Tuesday, June 9, 2015 WOW-Zine

Good morning, ladies! Welcome to another beautiful day. There's not a lot to share with you today, so it won't take you long to read the WOW-Zine this week (unless you read it in slo-mo!)

Remember, neither of our Bible studies will meet next week due to Vacation Bible School. We'll be back on schedule the following week, however, and meet through the month of July. 

I didn't assign any memory verse for this week, but I'd like you to "bring" one of your favorite verses with you to study and share why it's important to you. We can encourage each other with God's word.

Snacks for Common Grounds (Wednesday night, 6:30 at the church) will be provided by Jody. On Thursday morning at 9:30, treats will be brought by Carol R. for The Perk.

Since I don't have much to say this week, let me leave you with a short devotion from Faithhappenings:

Have you ever considered that God’s perfection on earth before sin’s corruption entered, was a garden? My mind can’t fathom what that garden was like, but I can know that beautiful, lush, productive growth was important enough to God for him to make it “home” for his beloved Adam and Eve.

Just like God’s original design for the perfect world was centered around a garden, God’s design for you and me is for us to be the most productive we can be. But in order to produce – to FLOURISH – we must start with the basics of our faith:

"Then He said to them all, 'If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will save it'" (Luke 9:23-24 HCSB).

Just as compost - the healthiest addition to soil - is made of plant and animal waste, when we take our sins, our pride, experiences we consider as useless, our accomplishments, our talents, and even the most painful part of our lives to Jesus on a daily basis, we allow Him to transform those things meant for waste into the healthiest soil.

In time, we’ll see not only beautiful fruit, but we will also reap a harvest of righteousness and a harvest of souls, as the Spirit works it all together in unseen ways.

The next time you dig in your garden, the next time you see a bag of compost at the store, the next time you add that banana peel to your compost crock, let this be a reminder to you, to take your scraps to Jesus, and FLOURISH.

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Jill McSheehy is wife to Matt and mom to Drew and Alyssa.  A former manager at a Ford dealership, Jill now stays home with her children.  In her spare time she pursues her lifelong dream of writing and teaching.  Jill teaches a weekly moms group and serves asSunday School Director at her church.  Follow Jill at www.journeywithjill.net.

More of Jill McSheehy: www.journeywithjill.net

Until next week, 
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@gmail.com      971-285-6699