WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE THISTLEBEND BLOOM BLOG
Bloom! is a personal look into a few women’s lives as they participate in Thistlebend studies and follow the Lord as He tills their hearts. May you be encouraged as you experience the tilling, the Lord is doing in your own heart!
One Friday
by Susan Sampson It’s 1:39 pm on Friday and I am still not out of my pajamas. I’m sure much of the world might consider this a failure of a day. I am tempted to. What have I gotten done? Not what I had hoped or planned for. What have I gotten done? I have […]
Weak
by Dottie Ryan “Blessed arethe poor in spirit, fortheirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:3-5). I’m wondering if the truth of the Sovereignty of God is becoming clearer, and possibly, more comforting to you. Have you […]
What’s the Root?
by Susan Sampson The Lord has been kindly showing me that much of my frustration stems from fear. I realized that I’m afraid of not getting it right and of my children not “getting it” or not “doing the right thing.” I confessed to the Lord that I want to “get it right” more than […]
Silence
by Susan Sampson Silence. As I began to review my notes, that was the word that spoke the “loudest” to me. The Lord is so kindly shepherding me in my parenting and I am so thankful. I desperately need His help. If I was growing an actual olive tree in my back yard, I don’t […]
Fearless Recap
by Dottie Ryan It is hard for me to believe that we are already coming to the close of our 6-Week journey together through this Fearless Discipleship Study. I am already missing each of you as your faces cross my mind’s-eye. You have reflected the image of your Lord so beautifully. Know that! And I have learned […]
Arise my Love
by Angie Thomas I was re-reading the lecture notes from Laurie’s teaching from last Tuesday night and was moved again as I read her words: Today, this week, open yourself to receive God’s immeasurable, unending, unconditional love for you. Make Him your only ambition, your infatuation, your All In All. May He be your EVERYTHING. […]
Choose to Stand
by Susan Sampson “Each day as a mother, you have a choice to make. Are you going to follow your own desires, the world, your fears, or will you follow the Lord? The choices you make will influence the choices your children make.” — from Falling in Love Again with Your Children “Among them we […]
Reconnecting with our First Love
by Dottie Ryan “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart” (Deut. 6:4-6). He is our First Love! He must […]
God’s Power in Weakness
by Dottie Ryan We are now more than half-way through our Fearless Study. And I wonder if we are able to say that we have stepped forward in faith? Even one step on the water? We learned that we have been deliberately sent into the storm by a Sovereign God — who is a good God. I’ll bet that […]