Spiritual Growth – Page 30 – REACHING HURTING WOMEN MINISTRIES

Fifteen years ago, in the very early days of my sobriety, God put on my heart to chronicle my life recovery journey in a blog. By sharing my personal struggles and pains with other women I was able to process my own healing while also helping others.

Over the years the RHW Ministries website has evolved from simply sharing my daily challenges to teaching various topics related to 12 Step Recovery and the Christian faith, Benedictine monasticism, multiple Bible & book studies, and many reviews of Christian media including books, movies and music.

God has called me to step away for a season. While I am stepping away from my RHW Ministries blog, the website with its archived content will stay live. However, no new posts will be made for an undetermined amount of time.

Now an exciting new season of Faith Adventures begins with my husband of 43+ years and going stronger than ever. We’re not sure what it will look like, but we know God has some truly amazing things ahead; and that the rest is going to be the best!

I’m forever grateful to those who have encouraged and supported my humble ministry efforts over the journey of the last 15 years.

I pray you will be blessed by the video attached below. This song by Steven Curtis Chapman, has been a theme woven through our lives since it was first recorded over 25 years ago. Prayers for blessings on you and yours!

~ Tamara

2 Corinthians 4: 15-18 (The Passion Translation)

REACHING HURTING WOMEN MINISTRIES OFFERS FOUR TOPICS FOR CONTEMPLATION EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR. EACH TOPIC IS A 12-MONTH STUDY SERIES ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH. IN MONTHS WITH FIVE FRIDAYS WE’RE REVIEWING CHRISTIAN MEDIA.

On the fourth Friday of each month in 2022 we’re studying the RHW 2022 Theme: God’s Law, Grace & Freedom.

“Without God’s law and grace there is no opportunity for true freedom!”

So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.~ Galatians 5:1

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are no longer under the burden to follow the law to be in right standing with Father God. The sacrifice the Jesus made for all mankind on the cross graciously gave us the freedom to be in God’s presence at any moment.

One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” ~ Mark 12:28-31

Sure, we need to do what Jesus said above and love the Lord our God with all our hearts and love our neighbors. If we will follow both of these laws, all the others will be kept. We mustn’t burden ourselves with tedious rule keeping.