So … hello, to all you gorgeous gals in cyberspace! It’s time for our first "official" we-are-launched blog on the new Beth Jones Ministries website. We’ve got so much to talk about … where do we begin? Perhaps it would be best to get introduced or reintroduced.
I am living the same life you live, pretty much. As a wife, as the mother of four busy kids, as an author and pastor—helping my husband to oversee a growing church, and as a person who majors on cultivating important friendships … it’s a big juggling act!
And like you, I’m going through the normal life changes … a new teen driver that is embarrassed to have me ride in the front seat when she is driving—hello? … aging parents 1,500 miles away … and being a 40-something with hormones that float somewhere between PMS and menopause.
We are living the same life. Spinning plates. Raising kids. Growing in marriage. Drinking cappuccinos. Being a friend. Doing embarrassing things. Influencing those around us—one way or another. There are highs and there are some lows.
I have found that the strong current in my life is my faith. Faith in Jesus and His Word. Faith to believe. Faith to laugh. Faith to forgive. Sometimes people think that because my husband and I pastor a church we must live this "perfect, float-on-clouds life" or that we never make any mistakes. That would be a “no.” We’re normal folks that trust in a "supernormal" God.
I’ve found in this busy, uncertain world in which we live that the foundation from which everything in my life stems is personal faith in a personal God—Jesus Christ and the relevant, tangible, real power of His Word.
So, from that faith perspective, I’d like to share a variety of practical, humorous, heart-felt, Word-loaded, life-relevant things with you girls … as we journey together through the BJM website.
Until next time, just know someone is living your life.
Beth
"So encourage each other and build each other up … " (1 Thessalonians 5:11, NLT)
