Aslan is on the move!

For those of you who don't know who Aslan is, he's God in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. It was winter forever it seemed and never Christmas. But when Aslan began to move, Christmas came followed soon after by Spring. Well, we've started a new ministry program at our church called "The Titus 2 Discipleship Ministry." The idea came from Susan Hunt who spoke at the recent Nancy Leigh DeMoss conference in October. When we began putting the program together, we ordered 24 books to be used in the year long program hoping to have enough people to use them all. The response was so great that we've almost doubled that with 46 women wanting to take part! The theme is to teach the older women how to mentor the younger and to teach the younger why this is important. The goal is to build relationships. What surprised me is that this is a small but spiritually mature church. I didn't think that many women really needed it. People seem close already, but apparently my assumptions were wrong. Most of the ladies in our church are apparently just as hungry as I am to learn to reach out and minister to her sisters. It's beautiful to see so many sisters yearning to be living out God's will by learning to fulfill this mandate given us in Titus 2. Not only that, but the men got "jealous"! They have asked for their own teaching to reach each other in our church and how to help them spiritually grow in the Lord, too. It's just so exciting to be a part of the Spirit moving in our midst! I can't wait to see the results at the end of this year long commitment. If I thought this was a close, loving, giving group before, I know I will be abundantly blessed through out the year to see the unfolding results of all of us living out this calling. It's soul stirring to see "Aslan" on the move here at home and nothing short of glorious!