BEING TRANSFORMED: #1 TWO SISTERS, ONE HOT GUY

Hello-o-o, Mini-Women! From your comments it looks like you are READY to set out on our next GIA Agent mission. Only, because it's Lent, the traditional time for looking inside ourselves for what needs to be changed -- TRANSFORMED by God because we can't do it ourselves -- we're going to go inward instead of outward.

    You have your Tookit with all you need (if not, see yesterday's post) and you have a great attitude about God because Friday night and yesterday you've been thinking about how wonderful God is. So let's get started. First, though, some prayers, for:

    * ANNARACHEL's friend's mom who suffered a miscarraige, which created some questions about God in her friend's mind that, quite frankly, we can't answer.

    *   JESUSFREAK'S classmate who was injured at her co op.

    Merciful God, please hear the prayers of your mini-women.

All right. Here we go. You'll see below how each post in our series will be set up.

    A LITTLE BACKGROUND: Did you know that right this very minute, you are being TRANSFORMED? Yeah, you're being changed from who you think you have to be to get along in this very weird world into the real you that you were made to be -- the you who becomes more like Jesus every day. How does it happen? The Holy Spirit of God comes to you when you're talking to and learning more about Jesus and curls around inside you, slowly turning you into a brighter, more beautiful version of who you are now. It sounds a little like a fairy tale, dcoesn't it? It totally isn't, and to help you realize that, we're going to study some people who WERE transformed in the Bible, little by little, just like you.  We'll start with two sisters, Leah and Rachel.

    READ: Genesis 29:16-17

    PONDER THIS: That sounds like a fight waiting to happen, doesn't it? Two sisters, one squinty and cross-eyed, the other a candidate for America's Next Top Model. Can't you just see the stuff that went on in their growing-up years? People comparing them and always saying how much prettier Rachel was? Kids making fun of Leah while acting like Rachel was all that? Boys asking Leah to introduce them to her kid sister? (You can read more about it on p. 245 of THAT IS SO ME) Both of them probably ended up believing what people were saying about them. 

    TURN IT INWARD: Have you ever experienced the kind of jealousy Leah must have felt? Or have you been given the idea that you're better than other people somehow? (I kind of was sometimes as tween)? It might not be about your siblings, but maybe your best friend?

    TALK TO JESUS ABOUT IT: If you've been reading the Ten Reasons To Fall In Love With Jesus posts, you know that unlike just about everybody else, even people who love you, Jesus is ALWAYS available to you. AND he won't judge you for how you feel. Get off alone and talk out loud to him. Or whisper to him after you're in bed at night or write out your feelings to him in your journal or sketchbook (that's how I pray a lot). Keep going until those feelings are all out in the open. Don't leave anything out -- because another thing about Jesus is that he isn't going to run and tell all your friends what's going on inside you. This will be between you and him.

    NOW . . . If something occurs to you that you could do to change the situation, go ahead and do that little thing. If not, just wait, and remember that transformation takes time.

    SHARE WITH US --If you want to, tell us what you discovered in PONDER THIS. You can also take a guess at why I used that picture in our post today (y'know, just for fun).

Can't wait to see what you write, Mini-Women.  I'll be back here TOMORROW! Until then . . .

Blessings,

Nancy Rue

    

Comments

[Casey]

there are 2 girls and 1 boy so it's kinda like "2 sisters, 1 hot guy."

[AnnaRachael]

Yeah, either that,, or because it was just president's day( from the flags? maybe????)Um, I do't know what I would be jealous of . Maybe my older sisters freedom. As in, she can hide in her room all day and text, and do all she really wants. I know that she is ,like, 19, but I am still jealous about it...

[Emma ♦♣☺♠☻♥◄☼►1♦♪♫]

Praying~~~

[Jesus Freak]

I agree with Casey Leah and Rachel and then Jacob. I sometimes feel jealous cuz all of my friends have Ipods and I don't. So they talk about stuff that I don't even know about. Or sometimes I get jealous cuz my dad helps my brothers out with their sports A LOT and when ever I ask him if he'll practice with me he's either to busy or he promised one of my brothers he'd practice with them. So ya.

@Emma how do you do all that cool stuff like a music note, sun, smiley face etc?

Praise: The boy that got hurt at my co op is O.K just a little concussion. So thank Jesus!!

TTYLXOX!

Beth:)

[Baylee]

i'm happy the boy is okay! what i'm jealous of is probably this girl at school who is mean yet she has a lot of friends and I don't really get how...
as always praying for ya'll!

[AmeliA]

Hey, girls. I haven't been on for a while for many smelly reasons. To keep it short, a rodent decided to sleep, eat, and die in our garage. Now it stinks. Then when we were cleaning, two smelly things spilled. Then, when I was HELPING look for the mouse, I let a petrol gas tank leak in our garage. That stuff is poisonous. I've had a cough ever since.

Plus, my stomach has been acting strange.

And my mom's BFF from 10 grade came down.

Anyways, I get Jealous over little silly things. But usually, I'm not jealous. It just doesn't occur to me that my BFF has lied to me and used it to get another friend. Usually the only reoccurring jealousy is when I covet/lust after stuff I know I can't have. And, lately, I've been really bad about it. I've had the filling of apple pie (which the crust has stuff I can't have) and other stuff. I'm just very confused right now, but through it all, my God shines through.

Oh and another thing is that I'm stressed and mom's been snapping at everyone for some reason.... IDK WHY!!!! and dad's working extra hard and long hours for a decent pay.

I'm sorry for posting all that, but I needed to get it out. Thank y'all for the patience!
ILYGMSIC! (I luv u gals my Sisters In Christ!)
Amelia

[Jesus Freak]

Wow Amelia! Seams like there's a lot going on in your life! I'm having the same problems with my mom one minute we're cracking up laughing then the next minute she's hard to talk to. :(

TTYLXOX

Beth:)

[Emma ♦♣☺♠☻♥◄☼►1♦♪♫]

praying for everyone! Post more later gtg ! Bye

[Abigail]

Dear Mrs. Rue... are those both your siblings? Or is the man your nephew/son? And thank you so much for making it easy for me. Instead of THAT IS SO ME I read LUCY OUT OF BOUNDS, the part where Lucy and Mora get introduced to Rachel and Leah. I love that series...
Well, I think that I'm proud in the way of languages and I think I'm better than others - and I want that to STOP so bad!
PRAISE: I think that maybe there's a REAL Christian girl in my class!!!!!!!!!!

[Jenna]

Okay, I just read this post, and I was thinking the same thing as Casey :)
I sometimes feel jealous of my brothers' time. Like when my parents go out to dinner, they tell us to watch my sister, but I end up the only one watching her-- which I don't mind at ALL, but sometimes if she's being a stinker, you need more that one person.

Pray that I won't do that please :)

Praying for everyone else!

[Amelia]

Praying!
And praying for you, Beth!

[Cassi]

Praying for you all!! :)

In ponder this, I discovered that I feel that everything, lately, seems to depend on my mood. Some days, I'll be the 'prettier' of the bunch and everything seems to go right with the way I interact with guys. Other days, I feel ugly, gross, disgusting, etc., and I don't interact, hangout, and communicate with my peers, especially guys, very well. But, if I had to choose one, I'd say that I feel pretty darn ugly a lot of the time. I'd like to change that- not so that I can feel superior, but so that I can feel confident when I walk into a room full of staring people or start talking with a guy.

[Emma ♦♣☺♠☻♥◄☼►1♦♪♫]

Praying plese prayi get to see my friend today! thanks