Over the past year I’ve started and closed several new blogs… each of them starting with an idea, but not much time ever panned out to be devoted to the thoughts I wanted to write there. So I’ve gotten myself down to 3 blogs, but only ONE (this one) gets much attention from me. So, I’ve decided to keep my Blog of Benediction and Timothy Moms blogs connected for reference, but to stop writing at each of them, and rather, feature regular posts on the subjects here.
So just to let you know a little about these new features:
Benedictions- My Thousand Gifts: I aim to regularly give thanks to God openly for the manifold gifts He’s blessed my life with in this feature. I’m part of Anne’s, at A Holy Experience, gratitude community, or as the image says, “My Thousand Gifts” community. Giving thanks is easily overlooked, and finding myself downcast a lot last year, I knew I needed to start just giving thanks to God more often for the thousands upon thousands of gifts I enjoy at His hand daily.
Timothy Mom Thoughts– The term Timothy Moms came to me from looking at Timothy in the scriptures and the reference to his mom and grandma. I share the similar marriage situation spiritually as Timothy’s mom did, “…Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek” (and in my case we’re not talkin’ from the land of Greece). I define a Timothy Mom as:
A Timothy Mom is a mother who, like Eunice and Lois, makes it her aim to not only teach her children the scriptures, but also models a life of genuine faith in Christ to them. A Timothy Mom labors in prayer, in talking, in listening, in rebuking, in correcting, in coaching, in encouraging, in nurturing, in serving and in modeling faith in Christ for the prize of seeing Christ formed in her own children.
Laboring in birth again until Christ is formed in our little children.
-Galatians 4:19-
Also, I’ve been asked by a couple of ladies about what I’m learning about prayer and fasting and plan to post on that subject next Friday. But I’d love to hear what part prayer and fasting has in your life. I’ll tell you right now, it’s new and I’m just learning about it for me (not so much prayer… that’s a constant part of my day, but prayer and fasting). So would you take my little poll up in the sidebar? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Sheila Dougal 