Comments on: Company Girl Coffee 9/11/09

By: Rachel Anne

Rachel Anne — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:52:22 +0000

Shawna, I’m sorry it’s taken me a whole week to get ’round for a cold cup of coffee. Somehow I knew you’d still keep a cup for me

Your post is so thought-provoking! It reminded me of something someone said recently, “what would you do if you had no limitations on yourself?” Stopped me in my tracks because I always have my reasons for not following my dreams: no college degree, no formal writing skills, getting kinda old….all limits I put on myself.

Anyway, what a great challenge you brought. I look forward to your writings on women of the Bible…always been a fan of Abigail.

By: shawna

shawna — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:09:12 +0000

Heather, the women in Moses’ life were incredible. One of profs said without women there would be no Moses. I love the audacity of Puah and Shiprah to stand there and tell Pharoah that Hebrew women who were animals that just popped those babies out before they got there. Absolutely, incredible women.

I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of my readings.

By: Heather Plett

Heather Plett — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:49:20 +0000

Hey – I’m glad I found your site! I’ve always been interested in alternative versions of the Biblical stories, especially those about women.

Not long ago, I spoke in my church about lessons we can learn from the story of Moses about following our calling, and one of the lessons was “surround yourself with good people who keep you afloat”. I was really fascinated by all the women at the beginning of Moses’ story (his mother, sister, Pharaoh’s daughter, and the midwives) who were fiesty enough to defy the law and keep him alive. What an inspiration!

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By: LydiaCate

LydiaCate — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:12:44 +0000

Welcome to Company girl! I enjoyed your post I look forward to getting to know you here and at Rachel’s place.
Have a great week!

By: shawna

shawna — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:05:33 +0000

Thank you for stopping by everyone! I really appreciate your comments.

@Sharon I do think the virtual stuff does make a difference. You think you have to everywhere all the time. It is exhausting.

And I need to get around to some Company Girl blogs today. My errands took 4 times as long as I thought they would yesterday.

By: LaDonna

LaDonna — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:35:30 +0000

Good thoughts. I think something my dh has been trying to tell me – I am good enough. I am always trying to improve myself and I think that’s a great thing to do too, but there comes a point where we need to really just accept who we are and take a break from the self-pressure we create for ourselves. I will be thinking about this too.

By: Sharon Lippincott

Sharon Lippincott — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:30:50 +0000

I’m just thinking here … I wonder … if maybe … possibly … always needing to do one more Facebook entry, one more tweet, one more blog post, answer one more e-mail …

Is doing more substantially different from self-improvement? Are both forms of competition? Are we caught in a vortex of life-draining virtual reality?

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:47:39 +0000

Welcome to Coffee! Good for you for learning to trust yourself. Congrats on winning the retreat. That’s great. I love winning stuff.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:16:15 +0000

I can’t wait to read more about the women in the Bible. Writing comes so easily to me – except when others are going to be reading it! =) The truth is – the more you write – the better you’ll get and the more your confidence will grow.

If anybody is too rough in their comments, try to disconnect from them for a few days and go back and see if you find any truth in it that you can use to improve your writing.

And you’re right – the women of the Bible are to be appreciated and studied – God purposed their place in Scripture and we can learn from them!