The Nothing Blog

My good friend and sista in Christ, Annie, and I like to meet each other at the driving range at the golf club in our neighborhood. We say we are meeting to work on our golf swings but it usually ends up as more like a laughfest. Sometimes we go up to the putting green and practice...and giggle. We're still trying to find the time to play 9 holes together, but until then we just squeeze in 45 minutes or so to meet at the range. Annie and I have been sistas in our neighborhood Bible study, we've been Bible study leaders in the women's ministry of our church, we are neighbors, and most of all we are sistas! (Alternate spelling of sisters and sistahs.) Last year, Annie invited my hubby & me to her hubby's birthday party at the club. Don was not able to attend so I went solo and stepped into my kind of party: loads of (Annie & Ron's) family members were there to celebrate, there was great food, lots of laughter, and MUSIC with a DJ!!! Whoo hoo! I wasn't a...

Hey, That Girl is all about encouraging women in the Lord....in business, in ministry, in life! I'm not talking about reaching out to one particular group of girls , I'm talking about all of the souls and hearts of girls God sends my way! At my age I still have a girl's heart....I STILL enjoy getting together with my girlfriends to eat, to laugh, to giggle, to shop, to pray, to share, to encourage, to be encouraged, to play golf, to go to the beach, to do Bible studies together, watch chick flicks, to dress up, to dress down, and to talk about and eat chocolate! The Bible says that outside we are daily "wasting away" but inside we are "being renewed day by day". I agree. I may have more wrinkles and look older on the outside -- but inside, oh, inside I'm still a girl at heart. Hey, we all are, Sistas! Don't believe me? Take a look at all of us girls in the photo below...the Creekview High School Girls Golf Team! I remember telling one of my d...

A community-wide Bible study for women is starting up on Wednesday mornings beginning August 12, at Woodmont Golf & Country Club in Canton, GA. We'll be using the book, God in the Marketplace by Henry & Richard Blackaby, as our study material....along with of course, our Bibles. And you, Girlfriends, are invited. I have shared a few choice morsels from this insightful book during one of That Girl's Lunch. Whoo hoo. It's really good stuff -- so good that I have been inspired to share the whole book with you girls who are interested in joining me! “This book offers solid, spiritual, biblical advice for the deepest concerns of sincere Christians seeking to live their lives with God-honoring consistency. These concerns are: personal life, family life, business life, devotional life, church life, community life.”-- The Publishers This 8-week study meets Wednesdays beginning August 12, 2009 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at Woodmont Golf & Country Club (Main Clubhouse L...

When the local school bells ring again in August That Girl's Lunch will be ringing bells on August 13 at Woodmont Golf & Country Club. We'll be meeting in the spacious Cherokee Hall at Woodmont -- just follow the pink and black balloons! All you girls out there who are looking for encouragement and inspiration in your daily walk, a devotional message is shared during each of our monthly gatherings. If you want to network with other girls who are in ministry and/or business or you're looking to make some dynamic connections......this is for you! You never know who you're going to meet at That Girl's Lunch . Talk about divine appointments! Oh, and the delicious menu has been customized for us, too. Woodmont Golf & Country Club 3105 Gaddis Road Canton, GA www.woodmontgolfclub.com http://www.woodmontgolfclub.com/sites/courses/layout9.asp?id=471&page=23284 Save the Dates for the Fall Lunch Line-up! August 13 September 17 October 29 RSVP Required: rsvp@th...

This month it will have been two years since our precious 13-year old black lab, Puah, (poo-ah)died. She was a loving member of our family. Over the past few months my heart has been telling me that between becoming an empty nester and missing having a sweet dog living with us....it's time to consider getting another one. But this time let's -- for the first time ever -- get a little one. We've always had large dogs: Daisy, the retriever/shepherd mix, Max the boxer/bulldog mix; and Puah , a black lab/retriever mix. I'm about to go on a rabbit trail for a moment -- kinda like all of our dogs have always done. When our girls were very small, Don used to read the Bible to them at night as he rocked them. Even as very young children, Grace & Mary learned the names and passages from the Bible...and two of the names were "Shiphrah" and "Puah" -- the Hebrew midwives. People always asked us how we came up with the name, Puah, and the girls would tell t...

Getting Spiritually, Physically, & Emotionally Fed Exodus 16 (This message was shared at the May 2009 That Girl's Lunch. ) These words of encouragement look at how God provided for the Israelites....even when they were whining and complaining about their circumstances. (Ouch. That sounds way too familiar to me!) The truth is He gave them manna. And when He fed them manna it wasn't just simply physical food but it was spiritual food and emotional food, too. That's what He does for us today...He is the One who can feed us and fill us in every way. Our handbook for life is the Bible. God speaks to us through His word. He has stories, examples, and word pictures to teach us how to live and which step to take next. The people described in the Bible are weak and frail -- as we are -- and yet the ones who sought after God always found their power and strength in God alone. When they would seek Him He helped them and spoke to them and taught them. He'd say things like, ...

Last night my hubby, Don, our daughter Mary, and I were part of exhilarating Passion City Church worship service. Several of Mary's buds from KSU (Kennesaw State), along with a few of their parents filled up the first two rows at the Cobb Galleria Conference Center. The theme was Made to Worship. I don't know much about Passion City Church except it's headed up by Pastor Louie Giglio, and includes Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, and Christy Nockels as the worship leaders. I also know every time our daughter Mary and her friends carpool to a Passion Conference, their lives are changed by the power of God, through contemporary worshipful music and the gifted, motivational teaching. Last night as Mother's Day was coming to a close.... the presence of God filled the massive room as 20- and 30-somethings dropped barriers to physically, spiritually, and emotionally celebrate their Risen Savior Jesus Christ. Powerful worship music ignited a passionate praise that could have lite...