UPDATE 2/17 – I went ahead and opened comments back up since I don’t know when this process will be finished. I’m sorry about all this!
Hey Siestas! The web guys are working to get our blog moved over to the new platform. I temporarily closed comments so that nothing gets lost in the shuffle. It’s taking a bit longer than expected but I’m hoping we’ll be back in business tomorrow. Until then, please keep the prayers coming! Have a great day, everyone.
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UPDATE 2/17 – I went ahead and opened comments back up since I don’t know when this process will be finished. I’m sorry about all this!
Hey Siestas! The web guys are working to get our blog moved over to the new platform. I temporarily closed comments so that nothing gets lost in the shuffle. It’s taking a bit longer than expected but I’m hoping we’ll be back in business tomorrow. Until then, please keep the prayers coming! Have a great day, everyone.
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Bobbie says: It looks like the Moore/Jones families had a wonderful Valentine's weekend–Loved AnnaBeth in her tutu. I laughed outloud when I saw the pics of J and AB with her in tears! That was always our Easter pictures, one or the other was always crying "please no more pictures"!
Bible Study last night was absolutely heart grabbing–Beth you were really 'bringin it'!! Thank you for listening to God when He speaks.
Praying for all the changes with our blog site!
Shellie Paparazzo says: I'm so glad you opened up comments again. I was starting to have withdrawals! Plus I was worried I wouldn't be able to post on the So Long, Insecurity discussion by Thursday (I'm not ready yet).
By the way, my book arrived wrapped in beautiful pink wrapping and with a card the day we celebrated my birthday!
Anonymous says: Heavenly Father we pray for your hand upon this blog site and thiss blog community. Father we pray for your hand upon each of the gifted persons you have working to move this site to a new site more equipped to handle what you have created this community to be! Thank you Jesus for the LPM Blog.
Amen.
Cindy Hurricane says: Gender’s massive struggle – Sitting back and letting a relationship unfold instead of plowing forward and taking control.
Insecurity – Where do I begin – Perfectionism is first and foremost
I set the bar very high for myself which is unrealistic. I hold others to standard they can not achieve not because I want them to fail, but possibly because I want to succeed more than them!
My confidence masks my weaknesses
I can manipulate and control situations to buffer myself.
My defense mechanism are sarcasm; everything’s ok, I don’t need any ones help,
Unrealistic expectation of relationships – I don’t want to get hurt so if I push them away first it won’t hurt so bad… back to that control thing!
Cindy
Virginia
Single & sassy 40's
Marsha L. says: I just got my book! She had me from the first word!
Ironically I just attended a women's retreat and stood up at the end and said "I am so sick of living life dominated by fear (insecurities). I want to live an exciting life, knowing that the Lord has it all in His hand! I look forward to the good work that the Lord is going to do in my life by using this book to catapult me in to a life SECURE!
Michelle says: Beth-
I am so glad that Jesus prompted you to write this book. As God only knows, there are so many of us who struggle with this "silent" issue. I have been on a 4+ journey with Him in preparation for how the material in this book will change my life!!
The comments about drawing our security from people really hit home for me. I have learned through a broken relationship that Jesus is the only one I can and should count on.
I can relate to a constant fear of rejection and deep uncertainty whether my feelings and desires are legitimate. This fear of rejection started in my childhood and has never left me.
Michelle
Wisconsin
40's
Married
Teresa Lee says: Can I still join in on the conversation of the group reading your new book??? I just got the book and started reading it?
DeborahC says: Will Beth be weighing in on Travis' good news? I need more Kleenex.
Jamie says: So Long Insecurity, week 1
Dealing with a double mastectomy & the decisions about reconstruction certainly brought home my gender's massive struggle with insecurity. Just consulting with a plastic surgeon & getting opinions from friends & other breast cancer survivors was revealing as to the way we see ourselves and feel about our femininity. Thank you for this book, Beth!
Jamie
Glen Carbon, IL
54 & married
Anonymous says: This book is proving to be a "thinking book" for me. WOW! Praying God will help me thru areas of insecurity. Thanks, Beth, for caring about this issue in our lives.
Anonymous says: Jamie, bless your heart! I had double mastectomies almost 4 years ago and decided not to do reconstruction surgery at all. My husband backed me up in this completly. Each woman has to make this decision for herself. Please do whatever the Lord speaks to your heart. My husband did go through a time of adjustment about 18 months later, I'll be hones, but we are on the other side together. There is a lot of 'found security' now knowing that women can come to me for support and prayer in their time of need and insecurity, and the men in our church know there can be a friend who sticks closer than a brother in my husband. May the Lord bless and keep you.
Kim
Tallahassee
50's
Many studies but 1st time on bloggisphere.
deskidmore says: Latest Insecurity Encounter? – at a recent event where I didn't get enough of my husband's attention and other females did. (He was leading the group!)
Anxiety about my relationships is my description.
Denise
Married
50's
WV
Janice Ruth says: Here are my answers to week one's questions.
The last time I came face to face with our gender's massive struggle with insecurity was when I looked around a room full of women and saw far too many dressing to hook a man.
The part of the definition or description of insecurity that resonates most with me is a constant feeling of inadequacy. I know this is interferring with my relationship with God. I haven't been able to achieve much as I constantly criticize everything I attempt to do. This leads to a sense of hopelessness, and an attitude of why bother.
Janice
I am a widow in my 60's
Lake Forest, Ca
Michelle Bentham says: Forgot to add…Married.
lynn says: LynnG
54
married
Eastern NC
Thanks for opening up comments – and God bless you Beth for writing this book – how much I needed this along w/6000+ other women!!! Got the book on Tuesday and finished it by Saturday – couldn't put it down – so spoke to my heart – going back and reading it again – thank you, thank you!!!
Last time I was faced w/a massive struggle w/insecurity – at work this week – just found out my female co-worker (there's only two of us in the office) is tattling to our boss about all the things I do wrong in a day – just dealt w/one issue w/her in a very godly way ( thank you God for the solution to that) and now this – insecurites are popping out all over – when I got home that day – there was the book waiting for me! What great timing!!!Thank you God!
The part of the definition that really struck me – I have a profound (wow what an accurate word) sense of self-doubt – a deep feeling of uncertainty about my basic worth and my place in this world. I have struggled w/this all my life. I'm a survivor of many childhood abuses that have had a major impact on me and have left me w/profound doubts about my self worth.
Looking forward to finding my place in God's world and becoming God-secure!!!
It looks like the Moore/Jones families had a wonderful Valentine's weekend–Loved AnnaBeth in her tutu. I laughed outloud when I saw the pics of J and AB with her in tears! That was always our Easter pictures, one or the other was always crying "please no more pictures"!
Bible Study last night was absolutely heart grabbing–Beth you were really 'bringin it'!! Thank you for listening to God when He speaks.
Praying for all the changes with our blog site!
I'm so glad you opened up comments again. I was starting to have withdrawals! Plus I was worried I wouldn't be able to post on the So Long, Insecurity discussion by Thursday (I'm not ready yet).
By the way, my book arrived wrapped in beautiful pink wrapping and with a card the day we celebrated my birthday!
Heavenly Father we pray for your hand upon this blog site and thiss blog community. Father we pray for your hand upon each of the gifted persons you have working to move this site to a new site more equipped to handle what you have created this community to be! Thank you Jesus for the LPM Blog.
Amen.
Gender’s massive struggle – Sitting back and letting a relationship unfold instead of plowing forward and taking control.
Insecurity – Where do I begin – Perfectionism is first and foremost
I set the bar very high for myself which is unrealistic. I hold others to standard they can not achieve not because I want them to fail, but possibly because I want to succeed more than them!
My confidence masks my weaknesses
I can manipulate and control situations to buffer myself.
My defense mechanism are sarcasm; everything’s ok, I don’t need any ones help,
Unrealistic expectation of relationships – I don’t want to get hurt so if I push them away first it won’t hurt so bad… back to that control thing!
Cindy
Virginia
Single & sassy 40's
I just got my book! She had me from the first word!
Ironically I just attended a women's retreat and stood up at the end and said "I am so sick of living life dominated by fear (insecurities). I want to live an exciting life, knowing that the Lord has it all in His hand! I look forward to the good work that the Lord is going to do in my life by using this book to catapult me in to a life SECURE!
Beth-
I am so glad that Jesus prompted you to write this book. As God only knows, there are so many of us who struggle with this "silent" issue. I have been on a 4+ journey with Him in preparation for how the material in this book will change my life!!
The comments about drawing our security from people really hit home for me. I have learned through a broken relationship that Jesus is the only one I can and should count on.
I can relate to a constant fear of rejection and deep uncertainty whether my feelings and desires are legitimate. This fear of rejection started in my childhood and has never left me.
Michelle
Wisconsin
40's
Married
Can I still join in on the conversation of the group reading your new book??? I just got the book and started reading it?
Will Beth be weighing in on Travis' good news? I need more Kleenex.
So Long Insecurity, week 1
Dealing with a double mastectomy & the decisions about reconstruction certainly brought home my gender's massive struggle with insecurity. Just consulting with a plastic surgeon & getting opinions from friends & other breast cancer survivors was revealing as to the way we see ourselves and feel about our femininity. Thank you for this book, Beth!
Jamie
Glen Carbon, IL
54 & married
This book is proving to be a "thinking book" for me. WOW! Praying God will help me thru areas of insecurity. Thanks, Beth, for caring about this issue in our lives.
Jamie, bless your heart! I had double mastectomies almost 4 years ago and decided not to do reconstruction surgery at all. My husband backed me up in this completly. Each woman has to make this decision for herself. Please do whatever the Lord speaks to your heart. My husband did go through a time of adjustment about 18 months later, I'll be hones, but we are on the other side together. There is a lot of 'found security' now knowing that women can come to me for support and prayer in their time of need and insecurity, and the men in our church know there can be a friend who sticks closer than a brother in my husband. May the Lord bless and keep you.
Kim
Tallahassee
50's
Many studies but 1st time on bloggisphere.
Latest Insecurity Encounter? – at a recent event where I didn't get enough of my husband's attention and other females did. (He was leading the group!)
Anxiety about my relationships is my description.
Denise
Married
50's
WV
Here are my answers to week one's questions.
The last time I came face to face with our gender's massive struggle with insecurity was when I looked around a room full of women and saw far too many dressing to hook a man.
The part of the definition or description of insecurity that resonates most with me is a constant feeling of inadequacy. I know this is interferring with my relationship with God. I haven't been able to achieve much as I constantly criticize everything I attempt to do. This leads to a sense of hopelessness, and an attitude of why bother.
Janice
I am a widow in my 60's
Lake Forest, Ca
Forgot to add…Married.
LynnG
54
married
Eastern NC
Thanks for opening up comments – and God bless you Beth for writing this book – how much I needed this along w/6000+ other women!!! Got the book on Tuesday and finished it by Saturday – couldn't put it down – so spoke to my heart – going back and reading it again – thank you, thank you!!!
Last time I was faced w/a massive struggle w/insecurity – at work this week – just found out my female co-worker (there's only two of us in the office) is tattling to our boss about all the things I do wrong in a day – just dealt w/one issue w/her in a very godly way ( thank you God for the solution to that) and now this – insecurites are popping out all over – when I got home that day – there was the book waiting for me! What great timing!!!Thank you God!
The part of the definition that really struck me – I have a profound (wow what an accurate word) sense of self-doubt – a deep feeling of uncertainty about my basic worth and my place in this world. I have struggled w/this all my life. I'm a survivor of many childhood abuses that have had a major impact on me and have left me w/profound doubts about my self worth.
Looking forward to finding my place in God's world and becoming God-secure!!!