Zizzie Happenings

I am so excited that this coming weekend I am heading to California to go to the 2nd Annual Lilla Rose Convention.  Last year's convention was amazing!  They did a fabulous job with their first ever convention and now the time has come to get together and celebrate again! A few weeks ago Lilla Rose owner/creator announced that all who attend the Lilla Rose convention will be receiving a gift of $600.00 of retail products as a thank you for attending.  How awesome is that?  I was totally blown away with the announcement and I can't wait to see all the goodies.   Lilla Rose is such a wonderful company to work for/work with.  It actually feels like it's more of a family than a company.  John Dorsey (owner/founder) is a down to earth, friendly, encouraging man. Lilla Rose is not like any other direct sales company.  It is soooo much better! The flexi clip which John created and patented, is one of a kind.

For our second Singles Fellowship we were asked to bring some snack type food.  Well I got the message late in the day and there really wasn't much time to buy any ingredients for anything special so I decided to look up how to make brownies from scratch.  Do you know that I have never made brownies from scratch.  I have always made them from a box…can you believe it? Well, I went on Pinterest (my new best friend :-) which I told all my widow friends about and they are now totally addicted also) and I found this post .  Who can resist fudgy homemade brownies from scratch?  I had all the ingredients so I made it.  I am proud to say I didn't eat any (huge accomplishment for me) but I do want to keep the recipe because everyone loved them. Funny thing is one of the guys asked me "What is in these brownies?  I am a brownie connoisseur and I have never tasted any brownies this good."  I started telling him the ingredients: cocoa powder, flour, suga...

Last night was the second Singles Fellowship get together and we had around 25 in attendance. Another excellent message was given and we also had time to split off women in one room and men in another and share prayer requests with one another. I met a sweet young lady named Rebecca who is 27 and has been saved for 3 years.  She was sharing some scripture verses with Kelly, a 34 year old single Mom whose struggling in her life right now because her heart's desire is to be married. The three of us split off into our own little group and we just took some time to share with each other and encourage one another.   Each one of us with such different lives and yet all of us bonded together in Jesus Christ during this season of singleness in our lives. We started to clean up and put away the chairs for the night and Rebecca came up to me and asked me if she could pray for me.  Right then and there, she stopped what she was doing and she put her arm around me and she sta...

If you read my last post to the very end you know what I am about to say… Yes… the Sunday before Valentine's Day they announced at church that they were starting a Singles Fellowship group. At first I was excited but rather quickly I became very hesitant about the idea of attending. My thoughts were all over the place. I was worried it would be a group of young college aged singles or it would be full of old weirdo men (I know, not very nice of me to be thinking but that's what I was thinking) I didn't know how I was going to get to the meeting (yes I know Kathy would have been happy to take me but I really didn't want to add one more thing onto Kathy's plate and I didn't know how picking me up would work out.) I didn't know how I would do going and not knowing anyone.  Would I stress out and have a seizure? I didn't know if this was going to end up being a live "Christian Mingle" session. So many thoughts, so many concerns. As...

 A month ago I attended a Widow's Retreat.  The theme of the retreat was He has made everything beautiful in His time ~ Ecclesiastes 3:11 They had everything beautifully decorated with clocks and lots of vintage items.   Our first night there, since most ladies were traveling and coming it at different times, they had craft night.  A night to decorate a journal and fellowship with one another.  It was fun and productive.    The retreat was in California and it was a gorgeous weekend.  It's always wonderful to be able to sit outside,  read God's word and cast every care on the Lord because He will sustain us.  The speaker for the retreat was wonderful and I had the opportunity to meet and get to know widows walking the same path as me but each one of us with our own struggles.  We were able to take the time to share those struggles with each other and we had the opportunity to lift each other up in prayer. ...

Since Paul and Kathy were going out of town for Valentine's weekend, I decided to throw a Valentine's party for my widow friends.   I am so thankful I did because it kept me focused on getting things planned, organized and ready for the party and I didn't have time to sit and think about how much I miss Mike. I don't know why God has me in this season of life but little by little God is teaching me, stretching me, and molding me. It was a blessed time of fellowship!

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Stay close by My side Keep your eyes on Me Though this life is hard I will give you perfect peace In this time of trial Pain that no one sees Trust me when I say That I will give you perfect peace And you'll never walk alone And you'll never be in need Though I may not calm the storms around you You can hide in Me Burdens that you bear Offer no relief Let Me bear your load 'Cause I will give you perfect peace Stay close by My side And you'll never walk alone Keep your eyes on Me And you'll never be in need Though this life is hard Know that I will always give you perfect peace I will give you perfect peace Perfect Peace by Laura Story