Chocolate Covered Conversations

I was overwhelmed by the number of women that came on Wednesday Night and enjoyed our first Chocolate Covered Conversation......a sweet time of fellowship with other women.

We had special chocolate covered strawberries with the Hope logo, a chocolate fountain to dip pretzels, marshmallows, fruit or cake in and so many other delicious desserts. We were able to relax and build relationships with one another as we savor the extrevagant love of God.

Here are a few of the beautiful Women of Hope.......

Thanks to Leesa Rigby for opening up your beautiful home to us and created a warm and inviting atmosphere.

I look forward to the next Chocolate Covered Conversations

for the Women of Hope. Watch for details and invite a friend!

This week we will also begin our Women's Bible study, Believeing God, with two opportunities to join us. Come either on Wednesday evening from 6-8pm at Camper Village and then again on Thursday mornings from 10-12 noon at Stacey Brookins home.

You can email me for more information at Linda@hopeinocala.com

Conversations of Hope....

...as women we can have many conversations in a given day. I have conversations with my husband, my 2 girls, my friends, extended family, neighbors, strangers and even myself. My day can be filled with words but so many times I am left feeling empty, overwhelmed, frustrated & even lonely. I have found that the most satisfying conversation in my day is with the Lord. Psalm 63:1 says, "...early will I seek you, my soul thirsts for you...". Jeremiah 33:3 says, "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." and Jeremiah 29:11-13 tells me that the Lord has a plan for my life to give me a future and a hope. In vs.12-13 says, "then you will call upon me and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I love vs 14 from The Message - "When you coming looking for me, you'll find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed."

When I spend time with the Lord.....preferably in the morning because it sets the tone of my day....I am filled to love on my family and anyone I have a conversation with throughout my day. I am no longer looking for those conversations with others to give me hope, or satisfy me because I am already satisfied. When I am already complete and satisfied in Christ He makes every other conversations extra blessings - they become the icing on the cake, or the chocolate chips in the cookie.....it is extra. He is the only one who can truly satisfy us. 2 Peter 1:3-4 tells us that "his divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness."

I encourage you to have a Conversation of Hope with Christ - Ephesians 1:18 says, "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints."