Hey, Sweet Things!
You guys are so much fun. Thanks for getting excited with us about the app. I’m just thinking about how this whole technology thing was in the mind of God centuries ago when He inscribed His words on the sacred page through the pens of men. Too much to wrap our minds around, isn’t it? He is the One who knows “the end from the beginning,” and “from ancient times, what is still to come.” He says, “My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.” (Isaiah 46:10)
At the moment I’m typing up this post, we have a whopping 9250 entries under Verse 1. Never in my wildest imagination did I picture this. I was pretty blown away by our strong and steady couple of thousand in 2009. Keep in mind that the 9250 is not an exact reflection of participants because there are some replies under comments, like, “I’m copying yours!” and “I’ve never even heard that verse!” I’m not going put a restriction on that because community in Christ is what makes Siestaville work. We do know, however, that way over 8000 are participating because that many women ordered spirals or downloaded the artwork. Others who are participating grabbed their own spirals the easier way from the store. I also want you to picture the many preadolescent girls we have on our team. Don’t you remember loving stickers and pens and school supplies when you were that age? I should have known they’d take to the spirals. Just close your eyes and imagine them reciting some of the verses dearest to your heart. Many of us have lived long enough to know by life experience what they are reciting by faith. It’s such a precious thought to me. They will find Jesus faithful just as we have. Yep, we have junior Siestas but we also have plenty of senior Siestas which delights me just as much. Our joy in standing shoulder-to-shoulder with this mighty band of women is indescribable. I wonder how many football fields we would stretch across. Whew. For just a split second I saw us all in my bright red college drill team uniforms. Scratch that thought.
OK, before I call for your second verses, many of you asked for the exact date of the SSMT celebration next January. I double-checked the weekend with Sabrina and it’s January 20-21, 2012 from Friday evening until Saturday noon. Of course, we’ll get you the proper information starting early next Fall but, if you think you might want to come, put it down on your calendar, start saving your expense money, and plan to memorize your darling little head off. The event itself is our gift to you and your ticket in is your well-used spiral (of either kind).
Are you ready for SSMT Verse 2? I’m giving you a heads-up that I plan to target a lot of James verses this year so, while I’m still going to tell you mine each time, I’ll also suggest a good alternative for those of you who could use an additional idea. Remember! Limit your comments to Name, City, Verse, and Translation. Here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. “My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.” James 2:1 The NET Bible
Here’s an alternative I really love and memorized a couple of years ago. My dear coworker, Diane, is memorizing it right now so it’s washing back over my mind:
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done. The things You planned for us no one can recount to You; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.” Psalm 40:5 NIV
And that, O Lord, is the gospel truth.
OK, Sisters! Bring on Verse 2!
I pray that Christ is so pleased. I feel in my soul that He is.
Have a great weekend!
Sue
St. Louis
I have told you these things so that in me you will have peace. In this world there will be trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world….
John 16:23
NASB
Laura, Troy,Ohio
Psalm 62:5-8 NIV
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
My salvation and my honor depend on God Most High;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Rhonda – McCalla, Alabama “For you know the “GRACE” of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV)
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Kayla ~ Alpharetta, GA James 1:21 NLT
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
Jeannette from Ellicott City, MD
The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save,
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing. Zeph 3:17 NKJV
Clovis Ca:
1 Cor 13;4 Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Suzanne Bailey, Harrisville, RI:
“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my lips.” Psalm 119:103 NIV
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
Kelly, Greer, SC “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” -Matt. 6:33 (NIV)
Kathy, Austin Ps 27:13,14
“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
“Wait on the Lord;Be of Good Courage and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.” NIV
Marilyn, Seattle
“I will praise the Lord who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure. Ps. 16:7-9 NIV84
Teri, Indianapolis,IN….
Romans 12:10 NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
Error, phooey. It should be:
Cathy, Orlando. “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take his stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh, I shall see God; whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes will see, and not another.” Job 19:25-27a The NAS Bible
Patty
Talbott, Tennessee
I’ll lead you to buried treasures, secret caches of valuables–Confirmations that it is, in fact, I, GOD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. Message
What’s the reference, Patty??? I’m writing this one down! 🙂
Monique, Elizabethtown, KY “And God is able to make all grace abound in you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Cor 9:8 NIV
He alone is my rock and my salvation;he is my fortress,
I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:6 NIV
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why then do you boast as if you did not receive it?
Tobi, Rodenbach, Germany
James 3:17 “The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.” NIV
I would have lost heart unless I believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm 27:13-14 NKJV
Carla
Lake Park, Iowa
Matthew 5:41-42
And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two. Give to the one who asks you and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you,
NIV
Janet, Harrisburg, NC
James 3:8 – “but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison”. – NLT
Melissa
Maple, Ontario, Canada
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burndened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV
Stacy, Detroit, MI
Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Jamie Gibbon, Houston, Texas: “David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. 1 Chronicles 28:20a
Sharon McLaughlin, Panama City Beach, FL
Prov. 3:5-8 KJV
v5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,
Lean not to thine own understanding.
v6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him
and He shall direct thy paths.
v7. Be not wise in thine own eyes,
fear the Lord and depart from evil
v8. It shall be health to thy navel
and marrow to thy bones.
Debbie – Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Psalm 42:11″Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” NIV
karla~sedro-woolley,wa~romans 6:11~niv
“in the same way count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus”.
Sallie, Tupelo “You keep track of all of my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.” Psalm 56:8 NLT
Stacey from Boulder, Colorado
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
ROMANS 12:9 NIV
” Teach me your ways, o Lord, That I may live according to your truth!” Psalms 86:11 (NLT)
Katie (Firestone, CO)
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
Candace in Kentucky
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:13 (NIV)
Heather, Glencoe, AL
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
Jennifer, Meridianville, Al
Now Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”
Hebrews:{11~1} (NIV)
Joy-Georgetown
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:5 ESV
Zeph 3:17 I said, “Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that He may come and shower righteousness upon you.”
Heather, Saint John, NB
“Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me – put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:9 NIV
“bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against one another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.” –Colossians 3:13 NKJV
Jaime, Colorado Springs, CO: “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Psalm 34:4: “I sought the Lord, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.” (NASB)
In the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillipians 4:7 kjv
Krystle, Medford
“Therefore as God’s chosen people, holy and clearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12 NIV
Dearborn Heights, Michigan
John 13″34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love on another.” NIV ©1984
Peggy, Corpus Christi, TX – Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God in Him I will trust.(NKJV)
Deanna, Maytown
Psalm 27:4 “One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.” ESV
LaShay from Saltillo, Mississippi
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.” Philippians 1:9-11(NIV)
Cheryl, Redlands CA,
1 Peter 5:9 (NIV) “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
Bunny from Fithian, IL:
Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and wondrous things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 HCSB
Kim, Poplar Bluff
“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10 (NIV)
Crystal, Columbia. The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 NIV