Upcoming events and a little thought

First off, what's happening for women at Life Stream.  Well, we have a Chapters meeting coming up on Tuesday, September 27 at 7:00 at Biggby.  The book is called "Fool-proofing Your Life".  Also, our Newbie Bible Study is actually going to start October 1 at 8:00 a.m. at Biggby.  (due to soccer and cross country it was difficult to get together)  Also - A PJ party for women on Tuesday, October 4th at 7 p.m. (I think).  We hope to get as many women from the church there and just have fun, get to know each other, find out "how can I play?" (what's available for women at Life Stream), and more.  Women of Adventure...sorry about the walk on the beach...I did not have any weekends or weeknights free this September so I failed you all.  But I have had several women ask about Art Prize and walking Grand Rapids.  We are planning on the Art Prize on October 2 after church.  We will eat together then head to Grand Rapids and enjoy Art Prize.  This is last minute but it is what it is. (profound) 

Again, I want to put a plug in for Newbies Bible Study.  This is for women who have never been in a bible study before or it's been a long time.  It's a great way to ask questions and just learn more.  See Lori or Vicki if you are interested.

Now for my little thought.  I am a fan of the soap opera "All My Children" (don't judge me).  If started watching "All My Children" when I was a freshmen in college.  We could only get two channels and ABC was one of them and I didn't have classes at that hour.  I would make sure I would be back in the dorm or around some TV during noon to watch what was going to happen and if something came up, I had someone record it on a VCR.  It got to a point however, I think it was my junior year in college, that I would go to bed worrying about the fictional characters on this soap.  I remember I was so worried about Dixie and how was she going to get away from Adam and that Tad is really the one for her and so forth.  That is when I caught myself obsessing over "All My Children" and I had to tell myself...these people are not real!  I stopped watching AMC for a while and gradually started watching it again but with a new outlook...if I miss an episode, it will be OK.  That was 20 years ago.  Now "All My Children" is going to be taken off the air...it's great now because with the show ending they are bringing back the characters that were "dead" and so a lot of my favorite characters that I watched 20 years ago that had "died" (some of them several times) are being brought back for the final episodes.

What does this have to do with anything especially on a Women's Ministry Blog?  Well, it reminded me of what I should be thinking about.  Philippians 4:8 says "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things."  My thoughts 20 years ago were on silly matters like "All My Children" and boys and such.  I am so glad that I had some sense (or quite possibly God smacked me aside my head) to realize what pattern I was falling into and I was aware that I had to change my thought patterns. 

What about you?  Where are your thoughts?  What do you mostly think about when you are sitting around?  Do you need to change your thought patterns?

This is the last week for "All My Children" and I will be sad because it has been a part of me for 20 years.  Yet I know...I'll be OK...it's not where my thoughts are anymore.