Eat, Pray, Love: "Eat, Pray, Love"

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

"Eat, Pray, Love" - Why???

I was searching for a name for my blog, when it hit me. I watched “Eat, Pray, Love” this weekend and decided it was going to be my theme for the year. I was going to learn to enjoy eating again, not just eat because I had to. I wasn't going to just enjoy eating food, I was going to learn to enjoy life again and find my passions again. (I lost them some where along the way last year). I was going to be more diligent in my prayer life and in the process I would learn to love more and better. What better way to show love than to pray for someone even if they don’t know I am praying! So, that is how the name came to be.

Ok, my friends. I am off on another one of my hair-brained adventures. No one seems surprised. Imagine that! But sit back, relax this one doesn’t involve trying to track me down in some far off village in Africa – not yet at least.

It started last Thursday, I became conscious of it on Sunday, and tonight while I was eating my dinner, it burst into full bloom. Let’s go back to Sunday. Sunday night, I realized that since Thursday I had eaten food from a number of different countries…Ethiopian, Mexican, Chinese, a traditional British New Year feast (thanks Annie!) and Italian! That is five countries in four days!

So, my brainstorm on Sunday was to travel the world by eating food from a different country at least once a week. That would be fun. I would learn something new in the process.

Today is the first day of my new adventure. I was trying to figure out where to start. As I was staring at a map, I spotted Peru. Peru, that is where Annie wants to go work with Father Jack at a mission. Why not start there!? So I did.

Here is where it came into full bloom. At work I was talking with a customer about the Grace Presbytery Presbyterian Women’s mission project for this year – to pray for the top 12 issues facing women in the world today and the missionaries that are working with them. Go to www.gracepresbytery.org and click the Presbyterian Women link. The prayer book is at the bottom. I was going to put the link in for you, but it seems to be down tonight. You don’t have to be Presbyterian or a woman to join us. We all know the power of prayer and the more people praying the better.

While I was cooking dinner it hit me! Why not use the prayer book as a guide to where I will travel? I can prepare and eat the meals traditional to different countries, learn about the mission work being done there and pray for the work and missionaries! Bingo! It seems like a great idea to me. Then light-bulb number two went off! I could start a blog, share the recipes I’ve tried and what I have learned about the missions and countries. And, it ties in with my new year’s goals, to find my passion in serving God and writing again.

So, I hope you will join me on this new journey. I hope you will try some of the recipes, or better yet – go out and find your own recipes, missions and missionaries and share them. But, most of all, I hope you will join me in prayer for all those who are hurting and all those who are serving throughout the world.

Shalom,

Sharon

1 Thessalonians 1:3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Hand in Hand: Praying for our Sisters in Christ

How many times have you asked someone to help you with a mission project only to be told, “Times are hard. Times are tough. We have too much going on now. I would love to participate in a mission project. I just don’t have the time…the money…” How many times have you said those words when asked by someone? How many of your friends, family, co-workers, said them to you?

"We’re making it easy this year. We are only asking a little of your prayer time. We are only asking that you join your hands in prayer for women everywhere.

I invite you, on those days when you think life is hard, to remember women around the world and stop and pray for them, the issues they are facing and the PCUSA Missionaries who are serving around the world to make life a little easier for our sisters."

Hand in Hand is the 2011 mission project for the women of Grace Presbytery. I am sharing it here in the hopes that others will join us in prayer throughout this year.

You don't have to be a woman and you don't have to be a Presbyterian to join us. Everyone praying together can make a difference.

Something special happens when God’s people in mission come together to pray, worship, work, rest, eat and play. Sometimes we all experience Pentecost again.

A Letter from Sherron George in Brazil

http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/missionconnections/

Each month will feature a different issue. I hope you will join us...

The Facts:

Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. It can include physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse, and it cuts across boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth and geography. It takes place in the home, on the streets, in schools, the workplace, in farm fields, refugee camps, during conflicts and crises. It has many manifestations — from the most universally prevalent forms of domestic and sexual violence, to harmful practices, abuse during pregnancy, so-called honour killings and other types of femicide.

Violence against women and girls has far-reaching consequences, harming families and communities. Gender-based violence not only violates human rights, but also hampers productivity, reduces human capital and undermines economic growth.

http://www.saynotoviolence.org/issue

Her Story...

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I grew up in a loving home where I was not exposed to abuse. Unlike so many stories where battered women have themselves grown up in abusive situations, I had not. I believed in every part of my being that I would marry my true love and live happily ever after.

As a young and loving individual filled with dreams, I had no idea of the nightmare that I was about to enter when I married my abuser. Coming from a strong faith background and believing in the institution of marriage, I did everything in my power to make my marriage work. The abuse was devastating, physically and emotionally.

During my horrendous marriage, I lived in constant terror, and the nightmare became progressively worse as time went on. When I tried to go to work, my husband appeared and bashed in my car. I lived as a prisoner, and finally it became so terrible that I made the decision that I was going to leave.

I was depressed all the time and completely miserable, but most of all I didn't want my kids growing up in a violent home. So I made the call to Interval House. I remember clearly like it was yesterday. The minute I walked through the door of the shelter I knew that everything was going to be okay. I didn't know what I was going to do, but I knew that whatever road I ended up on, I was going to be safe and that my decisions were my decisions and not his.

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"Eat, Pray, Love" - Why???

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