Handmaidens with a Mission

Announcing......

2008-07-31T12:34:00.005-05:00

Hey everybody! I just wanted to let you all know I opened a new wordpress blog called The ChatterBox. So, be sure and check it out=)

Blessings,

Jade

Time Flies

2008-06-18T08:27:00.007-05:00

We've all heard from our parents about how quickly time flies. I've never paid much attention to that statement until recently, time does fly by fast! it seems like just yesterday I was bouncing off the walls in excitement over finally reaching the big "1-0"!! finally hitting the double digits! That was a little over 6 years ago and that may not sound like such a long time but so much has happened in those few years!! so much time was wasted on me! on the things I wanted to do, liked to do, and enjoyed doing. Not that it's wrong to have fun or take care of yourself, we're supposed to take care of this temple, but we cant have this self-centered way of thinking, we are supposed to be servants after all.

We waste so much of this short life on vain pointless things and keep putting off the things that matter!! Like telling our younger brother "no. Maybe some other time" when he asks us to play a boardgame with him that we dont really like, or telling ourselves "I'll do the dishes without being told to help Mom out some other time when i don't have plans.", or telling ourselves "I'll call up my Grandparents sometime when I'm not so busy with other things."

That "some other time" we talk about may not be there later, may not be there tomorrow or the next day! James 4:13&14 says "come now, you who say, 'today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit'; Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? it is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."

Life is short! We don't know how long we to spend time with our siblings, or to try to help ease our Mom's workload by helping her without being told. Job said in Job 7:7 "Oh, remembr that my life is a breath!" Just that quick and we're looking back on 6 years we've wasted, pretty soon those 6 years turn into 10, then 15, then 20 and so on and before we know it's too late.

We should be taking every oppertunity to to serve others especially our family, and make the most of ever bit of time that God gives us.

Blessings,

Jade

Really cool video

2008-06-16T12:15:00.003-05:00

The other day our mom showed us this amazing video. And we just had to post it!

Blessings to all of you,

Autumn

You Make My Day Award!

2008-05-22T13:58:00.004-05:00

A few weeks ago Courtney from One of the Bunch, gave us the You Make My Day award!
Thank you so much, Courtney. You are truly a beautiful young lady and we love your blog=) and we apologize for taking so long to get this up.

Now we're supposed to pass this award on to 6 other people, but, we're only going to do 4 because some of the ones we wanted to do have already been given this award.
So, here are the ones we are passing this to:

Our Mom. You 'Make our Day' every single day. Your love for God shows everyday and we are so blessed to have you for a mom. You're the best mom in the world! We love you=)

Rebekah from By His Grace and for His Glory, You're blog is an inspiration to us, you are an amazing young woman.

Kaysie from Alabaster Box, We're so challenged and refreshed every time we visit your blog, your love for Christ shows in all that you write.

And Neesie from Take My Life , Your blog is so encouraging and refreshing, you're such a sweet young lady and are beatiful inside and out.

Blessings,
Autumn & Jade

Expelled

2008-05-05T15:09:00.003-05:00

We finally went to see this movie last Saturday and it was such an eye opener! Our Mom wrote a review on it that you can read over on her blog Heavenward Bound or you can just go straight to it Here.

Blessings,
Jade

Psalms 119:33-35

2008-04-30T08:52:00.005-05:00

"Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me walk in the path of your commandments, For I delight in it."

Happy Sweet16, Jade!!!!!!

2008-04-19T22:29:00.004-05:00

Happy birthday, Jade!!

You are a beautiful young woman on the inside and out! I hope your 16th year is full of blessings and growth in your spritual walk. We love you so much!

Love ya,

Autumn

God's Love

2008-04-11T08:57:00.007-05:00

First of all I want to apologize for not posting lately. Things have been really busy in the past 3 weeks and we got way behind in a lot of stuff, but things have slowed down a lot so we should be getting back to normal soon;)

Have you ever stopped and just thought about how much God loves us?
I think we've heard it so much that we just don't really fully grasp how great His love is for us, we just have it stored away in our minds and don't ever take it out and realize just how amazing it is! He demonstrated His powerful love for us by sending His one and only Son to die for us sinners! (Romans 5:8). Christ left his throne in heaven to come and be the last and perfect sacrifice for our sins so that one day we might live with Him him heaven. Isn't that an amazing love?

Psalms 139:17 & 18 says "How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand." Doesn't that just about leave you speechless?! His thoughts of us are more in number than the sand? He has thought about you and more times than can be counted. He doesn't just think about the big famous people, the ones that win Nobel prizes, the ones that become president, or ones that live in mansions or drive fancy cars but He also thinks of you and me and all the other ordinary everyday people and He loves us just as much.

John 13:34 says "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you" How can we possibly love each with love as great as God loves us with? It's impossible for us to but we have to try and try as hard as we can, and we when we fail we just have try again and try even harder.

If there's ever a time when you feel discouraged or worthless just think of all God has done for you and much He loves you. He has thought of you more time than can be counted.

Blessings,
Jade

Homemakers-in-the-Making Monday

2008-03-10T23:10:00.003-05:00

Today for Homemakers-in-the-Making Monday we are going to share some of our emergency ingredient substitutions with you.

Self-rising flour......1 cup

1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp baking soda

Whole milk...........1 cup

1/2 cup of evaporated milk, 1/2 cup of water

Sugar...........1 cup

1 cup brown sugar or 2 cups sifted conectioners' sugar

Lemon juice......1 teaspoon

1/4 tsp cider vinegar

Honey............1 cup

1-1/4 cups sugar, 1/4 cup water

Blessings,

Autumn

We've been tagged!!!

2008-03-05T13:02:00.005-06:00

We've been tagged by Rebekah from By His Grace and for His Glory

Here are the rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Jade's Facts:

1. I was a gymnast for 4 years

2. The only vegetable I like is corn

3. This is the second time I've had braces

4. Bananas and watermelon make my mouth itch (these are supposed to be random right?)

5. I love mountain dew!!

6. I can't stand diet coke or any other diet drinks

7. I could hum "the barney song" and "Jesus loves me" when I was 6mo

Autumn's Facts:

1. I could walk when I was seven months old

2. I have a terrible habbit of biting my finger nails

3. I have never had a cavity

4. I can't stand wearing hand lotion

5. I learned to read when I was four

6. I'm scared of heights

7. My dream vehicle is a red Jeep wrangle

Now, We're tagging:

Bethany from Bethany's Blog

Kaysie from Alabaster Box

Courtney from One of the Bunch

Emily from Unfurling Flower

Brittney Leigh from Feminine Espresso

Neesie from Take my Life

Amanda from A Touch of Grace

Have fun!! We can't wait to see ya'lls answers.

Homemakers in the Making Monday

2008-02-25T21:29:00.002-06:00

Kentucky Butter Cake

For the cake:

2 sticks of butter

2 cups of sugar

4 eggs

3 cups of flour (unsifted)

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup buttermilk

For the sauce:

1 cup of sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 stick of butter

2 tbs flour

Pre-heat oven to 325. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg. Add remainder of ingredients (except butter sauce). Mix until moistened. Then mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.

Pour batter into generously greased & floured 9x13 pan.

Bake for about 45 minutes. Then cut into pieces.

On stovetop, place butter, sugar, milk and flour into pan and heat (stirring occasionally) until butter melts (do not boil).
Then pour sauce over each piece.
Enjoy!!!

Jade

Praise Worthy Thoughts

2008-02-21T16:39:00.005-06:00

Thinking is a constant part of life. Thousand of thoughts fly through our head everyday and all day. But what are our thoughts about? Are they hateful thoughts when we're angry with our siblings, disrespectful thoughts about our parents, thoughts of complaint when things don't go our way? Or, are they the type of thoughts that Philipians 4:8 says we should have? "whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is an virtue and if there is anything praisworthy-meditate on these things."

The angry and bitter thoughts are the kind of thoughts we should really watch out for because they can easily creep their way into our minds, and once they're there it can be very hard to overcome them. Colossians 3:2 says "Keep your mind on the things of above, not on things on the earth." It's when we're focusing on ourselves and our worldly desires and worries that we have the angry and bitter thoughts which lead to an angry and bitter attitude.

Our thoughts aren't something that is only known by us and who we tell our thoughts to, God knows all of our thoughts and He's going to judge every one of them. Our thoughts can be pleasing to Him or they can dissappoint Him and make Him angry.

A few things we can do to help get our thoughts off ourselves and onto to "praise-worthy things" is to spend time reading and studying God's Word. Psalms 119:97 says "Oh, how I love your law! It is in my meditation all the day." To learn about His law we have study His word, And we can pray. Spend time with God in prayer, praise Him and give thanks to Him. John 16:24 says "Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will recieve, that your joy may be full." So we can ask Him for help and He will give it to us.

Homemakers-in-the-Making Monday

2008-02-12T15:38:00.000-06:00

Poppyseed Chicken

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

Mix together

7 chicken breasts (cooked & shreaded)
2 cans of cream of chicken
2 cans of cream of mushroom
16oz sour cream
2 cups rice
1/8 tsp poppyseed

then put into a 9x13 pan.

For the topping

2 sleeves of ritz crackers (crushed into bite sized pieces)
2 sticks of butter (melted)

mix together and put it on top of the casserole.

Bake for 30 minutes

Homemakers in the Making Monday

2008-02-04T09:08:00.001-06:00

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

3 1/4 cups of busquick

1 cup of milk

1/3 cup of margarine

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

In a large bowl, combine the Busquick and milk. Mix them together until you have a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a large sheet of waxed paper. Knead the dough gently for a few seconds. Pat the dough into a rectangular shape. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out so that it's about half an inch thick. Try to keep it in a rectangular shape as you roll it out, this is challenging at first.

Mix the margarine, brown sugar, and cinnamon together and spread it over the dough.

Now here's the tricky part. Lift up one side of the waxed paper and use it to help you roll up the dough like a jelly roll (I found it's easier to do this if you let the dough sit in the freezer for about 10 min.). Pull back the waxed paper as you go so it doesn't get wrapped up in the roll. When the roll is nicely formed, use a sharp knife to cut it into about a 9-11 slices.
Arrange the cinnamon rools in a well-greased 9x13-inch pan. squirt a little pancake syrup in the center of each cinnamon roll for flavor and stickiness.
Bake rolls at 400 for about 20 minutes. and let let them cool for about 25 minutes before icing.

If any of you have any great recipes, cleaning tips, dedorating ideas etc., that you'd like to share you can email us and we'll consider posting it.

Blessings,

Jade

Everybody loves to sit by the fire on a cold day

2008-02-01T14:55:00.000-06:00

Ok, so I was sitting by the fireplace, doing something on my sister's laptop when our dog comes inside, walks up up to the fireplace, turns around, and sits down right on the fireplace! Let's just say she found her new favorite spot=)
Here's some pics, enjoy.

Have a Blessed weekend!

Jade

Our First Blog Award!!!

2008-01-29T12:41:00.000-06:00

We recieved our very first blog award from Courtney over at One of the Bunch!

Thank you Courtney, you're such an encouragement to us:)

Now we're going to pass this award on to...

Now please pass this award on to five blogs.

Blessings to all,

Jade

Our Mom's New Blog

2008-01-29T12:27:00.000-06:00

We just want to let you know that our mom has re-opened her blog Heavenward Bound so, check it out.

Blessings,
Jade

Homemakers-in-the-Making Monday

2008-01-28T16:35:00.001-06:00

Here at Handmaidens with a mission we are excited to announce that today we are adding a new weekly feature to our blog, Homemakers-in-the-Making Monday, where we will post anything from recipes to house cleaning tips and deccorating.

For our first, Homemakers-in-the Making Monday, we are going to post one of our favorite recipes.

Boiled cookies

2 cups of sugar

1/2 cup of milk

3 tbs. of cocoa

1/2 cup of butter

Put in pan. Let it boil for about a minute and a half. Pour into a large bowl. Add 1/2 cup of peanut butter. 3 cups of oats (uncooked). 1 tsp. of vanilla and mix well.

Drop on wax paper. Let cool for about 20 minutes.

If any of you have recipes, cleaning tips, deccorating tips, ect. that you like us to share please send us an email and we will consider posting it.

Blessings to all,

Autumn

Reading Proverbs

2008-01-22T15:12:00.000-06:00

What better way is there to start your day than to spend time reading God's word? I can tell you right now there is NOTHING better.

About a year ago my family and I started reading a proverb every morning before we start our day. What we do is read the chapter of proverbs that matches whatever day of the month it is. For example: today is the twenty-fifth so we would read proverbs 25. Then after we're done reading we write down at least four verses that really stood out to us and want to remember.

The book of Proverbs is full of widom. Every time I read it something different will stand out to me even if I've read the chapter a hundred times! It's like reading a whole new chapter.

This is a wonderful way to start your day and I really encourage you to start doing this yourself. There is so much wisdom in every chapter that we can to carry with us throughout the day; while we're doing school, helping clean the house, making supper, etc., we can try to remember the verses we wrote down that morning and think on them and try to apply them to our lives, and this doesn't just go for reading Proverbs, but wherever we read in the bible we need to try and apply what we learned to our lives and live it, not just read it and be done with it.

I want to apologize for not posting this week. Our Dad came home safely from Taiwan last friday:) so we've been spending time with him, and almost everyone in our family is/has been sick this past week. But, we will try really really hard to post at least 3 times next week.

I hope ya'll have a blessed weekend and I'll see you back here monday!

Jade

It's snowing!!

2008-01-16T17:02:00.000-06:00

We're having our first snow in our new house! We're all so excited because we lived in southern Mississippi until this past fall so we hardly ever saw snow.

Can you tell I'm not used to dressing for cold weather?

I hope ya'll have a blessed weekend!

Jade

We made it!!

2008-01-14T16:12:00.000-06:00

After lots of prayer and hard work we managed to finish taking the wallpaper down, spackle, and paint before friday.

Last monday Dad went to Taiwan on a business trip, So Jade and I made a goal for ourselves to finish our room before he comes home, so on tuesday when our Aunt e-mailed Mom to let us know that she was coming this weekend, we thought that it would be great if we could get it done before they got here. We decided to try our best to finish the room. So, we imediately started taking down wallpaper. We ended up getting half way around the room. Wednesday we finished taking down the wallpaper and did the spackling. Thursday we sanded the walls and painted.

We want to say "Thank you" to everyone who prayed for us. We appreciate all the prayers!

Here is a picture of what our room looks like now.

Wallpaper Madness!!!

2008-01-09T13:08:00.000-06:00

Hey everybody!
Sorry we haven't been posting very much but we do have a reason! We recently moved to a new house and our room had wallpaper, and we haven't had the time or drive to do it until we found out that our Aunt and cousin are coming for a vist to see our new house. So we're on a mad rush to take the wallpaper down, spackle, and paint before friday! we're almost done with the wallpaper so things are looking good:)

Here are a few pics of what we've been doing.

one of the before pictures

Autumn ripping away

Me steamin'

progress......

this is just some of the mess we made

We'll keep y'all updated and let you know if we make it in time!

Thoughts for the new year

2007-12-31T10:14:00.000-06:00

As we're coming to the end of the year, alot of people are talking about their New Years Resolution, something the want to do in 2008. The things I'm blogging about today, are things Christians need to battle and guard against not just in '08, but every year and every day.

My family recently received a catalog from a Christian bookstore, and as I looked through and saw all the Christian music arists, read about the books they were selling, and saw the movies the were advertizing and selling, I thought " what's happened?"
The Christian artists look just like the mainstream artists. By looking at them you would NEVER guess they were Christians. We've bought several books from a CHRISTIAN bookstore that were written by CHRISTIAN authors that we've had to throw away because of bad language, bad scenes, etc. Same thing with movies: bad language, bad scenes, immodest clothing.
CHRISRTIAN bookstores are advertizing and selling all this filthy junk!!
And what's worse is that we CHRISTIANS are buying that filthy junk.

There are people in the Church who, if you passed them on the street you would think they were anything but a Christian. Wearing tight, immodest clothes, and heay dark make-up.
They're watching all the same movies that their non-Christian friends watch, listening to the same music, and reading the same non-Christian, athiestic books. They're not doing what Romans 12:2 says: "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

Christians are conforming!!!!!!
We keep allowing a little more sin into our lives, and a little more, and a little more, and we think it won't have any affect on us! Proverbs 4:23 says "keep you heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life." The Hebrew word for diligence is mishmar, meaning guard and watch. So, if we fill our hearts with sin, then what will flow from our hearts are things that God hates. But. if we fill our Hearts with God's word and things that are pure, then things that are pleasing to God will flow from our hearts.

Christians are not supposed to blend in with the world. We're suppose to be the light of the world! Our lives are supposed to reflect the Good News about Christ (phillipians 1:27).
But, instead of being lights and reflecting the Good News, we try to "sugar coat" everything. We try to be Christians AND please the world at the same time. Matthew 6:24 says "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other...."

We can't stradle the fence! We need to love and serve God whole heartedly.
Titus 1:16 says "They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work."
We're supposed to reflect God in all that that we do, from the inside out, in every area of our lives, all the time!

My family is very careful about what we watch, read, listen to, and wear.
But, sometime I find myself trying to please God AND the world, and I also see that I'm not always reflecting the Good News in every area of my life.
These are things that, with God's help I'm working on and battling every-single-day.
It's easy to go with the flow of the world, but it's hard to do what God wants and what is pleasing to Him, when the whole world is telling you to do something different.

We need to strive to please God and not the world, and we're going to have to stuggle with this every day because satan is prowling around like a roaring lion, waiting for someone to devour and he will do anything to make us serve him and not God, he will use things in this world to lure us away from God, so we need to ask God to guard our hearts and help us say "no" to the world.

I know this is a long post and I'm sorry if it's too confusing, if you have a question about something I said please feel free ask me in a comment.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

God Bless,
Jade

A break for Christmas

2007-12-18T10:48:00.000-06:00

Hey everybody!

We're going to take a break from blogging until after Christmas, and then we'll try to get on a more regular blogging schedule, I posted this video to hold you over 'til then.

Merry Christmas!

Autumn & jade

Making Good Choices

2007-12-13T15:46:00.000-06:00

A few days ago my friend sent me this email and I thought it would be good to post it.

MOVIE ALERT!!!!!

Today, on December 7th, a new movie has been released. It looks cool, and harmless enough, but it is BAD.
It is called "The Golden Compass", and it is against God and the church, and it is atheistic,
and the guy who wrote it said that its purpose is to plant in the hearts of children that there is no God.
We know better, but many others will not.
"The Golden Compass" is the first part of a trilogy, which ends in a boy and a girl "killing God".
The movie was purposefully released at the beginning of the Christmas season, which is Christ's birthday. It is also the exact opposite of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe", with the opening scene of a 12-year-old girl hiding in a wardrobe and going into a different world.
In this movie demons and witches are the good guys and the church is represented as evil.
It points to The Fall as redemption of mankind, instead of its downfall.

Help let Hollywood know that we will not stand up to this.
Forward this to everyone in your address book.
Hopefully, this boycott might be heard.

"GOLDEN COMPASS" POINTS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!!!!!!

We need to guard against things like this and avoid them like Paul told Timothy in

1 Timothy 6:20. This movie does point in the wrong direction and the sad thing is that there are alot of other things that point in the wrong direction like bad movies, games, music, ect., that "Christians" are watching, playing, and listening to! Some of the very things we need to guard against!

In James 5:16b it says that "The effective , fervant prayer of a righteous man avails much."

We need to fervantly pray that they won't meet the goals they have for this film, and others like it.

Joy to the world the Lord has come!

2007-12-07T15:41:00.000-06:00

Every time I think about Jesus coming to earth I'm amazed at His love for us and amazed at all He did for us.

He is the Son of God yet He came not to be served, but to serve as it says matthew 20:28"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

He is the King of kings yet He wasn't born in a palace but a stable! He didn't have all the riches of the world. God's Son was rejected by many! And even though He knew He would be rejected and crucified (luke 17:25) He still came and died for our sins. John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Isn't that beautiful? God loved us enough to send His only Son to die for us!

Another thing that that amazes me is Mary's response after the angel Gabriel told her she was going to have a son in luke 1:38 Then Mary said "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." She could've been worried about what other people might think think, but she wasn't. She submitted to God's will and rejoiced that God had chosen her (luke 1:46-55)

So for this christmas season (and all year round!) let's focus on serving others like Jesus, not on things we want. Let's work on submitting to our Heavenly Father's will, giving up our desires and rejoicing in His!

First christmas pics

2007-12-03T22:07:00.000-06:00

We started deccorating for christmas yesterday, but, we didn't get very far because we somehow lost some of our christmas stuff in the move. So, here are a few of the pics we took the other night.

Me and Jade in our cool shades

Amber(our older sis) and Tiara

Ashton the official light fixer
Jade and Ashton

Ain't I pretty?

Me and Ashton (he is getting so tall)

I thought this picture of Jade and Tiara was just too cute

Happy holidays from our house to yours!

><>Autumn<><

2007-11-30T10:09:00.001-06:00

This video is absolutely precious! It's so wonderful to see that a little girl is memorizing scripture at such a young age.

Hope ya'll have a Blessed weekend!

><>Jade<><

"Let your light shine"

2007-11-28T14:00:00.000-06:00

You lived next door to me for years;

We shared our dreams, our joys and tears.

A friend to me you were indeed,

A friend who helped me when in need.

My faith in you was strong and sure.

We had such trust as should endure.

No "words" between us could impose;

Our friends were like - and so our foes.

What sadness, then, my friend, to find

That after all, you weren't so kind;

The day my life on earth did end,

I found you weren't a faithful friend.

For all those years we spent on earth,

You never talked of second birth.

You never talked of my lost soul

And of the Christ Who'd make me whole.

I'm lost today eternally

And tell you now my earnest plea.

You cannot do a thing for me -

No words today my bonds will free.

But do not err, my friend, again -

Do all you can for souls of men.

Plead with them now quite earnestly,

Lest they be cast in hell with me.

Doesn't that make you stop and think "Am I being a good christian example to my friends, neighbors, and relatives? Jesus told the demon-possessed (after he cast the demon out) to "...Go home to your friends, and tell them the great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you." (mark 5:19) Are we telling our friends, family and neighbors about all the wonderful things the Lord has done for us? Or about the compassion He has shown us?

Jesus also said in matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket , but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that thay may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." We Christians are the light of the world and we can't hide it and keep all to ourselves! we have to share the good news with everyone so that we may glorify our heavenly Father.

Now, all this said I just want to point out that I am in no way saying that I have been good in this area. But the more I read the Bible the more I see how much I'm not doing and the more I see how important it is to "let my light shine". The poem and verses have challenged me and I hope they will challenge you also.

Jade

Precious in God's eyes

2007-11-26T16:00:00.000-06:00

"Do you think I'm pretty?" is the question thousands of girls are asking. And the world tells them that beauty is something external. By wearing the latest fashions (which are usually immodest),you have to be extremely skinny,wear lots of make-up, ect. because this is what makes you pretty. And the sad thing is most of the girls today are believing this lie.

But in 1 Peter 3:3-4 says that beauty is internal not external, "Do not let your beauty be that outward adorning of arrangingthe hair, of wearing gold, or of putting on of fine apperal; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

I'm not saying that we should not wear make-up or nice clothes (that are modest) or fix our hair. I don't see anything wrong with taking care of what God gave us as long as we're not focusing on our outward beauty, instead we should focus on our inward beauty, by having a gentle and quiet spirit which is very precious in God's eyes.

><>Autumn<><

A thankful heart!

2007-11-21T14:45:00.001-06:00

I know we just started but we're going to take a break for thanksgiving and see you back here monday! But, because it's thanksgiving I'm going to leave you with this adorable video of a little girl with a very thankful heart!

see ya back here monday!

Jade

Why study?

2007-11-20T16:26:00.000-06:00

It's important that as Christians we study God's word. It doesn't matter if you're old, young, new christian, or an old christian, there is always something new to learn. Although there are many reasons we should study I'm only going to go over a few.

First, I think a lot of times we Christians get to where we just listen to a sermon or someone’s view on something and they make it sound so good that we don't even check and see if it lines up with what the Bible says. The Bible warns us about false prophets in Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."How are we going to know if what they're teaching is false or true if we don't study God's word?

Second, In 1 Peter 3:15 it says "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear." So we need to prepare ourselves so we can answer anyone who asks us why we believe what we believe.

Thirdly, because Deuteronomy 4:29 says "But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul." Where will we find Him? Where will learn about Him? John 1:1 says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." So we get to know him through his Word. By studying His Word. Recently I've gotten to where I just read the Bible everyday and I wasn't studying it like I should. I'm not saying only study your Bible and don't read it. I think it's wonderful to read it and I know you learn a lot that way but I've recently learned that's not always enough, that's not searching for God with all my heart and soul.

Like I said before, these are just a few of the many reasons we should study and I hope they gave you at least a little glimpse of how important it is.

Jade

welcome to our new blog

2007-10-31T13:29:00.000-05:00

First of all, we would like to welcome you to our blog Handmaidens with a Mission.

We hope and pray that this will be an encouragement to young ladies who are also striving to be godly women and to fulfill the role that God has called. Please feel free to leave comments. We will try to blog at least a couple of times a week. So lets see how that goes.:)

Blessings to all,

Autumn & Jade