Monday wrap up!

Morning:
Monday's morning study wrapped up yesterday. We're celebrating our completion with coffee upstairs at a big table at the Buzz next week. Hope you'll be there!
This verse came during the video of Esther, but I think it applies to our discussion yesterday:

After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes." Nehemiah 4:14

Girls, we gotta remember who is great and awesome, and fight!! All you girls, you have never been so fiercely in my heart and in my prayers as yesterday. I am fighting for you-- I love you all....

Esther Evening: Yes, oh yes, it's tough being a woman.... Tables are turning, though, and it's so good to know that God's turns our tough situations around for us as we trust Him in them...

"When, because of your faith your life too becomes perceptibly different; when your reactions are quite opposite to what the situation seems to call for and your activities can no longer be explained in terms of your personality; that is when your neighborhood will sit up and take notice. In the eyes of the world, it is not our relationship with Jesus Christ that counts; it is our resemblance to Him." (excerpt from The Queen and I)

I want that.

One more week of Esther-- we are meeting at Oliver Woods next week....