Here is the info on the boundaries book , there is also a work book to go along with it as well..... The Author's are Dr.Henry Cloud & DR.John Townsend here is the link to their direct website I am sure you can order from there
http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310247456&QueryStringSite=Zondervan
I also caught it on sale at Family Christian Book store for half price over the Fathers Day weekend for someone... If you sign up for their catalog you can get coupons and get a 50% off very frequently.
Hope this helps :)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Old School
To keep up with us, forget Face book... this will be the only place to follow our ramblings :) We are no longer on Face Book, as some of ya already know :) I feel more comfortable with just blogging.. it fits "us" ya know? So I guess we are among those of you other "old school" blogger's!!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Summer Siesta Bible Study!
So excited about this Bible Study, well I am excited about every Bible Study.. it's a time to grow in my relationship with Jesus! I am almost done with Esther so I thought this came along at perfect timing, and to make it even better Amanda Jones(Beth Moore's daughter) sent me the book free of charge :) cant beat that! It's not written by Beth Moore, but it is still a good one. I am doing it along with literally thousands of women across America and around the world, right here in the comforts of my home!! There is a blog & a Bible Study Cafe chat, so neat to interact with so many Christian women discussing the same subject. Another nice thing is instead of meeting every week, it is every other week that really helps out on our busy schedule. God's ways are so above our own, just when ya think the trial He allows or sends our way is almost more than we can bear, He equips us to handle it by placing tools along the path to use, such as these Bible Studies. With the past 6 months and specially the past 4 months being extra hectic for me physically, it is easy for the enemy to come in like a flood and TRY to discourage me, BUT GOD has been here all along the way, so near and close, leading, encouraging and helping me to "see" the tools and sometimes "providing" them and placing them in my lap to use. This is such a bitter sweet time of growing for me ,some days painful, other days.... Joy filled. but each day always God filled!! With answers to prayer despite the circumstances all around, I can not help but KNOW and TRUST and DECLARE the Glories of the Lord are at work and the answer, whatever it may be is on the way and HE is still on the throne!
One thing I would like to share in Praise to Jesus, is as I mentioned above I have not been doing so hot with my back and new diagnosis with that and a few other things, so with homeschooling, normal household duties, family time, extended family stuff, Church, ya get the picture... anyway during the week has been really difficult and just when I think I am down for the count come Saturday, sometimes right down to Sunday morning, God always comes through and gives such a powerful special touch, I am able to go to church.. THANK YOU JESUS!!! I so appreciate that. Might not sound like a huge deal but to us.. IT IS!!!! Today in my Bible Study homework this scripture verse was at the end, and it is JUST what I needed for today. "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not loose heart." Galatians 6:9
One thing I would like to share in Praise to Jesus, is as I mentioned above I have not been doing so hot with my back and new diagnosis with that and a few other things, so with homeschooling, normal household duties, family time, extended family stuff, Church, ya get the picture... anyway during the week has been really difficult and just when I think I am down for the count come Saturday, sometimes right down to Sunday morning, God always comes through and gives such a powerful special touch, I am able to go to church.. THANK YOU JESUS!!! I so appreciate that. Might not sound like a huge deal but to us.. IT IS!!!! Today in my Bible Study homework this scripture verse was at the end, and it is JUST what I needed for today. "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not loose heart." Galatians 6:9
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Boundaries !!
I am currently working on a few different Bible Study's at once, I like to focus on one topic at a time, but it so happened when I started doing "Esther" by Beth Moore, a friend of mine introduced me to a study called "Boundaries" Oh how the Lord used her to tell me about that at just the right time. Ya might think, how do those two connect? Trust me they do!!! I have several other devotionals as well, but these two are my main ones. I find myself slowing down to soak in and dig deeper than just the homework, I want everything out of it that I can get.. So in the midst of these study's, we have been hearing some really good messages... We just recently started attending regularly at a new church the past few weeks, the messages have been along the same line God is dealing with us and me on.. Last Sunday during Sunday School they were talking about our Focus and to examine our motives... that brought to my mind "Boundaries" I'm like OK GOD I GET IT... I NEED ME SOME BOUNDARIES!!! Sometimes it can be painful to do, well it still is, and not just because others don't understand, its painful to find out exactly WHAT and the WHY our motives were in the first place ,for LACK of boundaries or misplaced boundaries. Here are a few notes I jotted down during class, Do I have a Worldly Focus, or a Godly Focus? Where my focus is, thus how I will function. Self serving? or Christ Honoring? There is only one " I " in ChrIst!! and He commands us to first serve Him and than each other.Hebrews 10:24-25- says " And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. " ( not less MORE as the day is approaching) So you are probably wondering how in the world does this go together? Well this is in my brain so bare with me.. In putting all the different pieces together that God has been giving me it hit me, that even with the purest of heart we can still have our Focus, Function, and Boundaries all out of whack and if I do not let God put them back in order, well it will be one big mess.. ( I know nothing profound) BUT in that moment it was to me because well... I needed to be reminded of that.. Started making me examine myself, my relationships,( If they are toxic, and it pulls you down or away from God, gotta let them go, doesn't mean in a wrong spirit, just place boundaries, if that doesn't work than scripture does say to LET IT GO)*Beth Moore* and start doing some digging... OUCH!!! Ever have a GOD MOMENT, where you were hurt by something or someone and without even noticing it slipped into self pity? some denial of your own? maybe ya carried the hurt a little to long and it slowly started turning into that ugly thing called resentment? and when ya realized it, took it to God expecting HEALING right away? Ya I had one of those moments this week.. Took a situation I had given to God a few years ago and with recent circumstances that were very similar, took it back and added to the baggage without realizing it. Told God, but I was hurt, I felt the reply.. AND? You think that is good enough excuse for how you are reacting? OUCH!!!!! So humbling bowing before my Master, asking for forgiveness AGAIN, HE not only gave the forgiveness, but because He loves me so much.. is giving me the tools to fix( through His grace) the core of the problem. ITS ME.. and my lack of BOUNDARIES, therefore throwing how I perceive things, how others perceive me, and most importantly, how I perceive God all out of order. Reminds me of when Peter was walking on the water and he only looked down at the waves for a moment, that is all it took for him to start sinking...BUT JESUS didn't let him sink, He reached down in time to pull him back up(Matthew 14:28-32) yep that is how it happened to me too. I am so thankful Jesus loves me enough to forgive, restore, teach me consequences, and hold me through it all!!! My husband has kept telling me, keep your eyes straight, and only look to once place for guidance, GODS WORD it is our road map to Heaven.. If it is not in the Word, than don't let it in. there is that boundaries thing again.. So to say the least the past few months have been, how shall I put it, a season of change.. a much much needed change. On a side note, I want to say"change" that comes from GOD, never makes us act in haste, nor all of a sudden get "new" light, it is only a means of God shedding MORE light ( or reminding us of CURRENT light we are not acting on)on the same narrow path towards Heaven. If we do not conform to Christ we are conformed to this world... What's your Focus?
Thursday, April 15, 2010
April.. already?
This is seriously crazy... April ALREADY!! WOW.. As most of you know life in the Wiseman home has been unchanging.. It is still crazy as ever... Started the new year off with a bang, well I did.. With my heart attack in February, things took another turn for us... The past few months have been .. well.. HARD yet good.. Confused? When we were able to finally move on with our own life last August, for a moment thought.. WOW everything will be back to "normal" who was I kidding? And dont get me wrong, I am totally fine with the direction GOD has taken us... Just never expected it.. I am sure I am not alone?!? SO after loosing Dad Wiseman during Christmas of 2009, a devastating month of January( between God & Us) My heart attack in February, and just being totally overwhelmed, spent the month of March looking and feeling like" Is this really happening? What is going on? Twilight Zone!!" So now we are in April, 15 days to be exact... and THANKS BE TO GOD, still here, being molded and shaped into HIS image...
That isn't always a good feeling ya know, but oh how I have come to cherish these times, just when ya feel like you could not possibly take anything else... Jesus is right there to give what is needed to keep going.. No, He doesn't always take it away, but HE DOES carry us on... To be very honest, I told Steve I have felt like the past few months has been spent in a black never ending hole. Cold, dark, lonely, and all those other feelings that come along with that.. Yet I KNEW God was there, just did not feel Him all the time.. spent a few weeks of that in the darkest part I have felt in my life in a VERY long time.
GOD is faithful... and has shown us things about ourselves, our family , our home, our church, our relationships, that come to one conclusion... Ready/?????
NO ONE OR ANYTHING ON THIS EARTH IS PERFECT, including us!!! WOW!!! AMAZING RIGHT?@?@?!!!!!
I make light of it, but in all seriousness, we needed to be reminded of that... I am so glad.. so so so so glad, this is a personal walk.. Oh how I would hate to think someone else is trying to carry me & my bags around on top of their own.. SO why would I try to do the same? We must keep healthy boundaries, not just because we ourselves need them.. But also to not be a stumbling block to someone else .. ( Rambling? Yes but look up it is the title of this page you are reading)
So after a few rocky months, The Good Lord is still leading, still molding & shaping our family, and I am so glad HE IS! He is still on the Throne..
I admit I am not perfect, I have such a LONG way to go, I am not the most beautiful woman, nor the richest, I don't always buy name brand, have a brand new car, or the best furniture, my life is full of holes that I allowed the enemy to make in my past... But I can also tell you what I am...
I love with everything I am, I cry, I laugh, I get upset, I am a child of a KING, my name IS written down next to yours in the Lambs Great Book of Life( so accept it) Grace has covered all my stains, and JESUS is the link between my past and my future( thanks Beth Moore for that one) I will no longer apologise for who I am( yes to those of you who think I am to hyper, to loud, to ugly or to fat) ACCEPT IT, wont be changing unless The Lord changes it!! I am who I am, and MY GOD makes no mistakes, so I accept it, am thankful for it, and LOVE IT!!! I have a man who loves me, kids who love me, a family who loves me, a church who loves me, Friends who love me.... WHAT MORE could I ask for???
So having said all that, I turn the mirror around ( for the sake of not being hypocritical) and apply that to all the listed above people, and must offer the same room to them as I wish for myself... This is a learning process for me, as I said , I am NOT perfect.. Folks Heaven is around the corner, I do not want to miss it, and do not want to cause you to miss it either... SO lets put aside all the things that next to eternity do not really matter( how I wear my hair, my skirts, my sleeves, my shoes, my purses, my house, my car, where I go , what I do, my music, or the fact I have likes and dislikes) and let GOD purify us through and through and pray for one another instead of picking at things that if we were honest and turn the mirror on ourselves would see clearly... we have our own problems to deal with too!!! I am so thankful for people in my life who love me enough to pray for me, and still love me even with a big flashing sign that reads, "If looking for the perfect person keep going not here, if looking for a work in progress, look no further, I am right here"
SO stock market and jobs might be unstable, things are going up and down, everything is falling apart around us... BUT.... BUT... BUT ... I need not fear, I know who holds yesterday, today, and tomorrow.. HE HAS THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS!!!! HE is the same... does not and has not nor will EVER change... Hallelujah!!!!!
That isn't always a good feeling ya know, but oh how I have come to cherish these times, just when ya feel like you could not possibly take anything else... Jesus is right there to give what is needed to keep going.. No, He doesn't always take it away, but HE DOES carry us on... To be very honest, I told Steve I have felt like the past few months has been spent in a black never ending hole. Cold, dark, lonely, and all those other feelings that come along with that.. Yet I KNEW God was there, just did not feel Him all the time.. spent a few weeks of that in the darkest part I have felt in my life in a VERY long time.
GOD is faithful... and has shown us things about ourselves, our family , our home, our church, our relationships, that come to one conclusion... Ready/?????
NO ONE OR ANYTHING ON THIS EARTH IS PERFECT, including us!!! WOW!!! AMAZING RIGHT?@?@?!!!!!
I make light of it, but in all seriousness, we needed to be reminded of that... I am so glad.. so so so so glad, this is a personal walk.. Oh how I would hate to think someone else is trying to carry me & my bags around on top of their own.. SO why would I try to do the same? We must keep healthy boundaries, not just because we ourselves need them.. But also to not be a stumbling block to someone else .. ( Rambling? Yes but look up it is the title of this page you are reading)
So after a few rocky months, The Good Lord is still leading, still molding & shaping our family, and I am so glad HE IS! He is still on the Throne..
I admit I am not perfect, I have such a LONG way to go, I am not the most beautiful woman, nor the richest, I don't always buy name brand, have a brand new car, or the best furniture, my life is full of holes that I allowed the enemy to make in my past... But I can also tell you what I am...
I love with everything I am, I cry, I laugh, I get upset, I am a child of a KING, my name IS written down next to yours in the Lambs Great Book of Life( so accept it) Grace has covered all my stains, and JESUS is the link between my past and my future( thanks Beth Moore for that one) I will no longer apologise for who I am( yes to those of you who think I am to hyper, to loud, to ugly or to fat) ACCEPT IT, wont be changing unless The Lord changes it!! I am who I am, and MY GOD makes no mistakes, so I accept it, am thankful for it, and LOVE IT!!! I have a man who loves me, kids who love me, a family who loves me, a church who loves me, Friends who love me.... WHAT MORE could I ask for???
So having said all that, I turn the mirror around ( for the sake of not being hypocritical) and apply that to all the listed above people, and must offer the same room to them as I wish for myself... This is a learning process for me, as I said , I am NOT perfect.. Folks Heaven is around the corner, I do not want to miss it, and do not want to cause you to miss it either... SO lets put aside all the things that next to eternity do not really matter( how I wear my hair, my skirts, my sleeves, my shoes, my purses, my house, my car, where I go , what I do, my music, or the fact I have likes and dislikes) and let GOD purify us through and through and pray for one another instead of picking at things that if we were honest and turn the mirror on ourselves would see clearly... we have our own problems to deal with too!!! I am so thankful for people in my life who love me enough to pray for me, and still love me even with a big flashing sign that reads, "If looking for the perfect person keep going not here, if looking for a work in progress, look no further, I am right here"
SO stock market and jobs might be unstable, things are going up and down, everything is falling apart around us... BUT.... BUT... BUT ... I need not fear, I know who holds yesterday, today, and tomorrow.. HE HAS THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS!!!! HE is the same... does not and has not nor will EVER change... Hallelujah!!!!!
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