Thanking God For So Many Sisters
Day 241 of Photo Inspirations — Thanking God For So Many SISTERS!
My world once revolved around my family. And, quite frankly, I’m still at their beckoned call if they need me, and they are there for me if I need them, but I’m HERE and they’re THERE – in those seasons of THEIR lives and I’m in this season of MY life.
It’s a new season. My biological sisters graduated to heaven, but God has placed me with so many precious friendships that I love to call “My SISTERS” in THIS season. There are many special “single” women in my community, and we laugh and share so many things in common – particularly our singleness, our love for this season of our lives, and the freedom that goes along with it. Then I have my two incredible walking sisters and we join together at least three times a week to walk with the purpose of praying and sharing and encouraging each other. They have wonderful husbands and families – and we pray for them all, including mine, as well as our community and country. I have a special BFF sister and sister-in-law that are there for me WHENEVER & WHATEVER is going on. I am also a part of a leadership group of women that I call my sisters. We meet once a week to pray, encourage, plan and prepare for a women’s retreat that is coming up soon. Then, in October, I’ll be leading a Women’s Bible Study for 8 weeks.
There’s also my No Limits Life Group – truly my sisters that we do life together – sharing each other’s challenges, as well as victories. Meeting every week at my home, we laugh, cry, and give each other support on so many levels. My place is a SAFE place. We’ve got each other’s backs. We are a diverse group: single and married – some work full time, some are part time and some are retired. But our single most important goal in life is to be fully devoted followers of Christ and to live with believing there are NO LIMITS to what God can do in and through us. And so many of our prayers have been answered. We are accountable to each other. We coach each other. We make each other better.
I’ll admit it. I’m a woman on purpose to help as many as I can to live an overcoming victorious life. I wrote my goals in my journal earlier this year – one of which was “Doors of ministry opportunities continually opening for me to impart Godly wisdom” and those prayers and goals are being fulfilled beyond what I could have asked for…..simply because I asked.
My photo inspirations today are from last night’s SISTERS Event at LifeChurch.tv – Jenks, where hundreds of SISTERS came together to praise and worship God with an off-the-chain band and singers, and we heard a powerful word about “Listening Well”. I’ll share about that amazing talk another day, but I wanted to share today about the importance of having friends or SISTERS in your life. And in the men’s case, BROTHERS. Sisters and Brothers that we can depend on, ask for prayer (and know they will pray), convince us to not give up, make us feel loved and accepted in spite of our worthiness.
In this season of my life, I could have easily withdrawn and gone into a solemn, lonely place because, quite frankly, I could. But, there is such a better, more fulfilling way of living. I’ve said it before, “If you want to have friends, show yourself friendly.” Yes, it will mean you have to get out of your comfort zone. You may find it by joining or starting a small group from your church. You may volunteer to facilitate a Bible Study or join a Sunday School Class or a Choir or another group where they’re living a life of purpose and destiny. I assure you. It will be worth the effort to make the effort to be a part of a group or to start a group that makes THIS SEASON of your life the BEST SEASON of your life. I’m so happy that I did.