By Faith...I think that was the lesson

It took me a bit to jump into this weeks homework. For a few days I was stuck in a place of mulling over the notes from last week’s lesson about believing we are who God says we are. I know that even as I have gone about my week God has been good to draw a few of those traits out for me to explore a little more. For those who may have missed our time together here is a little recap:

We are LOVED, We are BLESSSED,
We are CHOSEN, We are ADOPTED,
We are ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED,
We are REDEEMED, We are FORGIVEN

Clinging to those statements about who we are
we are thrust in to the hard work of
By Faith...By Faith...By Faith.

Well ladies there it is. This week’s mantra. By Faith. This week we will discuss together days 1-3 (pg 74-84) . In our time we will be reviewing the stories and life/faith lessons that we can learn and be encouraged by of some of the people of faith who walked before us...WAY before us. While a few of the names are familiar I was blessed in my study time with new respect for the level of faith that each man we will look at displayed in his day. Before it was the nature of the situation that appealed to me, but now I am in awe of their persistent, lived out loud act of faith. I look forward to hearing how these stories of “old” are encouraging you today.

Thank you ladies for all the work that you are doing for our time together. What a blessing and encouragement it is to share our stories, insights, thoughts and journeys with one another. I don’t know about you, but I always leave our time together just itching for more.