This will be updated every now and then with more notes.
Okay! I just want to let you know that I had written notes on the facebook (edit it for putting on this) which is part of the Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2. July 9-11, 2010
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Biblical Dating: An Introduction
On Friday afternoon, July 9th, I just learn what is Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2.
I am jumping right into it. I just finish reading A Biblical Dating: An Introduction by Scott Croft.
I totally agree with Scott Croft on this case. I did learned a lot too. I wish that I had read this in my pre-teen year to guard my heart during that time. I did have boyfriends when I was living at the private boarding school in St. Louis, Mo. and did a lot of things that shouldn't have happen. I was 12 to 15 years old during that time. After leaving St. Louis to come home to NC, I hadn't had any boyfriends since then. I did have a few crush in high school year but no boyfriend. In 2000 to 2001, I did have someone "boyfriend" that I really do like, but he was interested in another wonderful girl and married her. I had repented all that, and I do know that the Lord had forgiving me for all this.
Currently, I am 45 years young and still single and do long for wonderful godly husband if it is the will of the Lord for me to have a wonderful soul mate. There isn't anything wrong with being single for Christ and to serve Him. Some are called to be married, and some aren't called to be married.
During the year of '99, I went through a very hard time and longing for a godly husband and struggling about weather to be looking for a husband or to remain single for Christ. I had started reading Joshua Harris' book on I Kissed Dating Goodbye. It was a real eye opener to me and wishing that I had read that before my pre-teen years. I also did wished that other too agree with Joshua Harris. I also had read Boy Meets Girl a year or two later. Again wonderful book to read. I would encourage other to read both of this wonderful book. I haven't read Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World by Joshua Harris yet. I would love to get this book too.
Now, I need to read the rest of the article that they want me to read. I will post one at a time for each article. I am looking forward to read them.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ( Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: To Kiss or Not to Kiss!
This is part of the Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2. I just read the second part that is Biblical Dating: To Kiss and Not to Kiss by Scott Croft.
Again I do totally agree with him in this case. He is right on how he wrote it and very powerful what the Bible have to say and how we believer should view this. There is a lot of great point as he had pointed it out.
Mine you, I am 45 years young and do understand what he is saying in this. Now, if I had read this in my early teen years up to the mid-20's. I might be turn off by reading this and not fully understand all of this. Again all of that would have depend on your love for Christ, and how you would want to honor Him to abstain from kissing until saying "I do".
As we all grow older and our life have change as we grow more in Love with Christ then our view of dating would have greatly change into more of the Biblical Dating view. I see that in my life on how I have change. If I didn't have the love for Christ, I wouldn't understand it at all and be involve the way the way world see it.
I am glad that I am doing this wonderful Boundless Summer Challenge. Thank you, Boundless for this challenge that we all need to have.
If I do find someone very special, I would challenge him with this assignment even it isn't in the contest to win the iPad or $500 to Apple store. I would truly want him to understand me and my view in Biblical Dating and to guard my and his heart to save it for marriage only. I am sure that either he will thank me for it or leave if he doesn't agree with me. A true believer for Christ will thank me for it and stick through this and trusting Christ for all of this example how Christian should be dating or courting one another.
If you are seeing someone and looking for a wonderful soul mate, I would challenge you to read this Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2.
More to come later as I read the next article of this Task 2.
Please do read more of my notes about this Boundless Challenge that came before this notes.
Please also do pray for me!
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: Are You Ready to Date?
Okay, here I am again! Are you ready for this?
Please read other notes if you haven't before this one about the Boundless Summer Challenge.
I mostly agree with Scott Croft about Biblical Dating: Are You Ready to Date? It is a great article too. Although, I am sure that he would understand me about some cases that needed to be addresses.
In the first paragraph in the last sentence. I do agree with him on that case including Man Initiate in the 3rd paragraph. But that wouldn't work for all of us, single women. Why? I am 45 years young and lost my lovely wonderful godly Daddy in the year of 1998. I truly do miss him and also lost my wonderful godly mentor Dad too in the year of 2000.
As for two of my brothers, which I do have problem for a good reason.
One is way out of the question without any question of doubt since he doesn't care who my man should be to me. He thinks that yoking with unbeliever is the way to go and also does approve of worldly lifestyle. I don't agree with him and would never listen to his advise. I do love my brother even though we don't see eyes to eyes. He claims to be a believer for Christ, but he also believe that every one will go to heaven, and no one goes to hell. This is very sad. I don't think that he is a true believer for Christ, but only the Lord does really knows his heart. I do pray that he will come to know Christ more and more and be firm in Biblical standard.
My oldest brother, wonderful believer for Christ and shy (not that shy) and I do understand each other, but we both goes to different churches (he goes to Methodist, and I goes to Southern Baptist "Reformed") and do have different view. He does agree that there shouldn't be any living together at all which is a very good news. He also does believe that I shouldn't yoke with unbeliever either. I do agree with him. Still, he can be a bit of looney tuney for this kind of thing and not too firm though.
I do really need someone very firm and serious with understanding where I stand. Every godly women do need someone that is firm and serious about who is her man.
My best choice is to have a wonderful elder of my wonderful church family to be in charge of this. He is really like an older brother of mine in Christ along with his lovely wife too. I do look up to them for two heads is better than one for wonderful godly advise every now and then. I am so thankful for who they are in Christ. They had corrected me times to times, and I do listen to them most of the time. Sometime I was so hardheaded and had to repent for not listening to them. I am so thankful for the correction that I needed. I am so thankful for them. Again there are other two wonderful elders who are in their early 30's, and both are married to a wonderful women. I am thankful for them too.
My question is: Now, if there is a man that is interesting in me, and I would rather have him to go to my wonderful elder of my wonderful church. Then how would he knows who to go to when the times does come. Should I go to my elders and tell them that there is a man that they need to go to him and talk to him? Or should I tell that man that he needed to see my wonderful elder for his stamp of approval?
I am sure that Scott Croft would understand this when needed.
Women Respond:
MMMM! I do agree with him on this case. I did have trouble understanding the 3rd paragraph until I read the 4th paragraph. Whew! Now I do agree his point of view and that does make sense. Yet, I can see the fear in women that he wouldn't initiate that would cause her to move to encourage him to initiate. How can we avoid that in a wonderful godly way? We should be praying that he would initiate without being too shy or too bashful to make this kind of move.
I totally agree with Accountability Is Key!
In the 3rd to 4th paragraph, I am wondering if that would have answer my question above. But then again, I am scratching my head how to deal with this though. What if they don't know each other well enough, and he goes to a different church or live in a different town.
I am aware only when the times does come that the Lord will help me and guide me how to handle this in a godly way.
I am thankful for this wonderful articles.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: Just Friends
Here I am again.
Please do read the other notes that I had written about Boundless Summer Challenge before this one. Thank you!
I too agree with Scott Croft again. I am thankful for this wonderful article Biblical Dating: Just Friends. I did have some questions though, and how to deal with this.
First of all, I don't think that I do have any Just Friends in this case for at the moment. All of them are brothers in Christ to me, and we aren't into friendship dating one another.
Second of all, I am into my fabulous golden 40's. Where are the guys in my age range? That is probably why I don't have any male just friends in this case. If I do, I would be crying over the fact that if he never had made any move to me.
Now, I do remember how I felt (in my 30's) in the year of 2000 and 2001 with the guy I was so head over in love with him when he wasn't interested in me but married someone else in the year of 2002 that he had dated for more than 6 years. I did wanted to knock her out of his life at the time (not Christ-like of me at that time). I did wish that he never had said that I look beautiful or said that I am lovely, or rubbed my back, or rubbed shoulder. We had many wonderful conversations at his lovely parent's home when he was at home. He did speak in a way I can understand him which is very rare case for me since I am deaf but oral educated (I can talk). It did break my heart though. Every man needs to guard how to talk to her or touch a woman if he isn't interesting in marry her. It did burn my heart with love and desire to have him in a hanky panky way (not Christ-like of me). Now, I can see why Just Friends of the opposite sex can be very dangerous for me and for everyone too.
Now, to Friendship Within a Context of Community. I do agree with that. On the other hand, this is great idea for those who are in their 20's or early 30's. Now, I am into my fabulous golden 40's, where are the single guy out there in his fabulous golden 40's or 50's. It seems to be that all of the godly guys in their fabulous golden 40's or 50's are taken. Sniff! Sniff!
I am glad for this wonderful article! Way to go! I am looking forward to read the next one tomorrow. It is time for me to hit the haystack for the night! May the Lord Bless You all! Good Night! Sleep Tight!
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: Navigating The Early Stages of a Relationship
Whoa! I had been writing a lot of notes about this wonderful Boundless Summer Challenge in Biblical Dating. I have learn a lot and still have a lot more to learn. I am so thankful for this wonderful challenge. Please see all the notes about this wonderful Boundless Summer Challenge in Biblical Dating before this one if you haven't read it yet.
Here I am and about to write my thought about this Biblical Dating: Navigating The Early Stages of a Relationship.
Wonderful article and I totally agree with Scott Croft on this case and do have some question that needed to be iron out. I have learn a lot in this case on how to deal with this matter in Biblical way. Thank you, Scott for pointing this out to us.
To tell you the truth, I don't think that I had ever been in that stage in my life yet. Again, I might have skipped it and gone over board being "in love" with someone when there weren't any from him in the year of 2000 and 2001.
Now, as a world view, I can see that a lot of people would have skip that stage right into full blown relationship if I judge that correctly. Am I right on that?
In the 4th paragraph: What Are We Doing Again? If you know the women from church....
That doesn't seem to fit right for me, and I do agree what Scott is saying here. But we all need to be mindful about small church family like mine is.
On the other hand about us in a small wonderful church family, we just know everyone not counting visitors that had been coming to church. There are about 43 members at our church not counting their wonderful lovely children. This does include 2 widows, a couple that is engage to be married in 13 more days as of today, 2 single guys in their 20's, 2 other single women, and plus me who is still single, and the rest are married couple. Right now, I do know there aren't any single guys in my age range (40's or older) at my church yet. Yet, I do also know that we will continue to grow in His timing.
I am not going to another church because we don't have a larger group of single. I am so thankful for my wonderful church family. I do wish that more single men would come to church and not be too bashful.
In the 4th paragraph: What Should We Talk About?
Thank you for clearing this up for me. I totally agree with this.
This is a great article! This will help me in advance how to prepare for the time that is to come if the Lord does allow me to meet someone.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: Growing in Intimacy
Whoa! I had been writing a lot of notes about this wonderful Boundless Summer Challenge in Biblical Dating. I have learn a lot and still have a lot more to learn. I am so thankful for this wonderful challenge. Please see all the notes about this wonderful Boundless Summer Challenge in Biblical Dating before this one if you haven't read it yet.
A Biblical Dating: Growing in Intimacy is a great article for me to learn how to deal with this when the time does come for me. I haven't experience that stage yet.
I mostly do agree with Scott on this, but I did run into some problem though.
What is the problem that I am dealing with? Let us look at "Now What Do We Talk About? in the 1st paragraph... "As I've mentioned before, you should also discuss things like important theological issues and where you're comfortable going to church -- to make sure the two of you are basically on the same page."
Now, let go back to the previous article that is Biblical Dating: Navigating The Early Stages of a Relationship during the time of What Should We Talk About? in the 4th paragraph. I see that he wrote, "What should you talk about then? Talk about a book you're reading, your interests, your faith (in more general terms or along the lines of issues), things going on in your life"
There in my personal opinion that is great idea for those who are in the 20's than for those who are in the late 30's and older. I am in my mid-40's and very firmly rooted in my wonderful church home and my faith for the Lord including theological issue.
Let read what Dr. Russell Moore had written: Should We Marry if Were Theologically Divided? His Response And also another article before this one too: Should We Marry if Were Theologically Divided?
I am more in the line of Calvinist and could never married someone who is in more of the line of Aimee. Why? I had grown up in many different denomination and had been hurt and torn. I can never go back there again. I too will not marry anyone that is KJV only which does drive me up the wall.
I am so thankful for my wonderful church home and Southern Baptist (Reformed) and Calvinist view. I am so firmly rooted in my faith in that area. Why should I be uprooted from that and be hurt all over again?
Can we who are in our fabulous 40's or older talk about this matter during the time of Navigating The Early Stages of a Relationship? I do hope so. Especially when they are so firmly rooted in their faith and had experience many other different kind of faith.
I am looking forward to finish reading 3 more articles of The Biblical Dating. Stay in tune for 3 more notes about this. Lord willing, I will try to finish it by tomorrow morning or late tonight.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: Tips for Engagement
I had been reading a lot today, and here is the third one for the day. I got about 2 more to go! I am almost finish for the Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2 and looking forward for another task from them tomorrow. The Lord is so good.
Here I am and just read Biblical Dating: Tips for Engagement.
It is a great wonderful article, and I can't say anything to change it because I haven't been there yet. I am looking forward to that time if the Lord will.
I totally agree with Scott on Prepare for Marriage in that first paragraph: "Get solid, biblical marriage counseling, either from the pastor who will be conducting the wedding service or from some other person who is mature in the faith and in marriage."
I love the word Accountability because we all do need that through out our life even within marriage as well too.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: From "Hi" to "I Do" in a Year
Whoa! This is second to the last article for the Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2.
I do totally agree with Scott through out this articles on Biblical Dating: From "Hi" to "I Do" in a Year.
I can see the danger in dating each other more than one year when you had gotten to know one another so well. Why? Because there is a greater chance to fall into temptation of sin to do the things that is to be reserve for marriage only.
Great article and we all do need to avoid temptation in every way. It would be wiser to married in a Year.
I am looking forward to read the last of the last article in this A Biblical Dating by Scott Croft.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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Biblical Dating: Settling
This is the last one for the Boundless Summer Challenge Task 2. YEAH!
As I was reading Biblical Dating: Settling, this article had me scratching my head and trying to understand this. I didn't quite get the wordily view of Settle or Scott's view.
I am still at lost with this article. Maybe I didn't quite understand how they use that word "settle", and how that was to be use in this article.
As my point of view, once they get married when that does happen, they shouldn't be looking for someone's else better than he/she is. They should be content with him/her and live until death do apart. They should settle for each other and not go out to find someone once they made a vow to each others for marriage until death do apart.
If I met someone very handsome and very nice, but he is not a believer for Christ, I would never settle with this one just because he is the only one to initiate and ask for my hand. I rather turn him down for a wonderful godly husband even he might not be as handsome as the first one. I wouldn't settle until I do meet godly man for my life.
Right now, I am going to read When to Settle by Candice Watters to get the picture or to fully understand this better. Then I will return to this after I finish reading that article.
Here I am and just read that. Okay! I understand this a bit better.
Still it seems like two different view on this.
Oh well! I will need someone to explain this a lot better to me in a way I can fully understand that.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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July 12th, 2010
Boundless Summer Challenge Task 3
Boundless Summer Challenge Task 3 (Please do read what I am supposed to do on that link.)
For this week through Boundless Summer Challenge, we are to read Romans 12:9-13 and to memorize it. Also to fully understand the context of Romans 12 as well.
Over the next four weeks, we'll (Boundless Summer Challenge) be emphazizing four different aspects of Christian Living. This week is a Relationships Week. Coming weeks include Community Week, Worldview Week, and Spiritual Disciplines Week.
I am looking forward to all of that and learn alot from that as well.
I have started working on memorizing Romans 12:9-13 and already memorize Romans 12:1-2.
Please do pray for me as I go through all this this week and the weeks to come.
I will continue to keep you updated.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite (Marguerite)
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July 13th, 2010
Boundless Summer Challenge Task 3 (con't)
I had been memorizing Romans 12:1-2 without any problem and now memorizing Romans 12:9-13 and still working on it since I am kind of rustic on that. I love it. I can do it with a cheat card at glance and know what to say without reading the rest of the verse. I do hope that Lord willing by the end of this week I can do it without the cheat card to glance at it. My brain went on the freeze tonight as I was quoting it to my wonderful friend. She did say that I need to work on it.
It is a wonderful passage and a wonderful reminder how I should love one another and how to show hospitality.
The Lord is so good!
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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July 13th, 2010
I also learned that we will not be posting on the Facebook notes due to some problem according to Boundless Webzine. So at their request, I will be posting it on their blog for each tasks that I have done. I will also post on this notes for you all to keep up with me, so that you don't have to go to their blog and reading what others are saying. You might want to do that.
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 4
I learned about Task 4 and what I am to read and will be reading the first chapter of Love and Respect and review The 5 Love Languages. I didn't want to print it out or read it online. Since I need to reserve my ink and paper; therefore, I am borrowing The Five Love Languages from a wonderful friend of mine. I do hope to be able to borrow Love and Respect from another wonderful friend of mine if she does have it. If not, I will be asking around or will have to read it online.
I got a lot to learn and to read. I am looking forward to that in every way.
Also, I am to read Ephessians 5:33 as well.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 4 (con't)
As a homework assignment I am supposed to review The Five Love Languages. I am thankful for a wonderful friend who loaned me this book. I truly am enjoying reading this The Five Love Languages book. I really don't know how to put this wonderful book down. WHOA! I have learned so much in this book. It is a book that I really do need to read especially on how to communicate with care, and showing love even though I am not married. I had read 71 pages today. I got about 103 pages to go. This was supposed to be a review and not just to read the whole thing. I myself do live in NC and do know that he does live in Winston-Salem, NC and would love to hear him at the conference. It will take about 2 ½ hour drive to get there. I would love to escape from work to go to hear him. I will write a review of this when I am finish reading this wonderful book Lord willing before this week is over.
Today, I did call my friend and left a message on her answering machine which is very rare for me to call someone since I am deaf but oral educated. I did want to encourage her in every way.
I did call my oldest brother to ask him what I can do for them not counting with the fact that I do work for him every Friday to help me to pay the bills. I am so thankful for who he is and what a caring brother he is for me. We are going to go fishing when it is cooler outside, right now; it seems like 500 degree outside which is way too hot for both of us. We both love to go fishing.
I haven’t yet read the Love and Respect first chapter yet. Lord willing, I will before this week is over.
I had read Ephesians 5:33. What a wonderful passage this is.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 4 con't
Here I am for Boundless Summer Challenge Task 4.
I just finish reading Love and Respect on Chapter 1. This had blown me away, and I have learned a lot in this. It is very important to have both Love and Respect. Not just Respect alone or not just Love alone. Both are to work together. WOW! I am thankful that he had share this with us.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 5
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 6
I am still single and 45 years young. Okay, I will make a list of them. I read all the articles that you had asked me to read some of them. They are great articles.
1) Godly man (Calvinist and not Arminian) (I cannot have my house to be divided.)
2) Extrovert for Christ and Bold as a Lion for Christ
3) Honest, respectful, caring, servant heart, volunteer, helpful, leader, mission
4) Love family and provider and open to adoption
5) Like sports (does golfing) and not anti-sport, not a fan of Duke that Blue Devil, a big fan for UNC-Carolina TarHeels
6) Like animals (cats and dogs)
7) Like to work in the veggie garden (don’t worry about the flowers)
8) Handyman if that is possible.
9) Fishing and also hunting too (Sorry, I do love to eat games food.)
10) Built (not fat or not skinny) and hairy but nicely trim. Beard and mustaches are great, or mustaches by itself is also great. Beard by itself is out of the question because that does look to Amish to me. (I know some people don’t like hairy, but I do.)
11) Books and books and books! Forget the TV that is full of junk. We can watch movies together on video.
This list can go on and on! The first 4 of the list is very important.
Hungry to eat His Word,
'Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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For Boundless Summer Challenge Task 7:
Boundless Summer Challenge Task 7
For part 1: I wasn’t able to do this weekend with all the things going on and had been called to take someone’s place at work. I am thankful for the extra hours that I needed to pay my bills which is better than nothing. Although, I did see a lot of my wonderful church family this morning and did talk some to them but not covering this topic though. I did go to the wonderful care group tonight with my wonderful church family. While waiting for the rest of the group to come, I did talk to one of the widow that does go to our church and in our care group at her home. We did talk about what I had been reading and told her about this contest even though she doesn’t have the computer at all.
I just read We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ by John Piper. He is one of my favorite authors. It is a wonderful article to read, and I too totally agree with John Piper. This article had me thinking about what I had learned in the year of 2005 and 2006 through 9 Marks on a Healthy Church by Mark Dever since we wanted to start a new church in Wilson during that time. Other books, that I read not too long ago was Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris.
I love it when John Piper had pointed out about “in Christ” which is a powerful word and what it means to be “in Christ”.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 8:
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 9:
I am currently flat broke. I am also trying to be more helpful for others in many other ways without the expense. I can't cut the grass during this kind of weather due to my vertigo problem.
Lately, I had been gathering any shopping carts that I see that isn't in its place like it supposes to be. Also, I had been offering anyone that I will be glad to take it to the store for them when they finish unpacking their shopping cart.
I am still looking around what I can do to help other.
I do volunteer that the Crisis Pregnancy Center just about every Monday night which is a true blessing to be involved in.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 10:
Just read the article of about Mentorship.
This is a very interesting article to read. I had been mentor by a wonderful mentor Dad and his lovely wife. Both of them were a very close friend to my wonderful lovely parent. I knew that I could go to them and trust them because they were both strong believer in Christ. I was trying to find my own faith without holding onto my parent’s faith. I rededicated my life for Christ that year at their home on the first night together. It was a very tough battle for me when I became a firm believer for Christ. Satan didn’t like that. I was saved young but didn’t fully understand what it really mean to live your life for Christ.
My mentor dad had passed away 10 years ago, and she does a little bit of that but rather have him to do that. I went to them 5 months after the lost of my Daddy. I hit the rock bottom of my life in the year of 1998. I lost Mama in the year of 1992. I haven’t seen Mentor Mom for a long while since she lives in other town and hard for me to talk to her on the phone since I am deaf, and I am currently working at crazy job schedule. She doesn’t do email as far as I know. If she does, that would be great for me. Now, I know that it is better to do in person to person.
Then I found another one which is a wonderful friend of mine that I met in August of 2001 and am so thankful for who they are in Christ. I do look up to them for two heads which is better than one or mine. They don’t want the title of mentor. I can understand that. They had disciple me in a lot of way and discipline me too. We all are in the same church family. I do still ask questions and learn a lot from them. They do still pray for me.
I too would love to mentor other and point them to Christ all the more. I know it isn’t an easy job but with the Lord help.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 11:
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 12:
I just read Plugging into the Church by Suzanne Hadley Gosselin. It is a very good article and interesting to understand other struggle in the church where they trying plug into. I am aware that isn’t an easy job in a very large church and don’t know what to do there.
I also just read Pour Your Life into It by Joshua Harris. It is a great article to read. Also this article kept reminding me the book that I read before this Boundless Summer Challenge. I even wrote a blog about Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris.
I am thankful that I do have a wonderful church home to be part of and to be actively involved in the church. The Lord is so good. We, Christ Baptist Church of Wilson are a new church “well about 4 years old” that is a church planted by a wonderful church out of town with the Lord blessing.
What do I do there? Well, we do rent a school building, so that we can meet together as a wonderful church family. I am always faithful to be there just before 8 in the morning to help set up the multipurpose room and the hallway for the Bible Study class and the nursery since we can’t use the class room. It is a lot of work to do for this kind of job. There are some easy jobs to do during the setting up time, such as folding the church bulletin, setting up the book table, and the welcome table. Next, I do volunteer to be in the nursery during the Bible Study Hour. Children are very special and delight to be with. Then right before and early part of worship hour, I am ‘Guerite the Greeter. My real nick name is ‘Guerite pronoun “Greet”. This is who I am, and I love to greet people and to welcome them. Then after that I do help to take it down at the end of the service.
Yes, I am very active involve in Care Group on Sunday night. When we do have Wednesday night fellowship, again I do help set it up at the school building but not like Sunday morning time. It is less work on Wednesday night.
Most of all, I am so thankful for a wonderful church home and wonderful church family to be involve in. The Lord had really blessed me with this. I am always looking forward to be with my wonderful church family. I kept telling myself, if I have to move then I will have to uproot this wonderful church family and move them with me. I am so thankful for my pastor, associate pastor and elder and their lovely wife as well.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
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Boundless Summer Challenge Task 17:
I just read this wonderful article When the Bridegroom is Taken Away, They will Fast by John Piper. This wonderful article had brought back the flood of memory of reading one of his books that is A Hunger for God by John Piper.
I wrote two blogs about A Hunger for God. Here is the first one: A Hunger for God by John Piper, and here is the second one: A Hunger for God: Part 2.
About 10 years, I went through fasting for 40 days from computer games. This did break my habit from playing computer games, and I still have no desire to play that computer games anymore but do a little bit while waiting to do something somewhere else but not my computer. I am grateful for that but then again, my motive for fasting wasn’t right though because I wasn’t really fasting for Him and praying for the nations.
When I am fasting then I will need to have a right kind motive and right godly reason why I am fasting. I am aware that I need to be fasting.
I am grateful for Christ.
We all need to be hungry to eat His Word and be fasting with the right kind of motive for Christ.
Here is another wonderful article about Practical Thoughts on Fasting from Pastor Steve. This did help me to know how to fast and what kind of fast that I should be able to do. There are about 3 different kinds of fasts. 1) Partial, 2) Absolute, 3) the Supernatural absolute.
With the health problem that I do have, I can see that I can do the Partial kind of fast. I will have to be more prepare to do this kind of fast with Christ help. I will be drinking Juice.
Today, I did fast from eating Chocolate. It isn’t easy since I love to eat Chocolate especially in Dark Chocolate.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion (Marguerite)
