Hey, you darling things!
Man, have I missed you! I may be out of sight sometimes when my hands are too full to tap their way to the blog page but you are never out of my mind. And that’s no lie. I mean it when I say it. You’re not even out of my mind when I’m out of my mind. Anyway, these days I see enough of you on Twitter to feel like we’re not very out of touch even when I’m momentarily less active on the blog. (@BethMooreLPM or when I have something to say that is only for Siestas – meaning you LPM bloggers – @Siestaville. It’s a lot of fun on there if you like that kind of thing. Just don’t take it too seriously. It doesn’t replace our quiet times or anything.)
It’s Sunday afternoon after a fabulous morning of church, a good plate of Tex Mex with my man, and a tiny nap and now I’m outside on the back porch wishing all of you were having tea with me. I have no idea how we’d all get on this porch but, if the Lord can multiply loaves and fishes, He can provide square feet and a few thousand extra tea cups that look just like these.
Oh, I know what some of you are thinking. “Beth, we’ve seen those same cups a thousand times.” Yep. I know. I drink out of them every day – I do mean every single day – but isn’t there some comfort in occasionally knowing what to expect? Knowing what somebody’s (non-destructive) habits are can be a sweet slice of kinship, don’t you think? Keith is sitting on the other side of this wrought iron porch table so I don’t exactly know how much time he’ll give me but I’ll write like a maniac till he says with a fair amount of exasperation, “Lizabeth, how long are you gonna be doing that?” and then I’ll say, “Give me five more minutes!” and then I’ll have to say bye or he’ll get up and go to the shooting range. I only get a window before he moves on. Grin.This is one of many reasons why the man is fairly hard to take advantage of. He doesn’t put up with a lot of putting off. Never has. Which may be one reason we’re still married.
Just so you can picture our scene together (yours, mine, Keith’s, Geli’s and Queen Esther’s), I’ll give you a few descriptions. It’s the first breezy day of dropped temperatures in Houston, Texas this September and a delight to no end because it’s very, VERY early this year. It’s in the higher 80’s right now (late afternoon) but it was in the divine 60’s early this morning. Even this particular variety of the 80’s is pleasant right this second because, lo and behold, there’s very little humidity. Please be impressed. This is second only to the parting of the Red Sea. You should have seen all the great hair at church today. It is a sparklingly gorgeous day and there are about four hummingbirds buzzing all around us here in my back yard. Oh, and I just drank a bug in my hot tea. I spit it out before I swallowed it. I share this so you know that all is well but, as long as we’re here on this planet awaiting its redemption, it’s still a far piece from perfect.There’s always the proverbial fly in the ointment somewhere.
I’ve had a Life Today taping since I talked to you last. (Last weekend) I sent out a prayer request on Twitter and, boy, did you pray that one up. We had one of the best groups ever. The studio audience only has space for a couple of hundred people so it is the PERFECT size to really interact with a group. I can actually walk over and touch one of them while I’m teaching or look straight into a face or even hear a sigh. They bless me indescribably. I just love the intimacy of the setting and it makes it so much easier to forget the anxiety fostered by very large and present cameras. As time goes on, I get closer and closer to and fonder and fonder of the people on the taping team at Life Today.
The people on my team at LifeWay are like family to me. For those of you who don’t know the distinction between the two (and who would care to know this much anyway??), the LifeWay projects are the video-driven Bible studies like A Woman’s Heart, Breaking Free, Esther, and James: Mercy Triumphs. We’ve worked together for 18 years, have grown up in that genre of discipleship together, been through many ups and downs and have long since bonded as tight as blood kin. We work together throughout any given Bible study project so it’s much more involved than four times a year, which is my more typical annual schedule with Life Today. The Life Today tapings are for the Wednesday television broadcasts of my good friends, James and Betty Robison’s syndicated Monday through Friday program. (The most generous people I know on earth. Who in the world would give up 20 per cent of their entire air time?? And to someone like Blonder Than She Pays To Be??And before they had any idea whether it would even mesh with their audience?? And, no. I don’t pay a dime for it. It’s a mind boggling opportunity to reach people we might never see in our Bible studies. A true gift of grace that I will never completely understand.)
Anyway, what I was saying before I started making a short story long: we’ve developed a really neat relationship over the years of taping at Life Today. For instance, I don’t stay in hotels much anymore when I go. I’ve stayed the last few times in the tiny little guest house of their photographer, Janice Meyer, and her good buddy, Kim. I am crazy about both of them but there is one other reason why I like to stay there. Fur. And a lot of it. This was my welcome last week.
Come on, now! Tell me you don’t feel the love?? It makes me so dang happy I can hardly stand it. There’s a doggy door in the tiny guest house so they can come see me while I’m studying. While I teach, the dog hair flies all over the audience from my wardrobe but we get through it just fine. We just sneeze, blow our noses, and get to the next point. This time after the taping, someone on the video team asked me if I’d mind getting a picture made with the taping crew. Honestly, I nearly got choked up. I’m pretty sure somebody made them do it but, still, it really touched me that they cared to have it. Or at least didn’t run from it. I’ve come to love and appreciate them so much. Many of them have worked for James and Betty for years. Decades. That’s a true test of integrity in many ways in my eyes. Here’s the Life Today team. Two people to my right in the beige top is my Life Today make-up artist, Faith. I like to say that I get a work of Faith even before I open my Bible on the set:
OK. I’ve got to start moving faster through this blog or Keith’s going to shut me down before I get to the “help me get the word out” part. This weekend was the official kick off of the fightin’ Texas Aggies’ 2012 football season and their inauguration into the SEC. My firstborn didn’t start demanding to go to Texas A&M to college until kindergarten. No other university ever took her eye. Not one. Her blood was maroon from day 1. So, she absconded with the pastor of our church and headed to the game and I got to intercept the children. We snatched them from their car yesterday morning and didn’t have to surrender them until today at church. We had the best time with them ever. I could talk about them until you’d rock back and forth with boredom so I’ll try to hit the high points and I’ll be able to do it faster if I don’t pick any certain order. So, get ready to bounce like a red rubber ball.
This is the children these days. In everyday blogs, you really don’t use your professional photos. Just mostly casual pictures taken with your phone so keep that in mind. All of these are with my iPhone:
Jackson (above, shoeless – he really does have legs. You just can’t see them. He has not had a knee-ectomy as it appears in said photo) just started the first grade and is missing two teeth and another is hanging by a fleshy thread. He has a lisp that makes Amanda and me swoon with adoration. This is Miss Pris. Oh, good grief. I can barely stand the preciousness.
She talks a hundred miles an hour, very expressively, and usually with both hands. Stop it. No comments. To give you a little idea of how much nostalgia this child causes Keith and me, this is Amanda at her age. I wish you could see this better but I don’t have time to scan. I just snapped a cell picture of a picture but you’ll get the idea. Unless you’re as blind as a bat.
I could just about cry over that. But I don’t have time. Next! (***But in rereading the post just before publishing, I realized that I accidentally cut off Amanda’s legs in above picture taken with my phone. She hadn’t had a knee-ectomony either. At least you can see clearly that she and Jackson are well related.) These are two little outfits I got for Annabeth at Target yesterday. She’s got on one of them in the earlier picture. For you moms and grandmoms of little girls, the clothes at Target right now are adorable! I wasn’t as enthusiastic about the boys’ selections (come on, manufacturers! man up!) but I gave the girls’ stuff an A.
I tweeted that picture earlier today and two of you said, “I LOVE THAT TABLE!” Me, too! Listen, I’m not much of a furniture person and I’m the furthest thing from a decorator but I love that table to no end. If my house caught on fire, it’s the only piece of furniture I’d try to make my man drag out of there. Part of what I love about it is the host of memories made there. So much laughter. SO MANY OPINIONS. And some fairly fine food on occasion.
When you live in the country, there’s always a critter to look at. I caught the kids looking at a rabbit in under a tree. I don’t think you can see the rabbit in the picture but, unfortunately, you can indeed see a set of elk horns. Why, I ask you?? WHY????? WHY ARE THEY SITTING THERE??? This is life with Keith Moore. Whom I love.Those are pipes sitting there to the right side of the scene if you’re wondering. They’re for irrigating some trees. May the Lord grant them to go underground sooner than later.
I have no vocabulary to wrap around my gratitude to God for the family time we get to share with Keith’s parents. As you long-timers here on the blog know, we live right next door to them. This set of children know their great-grandparents WELL. Oh, Jesus, thank You. I don’t know why but I’ve wanted to cry every time I’ve looked at this picture since I snapped it last night. I love this man so much and, Lord have mercy, he has had so many health problems that it’s a miracle he’s alive. Every single day we have Keith’s parents is a gift to us. Sit up a little bit and have some respect. This, my dear sisters and daughters, is one fine man. Mr. John Moore and his great grandson, Jackson. A future great man, we pray.
This is part of our Saturday night ritual at Bibby’s house. Annabeth gets a warm sudsy bath, shampoo and conditioner, a good blow dry from a near professional (laughing), and a mani-pedi. Jackson is a breeze! A bath and a towel dry and we’re DONE! It ain’t easy being a woman.
This I took this morning. I escorted both children outside when they each got up so that I could help them formally welcome “Mr. Autumn.” Oh, I realize, you cynics you, that it could be 95 degrees in Houston by tomorrow but you cannot take a Houstonian’s joy away at the first cool breeze. It’s an earnest deposit on a Fall sure to come…at least by Christmas.
We then got dressed and ready for church and headed into town for a glorious morning. My pastor DROPPED a word on us this morning from the pages of 2 Corinthians. Sometimes I can’t even fathom that I’m related to the man up there preaching. What unfathomable grace. He has blown our minds this year. Bayou City Fellowship celebrates our first birthday next Sunday. It has been the dearest, most unforgettable year of my church life and, girlfriend, that’s saying a LOT. I have loved church all my life. It has been a harbor to me through innumerable storms. We sang a song that was new to me today but the lyrics fell on me with such power. Here is the part that got me the most. It’s a terrible picture but the words are why I want you to see it. Oh, and by the way, that’s our Lindsee Lou’s darling little face in the left-hand corner of the screen. She’s one of our very gifted worship leaders.
OUR GOD HAS SPOKEN. Oh, indeed He has. And the chains are BROKEN, bless His unfathomable Name. I was overcome as Keith and I sang those words with our two daughters – embodiments of such redemption – standing right next to us. The four original Moores worshiped together this morning, then three of us – Keith, Melissa, and me – received communion from Amanda and Curtis. “The Body of Christ broken for you. The blood of Christ poured out for you.”
Oh, God. Thank You. You are my entire life. The breath in my lungs. The only good in me.
Well, wouldn’t you know I’d run out of time before I got to the news I wanted you to help me spread??? OK. I’ve got to give it to you quickly. The simulcast is this coming Saturday: September 15th. For the first time, you can even tune in as an individual. I mean, by all means, get to a group if there’s one in your area or if you can manage to pull one together. The sense of corporate worship is ideal for something like this but, if you can’t get with others, come by yourself by way of your own computer screen! I’ll get Lindsee to stick a link in here tomorrow for those of you who would still like to look into it. (For those waiting for it, here is the link to all the details on the simulcast.) The individual price isn’t much more than a trip to the movies with a coke, candy, and popcorn. I wish so much we could do it for free! But at least it’s fairly affordable. As I told them on Twitter, I have nothing fleshly to gain from more people participating. I’m not driven by numbers. Just too old to be and been around too long, I think. And not a single dime from a Living Proof Live goes into my personal checking account. The only reason I’m inviting anyone is because I pray – oh God PLEASE – that He is the one inviting all of us. Listen, the least that can happen is that we come together and worship God and open His Word and He is faithful to His promise that His Word will not return empty. You can’t beat a Saturday like that! I’m promising no bells and whistles. No dog and pony show. I don’t know how well the messages will be put together but I promise you I’m studying hard and trying to hear from God. I can’t control the technology or, half the time, my own mouth, God have mercy on me, but I am believing God for this Saturday. He IS faithful. That I know. And I believe He’s put this together and not we ourselves.
I am asking God for something huge to happen to us. I am praying with all of my heart for a revival for women. The news I’d like you to help me to spread, however, is to the men. To every man you know who might be willing to pray. This summer at Living Proof Live an interesting thing happened two different times. God raised up men (of their own volition and vision) in that city to pray for that gathering of women. The Spirit FELL on us and I cannot help but think that one reason why we sensed Him so powerfully was because brothers joined in and prayed. He esteemed it highly I believe.
I feel like God would do the same thing if we women banded together and prayed for a move of His Spirit among our brothers. On this coming Tuesday (the 11th), you’re going to see a post I’ll have written called “Brothers, Pray for Us.” I am asking men to commit to pray for us (just individually, informally on their own as they feel led) on Saturday, September 15th. It can be a one-time prayer or maybe they’d remember us several times that day. Maybe some of them would even feel led to fast through the hours of our gathering (I’ll post those hours on Tuesday) but I don’t want to put any kind of restraints on it. I’m just asking men to intercede with faith for us and I believe God may well respond by doing something in our midst we otherwise might not experience. I’m not just looking for husbands of participants to pray though I hope they will! I’m talking about men of God of any age, married or single, that would simply care enough to lift up their sisters in Christ before the Throne of Grace.
It would really build our faith if they’d sign in on the Tuesday blog with their name and city but we want prayer whether or not they sign on the dotted line. Would you help us get word out and encourage as many men as possible to join in with us and perhaps let us know on the Tuesday blog that we have their support? They wouldn’t need to leave a big comment. Just a “Keith, Houston, Texas” kind of thing would be sufficient. I’d love to know if it’s a pastor though. Ask him if he’d tell us the name of his church as well. I want to tell all the sisters on Saturday at the simulcast what kind of covering we have, at least by estimation. Do you get the vision or have I rushed it too much? You’ll see me put it out on Twitter Tuesday morning right after the blog goes up. Please wait to get word out on Twitter until the blog is posted on Tuesday so that the guys don’t get all confused about where they’re supposed to sign in.
Thank you so much, Sisters! I am convinced that the impact of their prayers could be dramatic. God has placed this so powerfully on my heart that I’d have to wonder why He’d bother pressing it upon me with such force and not intend to respond to it. That’s just not the way He works. “The prayer of a righteous man has great effectiveness,” James says. Let’s see some of that effectiveness!
Oh, mercy, I’ve got to get off of here before Keith goes to the shooting range!
I LOVE YOU. That’s the absolute truth. So much. Talk to you soon!
Annabeth has grown so much — what a little lady she has become! So precious. And love the kneeless Jackson :)Thanks for sharing, Beth!
Beth, reading your post just now, I felt like I was right there with you on the porch sipping tea! I have one too; we call it the “Glory Porch”. It’s right here in Reading PA where you’re coming next weekend. And we are ready! This morning at church (Grace Fellowship in Shillington) I led the congregation in a chant, “Reading is Ready” for revival. The men are with us…have been for a year now and they will be praying, you can count on it. Just today there were some women who decided last minute to come to the conference. It was as if God tapped them on the shoulder and said, “You’re going.” Thank you for inclining your ear to hear what God has to say to them and all of us. And while you’re in town, we’d love to have you stop by the Glory Porch!
Blessings,
Karen
Hello, Miss Beth!
Loved the update. We here in Idaho also rejoiced at a cool morning – cool enough to require the little girls at church to wear cardigans with their fouffy dresses. 🙂
the picture of Jackson and his great-grandpa is precious, and leads me to ask for prayer. If you (and anyone else who happens to read this) would feel led to pray for my grandparents, I’d much appreciate it. They moved back to town this weekend, just a five minute walk from my husband and I. It’s been at least 5 years since I’ve seen them, and it was a shock. They’re much frailer than I expected. I sense that there isn’t a whole lot of time left for me to develop the relationships with them that I never had as a child due to strained family dynamics.
Oh…they are Mormon. More than anything, I want them to know Jesus. I’m not a brave person and I stammer more than I speak, but I’m asking God for courage and for words. And opportunities.
Love to you!
P.S. – “See” you at the simulcast!
Girlfriend I just prayed through tears for you and your family! You just keep believing God for your grandparents salvation and watch the miracle unfold. And have confidence! Jesus is living in YOU and WILL give you the words to say when they need to be spoken. 🙂
Thank you, Laura!
Wow! I read that so fast…..wanted to get it all in before you missed spending time with your man. I love that you share life with us…..thank you for encouraging me….with my family and in my daily walk. Love that you live in the country….I live in the country too, but with lots of mountains and cold weather…..know that my man will be praying for Saturday and the simulcast. So excited to be able to uphold you all before the Father. I am truly praying that I do not have to work Sat. so I can be a part of it also….if not know that I am praying.
Love you Beth, and the lpm team and your family also.
Beth –
Great update! I can attest to the appreciation of the respite in the weather – we have enjoyed the cooler temps in Dallas, too. I just got home from spending an hour or so with you – my ladies and I just started the James: Mercy Triumphs series. Felt my toes stepped on a bit tonight! But I know it is all in God’s timing.
Thanks for taking the time to share with your spiritual family via Internet – I know I am truly blessed.
I will be praying for you, friend, this week as you prepare to share the message God has given your heart.
Kelly
You always have such great news to share, Beth. Thankyou.
“She talks a hundred miles an hour, very expressively, and usually with both hands” – No surprise where she got that! hahahahaha
Thank you for sharing. So fun. Praying for the simulcast, planning on attending at our local SBC office.
I love you! 🙂
Oh, sweet Beth. You are so genuine in your pursuit of Him. A glorious mess, right? With a Glorious Future. Deeply stirred for you to see God’s work on this one-year anniversary~Gal 4:19~Christ being formed in many through Curtis and Amanda’s ministry. Loved when you said that not a dime from Living Proof Live goes into your personal acct. Amazing but no surprise there. Of course, my pastor husband and I will pray Titus 1:1 that you will serve His Word well—for the Faith of His people and for the Knowledge of the Truth that leads to changed lives.
Dearest Ms. Beth,
I will absolutely pass along your requests for prayer for the simulcast. What a powerful things to have our men praying over us and the entire event. My brother’s a minister and I’ll be sure to pass Tuesday’s blog along to him.
Loved all your picture! Wishing I was sitting on that porch visiting with you on a great Texas weather day. 😉
Bless you and your ministry. You are so loved!
Shelly
Sharing this on facebook. Your blog was like a port in the storm for me. I feel like I’ve been walking on water this weekend. I pray much strength and grace from God for you and that God will empower you for the work you are doing for His kingdom. You will never know until you see the Lord face to face how many lives you have touched. Your hours spent are making an eternal difference in women’s live. You are a breath of fresh air. God bless you Beth Moore!
So looking forward to this weekend… have NO idea where I will participate, but am so looking forward to it! Trusting that He will orchestrate who I can invite. Several coworkers and friends who need Jesus just as much as I do.
Oh, Miss Beth…how I love your ramblings. My sister and I are joining some ladies at Anderson University this Saturday for the simulcast! We will have both of our husbands praying all of us up this week. Thank you for being you and loving us enough to teach us with such passion.
I have often wondered how women who live in the South manage to ever have good hair. 😛 After a Texas-like summer this year up here in Michigan, I gained even more respect for women who can pull off good, hot-weather hair.
I am still laughing about the comment you made at LPL in Knoxville about how “God was going to do something big because so many women had laid their hair on the altar!”
So none of that was the overriding point of this post… so on another note, I am attending the Simulcast in my area with a friend who has had a wearied year. I am also going to ask my husband to be in prayer for the event.
I await God’s great love to fall on us all. 🙂 Thank you for your obedience and commitment to praying that you stay out of His way. It marks your ministry.
Hi Beth!!!
I love your heart. I love hearing about your family and I truly enjoyed reading your post! What a blessing!
Great idea! I’d like to participate and I’ll see what I can do 🙂
God Bless You, Sister! You are making a difference in Jesus’ Name
Hugs, more hugs, blessings and tons of prayers!
Ganise
Thank you for sharing your family. It’s a blessing to me. My husband doesn’t go to church (please pray).
God is able! I’m believing for a change for your husband, In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Hugs,
Ganise
As a mom of a boy, I just have to say that Target does NOT consistently carry good boy clothes. And why do so many of them have to have a skull & bones? 🙂 You have precious grandchildren, Beth!
I’ve been reading your blog since someone mentioned it in our James study last fall, but I have never commented. Beth, I’ve done so many of your Bible Studys through our Church and I feel like I know you. Just reading this makes me feel like I just spent some time with a good friend. I know you hear that alot, but please know it is heart felt. I’ll keep coming back to hear more.
Was about to tweet to the men before I saw the “wait till Tuesday but”! So excited! Definitely joining in via simulcast here at home!!!
Miss Beth! I wasnt sure it was possible to adore you any more! I so enjoyed that and love being encouraged by your beautiful words. My amazing man of God hubby is sitting with me and will be praying for the simulcast! He’s excited for his wife to sit under more of your teaching 🙂 thank you for being you and seeking our Lord Jesus the way you do. It truly moves me!
Xo Kristen
Beth, I follow you on twitter and thought I would visit your blog…I love it! You are such a ray of sunshine and I really would love to do a Beth Moore study, do you know of any in the Dallas Fort Worth area?
Loved the post– I needed a good visit with a Siesta this evening. Fell over laughing about your man heading for the shooting range if you pause too long. My sweetheart of 35 years e-mailed me a picture early this morning of the elk he just got with his muzzle-loader in Colorado. It’s that time of year all right. I played with our grandbabies last weekend (had to fly cause they’re 9 hours drive away), and thanked the Lord for His sweet blessings. Thank you for sharing your life, sweet Beth. Jesus is so precious. I loved visiting with you tonight:)
Beth,
You are a hoot!
Love Love Love You!
Beth,
Your post entered my email in box just minutes ago ( Sunday evening around 7:30pm west coast ) and I laughed and cried with you. I just want you to know how much I love you and can’t wait for the message this Saturday.
Going on my face all week for you.
Delight in Him!
-kd
Wow! I’m out of breath reading that post! I read it in 4/4 time because I knew you were in a hurry!! I absolutely loved all the photos! Mr. Moore is darling! I remember him from when I was a little girl. Call John and get Moore!!
God is so good! I am happy for the work HE continually calls you to. He has been doing an amazing work in my own life and the journey I am embarking with Him is such a blast and a blessing. I miss you, Ms Beth, and I miss everyone at BCF. I was there the very first Sunday on 9/11/11 last year!! What a fast year!! Pastor Curtis is a great preacher!!!
Praying blessings all over you all! I will try to attend one of the services next Sunday! Your good friend Christine Caine will be at Lakewood in October. Are you going to be able to attend?
A thousand blessings to you with all my love!
Roxanne
Beth! What an awesome post. I loved hearing all the updates. I can’t get over Jackson and Annabeth. The picture of Amanda is precious. And I got a lump in my throat reading about your receiving communion from Amanda and Curtis. God is so good!
I love that you share your tea cup moments and pictures of your life. Loved seeing Queen Esther on the porch with you! I laughed out loud with all the fur surrounding you in the little guest house. Yes, I felt the love!
I am excited about Sept. 15th! I am going to be going to the simulcast at a local church. I will help spread the word when you post Tuesday. I will also be praying for you Beth! Jesus is always faithful! And with our brothers praying, I can’t wait to see what God is going to do. See you on Saturday!
Love,
Michelle
Well, I just finished putting the freshly cleaned guns from our trip to the shooting range away right before I read your post. LOL Today marks the end of week 3 of my nephew (20) and his buddy (19) living with me. I am praying that they will come to know the Lord soon. In church last week the passage was 2 Chronicles 20 in which Judah is out numbered by 3 nations that have come against them. The solution offered by God was to stand there singing and praising Him and to let Him help and give victory. I cried through the whole service as I pleaded with our Father God to do what only He can do. Only God can save and redeem.
We have had some good moments since they came and several rough ones. I keep asking God to not let me mess up the work I see Him doing.
Love reading the blog posts from everyone. One day we will have tea together and Jesus will be there with us. What a glorious day that will be. Until then, we can lift up our cups of tea from one corner of the world to the other and live together in the hope of His appearing.
Dearest Beth,
Oh how I have missed you!! The little ones are growing up so fast little Annabeth looks so much like her mom what super pix I missed you sooo much!
I had to put my precious little S and P minischnauzer of 12 yrs of age to sleep last Sat at ten AM I am still crying!!! It was so sad driving her the 40 miles to the vet to put her down. I miss her so much I wrote a tribute to her explaining how she reflected God’s glory as all creation does. How she was happy to meet me no matter how long I was gone just like God does when I drift away some times. Also how she stuck by my side no matter where I was around this place. Her unconditional love just like Gods and how my selfishness turned ot selflessness when she needed care from me. It is so sad to lose a grea tfriend. I am hoping she runs to meet me in Heaven some day but I have no assurence in scripture of this I can only hope. My my sweet Tiffany rest in peace!!!
Thanks for your post today I needed this as I wait til I can get a new pup!!!
Love ya,
Betty M
Wow Beth,
I love it when you’re “real” on your blog. I mean, when you tell us about your life. God Bless you for all you and your family do for the kingdom of God.
I love to watch Life Today. That’s how I got my Mother into Bible Study. I’ve done all of your book studies and now she’s going to Bible Studies with me at church. She’s in her 80’s and I moved back home with her and my Dad when I lost everything living in another city. But I feel the Lord has called me to be with them again to bring my Mother to a better relationship with the Lord and the rest of my family. There are a lot of hurts that have happened among family memebers; I remember one lesson on Life Today where you talked about fighting for our families and not fight with each other, it’s the evil one at work…. So I’ve been praying and some prayers have been answered! THANK YOU LORD!
The little house where you stay where doggies come visit; I’d love that!!!!
Also, It’s great that Texas A&M is in the SEC but I’m a Tennessee fan…. so look out Texas A & M, it’s a tough conference!!
I love you too Beth even if we have never met.
PS!
Another terrible thing happened here! In my house is two laptops and one desk top computer and right now the only one that works is a laptop I can only be on for 10 mins and it shuts down!!!! I can not watch anything of any length right now til my desk top comes back. I also have to be at a retreat this weekend so will miss the simulcast entirely. I will be in prayer though would give anything if I could see it. Blessings! Betty M
Beth,
I will post my dear husband’s name on Tuesday. I remembered you mentioned this at the live taping last weekend and came home and told my Mister about it. He said he’d pray for your simulcast and my little group meeting in our home all this week.
I’m so excited. And did I mention that he took me fishing and sang worship half the way home after the live taping last Saturday. He received my good news and the next morning as I wept in worship at the overwhelming goodness of our God my husband lifted his hands during worship and praised God with His hands lifted high. Precious. It was in that moment that I truly realized in so many ways God is granting my heart’s desires…
Thank you for our precious moment after the taping. You have blessed my life beyond measure in the nine years I’ve been acquainted with your ministry. I was deeply deeply touched by what you shared. I am grateful to be a part of the communi of women who gathers here.
Love you,
M
Such a joy! We love you and your family so much, thank you for sharing 🙂
Really looking forward to next Saturday. Praying God does a mighty work. My husband is also praying and will be joining me on the couch as we join with you.
We’ll get the word out!!
Hi,Mama Beth!
Thank you for visiting with us today 🙂 My kids were blessed to know their great-grandparents, too, until they were 12,13, and 15. My grandparents would take the time to sit and really listen and chat and play with them. The love was mutual between them…such priceless memories! One day we will all be reunited and begin making new memories once again!
Getting ready in just a couple of weeks to begin a new season of studying with you…I’m excited!
Keeping you in prayer as you do us!
I so loved this Sunday night visit!
Love to you!
Dear Beth
I so enjoy your blog and Bible studies, but that is not the reason I write today. The reason that I wrote today is…your man!!! I have a man very similar to yours and relate…or maybe I should say commiserate, with your stories of him. Ok back to the purpose of my email. I know that men like ours are VERY hard to buy for so I had an idea to maybe help you with your next gift for Keith. I have thought about this for months not sure how to contact you. We own a company that makes accessories for boats. What got me thinking was a previous post to your blog had a picture of Keith’s boat and our one of our products is already on it. Anyway my email is included so if your interested please email me or have your staff email me and I will send details and a website.
Oh Beth….I’ve followed your blog for a long time, taken many of your wonderful studies….SO enjoyed your personal sharing, of your life and most especially your family….your Gay has been on my heart since ‘what ever that thing is’ that happened…happened….prayed for her….and ALL of the family….I hope some time soon….you will be able to share how, where, she is and how we can pray for her….I always think about her, and wonder what happened….maybe you wonder that as well….our God is so totally amazing…I know he is in charge of this…..as he is of everything…
So many love you …and I am one
Montana Gal………
Thanks for being a conduit to the living God, El Shaddai, carrying us to Him through your prayers and carrying Him to us through your teaching. What a blessing. Praying for you to remain firm and steadfast against Satan’s deception…to remain pure and holy before God as you lead those who look up to you as an example to follow. Blessings on you, Beth Moore. Blessings on your family, your health, your godly wisdom and your spiritual fervor. Blessings beyond measure….from your Jehovah Jireh who surely looks upon you with great pride. This is my prayer for you.
SOBBING!!!!!!
Do you have an extra kleenex handy?
I just love how you write to all of us yet it feels like you are writing to us individually! I felt like I just had tea with a friend 🙂 I’m so happy that you and Keith had such an enjoyable time with the kiddos. They are growing up so fast! I just have to say that everyone I see the movie Tangled (4yr old niece who LOVES it!) I think of your little AB. I think it’s her beautiful big eyes 🙂 I’m not going to be able to participate in the simulcast but will certainly be praying.
MISS BETH!! How wonderful to hear your voice in print. I actually hear you on the computer with some regularity–but realize now how much I have missed your writing voice.
Much that could be said, but this is what I must tell you as I shake off the chuckles: all I can think of when reading the word “hummingbird” in your vicinity is, “I AM A FRIEND TO BIRDS! I AM A FRIEND TO BIRDS!”
It sounds like the ones on your porch were more gentile than those at the RV campsite 🙂
Been praying, will pray and now will get my household of 4 males to be praying for Saturday.
SO THRILLED. Many x’s and o’s
Miss Beth,
I’m a Texas girl living in the Last Frontier of Alaska for the moment and oh how your comment on everybody’s hair looking good this morning at church made me laugh! Would you believe you could actually miss the heat and humidity? I do! Those 60 degree Houston mornings are glorious! We, however, had frost this morning. Fall has definitely arrived up here!
I had no idea your oldest is an Aggie! Me too!
Hope you have a wonderful week!
That was such a fun post, Beth!! And if you ever really want to feel autumn weather, than come up yonder because our September temps won’t disappoint you (in the 30’s this morning). Annabeth is tres darling – and Jackson, such a big boy! And why aren’t those antlers in your living room, my dear??? (I’m right now looking up at a warthog who keeps a watchful eye over the bed I share with the man who shot it) (that would be my husband). If I didn’t have taxidermy to decorate with, I wouldn’t know what to do with these walls. My in-laws (from San Angelo!) arrive late Friday, so I won’t be able to join in on Saturday – but hope maybe I can record and/or download it – ? to watch at a later date.
Have a wonderful week; you’ll be in my prayers.
Loved your comment about ” If I didn’t have taxidermy to decorate with, I wouldn’t know what to do with these walls”… Made me laugh – a lot!
Love,
Adrienne
When we attended a simulcast based on your book, Get Out of That Pit, at Central Church here on Hilton Head a few years ago, those women of our Island commmunity who attended were honored to be greeted by the men of that church as well as the women. Led by their pastor, they had been interceding for us and for blessings to fall on that two-day gathering.
I wondered why I did not see them in the morning session, until at lunchtime I realized that they had chosen to prepare and serve us our lunch. They waited on us hand and foot, delivering our lunches and beverages to the table, bussing the tables, offering dessert and even doing all of the clean up. We felt so blessed to learn they had chosen to support us in this way so that the women of their congregation would be able to attend the simulcast and be able to fully focus on the word God had given you to deliver.
Through prayer and service, they took a role very similar to the one you’re calling for; and we definitely felt the power of that.
Beth,
How do I feel like I know you, yet we’ve never spoken face to face? We were in a women’s restroom at a living proof event years ago and no words could come out of my mouth, ha ha. Jesus is so evident in you. I can’t wait to hear what He has to say to us through you this weekend. Prayers for you all week long as He prepares you. Hugs!!!!
From this Auburn Tiger — welcome to the SEC, Aggies, see you at Jordan Hare in a few weeks!
Love all the other news and great stuff going on and precious pictures. Life is good and life is full.
blessings, J
Beth,
Love your updates! Our church of about 30 in attendance on a Sunday morning (half of those are college students or children)out here in the boon docks of Fort Valley Georgia are hosting a group of 7-15 women in a home. We are excited and expecting God to move among these women.
Definitely will pass on to our men about the prayer support!
God Bless!
Dear Beth,
Loved your post; I have missed hearing about your family. Please lift a prayer for my family–specifically for my DIL, a new mom of our first granddaughter born in April at 1 lb. 9 oz. The baby is doing wonderfully, up to 9lbs now, but her momma…she is struggling with suicidal depression and FEAR with a capital F. My husband, our son, and I are doing all we can but oh we need prayer. Please lift one before the throne on our behalf, especially for this fear to be broken. Thank you for how you have and continue to bless my life by Christ’s work in and through you.
Dear Beth,
Thank you, thank you for all that you share with us! I hope that you know that sometimes the very simplest everyday things you share about your life reflect to me God’s love. It makes me stop in my tracks and look at my own life and see those simple blessings even more clearly. I’m in Atlanta and shared your great joy of a “humidity-free” morning! Thank you for being a great woman of Faith and for always being willing to be transparent in an effort to share your walk with God. I can’t think of a greater compliment than that to bestow upon you. Have a blessed day! Lisa
Thank you for always being real and encouraging us to do the same. Thank you for sharing your precious family with us!!! Loved waking up and finding this on my email this morning. (grin) Hope you have a great day and may all of this week feel like fall.
Love you bunches!
Hi Beth, I am so looking forward to the simulcast next Saturday! It will be great to spend the day with you, my Siesta sisters hearing God’s word, and worshiping God with Travis’ team.
I love you!
Rhonda
I am looking forward to Saturday. I am doing the individual simulcast. I wish I could go to every event you have. I can never say enough about how much your ministry has changed my life. Plus I have made such wonderful friends through the siestas especially the group from Houston. If any of you read this I love you and miss you tremendously.
I just sent word to our men’s Bible study on Saturday to be praying for the gals at the simulcast:)
So excited about hosting the simulcast again this year at TPCC. Expecting refreshing this weekend:)
Thank you Beth.