Skip to main content

Sisters In The Lord

We ought always to thank God for you, Sisters, loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel that you might share in the glory of our Lord, Jesus Christ. 2 Thessolonians 2:13





To be part of the Body of Christ is a privilege. I learned a long time ago that the choice I make daily to follow Christ (or not to follow) not only affects me but my relationships. In the past six months of blogging with you, I have been drawn to the Lord in so many ways because of your choices to follow Him! You whet my appetite for more of the Word with your writings and I am grateful for our friendships.



Thank you Alleluiabelle, for this Sisterhood Award. It is a blessing to me and one that I long to pass on to other sisters. My prayer is that God will bless my sisters in Christ today and give them just what He thinks they need.


If you are visiting me and reading this, it is not by accident. I have prayed that you will stop by and accept this award from me to post on your blog, too. Thank you for always encouraging me with your uniqueness and sharing your love for God.

Comments

  1. RCUBEsApril 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    I'm so blessed to be a part of this sisterhood in Christ!!!Congratulations sis Mary. May God bless you richly! I truly enjoy your friendship and it's amazing how it feels like I know you personally, same with other sisters! Thank God for His love that binds us in unity. Love to you! Have a great weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Debbie PetrasApril 18, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    I stopped by to check in with you. Congratulations on your sisterhood award. And Pile of Smiles is the perfect name for your blog. I always seem to smile when I visit you. :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. LisaShawApril 18, 2009 at 5:33 PM

    Hi Mary I came by to say Hi and happy weekend to you! I pray all is well with you and your family and congratulations on being one in the sisterhood :)

    Bless you dear.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AlleluiabelleApril 18, 2009 at 7:27 PM

    You are a dear one Mary...an absolute dear Sister-In-Christ not only to me, but to so many out there. You are precious and I greatly admire your heart-filled compassion for the Lord and for all things. You are a treasured gift from God, one that I treasure as a dear friend and a dear sister that God put across my pathway. All of us who have met each other in the cyber world of things, were meant to meet, it was not by coincidence.

    Relax and enjoy your precious family. Give your daughter and that sweet little granddaughter of yours a big hug and kiss from all of us here!

    (((hugs & blessings)))
    Alleluiabelle

    ReplyDelete
  5. SueApril 18, 2009 at 8:20 PM

    It is truly you my dear blogging friend who inspires us, your love for the Lord and willingness to share it is so inspiring. Blessings,
    Sue

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kathleen April 19, 2009 at 6:00 AM

    Well deserved!

    Whenever I arrive at your blog home, I am literally warmed by your gracious grin! You've titled your space well, and the award suits it nicely.

    Be blessed,
    Kathleen

    ReplyDelete
  7. DarleneApril 19, 2009 at 7:13 PM

    Congats on the award! I am enjoying getting to know you!
    Have a fantastic week!

    ReplyDelete
  8. KelliGirlApril 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    Congratulations on your award! I have found it so amazing to discover a sisterhood, the body of Christ, here in the blogosphere. Isn't it cool the way God knits us together?! I, for one, would have never thought blogging could actually be about relationships and growing together in Jesus!

    You are a dear sister and I'm so thankful God's brought us together.

    Blessings,

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Surprise at the Mall

I lost touch with a writer friend.  I missed her and her cheerful blog posts.  We met up in a most unusual way!  I’m still in awe of how it happened. I finished my shopping at the mall and took a short cut to get to the parking lot.  The path led me through the food court.  The smell of Chicken Fajitas stopped me in my tracks.  I planned lunch elsewhere, but now I followed my nose. I chewed my first bite of chicken taco salad when, out of nowhere, a loud redhead moved rapidly past the tables and into the booth with me.  “I know you !”  She shouted.  I pondered if I knew this crazy lady.  Did she mistake me for someone else?  She shouted louder and stuck her finger in my face:  “ You’re Mary; you have a blog called Pile of Smiles and you live in the Verde Valley .”   It took me a second to compose myself.  I stopped chewing my food.  I know I stared too long at her face and then she said:...
48 comments
Read more

Mama's Lipstick

I always wished I could do things with my mom like shop in the mall, share makeup secrets or go to the movies and watch romantic comedies.  My wish never materialized.     My mama behaved like a tomboy.   She loved baseball and pitched with a strong right arm.   She could care less about the latest fashion or the latest movies featured on the big screen.   She never polished her fingernails.    One day after elementary school, I walked into the house to find my mom all dolled up in front of the bathroom mirror, foundation crème, powder, eyebrow pencil and rouge all over the counter sink.  “Who are you?” I asked, thrilled to see my mama putting on the Ritz.  Makeup in place and blotted, she immediately took it off.  “I don’t like the way it feels,” she exclaimed. She retired in Arizona and protected her dry lips with a light rose lipstick, the color of natural lips, a step above ChapStick.  She wore it a few tim...
55 comments
Read more

Hitched to a Rough Road

Photo Credit:  Peggy James I got his email and wanted to shout:  “Hey, buster, does the phrase “continued behavior pattern” mean anything to you?  But I didn’t. Travis is at it again.  His email revealed a litany of complaints about our neighborhood, our country road, our board officers, bad decisions made that will cost him money , yada-yada-yada . Travis is a Christian brother but you’d never know it. He is a large, loud man who shoots his mouth off as often as he shoots his guns back here in the hills.  He interrupts at our road meetings and, like a typical hothead, he speaks truth but with a tone that makes me feel like I need to duck in case some of his words fly at me and smack me upside the face. I thought we were making progress, but we’re not. It is our rough road that brings us together .  Last year we picked up the neglected pieces of our road association.  We agreed to assemble once again to talk, make decisio...
37 comments
Read more