This graphic is part of our verse for the week.
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Our Verse for the Week: “Satisfy [me] in the morning with your unfailing love, that [I] may sing for joy and be glad all [my] days…for I have put my trust in you.” Psalm 90:14, 143:8b, NIV
Our Word for the Week: SATISFIED (Download in a PDF or download in MSWord). Please print it and post it everywhere so you can remember that God’s love can satisfy the thirst of your soul!
Roll Call!! {and a giveaway!}
Let’s get to know each other this week! All who participate will be entered to win a $15 gift certificate to our Proverbs 31 Ministries Online Store.
Just answer these 3 simple questions: Where are you from (state or country), what is your age, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I’ll go first: I’m 46 and live in North Carolina. In my free time (which I wish I had more of) I love to sit on our back porch and read, and relax or play games with my family. I also love to watch a movie with my husband.
Click on “Share Your Thoughts” below to give your answers. {If you are reading this via email, click here to return to my website to participate}.
Hey everyone! I am from the wonderful Midwest- Fulton, MO! I am 37 years old and am not sure what free time actually looks like! LOL! I have 5 children, ages 14,13 yr old twins, 12, and 8. When I do get a few minutes, I am a sucker for a great christian fiction book!
My Name is Kerry, I am 36 I live in Mt Juliet Tn and I love spending time at home with my husband and 10 year old and doing bible study with a great bunch of dance moms at my daughters dance studio. We travel alot together and that is another thing I love doing with my daughter and her dance group.
Hello! I live in Ohio and will turn 46 next week. In my free time I enjoy knitting as well as travel, photography and scrapbooking.
I’m 57, and in a season of life I never EVER expected to be, which is alone. My children are grown, in their 30s, live very far away on the other side of the country and I am now single. Not what I had planned.
Hi, Helen: Thank you for sharing about yourself. Do you have some Christian friends with whom you can grow in Christ? I am praying that for you, in case you do not. 🙂 God bless you richly! I will pray for you other ways as God leads.
Hi, I an 56 years old and live in Maplewood, MN. I love to go for walks and go to coffee with my husband or my friends. And it must be good coffee as I am a coffee snob (nice pour over coffees) I have 2 boys and one is graduating from college and one from high school.
I am 58 and live in Ky. In my spare time I enjoy visiting those in need, spending precious time with my family and grandkids.
I am 53 years old and I live in Durham, NC. In my spare time I enjoying reading and working with the Seniors at my church
Hi! I am 51 and live on the Oregon Coast. My spare time is spent mostly with my granddaughters, 4 & 7. I also enjoy hanging out with my husband and pets.
My name is jean and i am from Goldsboro nc. I have a wonderful husband and 6 children. We live on a 20 acre farm with cows, horses, ducks, dogs & bees (we are getting into honey selling).
I am 44 and live in Texas. Most of my free time right now is spent with my graduating senior. I love to read and just be still when I can.
Good morning! My name is Diane and I live at the New Jersey Shore. I am 42 years old. In my spare time I love to go to the beach with my husband and two children. Unfortunately that may be more difficult this summer after hurricane Sandy. I also love to read, walk and cook for family and friends.
Hi! I’m awfully close to being 55 and live in Washington State. In my free time I love to play with my grandchildren, make my yard look pretty or curl up with a great book and nice cup of something hot! I also love to hang out with the best girlfriends a person could ask for!
Well Hello friend! 🙂 Thanks for telling me about this study
I am 40 and live in Birmingham, Alabama. I love to Zumba, read, and spend time with my 2 boys.
Hi, my name is Theresa, I am 52 years old. I live in Franklin, Tennessee. In my spare time I love to read decorating and home improvement magazines, cook, and decorate. I am a very recent breast cancer
survivor-all praise and honor to the Lord-and did I mention that my husband and I are huge Auburn fans?!
War Eagle!
I live in Branchburg, NJ and am 49 years old. I love to scrapbook the tons of pictures I take of my kids.
Hello Margaret, I am also from NJ. Nice to meet you!
I am from San Jose, CA , am 40 years old. I love to play sports with my children and go on date nights with my husband. I also love girls nights out.
Hi I am from Louisiana. I am 51 years old (which I had to count up). I love to read. I love to sit in the sun. I love to watch old movies.
I am 34 and live in Michigan, just 10 short minutes to the beautiful beach of Lake Michigan!!!
In my spare time, I love to be creative, read a great book, spend time with my family camping, being active, playing games, or hanging out.
I am 49 and live in Mississippi. I love spending time with my three daughters and my husband. We like playing games together. The domino game Train is one of our favorites and we love Wii, too. I love to take photographs. One of my favorite things to do is to ride the backroads with my family taking photos of landscapes, wildlife, sunsets, and unique old buildings that bring the past back to life. I love to read, and I have spent lots of time by ball fields, in auditoriums or wherever my children’s activities have led me. I dedicated my life to being a stay home mom so I could always be there. The main things is when I have free time, I want to be with my family, wherever that may be.
Hi, my name is Tammy and I am 52 and I live in a little rural community in Central PA – Todd. We are located about 50 miles south of Penn State University. My husband and I have 13 children between us and are waiting for the arrival of numbers 14 and 15 in the Grandchildren department. When I am able to find some quiet time I love to read and right before Christmas I started sewing again – making American Girl clothes for my granddaughters. I haven’t done that since I was a teenager! We are also getting ready to put our garden in – this is new to me but I am learning to love freezing, canning and putting up jam. It’s healthier too! Looking forward to getting to know all of you!
I am 56 years old and live in Lusk, WY. In my spare time I like to spend time with my grandkids or read.
I’m from Colorado. I spend most of my free time playing with my girls. I also love to read.
So sorry. I forgot to say I’m 39.
I’m 33 living in South Carolina, enjoy traveling, and enjoying family!
I am so happy to be here with you all. My name is Gina Marqua and I live in Pendleton, IN. I am 44 years old and when I have free time, I love to read and spend time with my husband and our little dog Tank. I also enjoy “wandering” and just seeing sights, particularly the natural ones that exist everywhere.
I am 49 years old and live in Massachusetts. In my spare time, I like to just relax.
Hey y’all! I’m Rebecca and I live just outside of Nashville, TN. I’m 36 and and have 2 awesome boys that keep me always busy.. So not much free time.. But I love basketball and crafting and I love hanging with my church family every chance I get!
Hi, I’m going to be 46 in June. I live in Aurora Colorado, I am originally from Colorado Springs, Co. In my spare time I like to watch my youngest son (who is 7 and the only one at home now) sing and preach to the whole neighborhood. They might not see him but they can hear him, yes! He is just that loud 🙂 I enjoy watching HGTV, exercising and relaxing. I recently rejoined the choir at church after taking 3 years off not sure if I’m enjoying it, as the time off affected my vocal chords, think I went from second soprano to an alto…LOL..but I do enjoy being around all the others for that short period of time to practice. I’m also getting ready to launch our church’s prison ministry and may be involved In a new ministry in our church called “Women of Covenant” not sure what role I am being called on, but I have a desire to help other women who are seeking , to know God as Daddy! The one who’s lap we can run and sit on when we are scared…especially when your scared. It’s been a journey for me because I didn’t know my father and the man I was told was my father, I found out at 13 that he wasn’t. Ahhhhh but I’ve said enough I’m only supposed to share a little. Have a good day everyone.
Praise God for you, Kally. Thank you for sharing about yourself. That’s great you have a desire to help other women who are seeking to know God as Daddy! 🙂 What a life you are leading. God bless you richly!
Hi Iam Patty 48 and live in Illinois in my spar time (witch is very little)I love to read and watch movies and cuddle with my husband Rocky
My name is Ruth, born in England and have lived in Texas most of my 56 years. In my spare time, I love to garden, read and catch up with friends.
Good morning. I am 45, from Naples Florida and I enjoy the beach, I love to soak up the sun and just rest.
I am from Edmonton, Alberta [Canada] and I’m 54. I enjoy spending time with family, especially the grandchldren.
Hi! I’m a special education teaching assistant from Rockland County, NY. I’m 33 and in my spare time I enjoy reading, hanging out with my boyfriend and watching movies, writing, and baking.
Lynn, from Brandon,Mississippi! I am 60 (but think I am 45)…Spare time is precious, I am back in school working on a PhD in Nursing. But when I find it, notihing is better than swinging on the porch swing with my 2 granddaughters!
Lynn,
I love your post! … I am the same way. Don’t feel like 52 … more like 40! I also am getting ready to head back to school to pursue my Masters in Counseling so that I can get my LPC. Best of luck on your PhD!
I am a “Carolina Girl,” born and raised in North Carolina. I am 26 years old. In my spare time (never enough) I love spending time with my husband on our farm tending to our cows, going “muddin,” and taking an occasional trip to the beautiful NC coast!!
Hey ya’ll. I am from Greensboro, NC. In my spare time I like to read, relax and watch college sports.
Good morning Amanda here i am 32, i live in the beautiful country of Murphy NC and I love growing ever deeper in my relationship with the Lord, wether it is planting in the garden, getting to know a fellow follower of Christ or just sitting with my husband and enjoying one another.
I am 44. I live in Kentucky. I enjoy reading out on our back deck. I love spending time with my family.
I am 59 and live in NC. In my spare time I like reading, swimming and playing with my grandchildren.
I am 58 years old and have lived in Florida for 33 years now and love it. I love spending time with my family and grandchildren along with all the wonderful friends that I have.
Hi, my name is Stephanie. I am 43 and live in North Carolina. I love to sit outside and read, or watch the birds (especially hummingbirds). I also enjoy working in the yard, planting flowers and gardening.
Hi, I am 52, grew up in Washington State and now live in Weaver, Alabama. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and scrapbooking. I love to enjoy a good cup of coffee and relax and soak in God’s word and a good book. I have so enjoyed spending my wee mornings with all of you, wishing we could be together in person. Thanks for this great bible study.
Oops and I love to go to the gym and read when I get too!
I spell my first name the same way … Jaime. 🙂 I’ll be 35 in July. What’s the best book you’ve read recently?
Hello, my name is Jaime, I live in Rhode Island and I am days away from 35 eek! 🙂
I am 46. I live in North Carolina. I love to sit outside and read, spend time with my family, and go to the beach. I also enjoy researching my family history.
Hello,
Nancy is my name I am 42 yrs leaving in Ghana. I have been married for 15 yrs without an issue but still praying to God which i belive he will do. I love to watch movie and listening to gospel music.
I’m 32, and I live in North Carolina. I love to laugh as much as possible in my spare time.
I’m 45. I’m from South Carolina but live in Georgia. I love to curl up with a good book on any given day. So I love to read in my spare time. A very close second is traveling. I love going anywhere that has beautiful beach (at the beach right now on Spring Break)!
I am 30, flirty and thriving. I live in Florida. And as the proud mommy of 2 crazy little Happy Buddies… I don’t understand this question about free time. 🙂
I live in Helensville, North Island, New Zealand. I am 69 years old. In my spare time I love to read and do Patchwork and Quilting.
I’m 54 years young. I live in Glendale, AZ. I like reading, watching the AZ DBacks and the Dallas Cowboys.
Listening to Christian music.