LOOK AT THESE WOMEN

What are they doing?

Simply gathering water at the well?



Indulge me for a brief moment and imagine yourself right there among them.



Quiet. Listen... do you hear them?

Do you hear the laughter from those women headed off to the left?

I wonder what happened that was so amusing.



What about the group on the top right... they're gathered together,

most likely praying, encouraging, comforting one another.



Those around the well, do you think the older ones are giving the younger ones advice?

Training them, showing the the way?



Do you think these women look forward to their daily journeys to the well?

The journey where they will see other women, their friends.

The journey during which they share their daily burdens and triumphs.



What if you had a place to go like that?

A place away from the world that sneers at you, laughs at you, keeps you down.

A place to laugh.

A place to encourage and be encouraged.

A place to comfort and be comforted.

A place to share your wisdom and gain from anothers.

A place to teach and a place to learn.

A place to spend time at your Saviors feet.

A place to start your week off right.

A place.... like the well.



Does that sound like a journey you would like to take?

If so, join us on a journey to the well.









RADICAL

Monday, March 15, 2010

Amish Grace

Do ya all remember the news regarding the Amish School shootings in Pennsylvania a few years ago?  Boy do I.
Well today I received an email from a Lifetime rep who had been reading Journey to the Well (Whhaaa???), telling me about the new movie coming up on Lifetime and asking me if I would add the preveiw to Journey to the Well.  Absolutely.
In Lifetime Movie Network’s upcoming film, AMISH GRACE, a mother’s life is changed forever when her daughter is murdered. She finds herself struggling with her community’s belief in the transcending power of forgiveness. The movie is based on a true story about the aftermath that followed the 2006 schoolhouse shooting in the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
The movie is having its world television premiere Sunday, March 28 at 8PM EST/ 5pm PST on Lifetime Movie Network.


So what do you think? What if you were this mother?  Could you forgive the shooter?

Be sure and watch March 28th and we'll meet bck at the well to discuss it.

Unconditionally Surrendered....Joy

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