What's Missing?

Hey Ladies!

We are busy getting ready for the "Ladies Bible Study Fall Expo,"  Tuesday, September 18th, at 7:00.  We are trying to convince you, our friends, that in-depth Bible study and time with other ladies is what is missing in your life.  If we can help with any questions, please email us here on the blog.

Today, meet one of our newer teachers, Kim Bass.  Kim and her husband, Jeff, serve faithfully at Lee Park.  She is in the Ladies Ministry and He is in the Men's Ministry.  She and Jeff run their Insurance Business.  I love to shop at my local Harris Teeter and see their picture on my cart advertising that business.  I'm thankful for Kim and her willingness to serve.  She is always so caring to her students that take one of her studies.  She has snacks:).  

Thanks Kim for writing this blog. 

Do you have time for God?  Within our busy days, how many times do we ignore God? With a million things on our minds, having to be in 3 places at one time, when God spoke to us did we hear Him?--Probably not. We need to be aware that God is near, watching us and loving us.

Sometimes to experience God we just need to be still. To feel a cool breeze on a hot summer day, or to see the white billowly clouds floating aimlessly in the deep blue sky or even to hear the birds chirping in the early morning, that should bring God to your mind.  To know that He is near.

He delights in our conversation with Him, but how do we know God?

Through His Word is the place where we will find Him. Taking time to read and study His Word, not only will enrich our lives, but will be pleasing to our God.  How much joy and peace can the Creator of the Universe bring you?  As He takes care of the birds in the air, how much more would He take care of you?

To be in a Bible study is the answer.  Our great God wants to spend time with you.  Don't let life bring you down, turn toward our God for the fulfilment in life that only He can bring you.

Hope to see you September 18, at our Ladies Fall Bible Expo!!!

What Bible Study Has Done For Me

My name is Shannon Hill. I am a wife to an amazing man, Mark, a mother of three, Parker, 5, Kessler, 2, and Riley, born in January. I am also a part time hair stylist. I was honored, (after the terror wore off) to be asked to lead a Bible study at church. I love the ladies ministry and the godly woman who run it that I look up to. When asked to write a blog for our ministry,I was very unsure of what to share, or what not to share, but after much prayer, I hope the words that follow are from Christ and not me.

I will never forget my first day of my Bible study, “So Long Insecurity”. The walk from the parking lot to the doors at Lee Park was almost enough to make me turn and run to the comforts of my home. I was fairly new to Lee Park, very new to Monroe and even more new to the idea of Bible study. Every insecure thought I could have raced through my mind at once, (funny how God works, He was already preparing me for what was to come).  I felt more insecure walking into a room full of Christian woman for an insecurity class than I did my first day of high school. I soon realized that I was not alone!! That study was just the beginning of my freedom through Christ. It was also the beginning of a better marriage, a better home life with my children and a better relationship with my mother.  It led to a much desired, much deeper relationship with my Creator. I enjoy Him now like I never knew I could. 

My Bible study “walks” have gotten much easier, and I haven’t missed an opportunity to be a part of one since. I have found deep friendships and awesome role models. These studies have not only changed me, but the Lord has worked on so many of my loved ones through the knowledge I obtained during these studies. Instead of casting judgment on my mother, which I had done for years, I now wanted to call and encourage her, to tell her how much God loves her and longs to have her back. She went from ignoring God and condemning herself to joining us on our ladies retreat and feeling closeness with the Lord that she had not felt for years! What a blessing it was to so many of us to hear her testimony on that trip. But wait, it gets better!! My sister, who is six years younger than me and who always looked up to me, even when I was living a life the opposite of what God intended for me, she found Christ a little over a year ago! I am so thankful that the Lord let me have a hand in that, and even more thankful for the forgiveness He has given to me! It just goes to show that He knows what He is doing, even when we don’t. He let me choose my own path, make my mistakes and then helped me realize how much I needed Him to choose my path for me. And even after all the years of turning my back on Him, He so graciously still chooses to bless me with so much.

I’m not saying life is perfect, I don’t expect perfection this side of heaven. What I am saying is that life is worth living with Christ leading, and not just worth it, it is overwhelmingly enjoyable. I am just a sinner, saved by grace, trying every day to live in this world and not be of it and praying hard that others see more of Him and less of me!

I pray that these studies touch you like they have touched me; I pray you will choose to make “the walk” through the doors and I pray you will always find open, loving arms waiting for you on the other side, just as I did.

Much Love,

Shannon