Blessing Box

It's a good thing I'm committed to this link up or else I wouldn't be blogging!

It's so frustrating because I always intend to blog more and plan on it, but the day slips away.

Lame. 

Anyways, I'm linking up with some of my favorite bloggers that have become my closest friends!

This was originally Natalie's link up a few years ago and we are bringing it back with a new look and new friends.

Copy the code at the end and feel free to join in and share the ways that God has been blessing you this week! 

This week I'm blessed and going to be blessed by the women's bible study at our church.

It started this past week and I'm really looking forward to it. 

We are doing the study on James by Beth Moore. 

I'm always blessed by her studies.

I love the way she transforms simple truths.

The way that she digs into the Bible and finds connections here, there and everywhere is so cool and inspiring. 

I'm so thankful for her to help open my eyes and my heart to things I may not {like I don't want to say never, but never...} have discovered on my own.

I'm blessed by the lovely childcare workers who take the time out of their morning to be in a small room with a bunch of little crazies.

Seriously beyond blessed to have two uninterrupted hours in the morning to focus, learn and fellowship with other women. 

I love knowing she is in great hands, and best of all she loves it and looks forward to playing with all her little friends!

I'm looking forward to:
 Connecting with my group on a deeper level.

Learning the Bible better.

Being challenged.

To encourage and be encouraged.

To hold others accountable and to be held accountable. 

Just like it's a blessing to be a part of a church community and family, there is also so much blessing in being a part of women's Bible study! 

A different--much needed--dynamic to feed the soul! 

It's been about a year since I was last in one, so I'm blessed to be apart of one this fall and I'm looking forward to growing in my walk with the Lord.

Grab the code, link up and share how the Lord has blessed you this week! And be encouraged as you read how He has been blessings others this week!

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The Blessing Box

Today I'm linking up with some of my favorite bloggers that have become my closest friends! This was originally Natalie's link up a few years ago and we are bringing it back with a new look and new friends. Copy the code at the end and feel free to join in and share the ways that God has been blessing you this week! This week I've been blessed with the blessing of a church family.  Something I've always wanted and something that I know will continue to grow and be strengthened overtime.  Included in this is also the blessing to go to the same church as my immediate family.  I love that we can all worship together on Sundays.  I love that our family has been extended and we now have a church family outside of just our family. Was that enough "family" for one sentence? I'm not sure... We have all branched out and formed our own relationships and it's been wonderful.  We had been hurt by our previous church, we church shopped a bit and we have been going to our new church for a little over a year. It is exactly what we needed- for both my family and my little family. God knew.  We were craving the community.  The church family.  And now we have it.  On Sunday after church we went to a park and played Ultimate Frisbee with some church friends. And by "we" I mean Mr. B, my two brothers, sister and dad. Me, my mom and Adalyn ate french fries and watched. Just keepin' it real.

Adalyn is so loved at church.  You can usually find a little group of older kids around her at any moment and it blesses my heart. I am so thankful for them, the love that they have for her and also the love that she has for them.

I'm blessed by my group of mom friends from our church. Another thing I had always craved.  Not only can we get together and have fun, I know I can count on them for anything. To have friends to turn to, that can back you up in prayer, is such a blessing! 

There's so much blessing in church community. Church family. Friendships founded on the Lord.  If you don't have that I'd encourage you to step out, get plugged in and find it! 

You will be blessed! 

On a sidenote: Today is the first day I didn't have to wake up early and have strange men banging on my house all day! HUGE blessing, let me tell ya! The siding is finally finished and I'll post pictures after I get the fall decor/flowers up and it looks all pretty! Grab the code, link up and share how the Lord has blessed you this week! And be encouraged as you read how He has been blessings others!   

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