Morning Lord! Bible Study day today! Just wanted to check in with you to give you thanks and praise for this new day and for the opportunity to be able to go and spend time with other mothers and look at your word. As always, I pray that you would make all between us right in your sight. I know the key to living a righteous life is to be both dependent on you and obedient to you. If only it wasn’t so easy to simply rely on our own strength, Lord.
I pray you would speak to me today and help me learn more of you. I pray for Libby as she prepares today’s study. Of course thinking about Libby then reminds me about dress shopping with Jasmine on Saturday since Libby also came along. As you know, she isn’t part of the bridal party but is now considered by Jasmine to be an indispensible voice of reason in any given situation. I must say that her presence made me feel so much more relaxed. Thankfully the style of bridesmaids’ dresses that we’ve settled on is very classy and flattering to the figure. The other two bridesmaids were nice and I suspect that being involved may actually turn out to be fun.
Lunch with Linley yesterday wasn’t quite so enjoyable. As predicted she did lay it on pretty thick about her glamorous lifestyle. I tried to let it all wash over me and instead ask some deeper questions about her life but Linley had her “Everything’s Marvellous” façade on so tight I fear I heard little real truth. However, I did learn more about her than she did about me. I could write several pages on her life after lunch yesterday. She’s struggle to fill up the back of a postage stamp based on the interest she took in what’s happening for me. C’est la vie. I’ll just keep being faithful to what I feel you would have me do where this friendship is concerned.
Anyway, duty calls. Bless my family as they go about their day, Lord. Work in and through me for your good purposes. I lift all before you in your mighty name…Amen