Arraying Yourself For Beauty and For Battle

Last evening was a wonderful event at church. The event was solely for women and about arraying yourself for beauty and for battle. I came late from work so I missed quite a bit of the beginning but seemed to make it in time for what I thought were the best parts anyways. I walked inside and all of the tables were lined with beautiful white linen table cloth. Each one had beautiful paper gold hearts in the center with a long vase and sparkling lit candles. The tables were done as if they were for a wedding! The orchestra had just started when I arrived. The orchestra was a group of kids performing. They played pieces from the baraqoe area including a piece by Handel. I could hardly believe I just walked into such a place after such a crazy yet boring day of work. After the orchestra was the message. The message came from the book of Ephesians about putting on the whole armor of God. The woman who spoke is a fiery woman of God she spoke to us ladies. It was very encouraging to hear her speak. She used a woman as her example and "dressed her up in the armor". For the breastplate she used a beautiful necklace, for the shoes she used black long boots, for the belt of truth she used a shiny belt, the shield of faith consisted of a cute black jacket, and the sword of the spirit was a fashionable black purse with a Bible inside of it and a tablet. :) It was a great example and I'll never forget the armour of God! :) The message spoke to my heart about being content only in the Lord and it gave me the strength from God that I needed to realize that He is fighting all my battles and He will bring me a place of contentment no matter what the circumstance if I only rely on Him. :) The more I am learning to trust in God just over the past day the more my fears are subsided and my thoughts are good! Tonight, I'm taking out a ten year old girl from our church to spend Saturday together along with my cousin and her man Brandon. I'm really excited and I'm praying that God will use this extra time I have now for His glory! FrEeDoM at LAST! :)