Fifth Building Our Homes Together with Jesus

Good morning sweet ladies,

Sorry, I was fighting the photo's again. I kept praying and also praying for all the ladies that were wanting to link up. I think we need to do that every Wednesday........it seems we may have a battle on our hands, if you know what I mean.

I can't believe this is our Fifth Building Our Homes Together with Jesus!!!!! It has been such a blessing each week to come over to each blog that has linked up and to also read the comments on my post.  

Each week I get a little more excited than the last. Today as I think of just what this means to me I am seeing that Jesus is becoming the Master Weaver of something very very special. We may be small in number, but He always works with a remnant. Women all over the world are coming together to encourage and build one another up in works of kindness as they serve their families and the world. All from our HOMES. Yes!!!!!! I have been so encouraged personally. Thank you to each one that has become a part of this, even if you don't every link up. I know you are reading and that is what is so wonderful.

Is this not the most precious site? 

As many of you who follow me remember........sometime back a sweet blogger friend, Sherry was sharing with, about how she had an idea? She was calling it Purses with Promises. The "promises" was the Word of God. She was asking the Lord for 100 purses that she and her husband could fill with 100 New Testaments. 

God has taken one month and they have 85.........she is not stopping collecting purses though.  This is her mission and so she will continue to collect what ever the Lord has for her.

If you remember I wanted to do something........but I didn't know what I could do with limited funds. The idea came by a few circumstances and the Lord gave me the idea to have ladies help 

make the Tea Cozies (along my side bar is a free download). Ladies started contacting me and I am not sure how many total we have, but ladies are still busy and are working with their little hands stitching them up. If you are interested in Purses with Promises please contact me (my email is up on my sidebar at top right hand side of my blog). Put Purses for Joplin in subject please.

This Friday (please pray for Sherry and Jim) they will be leaving and driving their car with 85 purses (the count today) to Joplin!!!!!!! Talk about exciting. (Me jumping in 123 purses) as of noon today. My heart if full. Momma's, Grandmothers, Single Woman have been working together. The women in Joplin have nothing.........and I mean nothing. They will be touched I am sure to think when they pick out their purse, that ladies across America and even France  thought enough about them to make them feel special. They will walk away with a purse on their arm. Carring inside the Word of God. If they do not know Him.......may we please pray they will meet the Most Precious Man that ever walked the EARTH! If they already know HIM personally, they will have a Bible again.......precious thing!!!!!!! Start praying now for traveling mercies for Sherry and Jim.........and may the God of Heavens do what He does best!!!!!!!!! Remember He always uses Us to accomplish sweet things in His Son's Name...........JESUS! 

I am jumping in. Just talked with Sherry this morning. 

This is sweet news!!! Sherry had to have surgery last Monday. Can't go into it, but she needs prayer please.....God knows what her needs are. Anyway she said that she was laying on the table and the nurse started talking to her to get her mind off of things. She asked Sherry, "What did you do this week?" Sherry started telling her about Purses with Promises and how ladies had been giving her purses and making little tea cozies. The lady loved what she was saying and said....."please come back tomorrow and I will give you some." She did and Sherry picked up 31 purses with jewelry in the inside!!!!!!!! Lots of jewelry! Ladies are going to have some in every purse!!!!!! In the background in the hospital room, a man in a deep voice said, "Your husband represented this well on Sunday", it was so funny, because the man was a part of Jim's Sunday School class. You never know when you talk who might be listening.  On Sunday a lady asked her to come and pick up purses at her house. Sherry didn't have a lot of time to do this or visit, but as she talked the lady who was in her 70's talked about her deceased husband. Sherry said that both walked away refreshed. God thing! Another single Momma had only one purse that she wanted to give. Sherry went to pick it up and the Momma apologized for just having one. Sherry told her that ONE lady needed ONE......if she didn't give the purse, lady wouldn't get one. She talked to her about the widow's mite  and the little boy with the fish and loaves of bread. I am sure when Sherry walked away.......that Momma had a different perspective on things. Precious! Ladies touching ladies lives!

Another lady had only two purses, but also had a stack of devotionals from her pastor Chuck Swindoll......is that not the sweetest, plus Streams In The Dessert (one of my favorites for life living), plus a beautiful leather covered Scofield Study Bible, brand new! 

Another Momma gave some purses and her little girl had three to give. Her Momma said......"they are only for older women",  the little daughter insisted that they had LITTLE GIRLS! I can see that little girl going into her room.....gathering her treasure and bring it to her Momma. Training time going on! Just a few little stories to encourage your heart. It did mine. This is bigger ladies than what I thought. If you want to be a part. Please keep giving if you have something, thank you! 8000 homes were destroyed. Praying for 8000 purses!!!!!!!

Okay ladies, start linking up with your posts!!!!! Can't wait to see who comes!!!!!!! We will come and visit and see what the Lord is doing in your life!


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LOVE YOU ALL BUNCHES and I mean it (smile),

Linda