Book Study

     Hey guys! ;-) ... Hope you had a wonderful Saturday.  As you can see, I am having a lot of fun playing around with our blog!  In fact ... I probably spent too much time on it today already.  But I thought I would post a little something anyway. ;-)
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     Tomorrow we are starting a new Sunday School quarter at church and I am leading/facilitating a women's book study group.  There are 10 women in the class with the perfect mixture of ages!  I am really excited about the book that we are going to be reading.  It is the book "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World" by Joanna Weaver.  Since I have only read the first chapter and am not very good a summarizing, I thought I would just include the books introduction so that you can get a better idea of what the book is about!
                                                                                       

"Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life"

     "The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament.  Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord's feet ... but the daily demands of a busy world just won't leave you alone.  Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve Him ... yet you struggle with weariness, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy.
.     Then comes Jesus, into the midst of your busy life, to extend the same invitation He issued long ago to the two sisters from Bethany.  Tenderly, He invites you to choose 'the better part' - a joyful life of intimacy with Him that flows naturally into loving service.
.     With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story, Joanna Weaver shows how all of us - Marys and Marthas alike - can draw close to our Lord; deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy."