Pure Grace On-Line Bible Study: Enjoying the Fellowship of My Sisters!

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This morning I got to enjoy the fellowship of Edna, Margaret, Cat, Wendy, Jan, Debbie and Joan as we gathered to partake of that which is Sweeter Than Chocolate... God's Word! It was wonderful being with these women once again, to laugh and to share, to ask questions and dig deeper into the Scriptures - Edna was right though when she said that the time just seemed to fly by. I still think that one day our love of God's Word and being together will cause us all to just pack an overnight bag and make our Bible Study morning into a long weekend... now wouldn't that be great!

As the clock began to inch past 12 noon, we packed up our things and headed to the Frogstone Grill for our lunch. Joan was not able to come with us because of a prior commitment and she was dearly missed. This precious woman has been just such an encouragement to this group as she has week after week brought such great insight, through her diligent word studies, to share with the women.

When we arrived there was so much... chatter! Actually, that is not exactly accurate, it was more like C-H-A-T-T-E-R! Who would have ever believed us if we had told them that we had just spent the better part of three hours together... talking! Amazing!

As we found our places around the table and began to settle in, it seems that certain 'somebodies' had left a little gift for our group. Angie and Marnie were unable to attend the luncheon and so a lovely card, candies and chocolates had been gift bagged and left for us to enjoy - thank you girls! We miss you so much and are looking forward to seeing you in just a few short weeks.

We talked as we chose our orders, we talked as we placed our orders, and we talked as we waited for our orders to arrive! As our plates began to be placed in front of us, and as I took pictures, Debbie suggested that perhaps you should try and guess who ordered what. We stopped talking as Margaret gave thanks, praying a blessing upon our food and fellowship - and then we dug into our lovely lunch as we continued to... talk!

Who's plate do you think this is?

Yum! How about this?

Or this creative looking plate?

The elbows and glasses might be a clue!

Fingertips are poised and at the ready by the knife and fork!

How about this?

I purposely saved this last plate for last because whoever it belongs to... they were certainly not about to wait for me to take a picture... look at that knife a fork fly!

After our meal the candies were opened and sweet tooth's were indulged... and satisfied!

All in all it was a really wonderful morning and afternoon spent with my sisters... if you would like to see a little video montage of the afternoon check out the Pure Grace Home Page!