We then were led by Sue through a devotional of being a loving mother and a submissive wife. The verses she focused on were Proverbs 31:28 & 29, "Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." In this passage, the Godly woman's children honor her and her husband pays a tribute to her. So often we might feel that motherhood is a thankless job and sometimes even a "your a great wife" is hard to come by, but that is not why we love and submit. We do it because we are commanded to love our children, husbands, friends, neighbors, and even enemies, and we are to do even if they don't notice. There is an even greater reward than "thank you" coming someday!!!! Won't that be a great reward! To have our children arise and call us blessed and to hear our husbands say that we surpass others is wonderful, but God will give us a great tribute someday when He says, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
We then spent some time in prayer, praying for our country, our future president, and for us as Christians to be bold in our faith! Please continue to pray for our nation!
Finally, we wrapped up the evening with great pies (pumpkin and pecan apple)!
Picking up our leaves of thanksgiving!
Being thankful for yummy pies!
Sharing and fellowship!
Our last PEARLS for 2008 will be held Tuesday, December 2 at the church! This will be a service project led by Heather R. We will be offering a "Family Picture" Night where underprivileged families in our community can come, get their picture taken, enjoy some goodies, and receive a family picture all for free. The details are still in the making and I will get them to you as soon as they are finalized. There will be lots to do from baking goodies, taking pictures, interacting with the families, setting up and tearing down. This is a great way to get people into our church and a great way to love on them! I'll send out details soon!
