Restoring All Things Girls

Jeremiah 17:7-8 NKJV “Blessed   is   the man who trusts in the   Lord ,  And whose hope is the   Lord .  For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river,  And will not fear   when heat comes;  But its leaf will be green,  And will not be anxious in the year of drought,  Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit Restoring All Things Girls I pray you were blessed and encouraged. My prayer for you and me in this coming year is to serve God with a greater passion than ever before.    

Text: Luke 10:38-42, John 11:17-27, 38-40 Personally, I think Martha gets a bad rap. Perhaps it is the Type A, go-getter in me jumping to her defense, but the world needs Marthas. I love to rest and soak in the moment as much as the next gal, but sometimes we need those folks who get stuff done, am I right? We know Martha as the “doer” in this familiar passage from Luke 10. She opens her home and offers what she has to the Lord. She lets her sister Mary know, via a conversation with Jesus, what she expects of her. It doesn’t seem she’s being completely unreasonable either, at least not from what we see in Scripture. She isn’t walking around bitter and hostile, slamming pots and pans, rolling eyes and sighing loudly—behaving as a victim of her own standards and demanding everyone in earshot do the same. Not that I know anything about that. Ahem. Martha insists on making Jesus’ visit a good one. And when her expectations aren’t being met, she makes it known by taking her co...

Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, King of the Sidonians (1 Kings 16:31). Her name originally meant 'The Prince Baal exists'. Baal was a weather god worshipped in the Syro-Palestinian world.  In Biblical Hebrew Jezebel's name means 'there is no nobility'. Jezebel is an evil woman in the Bible (Revelation 2:20). Her Evil deeds The main characters in the life of Jezebel were all affected in one way or another by her evil deeds. Ahab, the king and her husband was a weak willed man whom she dominated and led to do much evil (1 kings 21:25). She encouraged him to worship idols while she personally made sure all the prophets of God (who she could catch) were killed (1 Kings 18:4). She personally took care of the prophets of Baal giving them direct access to the throne (1 Kings 18:19).   Jezebel's domination of her husband was directly responsible for the whole of Israel falling into the sin of idolatry. The whole nation suffered a famine cau...

Psalm 17:5 Uphold my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip.

Earlier this month, LifeNews.com reported on a high school in Seattle, Washington that is now implanting intrauterine devices (IUD), as well as other forms of birth control and doing so without parental knowledge or permission. The IUD is known as a long acting reversible contraception, and may even act as an abortifacient . So, a young teen in Seattle can’ t get a coke at her high school , but she can have a device implanted into her uterus, which can unknowingly kill her unborn child immediately after conception. Or, if she uses another method, she can increase her chances of health risks for herself, especially if using a new method . The high school, Chief Sealth International, a public school, began offering the devices in 2010, made possible by a Medicaid program known as Take Charge and a non-profit, Neighborcare . Students can receive the device or other method free of cost and without their parent’s insurance. And while it’s lauded that the contraception is conf...

Psalm 18:1-3 I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;  My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;  My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;   So shall I be saved from my enemies.