Tonight I attended my fourth Pampered Chef Party of 2010. Now don't get me wrong - I felt like a whole new world of products and ideas opened up to me when I was introduced to PC. In fact, one of the shows I attended was my own, and I've made a good friend in the consultant, Theresa! She's brilliant!
But what made this one different, and truthfully the main reason I went tonight was the outreach! My friend hosted a party with the specific purpose of reaching out to her neighbors to build better relationships with them and hopefully share Jesus with them. What a fantastic idea! She wasn't in it for the free products or the discounts; she saw it simply as a way to build relationships for the purpose of Christ. She inspires me! I definitely did not have that motivation when I hosted a show - I thought, "Wow a great time with my friends and free stuff for my kitchen!" Judy was eternally-minded and kingdom-focused.
It was a small crew of us, and in fact I was the only non-neighbor, but it was a fun time of laughing, eating, and getting to know one another. And Judy's neighbors were truly blessed by her and her family!
How about you? I know this in an area where I need improvement - sadly, living in an apartment, I don't even know my neighbors! What do you do to reach out to others for the purpose of Christ and sharing Him?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Peeling off the Mask
Here it is....my very first blog post!
You know in thinking about what to write for the first time, all of these thoughts were swimming through my head, but now that I'm sitting here, I can't think of anything!
What do you blog about? I suppose the answer could be yourself, although that does seem pretty egocentric. I could blog about the cutest toddler in the entire world, what God is teaching me, my lack of creativity but my attempt at it, and a host of other things. I think that's the novelty in blogging. There are blogs about everything and quite a few about nothing, but they hold one thing in common. They bring people together.
That reveals to me our desparate need for each other. We're all looking for someone to connect to, to talk to , to be transparent to, to listen to, to share to...That's why blogging communities exist. That's why this blog exists. There's something inside each of us just longing to be who we are with no expectations or judgments.
Thus the subtitle of this blog: peeling off the mask. Let's just be real with each other. I'm certainly not perfect, although most of the time I try to appear so. I'm just another Christian stay-at-home wife and mom who's attempting to live like Christ in a world that's anything but and learning daily to "Trust in the Lord WITH ALL MY HEART." Join me in this journey together!
You know in thinking about what to write for the first time, all of these thoughts were swimming through my head, but now that I'm sitting here, I can't think of anything!
What do you blog about? I suppose the answer could be yourself, although that does seem pretty egocentric. I could blog about the cutest toddler in the entire world, what God is teaching me, my lack of creativity but my attempt at it, and a host of other things. I think that's the novelty in blogging. There are blogs about everything and quite a few about nothing, but they hold one thing in common. They bring people together.
That reveals to me our desparate need for each other. We're all looking for someone to connect to, to talk to , to be transparent to, to listen to, to share to...That's why blogging communities exist. That's why this blog exists. There's something inside each of us just longing to be who we are with no expectations or judgments.
Thus the subtitle of this blog: peeling off the mask. Let's just be real with each other. I'm certainly not perfect, although most of the time I try to appear so. I'm just another Christian stay-at-home wife and mom who's attempting to live like Christ in a world that's anything but and learning daily to "Trust in the Lord WITH ALL MY HEART." Join me in this journey together!
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