Courtesy of her wonderful mommy!
Happy Valentine's Day...

We talked about letters last week. They still count!
We never want to miss the opportunity to speak blessing over each other's lives.
May I leave some words for you today?

My sweet girls,
You are so very precious to me. I think of you so often during the week and try each day to pray over your day. You are a light in your classroom, on your team, on your facebook wall, so I want you strengthened against the enemy's attack. There is NOT ONE thing that you could do that would separate you from my love and esteem for you.
Thank you for putting up with my gray hair, my hearing loss and my lack of relevance at times. I'm trying to figure out all of the new technology and the latest musical group, but of course, I need your help!!! But this I hope you know, my passion for you and God's Truth is never out of style. God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and my desire for you to cling to Him is renewed every single day.
Each one of you is beautiful and unique, God's cherished treasure! Thank you for the honor of walking with you. We are on an amazing journey, each of us at a different pace, but together we, even the "Old One" will grow in wisdom and grace.
May the Father who delights in and sings over you, protect and bless you until we gather again.
Always in need of Grace,
Robin

A split moment...a bad decision...perhaps, a lifetime of sad consequence.
Life bumps; we spill whatever fills us.
Tears... anger... revenge? or kind, life-giving words and deeds? Overflow touches another heart in the deep places.
One bad decision sets into motion a whirlwind of emotional consequences. Even the almost unnoticed choices can wound another.
Sometimes we need to pause and ask God to define what's filling us before our eruptions damage lives.
What's filling you these days? Jealous... bitterness... or.. joy and truth?
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Matt. 12:34.

Tuesdays with Beth... Charges fed and delivered to the "animal" rooms...women folk embrace and smile love into each other's eyes...Holy words fill the air. Tuesday has arrived and Jesus is our host! Study with Beth knits the generations tightly together; each sharing its unique blend... wrapping His fold with encouragement. Tears tumble freely as we expose the dark hours and welcoming laughter lightens the load. Beth unwraps the Hope and we hide it in the deep places. God graces us with His arrival. Tuesdays cradle our questions and the absent days gird our prayers.
God continues to carve a tender Bride in our gathering place, etching His image on our hearts.

Rule Number One: Don't dare break one of them. Fear keeps a faithful walk on the straight and narrow, but what if that fear to stray prevents the commitment to thrive. I alone carve the sacred commandment to obey others' expectations. Self-inflicted imprisonment. So afraid to disappoint or incur judgement. Abandon the image others paint of me? An intriguing possibility. Go ahead, self...break one!

Four years of survival. That's all. Treading water...Counting hours...Girding myself for the next assault. The onslaught of losses taking its toll. As the year bids its final farewell, I find myself ready to leave the wasteland. No more just surviving, ready for a season with a pulse. Ready to thrive!

That's going to require putting off some old things: guilt, beating myself up, others' perceptions. Time to breathe...Time to risk...Time to move...

We're launching 2011 with a feast of Truth!
Begin memorizing each of these beautiful scriptures and get excited about our celebration later this month.

You are created.
I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

You are chosen.
The Lord has chosen you to be His treasured possession. Deuteronomy 14:2

You are celebrated.
He will take great delight in you...He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

You are cherished.
I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with loving-kindness. Jeremiah 31:3

It's all about relationship.