Monday, February 1, 2010
Bucketfiller Girls ??
So why bucketfiller girls ?? Well ,about a year ago I ran across a great book entitled Have You Filled a Bucket Today . The main message in the book is that everyone carries an "invisible bucket" with them, and you can choose to be a bucket filler or a bucket dipper. Smiles, encouraging words, positive attitudes ,compliments ect.. are all traits of bucket fillers. Negative words, attitudes and efforts to make others feel bad are traits of a bucket dipper. In the book , it states that when you fill someone else's bucket, you fill your own too ! What the book does not state ,( it is a great book , but not a Christain book), is what I believe to be true : The only one who can truly fill our buckets is Christ. Without His love, forgiveness,faithfullness and amazing grace, we would all be empty bucket carriers with nothing to give to others. The other part of this title came from the second truth that this book reminds of. That is that I have been blessed beyond words to be surrounded by some of the most Godly, merciful, "real" Christian,bucket filling women here on earth that fill my and countless other buckets without cease. Hence , a year later, a blog... why now? Well, after this last year of using another blog for accountability to help hide God's words in our hearts, my friend, Kim Scott and I wanted to invite our "local " sojourners to join us as we continue to hold one another accountable , to hide God's words in our heart. Ps. 119:11 "I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." This year, let it be the year that you let God know that He is important enough to you that you will take the time, make the effort and fill your bucket with His amazing , perfect and alive word ! Psalm 81:10 " Open your mouth wide and God will fill it. " Let him be your bucket filler this year ! You will be amazed how it will overflow!
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I like that I can learn to be a bucketfiller in this online course since I can't make it to Wed. study. Thanks for being so techy--maybe someone dropped that new gift in your bucket? :)
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