Why a Daughter Needs Her Dad

I found this on www.955thefish.com

I loved it...I hope you do too.

Why A Daughter Needs Her DadWritten by: M. Carr


As my father sees me, so shall I.As a daughter, all my self-worth comes from how much my father values me. The amount of affection he pays me as a child is what I will expect from a mate. The respect he shows my mother, will be what I will tolerate from a husband. The time invested in me as a child, will equal the amount of time I invest in him during his "golden" years. How he sees me in his eyes, is how I will see myself. A little girl becomes exactly what her father says she is. In short, I will be the product of what you do and say around me, to me, and to others. No compliment or blessing is any higher than that of my daddy's. In short, how you see me, is how I will be. The least little comment, especially negative, I will take to heart. You think the sun will rise and set with me, but without you I have no world. You are my daddy--and little girl's NEED their daddy's.

I live in a Bubble!!

I realized last weekend, that I live in a Holy bubble. I work at a church, all of my close friends go to my church, my children go to Christian Schools. I take classes in religion. I am sure if there was an all Christian Grocery store I would shop there. (ha ha)

I spoke last week on the woman at the well and how Christ broke tradition and met her at this well. He a man, a jewish leader spoke to a Samaritan woman with a scandalous past.

I named her the "original desparate housewife".

Christ went to them.

I asked God to bring unchurched people in my path, but then I later realized that sometimes I have to choose that path.

I joined a weight loss group the other night and the first lady who sat down beside me started a conversation.

This lead to "where do you work". I replied "a church". I later thought that was possibly an opening to a future spiritual conversation.

Wouldn't it be great if I furthered God's kingdom and lost weight at the same time. I love multi-tasking.

The next day I intentionally went and sat at Austin's soccer practice instead of dropping him off and coming back later.

I had the chance to get to know two women on his team.

Not a spiritual conversation...but the beginnings of a relationship.

So...I am officially coming out of my bubble...Boom...that was the sound of me bursting my holy bubble.

I will keep you posted on what God does next. I can hardly wait.

Where to Begin

2006 has gotten off to a great start...I am not sure where to begin. I had a chance to be a retreat speaker for a Women's Retreat in Pennsylvania. I was blessed to have my daughter Ashley accompany me as my "techy"...but she did so much more.

You see, when we arrived, I realized that I lad left all of my teaching notes in Ohio. I wanted to make a run for it...but Ashley reminded me that God would not let me down and she helped me to reconstruct all 4 talks.

We had an amazing weeekend. Several women shared what God was calling them to do. What a great group of women.

The following weekend, I spoke at another retreat for Hope Community Church. It was an amazing experience to worship with 130 other women fromAthens Community and other churches.


I spoke on the woman at the well and the conversation that she had with Jesus. In the closing session, I spoke about how we all have dreams that the Lord has given to us and we need to be obedient and do what he has called us to do. Some of the dreams that women shared with me were:

One lady wants to start a moms in touch group
One lady wants to start a group that would pray for their city
One lady wants to be a retreat speaker and a writer
One lady wants to write a book about her life
One lady's dream was that her daughter would be healed.

I was humbled to see how God wants to use each woman in a different way. We are going to try to start a once a month lunch or coffee where we come together and encourage each other in our dreams.

I still stand in awe of what God did this weekend.

He truly is amazing.