Greeting From Beth, October 11,2010 from LPV on Vimeo.
My Dearly Loved Siestas, please watch the video greeting when you get a chance so that I can fill you in on what to expect for the next 2 months. This written post does not take the place of the video so please be sure to watch it. This is only to reiterate what I shared with you in the video about what to expect on here while I’m away. You will still find…
*Siesta Scholarship Giveaway Tickets to events that fall within this time period.
*Living Proof Live Recaps of the events that fall within this time period. (And, yes, I will read the comments to those events just like I normally would. I will just discipline myself not to write back.)
*A possible entry here or there on special occasions or when I’m bursting to tell you something that won’t really translate into the James study.
*”Talk To Me Tuesdays” – Every Tuesday I’ll put up a post where you do all the talking. (It will begin next week.) Tell me in a concise paragraph how you are, or what God is doing, or something funny that’s happened, or what you’re learning. Although I will hold myself back from responding to them, I will be anxiously and joyfully reading as many of them as possible. In this way, I get to continue to be inspired by your journeys with God and, when I’m tempted to respond, will, instead, put that energy into writing the Bible study. This format will also help you stay in touch with one another and allow you to directly respond to each other.
We will be very busy in 2011 here in Siestaville with the return of the Siesta Scripture Memory Team! I better take this chance NOW!
I could almost cry telling you how much you mean to me and how I will miss you. STAY IN THE WORD! Pray for your Siesta Mama. And I will pray for you. We’ll all be back together before you know it.
I love you. Really.
PS. Because Twitter doesn’t really consume creative energy (grin), I will probably try to keep up with that unless it gets distracting. So far it hasn’t been. It’s fun but I don’t have the attachment to it that I have here. If you want to join us there, it’s (this is so embarrassing) @bethmooreLPM. I feel like an idiot.
Mama Beth, that is just awesome. I so look forward to the James study and know good things are going to come from this break. I have needed to take breaks from my personal blog in order to better focus my energies in time spent with Jesus during difficult times, so I totally get it. Be blessed in this break!! I’m doing Living Beyond Yourself right now, and really enjoying the meat of that homework. You’ve got me deep in the Word!
Blessings and love to ya,
Sasha
You will be missed! And I couldn’t be more encouraged than to know that you are following the leading of the Spirit. It’s a wonderful model for us to follow. As women we often try to “do it all”. And, may I also say that I’m SO excited to be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor. My three daughters and I have learned so much from you as you teach us about our precious Jesus. May God bless you and Melissa as you redirect your energies. Your loved ones out here will be praying for you.
Sweet Beth! Know that as you take this time away for eight weeks, I am committing to pray for you and Melissa every day for eight weeks as you pour yourself out on this study. As someone who’s going to reap the fruit of this study come January, how could I not lift y’all up. You are a blessing! Press on!
Siesta Mama,
God bless you as you walk in obedience! You ALL are in my prayers. I hope you know how much you are loved back <3 🙂
Personally for me, James cannot get here soon enough. He’s already been screaming “Let your yes be yes and your no be no” all around me lately. So, do what you have to do to get it done ’cause I need it!! I’ll be right here when you can get back and am anxiously anticipating the study whenever it goes to print.
Thank you for all you do for us.
I will miss you in the coming weeks, but am so excited about James, I am willing to give you space for the next eight weeks. On a girl note, you look so very pretty in the video clip. Great hair, but more importantly, you appear rested. Hope this is true and that the Holy Spirit is very efficient with the time you are setting aside to write these next several weeks. May God bless your efforts for His Kingdom!
Dearest Beth, how precious your love of Jesus is to me. Understanding that even as Jesus taught His disciples He stepped aside for quiet time and even more important, He set the disciples on their own paths for a short time, allowing them to grow even more in their personal dedication to the Word of God. May we take this time to not only pray for you, Melissa, and all those working on this study, but to also spend time on our own in the Word. Allowing God to speak to us directly as we await your return.
Blessings to you, sweet Beth,
Lisa
Beth, this is fabulous news! Y’all will be missed but what a blessing we will have when you finish this new study on James. I will look forward to this new study with great excitement! Thank you for all of your and Mellisa’s hard work and committed hearts.
God bless you!
Thank you so much for sharing your sweet heart, Beth! I appreciate you and your family’s committment to sharing the word of God and this Siesta community. I will be praying for you and Melissa over the next eight weeks and am thankful for your obedience. Love you much too!
Mama Beth, I’m so excited for this study to be available! I know I’m reiterating what all of us Siestas are thinking, to pray you and Melissa through this…and we will miss you like crazy! Thank you for all you do for us and for this women’s ministry that has sustained me through many difficult military moves. Tuesdays will be fun!!!
Dear Beth,
You can count on my prayers. I understand why your time away is necessary. The separation won’t be easy for any of us, however, God will be glorified by the completion of the task He has placed before you and Melissa.
God bless you!
Your siestas love you too, Beth.
“May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.” Psalm 31:49
🙂
Just wrote you and Melissa down in my prayer journal through the end of the year. I love the Debbie Williams journal!!! Thank you for suggesting it. This community is so precious to me, and I am overcome today with love for my Siestas and for our MAMA.
May you be filled with all fullness of God as you write this study to His Glory!
love you too
You are constantly in my prayers, Beth. I know it’s not you, but it’s God. However, we can’t help but be so grateful you’ve answered the call again and again. I know the study will be great! Good luck! Love you in Christ, dear Siesta Mama. You just warm my heart.
God Bless you Beth, I pray that the Lord will bless you, as you engage in the James study, I know it will be a blessing.
I’m currently enjoying the Book of Esther study at my church
I’ll be praying for the whole staff. Take care.:)
Dearest Beth, Melissa and Amanda,
I am so 100% behind you on your need to focus on the James study and Amanda, your family. I will so miss hearing from you, but it will only be for a little while. I will be praying that God blesses you in your writing. I know the finished product will be such a blessing to us. God does His thing so well through you all!
Much love,
Pam
I am so blessed to be a part of this community. Thank you for doing what is right and following so hard after Jesus that all of us can benefit from it. You are such a blessing and a great mamma. We love you. Blessings as you dig deeper into the Word with Melissa and Jesus!
I love your obedience to Him!! You will be in my prayers as you work on the James study…
Thank you for being so considerate of us, please take this break and looking forward to James.
I have been led to read James in preparation for your study. Blessings, sweet friend in Jesus. Love to you and yours.
Kelly
Lord God,
Cause Melissa and Beth to not be overwhelmed by the mountain of this writing project. Such a powerful little book.
Instead, cause them both to see the little paths on the mountain that lead to the top.
Give them wisdom beyond their own understanding.
Your grace is sufficient, May Your strength be made perfect in our weakness.
I completely understand and will be in prayer for you and Melissa. I can’t wait to she the James study hit the stands. I love you and completely respect how that you are taking this time to focus in on this study. I know that it will be awesome!!
Beth,
Thanks for updating us! I will continue to pray like crazy for you Melissa, Amanda, and everyone involved in the process. Not that my opinion matters, but I believe you are very wise for following God’s leading on this. I will look forward to the “talk to me” Tuesdays! I am running the gammut of things going on in my life from good to bad but all for God’s glory!Praise His Name! Love walking this journey with you and all the other Siestas! Love you, Beth! Joan
Girl please! No worries do your thang momma~
I had been missing you and wondering what you were up to! Thank you for the update. I appreciate what you are doing so much as we just started “Esther” this morning! I can see how much work you put into these studies in order to build us up in Christ. So thank you!
love and prayers
Monica
Miss Beth –
This is why we all love you so dearly. Thank you for taking the time to make the video and share your plans with us.
I get so much out of your Bible studies and it is because you pour your very self out into them so we can see the love of Christ through you so clearly. Thank you for all you do for women everywhere.
Looking forward to studying James in the future. Praying for you in Iowa.
Hi Beth & Melissa,
Not to worry you know Siestaville will not be short on words to keep rockin’ the blog. If those of us Houston Siestas stood strong, if sad, the day to told us your Sunday Study at church had to conclude a few years back, we can certainly push through two months knowing you and Melissa are doing Gods work to increase our knowledge and enlightenment to His Word in the study of James. I can’t wait for the study. What is so cool is that it will be like going back to childhood and awaiting Christmas Day. Anticipation of something so grand is a gift in and of itself. Keeps me smilin’ and prayn’, “Thank you God for the blessing of the work you are doing through Living Proof Ministreies!!!!!”
You go girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much love and many blessings. :o)
Christine Roskamp
Houston Siesta
Beth & Melissa,
I love you two dearly and look forward to what the Lord will do with this next study.
I am blessed by this community and even if I can’t post as much as I would like to, I always look at the blog and subscribe to the feed for updates in Siestaville. I pray that He fills you with His wonder and continues to delight you with His revelation as He speaks through you to us. May He bless the work of your hands and mind and continue to dazzle you with His Amazing Love.
Would you pray for my family we lost our precious dog Milo this past Saturday and our home is in mourning. That little “blind” dog took a piece of our hearts. We were glad to give it because he gave us so much.
Until HE shouts,
Celeste
Those pets can be like kids to us, can’t they? So sorry for your loss. Mourn Milo well…praying for you!
thanks so much we are doing just that.
Beth I’ll miss you so much Take care of yourself and your sweet man. May the Lord bless and be with you 🙂
This has blessed me so much in a way that I don’t think I could even explain in a way that makes sense. I’m feeling kind of isolated right now and just drawn to more intense prayer for some things I can’t really go into detail on here, either. But I am definitely praying for you as you write and continue to keep in step with the Spirit as well! 🙂
You will be missed. I just finished Get out of that Pit, all I can say is WOW. I am currenting reading Carol Kent’s Becoming a Woman of Influence. I am revamping my blog and the most exicitng I have started writing a study on Encouragement.
Tracy
I adore you and your girls! I will be praying that your juices are flowing….energetic jusices that is !! :::))))))
Hi Beth,
Today’s my birthday! My husband took me to breakfast at a lovely restaurant down at the beach. So fun!
Thank you for checking in with us. Take as much time as you need for the James study. I’m sure many of us will be studying that when it is done. I’m so grateful for you and for this blog too. All of us siestas will enjoy keeping each other up-to-date on our lives. And it’s nice to know that you’ll be peeking in when you can. You’ll be in my prayers.
Thank you for your update, I was wondering if something significant happened … and it had – James.
I truely love coming to your blog and to hear snippets of your lives and knowing you are on the other side, loving us too.
God has a perfect way of getting our eyes focused on Him, and it looks like we all need more time with Him.
Thank you for your dedication to study, talk to you soon!
Love to you all!
Diana in Canada
Dear Mama Beth,
I love you so much for being real to us. I love how you show us how to be “God’s daughters” through your obedience to Him. I have added you and Melissa to my prayer journal and I will be praying. I can’t wait for James to come out. I will be looking forward to Talk to you Tuesdays. Just know we love you here and stand behind you 100 percent. We have something to look forward to and that brings a smile to me. I love you.
I’ll be praying for focus and creativity during this season of writing. I do so love the book of James, I can’t wait until this study is finished! I’m so excited 😀
xx Cassandra
Aldergrove, BC
Beth-
Thank you for being obedient to God’s call. I know it isn’t always the easy way but it’s the right way. I’ll be praying for you and your girls and your families as you and Melissa get down to writing and Amanda keeps watch over her family. Have a wonderful break and we’ll all be waiting here for you when you get back!
Beth, I’m thrilled that God’s agenda remains priority on your plate. Throw us Siestas a “Ya’ll” on Twitter (which I’m now following you on). At least, I’m newly learning how to follow……now who feels like an idiot.
Thanks for the update, Beth. You and Melissa are in my prayers as you continue doing what God has called you to in writing the study on James. I pray for Amanda too, as she spends that special time with her percious family and allows God to bless. Praise God for the blessings we look forward to in the days to come.
Love & Blessings
Beth…
I just got back from Bible Study this morning. We are doing Breaking Free.
I am feeling very humbled and so thankful for everything for this time of healing and freedom in my life which started after reading So Long Insecurity this summer. Thank you so much.
I really want to talk to you and give you a hug but since I can’t, a comment on the blog was the next best thing. 🙂
Much Love to you…you “darling thing”…ha. 🙂
~Kristin Eldridge
Beth… I have been enjoying you the last month. I’ve been reading your “So Long Insecurity” and am starting a new bible study on Paul tomorrow. I saw a picture of you with my favorite singer, Kari Jobe, and I just loved seeing you on your video. You should do that more often!! Praying for you…
kriste
My 5 year old son Will was watching this with me, and after Beth asked for prayer, he said from my lap, “Dear Jesus, please give her courage and please help her kids be safe”.
We’ll keep praying for ya’ll.
Lisa in CO
Dear, dear Bethie!!!
Oh, you will be soooo very missed, but know that we all understand that you have much to do… and we want you to take the time to prioritize your life so that you can do what God has called you to do.
There is a time and a season for everything… And this is the season for you to write. 🙂
Praying that you are able to make the most of the time away from Siestaville, and can create something fabulous for the fame of His name!
Love you!
Bitz
Oh Beth — we love YOU so much and bless the way that Jesus has used you in our lives! You just take all the time you need. We consider you a Scarce World Resource and know that you need time to allow God to keep infilling you. “Blessed is the (woman) who perseveres…because when (she) has stood the test (she) will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.” James 1:12
I admire your willingness to step back to give yourself fully to the work God has given you to do. I will be praying that God blesses you with a rich measure of His grace and wisdom as you write! Thank you for your faithful ministry that is such an inspiration to me!
You told a story once (I can’t remember if it was the simulcast–I think it was), that you told Amanda there were times you were teaching her to be a momma, but this time you were teaching her to be a grandma as you went to fix Jackson a pb&j. Thanks for teaching us how to be godly wives, moms, and women by your example and that sometimes we have to lay down something we enjoy for a time to do what we need to do.
You are ANYTHING but an idiot! BTW – Siesta MAMA, SEE SECRETARIAT!!! Even to take a moment, you and Keith will be uber blessed – THE LORD IS ALL OVER THAT MOVIE!!!!
Siesta Mama,
You will be so missed, but I understand completely. I will look forward to “Talk to Me Tuesdays.” God’s G.A.L.S. (God’s Amazing Love Shared) is getting ready to start Daniel this week. My co-leader, Sue, starts the Wednesday group tomorrow and my Saturday group starts on Saturday, bright and early at 8:30. We have 83 wonderful women joining us this year. I still need a couple of small group leaders. Please, Jesus, lead the right ladies to me!
It’s hard to do my job this week when all I want to do is get ready for the study. I am doing one or two things each day to prepare.
Bless you Siesta Mama, Melissa & Amanda and all my wonderful sisters in Christ Jesus,
Mary Ann, Woodbury, MN
MaryAnn,
Just wanted to say hello to a fellow Siesta and Minnesotan! I live in St. Paul..we are practically neighbors! (Grin) You sound like such a busy bee! I will be praying about your small group leaders…Blessing to you!!!!!!!!!!! Marylee
So inspired by your act of obedience. I will miss you but know that God will bless you and your work for doing things His way. I will pray for you and Melissa as you write. One wise Bible teacher once said “You cannot do everything to the glory of God”. In this life we do have to choose the greater things, even if we have to give up some of our favorite things. (Yes the wise Bible teacher was you!) Practice what you preach, that is why we love you so much.
When I first read the title, I read it as “Jesus” Calling: For Just a Little While and I thought, WHAT!
🙂 We will miss you but totally understand. I thank God for the Bible studies you have done and that you continue to do them. Honestly, no other Bible studies–and I’ve done several (usually while waiting for another one of yours to become available)–gets me into the Word so that my heart is touched and my spirit is fanned into flame. Be focused! Be blessed! Because it will come back and bless us!!!! 🙂
“Jesus Calling” (Enjoying Peace in His Presence) is a little devotional by Sarah Young. Terrific -meets exactly your need every day- cuz it is actually Scripture Verses written in easy language as if Jesus is talking to us . Check it out!