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Have you ever received something for which you are deeply grateful? We are speechless. Maybe it was a surprise, an unexpected gift, or an undeserved blessing. We feel inadequate in our expression of thanks and our words seem cheap in thanking the person.
I have a friend who always seeks a way to bless others.
Another friend never tires in her service to the Lord and preaching the good news to others.
If you were to ask either of these friends about their motivation, they would tell you that they see it as the only way to express their thanks to God for all He has done in their lives.
God wants us to thank Him for what He has done and what He has given us. But there are many other ways to express our thanks. God loves when we thank Him verbally, but He also wants us to live a life of thanks.
When we recognize the depth of His love and unmerited blessings, “Thanks,” just isn’t enough... We long for a better way to express ourselves. How can we live a life of thanksgiving?
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Some of the original Iron Rose Sisters are a group of women who came to be known as the Twisted Sisters. The name was inspired by a Bible study book that highlighted the struggle we all have with our internal selves, battling to choose to follow God’s way instead of our own selfish ways (Romans 7:14-28).
Since I was back in Baton Rouge for a Ladies’ Day this past weekend, a few ladies from that original group gathered for a meal to talk, laugh, pray, and share in each other’s lives. My Twisted Sisters are a diverse group of women, connected in Christ: all young at heart, spanning several generations, we are married, single, kids, no kids, grandkids...
And they have continued to serve as Iron Rose Sisters—iron sharpening iron, encouraging me and others to be as beautiful as a rose in spite a few thorns.
These relationships are impossible without Christ in the center. And God has designed us to not have to go it alone. The body of Christ, with all of its unique members, was created to work together, spur one another on, encourage, challenge, and lift up each other.
These Twisted Sisters represent many other similar groups in other cities across the world. When I share with other women about what it means to be and have an Iron Rose Sister, I am blessed to have many personal stories to draw from, inspiring women to bless others through deep and meaningful relationships. I am eternally grateful to God for providing those Christian brothers and sisters, friends and family when I have needed them most.
And I am honored to share those stories from my life and from Scripture in order to inspire other women to rise to the challenges God has called us to.
Thank you for praying that God will use me as His instrument to equip women to connect to God and one another more deeply. And may you also give thanks today for the Iron Rose Sisters (or Twisted Sisters) in your life.