Baby Fat - Do you Think I'm Beautiful Week 2

I was just looking a baby picture of Emma on my desktop. It was one of our first beach trips after she was born & she was probably about 8-9 months old. She is adorable & looks like a little buddha statue with her little fat belly and the rolls of fat on her arms and legs. We thought she was adorable!! She didn't have a care in the world about how she looked. It's amazing how quickly things change. Now she is always asking me if I think she looks pretty & she will not wear a bikini - and she is only 5!

Just as Scotty & I thought Emma was adorable when she was a fat little baby, God thinks we are all beautiful children no matter our size or the style of our hair or clothes. Afterall, He designed us just the way we are! I agree that we should always try to look our best and take good care of our bodies, but we should also remember that God loves us no matter what!

Psalm 45:11 - "The king is enthralled by your beauty"

Cinderella

If you could be any character in the story of Cinderella which would you be & why?

Pretty is as pretty does

“Pretty is as pretty does”
What does that mean to you?

Do You Think I'm Beautiful - Week 1

Memory Verse – we’ll call it the Big Brother (or Big Daddy, I guess) verse. God knows EVERYTHING about you!! Isn’t that WILD! There a billions of people in the universe – and GOD knows YOU – not just in passing, He know EVERYTHING about you.
Psalm 139:1-3 - O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.


Hey ladies! I am so excited that we have kicked off our new Angela Thomas study. Do You Think I’m Beautiful? WOW! What a great study this is going to be. I anticipate great things happening from it. It was so great to formally get back together last night and it was even better that we had birthday cake!! Happy birthday again, Diana!

Let’s get down to our homework for the week.


Day 1 – TODAY!! Your Story pages 8 – 11. This is a time to reflect over your school years. Was it a great time or a painful time for you? Did you feel beautiful?

Day 2 – Thursday – Groovin’ From the Edge pages 12 – 16. A chance for you to ask God “Do you think I’m beautiful?”

Day 3 – Friday – The Power of the Question pages 16 – 20. God is captivated by your beauty

Day 4 – Monday – Inside His Arms pages 20 – 23. Dancing means being fully alive an in step with the movement and plans of the Father.

Day 5 – Tuesday – The God Thing pages 23 – 27. God’s amazing, gracious, and completing love is meant for you!

As you read through the material this week, think about this phrase: “Pretty is as pretty does” What does that mean to you?

Also, recall the story of Cinderella. Who did you want to be in the movie? Hopefully we’ll watch a few scenes from the movie next Tuesday and have a change to discuss them.

We’re going to have a lot of discussion next week, we’ll get to burst some balloons, and we’ll watch the DVD that Angela prepared for us.

So excited that we are on this BEAUTIFUL journey together!

God is Crazy About YOU!

My good friend Brandi Peters wrote my blog entry for Connected by Grace this week. YAY!!! Thanks, Brandi

Tonight we watched a video by our favorite, Angela Thomas, entitled “God, use me just the way I am”. This video talked about how as women we never feel that we are worthy of anything. GOD FEELS SO MUCH DIFFERENT!!! God wants us to bring our broken down lives, our broken down hearts, our broken down dreams, and the truth of who we really are to him and lay them at the altar of His feet. God will bless what we have brought Him and cover it in the robes of His glory and in the blood of Jesus Christ. God considers us His Prodigal son’s and daughter’s. No matter what we do, how low we feel, God wants us to turn our hearts, mind, and bodies back to Him. Just like the story of the prodigal son, God is scanning the horizon, waiting, for us to return to Him. He will welcome us back to the family and to His love as soon as we turn back to Him. God knew that we as simple humans were not worthy and that we would need a savior. In fact He isn’t even mad at us, He is in love with us! He is crazy about us! He loved us so much that He sent His Son to save us. To God it doesn’t matter if we aren’t worthy, just as long as we belong to Him.

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