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ISSUE 311 - APRIL 26, 2006

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We know you will enjoy Jennifer's column, Gaze into the Mirror, and the great tip in this issue. Don't forget to take some time to visit our sponsors -- they allow this eNewsletter to come to you free of charge.

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    From Jennifer

    Gaze Into the Mirror

    If you’ve heard me speak before, you’ve probably heard me tell stories about mixing up my makeup. Yes, I have on occasion mixed up my eye liner and lip liners because I couldn’t see into a mirror to behold the strange distortion I was creating.

    Because the story of my makeup mishap is familiar to so many, I completely blew off the constructive criticism that Lucy Swindoll offered to me one evening right before I went on stage at a Women of Faith conference.

    “Your eyes don’t match,” she flatly advised.
    “Yeah, right!” I quipped. I was sure she was trying to capitalize on my story—or maybe just trying to keep me relaxed before I spoke.
    “Very funny,” I retorted.
    But Lucy sounded completely serious. “ No,” she insisted, “really, one is black, and one is brown!”

    “That’s impossible!” I replied. That funny and mischievous Lucy was not going to get the best of me on this one! “Jennifer, I am serious,” she said as maternally and authoritatively as possible. “Ask Nicole.”

    And so I turned to Nicole Johnson, the talented dramatist on the Women of Faith team, and before I could ask, she gasped, “She’s right! One is black and one is brown!” I opened my make-up bag and sure enough, I had two different eyeliner pencils! One black, one brown. (Note to the visually impaired reader: Never carry two different shades of eye liner in the same makeup bag!)

    It is true, I have not been able to see into a mirror since I was fifteen and lost the majority of my sight. Of course, even though I joke about my many mishaps, I would love to be able to look into a mirror to see what I look like. I would much prefer to choose my own hair style or blush color. And yes, eyeliner! What woman wouldn’t?

    But even though that reality is frustrating, it causes my eyes to gravitate to a mirror that I can see. In fact, the mirror I look into now shows me exactly what I look like, exactly who I am. It is the mirror of God’s Word. My blind eyes can see 20/20 as I gaze into its light. I may not see my physical image in the bathroom mirror, but in God’ mirror, I can see that I am created in God’s image! I know from Ephesians 2:10 that I am the very workmanship of Creator God.

    Have you looked in that mirror lately? Gaining God’s perspective on who we are keeps us from an inflated or deflated view of ourselves and allows us to assess ourselves in The Light of His Word.

    Physical mirrors can’t reflect truth; they only offer optical illusion. Only the mirror of God’s Word reflects truth, because it is truth. It grants you a right perspective of yourself as it reveals a true view of your Father.

    But don’t just look at the mirror; look into it. Gaze long and hard, the way you do when you are applying eye shadow or fixing your hair. The way a man does when he is shaving around those small creases and tiny lines.

    “The Bible is like a telescope,” Philip Brooks wrote. “If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees the worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond; but most people only look at it; and so they see only the dead letter.”

    He’s right. How much we miss if we only look at the Word, giving it just a passing glance. Look into it, gaze, and feed on it like Jeremiah and you will experience the same joy he wrote about.

    “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty” (Jeremiah 15:16)."

    Blessings and Joy,
    Jennifer Rothschild
    Author of Lessons I Learned in the Dark,
    and Founder of WomensMinistry.NET
    http://www.jenniferrothschild.com
    JR@jenniferrothschild.com

     


     

    Icebreaker
    The Tie-That-Binds

    Purpose: Laughter, working together, building unity.

    Objectives: Be the first line of ladies to successfully weave a spoon tied to one end of a ball of yarn through your clothes.

    Materials: One large ball of yarn and a spoon or other weighted item for each group/line/team of ladies.

    Procedure:
    Tie a ball of yarn to each spoon.
    Set up the lines of ladies (Depending on how many women you have attending, 10-15 in each line is fun. The longer your lines, the longer it will take.)
    Begin with the first lady in each line and have them drop the spoon down throught their clothes and hand off to the next lady. The yarn will follow the spoon through the line of women and "bind" all of the ladies together. The first line to weave all of the ladies together wins.

    Be prepared to laugh your head off and watch out for "yarn burn."

    Submitted by: Karen Gay, Augusta, GA
    Email: contactkarengay@yahoo.com

     


     

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    BUT, I know there are a lot of creative women out there that have probably come up with some unique and fun ideas that the rest of us haven't thought of yet. So, if you have unique idea for celebrating Mother's Day in your church... you know the drill... email robyne@womensministry.net and let me know about it. We will share your ideas in our next issue.

    In Him... Robyne Beaubien, Editor

     


     

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