Loved your vlog! Reminded me of one of my favorite quotes by a woman in our church who said this:
Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.
I believe this with all my heart! Can't wait to hear more about your study when you get your notes back!

I have been the mean girl, and I have also been on the receiving end of a mean girl. It's not fun being one or receiving meanness from one. I think the problem is women think very much with our emotions, and this can be a blessing at times and a curse at others. The more time we spend in a relationship with Jesus, the more we will become like Him, and is most definitely not mean. :-)

Of course, I have mean girl stories...but I also have a BIG God story. I was much like you described yourself---if someone was mean, I was meaner. If someone called me out, I called them out back, etc. etc. But then I came to a place of brokenness. And I really saw what the Lord had given up for me and I saw how I was representing Him...and man it was not good. I continued to grow and move along in life. And then I found myself leading a MOPS group in TN! I thought everything was going great...I had never wanted to be the leader but felt God was calling me to do it ... and it was the only way to save the group that would end if a leader did not emerge. Anyways, after months and months of hard work...but rewarding work...I found out that my Cocoorindator was basically talking negatively about me to EVERYONE. She had really created division. And then I got to experience the JOY of all the growth that I had experienced. I wasn't angry!!!!! I couldn't believe my reaction. It wasn't like I had to muster up the strength to love her. I just did! I wish I could say I get to experience this with every situation..but of course I am still human. But I want to love like that everytime! I am learning so much about surrender...and one thing I have had to surrender is my right to self-protection. That is a hard one.

ahhhhhhhhh.....Great post!!
I definately needed to hear that today. YES, I can be mean. I definately need to work on that.
((LOVE BETH MOORE!))

Linda

I featured this great vlog over at my blog today!

Linda

Thanks Sara.. for your honesty and sincere heart! I love it! I too am going thru the "Esther" Bible study at my church! It is SO good & God is really teaching me a few things.. letmetellya!
Yes, I have a lot of mean girl stories.. I won't share them all..But, one thing that really REALLY gets on my nerves.. is another blogger.. that is so Fake.. & I KNOW it! And.. Alot of people thinks that she is GREAT. The Haman in me.. wants to YELL out & do a SPECIAL blog post on her.. maybe rat her out! LOL! (Isn't that mean!) But, I just look on.. try to ignore it.. etc. etc.. But, it's not easy! It is hard being a woman is a Mean world!
I love your blog.. I must come back and do some reading!
Hugs!
Keisha

Mean girls! I can so relate! I used to teach elementary school and junior high, and one year I had a fifth grade class at a Christian school that happened to be entirely comprised of girls. You can imagine what emotional days we had sometimes!
I could not believe how catty fifth grade girls could be toward each other, and how vicious their comments would be. I kid you not, I had a big discussion with them at least once a week to remind them how we are to support each other and lift each up, not tear each other down. Boys just aren't like that - if they get mad, they take care of it and it's over.
I realized then that the only way I could really teach these girls to not be "mean girls" was by the way I conducted myself. It wasn't as easy as I thought - I never considered myself a "mean girl", but God had a lot to teach me.
Thank you for sharing from your heart. I'm meeting up with my music ensemble group tonight (all women) and it's good to have this fresh in my head if I encounter gossip and mean things.

I cam hear via Trendy Tykes and I am really glad I did. Your Vlog was fabulous, thank you.

I hope your children are feeling better and you, your other child and your husband do not become ill.

very amusing

I agree, women are so much meaner than guys. I don't get out much LOL, so I don't deal with women face to face very often anymore. But, I have already started seeing stuff with my daughter who's in Kindergarten! Brings back some memories.

Thank you for the honesty you showed in this vlog. It is so easy to be mean. It is so easy to act in the flesh. I've not typically been the "mean girl" to other women, but I know that I have been to my husband or to my kids. And I hate it! I use the excuse of being hormonal, or sick, or whatever, but it's just SIN...plain and simple.

I have been the victim of other "mean girls", and I didn't deal with it well. Eventually I confronted them "in love", like the Bible says. Didn't turn out well. They didn't feel they were in the wrong. I just had to let it go.

Hubby and I are going through a study for couples called "When Sinners Say I Do". It's REALLY good, but really convicting!!! The 2nd chapter talks about seeing ourselves as "sinners, of whom I am foremost". I think if I can start thinking that way, it will be easier to #1: Not be mean to my family, and #2: Show much more grace, realizing that I am the worst of sinners! What a hard lesson for me to learn! I'm so glad for a God full of grace and mercy!

Angie