being “My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods with singing up my mouth will praise you.” That with Laura Story’s song “Blessings” has helped me to realize this past year that God wants only the best for us, and that we are not always the best judge as to what is best for us. That this world can’t satisfy that hunger we have inside. I can’t help but smile now with knowing the joy that is to come through the trials of this life.
Also like the when-then statements and started using them for gratitude lists. Thanks Renee!!
Love what you shared Lou. Thanks you for taking time to post what you got from the questions and the chapter. I love the verse 5 too! He really does want our best. I can even see that in my trials this week. Praying my Andrew will see it in his broken collar bone eventually. Blessings!
Today was I was reading more of our chapter this week and somg came into my mind!! I believe it was from God!! Its a song by Chirs Tomlin: You are my Treasure!!
I began to sing the very start on the song!! I am created for You along Bought with a price I’m not my own!!
Oh how these words were just what I needed to hear from my Lord!!
I love how God speaks to us in so many ways. Cant wait to look up that song on YouTube! Thanks for sharing it!
Renee,
I have been tremendously blessed by your book. The Lord has used it to shift my focus from people, places, and things as the fulfilment of my life to Himself. I know now that He truly satisfies our longing soul when we look to Him wholeheartedly. He has given me a confident heart and I know I am loved with His unfailing love. Please pray that I will never forget the lessons I have learned from your book and from God speaking to my heart. Thank you for allowing God to use you to bless so many people.
May God bless you exceeding, abundantly, above all that you ask or think for your faithfulness to Him.
Karen C.
I am praying for you right now Karen…
Jesus, thank you for how You have spoken to Karen’s heart and given her such a deep desire to find her every longing met in You. I pray You would seal these truths in her heart, engrave them on her mind and bring her to them again and again. Keep this book and this message by her side. May she return to what You have shown her and dig deeper and deeper into Your Word. Holy Spirit, be her Mighty Counselor and Blessed Reminder as she seeks to live with a fully devoted heart and may her confidence always be found in You alone. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Renee I am glad to hear that you are feeling well and so is the rest of the family.So, I will be leaving on Sunday to go to the inpatient program and am feeling a little weary about it. I have been working on memorizing this weeks bible verse not doing to well with it. I am thinking of God being at the well with Sam and him saying that he could give her water then she would never be thirsty again. Well I want some of that water right now becuase I feel like he is leaving me or maybe it is my lacking confidence in myself and beleiving or having faith in our heavenly father to be with me through all of this. I guess I just sound like someone spouting off without reason. This weeks lesson touched my heart. I totally seen myself filling up the jar with so much other sfuff but where was God in all of this. I really didn’t have enough room for him. I needed to take the time this week and make time to sit and read his word as well as go buy a non spiral book so that I can take the book along down with me and do the study while I am away. I expect it to be at least three weeks I will be gone. I am asking for prayers from all of you that I keep my miind on the true reason I am there and when I have down time I read my bible study and pray. Thanks for the many prayers that have already been sent my way. I will be checking one more time on sunday before i leave.
Robin, I know this is a scary step but I want to encourage you to remember in the dark of doubt what God showed you in the Light of His presences and promises. Remember how He confirmed that He is with you. How He’s opened this door for in-patient therapy that is so hard to get into. How He had them call while you were with your counselor. How many have prayed and how He has shown you that He is going with you.. I know you have been through so much— so much that no one should ever have to endure. I’m sure it’s so hard to trust and you are are feeling afraid and uncertain. It takes so much courage to receive the help we need. I want you to know I’m proud of you for taking this big step. We, your Confident Heart sisters, will be here praying and all of the posts will be archived for when you return.
Tonight, I prayed God would lead me to a song for you and this is the one He brought me to. I pray He speaks to you through each time you listen before you go on Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcuiuIwtpa4
Believing God’s promises for you!!
Renee
Love the song God sent to you a couple a the pictures in the video reminded me of a couple of my favorite passages in the Bible that I keep in mind during tring times.
Lighthouse—“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path” (Psalm 119:105).
Eagle—“Those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
God Bless
Dear Renee and Sisters of Faith,
Thank you for the beautiful song and the words of Godliness. I have butterflies in my stomach right now as we are getting ready to go. Last night I went to see the movie Courageous and it is highly reccommended to be seen, My other friend told me to read Psalms 139 which I haven;t done yet but will do so in a few minutes when I am done typing this note. Thank you all for your prayers and I know that I am not alone and that God is with me. Take Care my sisters and enjoy Renee’s bible study as I will enjoy reading the book while I am away.
Robin,
We have you in our prayers Robin, and ditto to Renee’s comments about a door being opened, and you taking the huge step of accepting this gift. God, I ask that you accept the prayers we offer now for our sister Robin and thank you for the gifts we have been given; ourselves, our time, and our pocessions all signs of your gracious Love, and not to take the gifts for granted Amen.
Lou
Prayer are with you Robin
Robin, i feel your pain heading into the unknown…which i did in 1975 for three weeks. The results are so well worth it. Pray and ask for courage and strength from the Lord, for Him to be with you during this time. He will be, even though you wonder where He is. He loves you. Deuteronomy 31:6 says: Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes before with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Go to the inpatient program and know the Lord God Almighty is right there with you. And Robin, i will be there too with you with prayers. I love you dear sister. What a blessing this study has become for us. lolo
Great video Renee,
I appreciate the visual picture of the things that we fill our hearts with and taken out of priority we often use them to replace the role that God should play in our lives. In doing this study, I am more aware of the awesome power of God that Isometimes take for granted. Also, I have a tendency to be a problem solver and give suggestions. I’m learning that it isbest to pray before offering any thoughts, especially when helping a friend.
Great insights Lakecia! You are right, it’s easy to take all that HE is and all that HE offers for granted. Thanks for sharing what God is showing you through the book. I just love how He speaks to each of us just what we need to hear.
Renee, your video was an instant healing for me! I am relieved that i no longer have to look to anyone but Jesus for my worth!! It matters not whether i’m good looking, fat, skinny, a great singer, or even if my hair is the right length or color! I am who Jesus made me to be and HE LOVES me just the way i am!!!
Amen!!! You are beautiful inside and out!
Oh by the way as you were pouring the water into your “Vessel” this song came to my mind. “Fill my Cup” The chorus to this song says: Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord, come and quench this thirsting of my soul, bread of heaven feed me till i want no more, fill my cup fill it up and make me whole.”
Love that chorus. Is that a hymn? I didn’t grow up in church so I don’t know a lot of hymns. Here is another song many have mentioned to me this week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLxdxw4Gj6g&feature=related
No, If you like i can see if it’s on u tube. I was just asked to sing it today in church and I told them about your illustration that you gave us. I am still flabergasted about that video!!!
That is an awesome song! I am just leaving it all behind! There is such freedom of leaving everything at Jesus’ feet and letting it go! I have come to the realization that all that other stuff just made me sick, hateful, miserable, lonely, and angry. However, leaving it all behind as the song says is….. I really have no way of expressing it!!!
Becca and Judy, I am with you too. I did take action. I have been married for 25 years in your situation. I home schooled my kids and work as a cleaning lady. Then in 2009 I went back to school and got FASFA. It helped pay the bills and empower me to be stronger as mother, wife and woman of God. I needed that strength to deal with the teen years of my 4 children. It is still rocky and I still struggle, but God does supply what we need.It seems that food is what we need, but more importantly we need Him. I don’t have answers for you, but I am going through the journey and will lift you up in my prayers.
Shalom~
Thank you for sharing your story Deena. Oh how we need each others perspective and prayers. I’m proud of you for what you’ve done and who you are becoming through the strength of our HIM-possible GOD!!!
Im so sorry for how you are feeling Dawn. It sounds like you are pouring out a lot into others and into efforts. I just wonder if you’ve sat and just simply let Him love on you without feeling like you “have to do” something. Just being still and letting His words speak over you maybe through a song or just reading the ways He loves you. Here is something I shared on my facebook page today that I’d love to share with you:
“YOU are precious and honored in my sight, because I love YOU” Isaiah 43:4
One of the most beautiful passages in Scripture is found in Isaiah, Chapter 43: ”I have called you by name; YOU are Mine. When YOU pass through the waters, I will be with YOU; and when YOU pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over YOU. When YOU walk through the fire, YOU will not be burned. For I am the Lord, YOUR God. YOU are precious and honored in My sight, and I love YOU” (Isaiah 43:1-4).
Write that truth on a card and carry it with YOU: “YOU are precious and honored in My sight, I love YOU.”
Wow! YOU are loved by God. Who else do YOU need to impress? What other ladder do YOU need to climb? What are YOU going to add to YOUR life that will top that? Make YOUR life an experiment of living in the love of God. Every morning when YOU wake up let YOUR first words be, “I am loved by God.” And every night when YOU go to sleep let YOUR last words echo, “I’M loved by God.” Write those words down on a card and carry them with YOU. When YOU are tempted to despair because YOU have blown it, take out the card and look at it. When YOU are overwhelmed by all YOU have to do, read it over and over to YOURSELF. Take it out when YOU’RE tempted to sin, to dishonor God, to lash out in anger and hurt someone, or deceive someone, or use someone. When YOU are afraid, when YOU’RE anxious, when YOU”RE alone, remember and feast on the words that give life: “I’m loved by God.” ~ by Jon DeWitt
I pray you watch & listen to this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXKVx2eQ30
Thank you so much – this is exactly what the Holy Spirit was asking me when I clicked post – are you doing to much?? It is hard to choose between so many good things. I really enjoy Mercy Me too. Thanks.
I am also thankful to the Lord for having an open spirit. i pray that being ‘real” will help others know they are not alone.
I feel so very empty right now and so completely full of stuff. I wish I was more full of Jesus, but I feel like the more I try to memorize Scripture, teach the children to follow Him, read His word and devotions the more empty I feel.
The most powerful image for me was that of me running around with an empty jar every morning trying to get people and things to fill it up! I have been like that so much of my life.When I trust God to fill up my jar, I can relax in Him and begin to find my worth in Him. That is so awe-inspiring!
I’m right there with you Sandra. So easy to look to someone or something to fill me. But isnt’ it amazing the difference in what we find when we go to Jesus with our emptiness and ask Him to fill us. Then all the rest is overflow. And even when hard stuff comes, I know my fulness and value is in Him alone. I’m so thankful we can remind each other of this as we go along each week through the next several chapters too.
Renee I am so blessed to have the time in the morning to read your post and watch your videos. I am struggling right now and this time with you and the other ladies has helped me stay on the right path. I don’t know how people that do not have Jesus in their lives make it. I don’t think I would be able to hang in there with out the peace I get from His word and the connection I have with all the ladies that have posted and shares their hearts. This is an awesome thing you are doing and the Lord has truly used you to get to me. I feel so much closer to the Lord than I have in a long time. I pray and read the bible more now and that helps me stay connect to God. I know that something good is going to come out of all the bad I am going threw right now. Thanks for all you do for the Lord.
Aww, thank you Judy!! You know all this craziness our family went through this week has felt a good bit like spiritual attack and I have a feeling it’s b/c the enemy hates what Jesus is doing in this power-packed community of sisters in Christ. I am so blessed to be part of your lives and count it an honor to pour out what HE has poured into me!! TO HIM BE ALL THE GLORY!! HE is so good and I pray that we would crave and seek HIM more and more each day as we realize how much we are loved by our precious Savior and Almighty GOD!!
OMG! Thank you for confirmation. This is something I’ve been dealing with for sometime now. Looking for LOVE in all the wrong places. Looking to people, things, work, home everybody except HIM the Creator, my Creator. Your visual Helped to make me remember its not about ME, things, people; its ALL about HIM (Jesus/The Father)! This also helped make the Scripture “Look to the Hills from whence my Help come” into realization. Once I started reading your book, I could not put it down. I kept finding myself say “me too, me too!!! This daily meeting of the minds helps drive the point of the book home to an even greater degree. Thanks again!!
Thank you for sharing how God spoke to you through this message and confirmed so much of what He’s been showing you!! Yes, we need to look to HIM from “whence our help comes” – He is the only one who can fill and fulfill us with HIS unfailing love!!
When I saw this video I thought about just a few months ago how I was feeling very empty and I was longing for something and I express this to my boss/friend and she couldn’t help me with the feelings I was having, I addressed it to my pastor and the words he shared with me didn’t help with that feeling of loneliness and wanting some water I too was like Sam at the well with Jesus so I have prayed and asked God for the help and I need his love and I am willing to give my all because he has given me and have been with me with every failure and accomplishment. This week he gave me the answer I needed and so I quite my job still have others but this one he knew it was not for me and I am on the faith with my God for love that he is the only one that can give it to me when I bend my knees and pray to him of my love for him and this video is very touching and what I have in my heart daily that I pray for in the Love for my God and happiness. I pray that your Mom and son get well and you also because we need a strong sister of Faith to help us through this journey that we so long for.
Thank you sweet Cynthia for sharing your story. Praying for Jesus to keep feeling that thirst in your heart with His love and a sense of His very present help in your times of trouble. SO glad you sensed His leading and followed Him even if it meant leaving a job. He wants the best for you!
Becca I completely understand how you feel. Just know that you are not the only one is those shoes…need I say more. This bible study has helped me thru so much of my anger but I still have a long ways to go before the resentment and anger is gone. I see things differently but I still feel the neglect. I feel the love is gone when he doesn’t want to support me any more. With Christ all things are possible so I am hanging in there.
Have a Blessed weekend.
Thank you Judy for sharing. It helps so much to know we are not alone and that someone understands how we feel. I so appreciate your willingness to encourage Becca too! I love this sweet sisterhood God has given us here!
Hi,
I am enjoying the book and am also really praying that it changes my heart. I have prayed for years that God’s love for me will not just be head knowledge but become heart knowledge. But I’ll be honest and say that despite prayers and reading the bible, I still just dont feel any difference. Is there something that Im missing or lacking?
I’ve been right where you are Connie and it’s frustrating. I knew He promised abundant life but there wasn’t anything abundant in my life except busyness and obligation. So, I started praying that HE would give me a hunger and thirst for HIM and HIS word that couldn’t be satisfied by anything this world or my family or my life on earth had to offer. He started answering that prayer. But it meant changes in me and in my desires. I started craving time with Him and I needed to give into it. I started reading books (like mine) with deep heart searching topics and questions. I started processing life with Jesus every day and asking Him to show me what led to my longings, what made me want others approval more than His, etc. And then when He showed me the answers I confessed idolatry and some hard stuff I didn’t want to see. It wasn’t easy but it was so good. He led me to a place of freedom and satisfaction in HIm that I never thought Id find.
So, I encourage you to start with that prayer and then take time each day to read the book, answer a question, ponder His promises, write out the prayers and really ask Him to show you Himself in your everyday life. Then look for Him, listen for His whispers and give in to what He shows you and how He leads you.
I”m praying for you to experience a new thing with HIM!
Thank You SO much for your response and for your words of wisdom. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. It is so much easier to take advice from someone who has been where I am. It’s great to feel hope again. God Bless You. 🙂
🙂 I really do understand and I really am praying for you!
Hi Renee, words are not enough to thank our Lord for you and for all the things you are doing for Him. You are a great blessing to me my dearest!!!.. Joining your bible study is a great achievement for me, I am in the same situation where Connie is and please pray for me too. Thanks ,and May God bless you more.
Renee — thanks for the video this week. What a wonderful illustration of what happens when we fill up our hearts with things of the world. I loved your emptying the pile back out and then filling with water — no space left for worries or anxiety! Thanks for the reminder to let Christ fill us with living water so we will not thirst for the wrong things in life. Praying for renewed energy and good health for you and yours in the coming days.
Thank you Hope for taking time to watch the message Jesus gave me for “us” this week and share your thoughts. It’s a message I need – again and again. This week the Lord showed me how I like to fill my “jar” with getting things done but being sick and being so needed meant no productivity – instead HE satisfied me with His peace and perspective. It was hard for my body and emotions but it was good for my soul!!
Thank you for your prayers. Praying right now that Jesus will remind you of His truths and seal His promise of lasting love and fulfillment in your heart from all that He’s showing you through this time with Him.
My husband shirks his responsibilities for providing for us. He drives a school bus part-time and then he plays tennis and golf between runs. His check does not cover our expenses and there is no insurance. I do not know how to accept his lack of ambition and move forward past resentment. So, when I am angry, I turn to food.
I can’t imagine how hard that is Becca. It breaks my heart to consider how you must feel. My mom was in that situation when we were growing up. She carried the full load of providing for three kids. And I’ve had friends in your shoes. But you know what, it breaks my heart just as much to hear how mush you are hurting yourself by going to food. I know the guilt and self-loathing that can come from that too. It’s not where God wants you to stay. What is something positive you can do with that energy that your anger is creating. How about going for a power walk? Or choosing to let his lack of action lead you to a step of action. Doing something helpful and productive instead. I”m just processing with you. I don’t have all the answers but I do know God wants to help you and I’d love to pray for you.
Jesus, I come before you with my sister in Christ and I ask for your wisdom and perspective for Becca. She needs you to take this anger and feelings of disdain and turn them into an opportunity to seek you with all of her heart. Lord, what do you want her to do in response to this very hard situation. You are God and we earnestly seek you. Oh God, You are Becca’s God, earnestly will she seek you; her inner self thirsts for You, her flesh longs and is faint for You, in the dry and weary land of her marriage where no water is she seeks you!!! (Psalm 63:1 Amplified Bible). In Jesus’ name Amen.
Thank you, that touched my heart.
Hey friends, I just sent out an email inviting anyone who can to hang out here for a little while and talk about our chapter questions. Have you watch the video and read the chapter yet? If so, let’s talk about the things we look to to fill and fulfill us and how they relate to question number 4 and 7? What are your thoughts?
Renee….I loved the visual your video shared. It was also like you were rit here talking to me about the Chapter. This chapter spoke to me and showed me what I need to do to reorganize some things in my life. I just went back to work and a lot of my things have gone to the back including bible study and my time with God because of coming home and taking care of the house and the kids. Thanks to you I am getting back into bible study which I missed so much with a book I really enjoy and has taught me so much.
I am glad you are feeling better and so is your son and Mom. I have been praying for you daily.
Jenny 🙂
I’m so glad you felt like I was right there talking to you because that is exactly what I wanted and why I filmed all six of my teaching messages in my home.
Starting something new like going back to work or any big change in our schedule always throws me off too. I’m like you and my time with God and in His word can get bumped. It takes time to find a new normal but I”m so glad this chapter helped you see how much your heart really needs that time with Him even if it means dishes in the sink or more laundry to do on the weekend. I’m preaching to myself here :0) It’s easy for me to think I need a clean kitchen but what I really need is His perspective to clean out my heart and fill it with His peace and love.
Thank you so much for your prayers. Boy have we felt them!! Praying for you as I type. Blessings for a rest and Jesus-filled weekend!
Hello! I just watched the video blog and heading over to re-read Chapter 3 and go through the questions. What a blessing this has been to me today! Thank you for following Jesus and continuing to press on in hard times! You are a blessing to many! Angella L
Thank you Angella for leaving a note. It’s so good to have you here! Praying for Jesus to seal His truths in your heart as you reflect on the teaching in the video and chapter 3. Hope you’ll come back to share He shows you with us. Blessings!!
I think the brightest line in Chapter 3 came from page 45 (on my Nook) “Through his actions and with His words, Jesus told her she was chosen, valuable, loved, forgiven, and free.”……I just realized that THESE are the things my heart have ached for and tried to fill with people, relationships, things, food, positions etc…. I AM CHOSEN, I AM VALUABLE, I AM LOVED, I AM FORGIVEN, AND I AM FREE…IN JESUS AND THROUGH JESUS I AM ALL OF THESE PRECIOUS THINGS!!!
AMEN yes you are!!! One of the most beautiful passages in Scripture is found in Isaiah, Chapter 43 where God says, “I have called you by name, YOU are Mine. When YOU pass through the waters, I will be with YOU; and when YOU pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over YOU. When YOU walk through the fire, YOU will not be burned. For I am the Lord, YOUR God. YOU are precious and honored in My sight, and I love YOU” (Isaiah 43:1-4).
Why? because we are chosen, loved, valuable and redeemed!!
Like so many in this study….this book has really hit home for me and has helped me to really look at my life and the choices I have made trying to fill my heart and not being satisfied. I lost my dad who I worshiped due to divorce when I was 12. I have always known it is why I have had so many failed relationships with men (3 divorces). I have repeatedly been desperate and pursuied a man’s love to fill that void. In doing so I have made bad decisions and hurt people along the way. Like Sam after my 3rd divorce I am living with a man who I (answer to question 1 in chapter 3 “the craziest thing I’ve done for love”) at age 53 left my family, home, career, life as I knew it to be with him. I knew and know the ONLY reason I did was for the love he gives me. It has been difficult and I constantly question if I should go back home. I have prayed many, many times for God to give me the wisdom to know if I am where He wants me to be. I know I have been worshiping this relationship before God. It has consumed my life and fills my jar. I totally understand and believe that I need to fill my heart with God and His love to stop this pattern. I just still struggle with and have fear of not having a man’s love. The man I am with is extremely loving and supports my Christian faith but it is hard to balance that with his lifestyle. He is an alcoholic and his worship is drinking which is very difficult for me to live with at times. I am deeply into this study and have been spending alot of time on it praying God will fill me up and give me the wisdom and direction I so desperately need. Being that my parents divorced when I was 12 and my Dad left us financially, emotionally and physically and my mom was broken hearted, devistated, and just trying to survive being left with 4 kids, I had to grow up fast and have always taken care of my needs not really thinking there was any other way.I just took it for granted that’s what you do, never looked to anyone or trusted anyone to do that. It was up to me, my responsibility. I have since 12 been in charge of my life/decisions….. good and bad. I only looked to a man to fill the emotional need for love. That has Always been my main focus in life, to a fault. After my 3rd divorce 6 years ago I finally accepted Jesus in my heart and He filled my heart until I met a man who I thought would fill that need and I noticed I would get away from God at those times. I am having a hard time of having God fill my heart alone because I feel like I push away my boyfriend to do that. I don’t know how to have God and my relationship with my boyfriend at the same time.I also question is this God’s plan for me to learn to go through a difficult relationship and learn to finally be true to myself AND have a relationship and be with someone even though we are different in our values, is this a lesson to stay commited through the tuff times? I keep struggleing with makeing a choice and am constantly being pulled in both directions. It’s like I want to choose God because I know He is the way…..but does that mean I have to give up my boyfriend to do that? I feel so crazy! I pray and ask for your prayers that through this Bible Study God will reveal His plan for me and I will listen and follow His plan….not mine.
Thankyou Renee and everyone in the study!!! Reading your thoughts has given me the courage to look at myself in truth.
God Bless you Renee and everyone!!
I like this video. I have recently found out my unmarried daughter is expecting my first grandchild. When I found out, all the words going through my head were scripture, songs and words of encouragement. I am not sure how I would have handled all this, if it weren’t for “Sam” in chapter 2 of our book. Then I watched this video. Oh it has helped me so much. I am making a transition from passive aggressive to confident and bold. Some have made comments to this. However, I am gonna be a grandma. Thanks Renee for this book.
Im proud of you Susan and how you are processing this surprise blessing and burden through God’s perspective. I love how His promises flooded your thoughts. He is with you. He is not surprised and He will show Himself to be faithful and strong in this place of unknown. Congratulations on being a grandma. That baby needs all the love you will give him/her!! Blessings and prayers as you walk through this in grace and truth with your daughter! Praying for you both tonight.
Susan, you are going to be a grama; there is nothing like that moment when you hold that precious baby in your arms, close to your chest–a beautiful soft treasure from the Lord, it wells up a happiness and joy in your heart like nothing else i can describe. So tiny, so fragile, so needing our love, so dependent, and i love the scripture from Jeremiah 1:5 “Before i formed you in the womb, i knew you, before you were born, i set you apart.” Sing songs to the baby while rubbing the tummy, the baby knows. Grandchildren are precious, our heritage, God’s gift to us. Enjoy the pregnancy with your daughter and the birth of the baby, on to a lifetime of joy. We serve an Awesome God.
Renee, thank you for your courage and strength in reaching out to all us women who are hungry for and searching for the Lord to fill those empty places in our heart. Prayers to you and your family for fast healing. lolo
Thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts, stories, pain, agonies, courage, encouragements, love, scriptures, prayers, etc. We have an awesome Father God who loves each one of us unconditionally. We are all God’s children and need His Presence every moment. I was encouraged to see that men are involved and commenting too. Thank again and His Blessings to you all. lolo
Amen!! Thank you for your encouragement Lolo!