Makeover in the making

July 16, 2006

So we just returned from a week-long leadership conference. Before that, I was packing to go on said week-long conference and before that, I was installing new budget software and trying to input all our recent financial information which proved to be a bit trickier than I had anticipated. In any case, that’s why I haven’t been around lately.

But as I said, we were just at a leadership conference and I came away with some good things.

First, I’m determined to be more encouraging in my relationships and in life. This will be a challenge as I’m more of “the glass is half empty” type and “the best way to make things better is to point out what’s wrong first” type. Not that those things are necessarily bad, but when “the glass is half empty” becomes “I don’t think there’s anything in that glass at all” and when “the best way to make things better is to point out what’s wrong first” becomes “there just isn’t anything that’s right here,” it gets pretty oppressive.

Second, I need to chill. Or to put it another way, I need to get my undies out of a bunch. About pretty much everything.

I’m seeing a whole new me in my future.

How encouraging.

Category: Life

Comments

7 Responses to “Makeover in the making”

  1. Leah, The Mom
    July 17th, 2006 @ 8:12 am

    It’s always good to get a “check-up from the neck up.” Puts life back in balance for a while. Helps us get the focus off the unimportant and back to God’s business. Enjoy your day.

  2. Kathryn
    July 17th, 2006 @ 5:15 pm

    I’m glad you came away from the leadership conference with a new perspective. One of my favorite “leaders” in the Bible is Deborah the prophetess and Judge in the Book of Judges (chap. 4). She is the wife of Lappidoth, but the Word makes it clear that she, not her husband, led and judged Israel and had men serving under her. Another favorite leader is the prophetess Huldah, also married. These women were not serving under the leadership of their husbands, but with their encouragement (”Submitting yourselves one to another (Ephesians 5:21), Genesis 1:26,27, 1 Peter 5:5, among others). They lived in a worse patriarachy than we do today. I imagine those women could have shared many things as speakers at that leadership conference. Their insights from God could have sparked great spiritual renewal among God’s people of both genders.

  3. crickl's nest
    July 20th, 2006 @ 8:01 pm

    Amy….I can’t imagine. You come across very relaxed and cool-headed on here!

    How’s the makeover going???

    Christie

  4. Kevin Stilley
    July 21st, 2006 @ 11:00 pm

    We remake ourselves every day. Regardless. . .

    Blessings, and peace.

  5. yellowlady
    July 24th, 2006 @ 6:30 pm

    I had my undies in a bunch over church people and I think that God helped me get my undies straightened out a bit. My dear friends, who are pastors, just lost their 5 year old daughter in a tragic car accident on their way to church camp. I realized that I didn’t have anything to be upset about. My issues suddenly seemed so trivial. I just hurt badly now, for my friends. Please pray for them….the Carrier family.

  6. Kathryn
    July 25th, 2006 @ 12:41 am

    Thank you for letting us know about the Carrier family.

  7. Kathryn
    July 26th, 2006 @ 5:00 pm

    Amy, I know you want to be positive and encouraging to those around you. So do I; however, please don’t make the mistake of thinking that it’s all on your shoulders. Ultimately, people are responsible for their own happiness. While submitting, please don’t squash yourself flat to the ground like the women of my mother’s generation did. Let’s don’t do that again. Big mistake. I see too many Christian women going down that same bad road of too much submission in their marriage today. They had a women’s movement to try to correct the situation. Remember Genesis 1:26, &27, Judges 4, Ephesians 5:21, and Galatians 3:28. Remember that submission is a mutual relationship.

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