June 9, 2014
“So comfort each other and make each other strong as you are already doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLV)
“Let the teaching of Christ and His words keep on living in you. These make your lives rich and full of wisdom. Keep on teaching and helping each other…”
Colossians 3:16 (NLV)
Fearless Mom
I am so thankful…always so amazed to watch and to participate in God’s design for community, for connection, for a bond…for a linking of individual parts, specifically lives…forming a linked chain to support and give strength to…to bind…to restrain…to hold up or to sustain…to bear the weight of…to link together….
When our first grand-daughter was born, we began a tradition of giving the women in the family a charm bracelet and a charm to commemorate new life…With the birth of each one of our granddaughters; we added a charm to each bracelet, permanently attached to a link of the bracelet. I love wearing my bracelet as a reminder of how our family is linked and connected together…supporting, sustaining, holding, bearing one another…in love…
What a beauty-filled description of the Church, the body of Christ, as He lived and died to establish for His Kingdom and for His children, the community, the connection, the bond…designed by and through His perfect Love, the Love of our Father, to sustain, to restrain, to hold, to bear and to strengthen each member…
I have had the privilege of visiting many of the Spirit filled churches throughout our cities and in other communities as well…and the spirit of connection and community, of agape love, is beautiful and confirming of our God’s intention for His people…How wonderful to watch and to participate in the ministries of these churches…The ministries which are the hands and the heart of our Loving God…the hands and the heart of our servant Shepherd, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, as they serve the body itself…and as they reach out and as they reach into the lives of people who have not yet known the Life-changing Love of their Almighty God.
One of the greatest gifts has been to watch and to participate in a Lake Hills women’s ministry of Sisterhood which offers encouragement, support, wisdom, strength, and love to the generations of women within the community. Fearless Mom is a new program which will begin in the Fall as an outreach to empower and to encourage moms, married and single, all ages and stages, as they continue on one of life’s most important, fantastic, challenging, and rewarding journeys…Moms are invited to participate, whether they live in Austin or live in another city, stay at home or work full-time, attend Lake Hills, or another church, or never attend church at all…Fearless Mom, lead by Julie Richard, will offer No Nonsense, Common Sense, practical, Godly, wisdom and advice in order to create healthy, productive children, on their way to living healthy and productive adult lives. Fearless Mom will begin in the Fall; for more information visit www.lhc.org or email fearlessmom@lhc.org
Fearless Mom creates a beautiful link of strength and encouragement for any mom or grandmother interested in participating in a safe and loving ministry.
I pray that each mom and grandmother will connect in community with other women…doing life together…according to God’s purpose and His perfect design…
Fearless Mom
There is a Fearless Mom living inside of me…
I want to meet her, live the life,
I want her to be free.
I want to get to know her; she is God’s design for me.
The “No nonsense, common sense” Mom,
I know that I can be!
I want to take her cares and fears,
And turn them inside out…
And I know that Fearless Mom is what it’s all about.
I want to take those secret giants,
And throw them to the ground.
I can be a Fearless Mom with other moms around.
I can learn to shed my doubts,
And to cast away my fears.
And I can ask my questions through my laughter and my tears.
Sharing with other moms like me-
There truly is no shame-
Doing life together…I will never be the same.
I will learn to not give up,
Together we will become…
Strong moms who live and love, the Moms who Carry On!
Yes, there’s a Fearless Mom living inside of me.
With God’s Church and with His Hand,
Together we will be…
The gentle and the humble moms…-
Who God has called us to be…
The Strong, Loving, Fearless Moms, we want our kids to see!
“So comfort each other and make each other strong as you are already doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLV)
“Let the teaching of Christ and His words keep on living in you. These make your lives rich and full of wisdom. Keep on teaching and helping each other…”
Colossians 3:16 (NLV)
“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.” Psalm 127:3 (NLT)
Abundant Joy…
(Deborah B. Meyer, 2014)
