Fully Embraced Women's Ministry

01/23/2026

Motivational speaker Jim Rohn said, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." Long before that, God said, "Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm." Proverbs 13:20 ESV. (See also Proverbs 17:17, 18:24; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 6:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:11)

Whether you realize it or not, whether you like it or not, the people you choose to spend time with influence your thinking, self-esteem, and even your decisions. It's not a matter of chance but a conscious choice to surround yourself with people who embody the qualities you value - those whose words and actions reflect integrity, honesty, kindness, and care. You deserve people in your life who genuinely care about you - people who challenge and encourage you to be the best version of yourself.

Consider those with whom you spend most of your time; do you respect and admire them? Do they demonstrate integrity, honesty, kindness, and care in their words and actions? If not, it might be time to make some changes. I'm not suggesting you cut people out of your life entirely, especially if they are family members or coworkers. Instead, I encourage you to consciously limit the impact their opinions and behaviors have on you. This could mean seeking out other perspectives, setting boundaries, or spending less time in their company. The goal is to increase the influence of those who 'help' you instead.

Consider yourself; what kind of influence are you in others' lives? Are you a person of integrity, honesty, kindness, and care? Do you do the right thing even when it might not be popular? Are you willing to speak the truth even when someone might want to hear a lie? Are you kind and caring? Do you help others when they are in need? Are you helping or hindering others?

What kind of person do you want to be? Who do you know who possesses the qualities you want to develop? These are the people with whom you should focus most of your time and energy. You are influenced by those you spend time with, and you, in turn, influence them. The people you surround yourself with will either help or hinder you; you will either help or hinder them. Choose Wisely.

God bless.

01/22/2026

James 1:19-25
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."

Sometimes we might not feel like doing what is right, but when we do the right, the emotions usually aren't too far behind.

Choosing right will never lead you wrong.

01/20/2026

I came across this on Youtube this morning, and it was a blessing and a help.

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11/12/2025

05/02/2024

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🌼 Friendship 🌼
Honey Reed

Proverbs 17:17a
A friend loveth at all times.

Friendship, what an amazing gift from God. When it comes to friendships I’ve been inspired to:

Consider ✨ Walking in a room and instead of obsessing about what people think of me, thinking, what does God think about that person? People are valuable and worthy of our attention.

Stir Up ✨ Having a genuine relationship with God, talking about His goodness in our daily conversations, and inviting others to jump into this joyful life with me.

Gather ✨ Building margin into your schedule to stay a while and grow roots of strong friendship together. Friendships aren’t just “found” they are something that are intentionally formed. And I do believe in friendship at first sight, you don’t have to wait for the other person to like you, just do good to others with no expectations.

Encourage ✨ Using our words to honor others and speak life. When we are tempted to be unkind, critical, or assign blame to others, let’s not forget how gracious, merciful, and forgiving our Father is to US in our shortcomings. And when times get hard let’s “circle up” for each other 🐘.

03/18/2024

I know I have not done a good job posting on this page. ☺️ Life…

We have been learning how to be yielded to the Spirit of God, and this is one of the greatest reasons.

🤗Hugs🤗

06/24/2023

1 Peter 3:1-6

1. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

2. While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

3. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

5. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

6. Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

More and more as we live in our culture meek and quiet spirits are cast by the wayside. We are encouraged to promote ourselves, care for ourselves, and “be” ourselves. We justify our angry outbursts by comparing our actions to the others around us instead of to Jesus. Often, instead of just asking for forgiveness when we fail in this area, we mentally go through all the excuses we can come up with for why we fail at having a meek and quiet spirit. We may have learned loud and prideful behaviors from how we were raised, or we might excuse it because it isn’t as bad as so-and-so.

I wonder if we as Christian women who have believing husbands take for granted that our husbands know Christ. Maybe we should ask ourselves the question, “Would my spirit draw my husband to my savior if he was an unbeliever?” I hope that is a sobering thought. I know it is for me. Maybe for those who are unmarried the question to ask is, ”Would people want the Jesus I have if their only exposure to Him is the spirit I display in my life?”

I find it interesting that Peter lists all the things the women in his day chose to adorn themselves with: braided hair, gold jewelry, and fashionable clothes, and then he says that what is to be seen if Christian women is that which is HIDDEN. The things that should shine the brightest is not what people see on the outside, but what comes from within. If you find yourself often exploding in an outburst you might want to examine your heart.

The idea of an “ornament of a meek and quiet spirit” makes me think of how we place ornaments on our trees at Christmas. Many people take great care to place their Christmas ornaments in just the right arrangements on their trees, and I wonder if we are just as careful when it comes to adorning our spirits with meekness and quietness.

Ladies, let’s be careful not to embrace the world’s examples of loud and stubborn women, and take great care to have our inner man adorned with a meek and quiet spirit. Those ornaments are of great value in the eyes of God.

Remember, Proverbs tells us twice that, “It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.” (Proverbs 21:9 and 25:24)

06/07/2023

Ladies, our greatest role as followers of Jesus is pointing all that see us to the Father. Let’s pray that our lives are worthy of such a task. 🙏🏻

The greatest news in the world is that, through Jesus, people made by God, and who have rejected God, may still get to have God.

05/27/2023

05/23/2023

Welcome to the Fully Embraced Women's Ministry page for Bible Baptist Church in Goldendale, WA.

On May 13 we had a brunch to introduce this new theme for our women's ministry. I wanted to give a brief recap for those who weren't able to make it, so you can understand the vision of this new women's ministry theme for our church.

We opened up learning about the story of Ruth, a woman who was raised in the land of Moab, foreign to the ways of the Lord. (You can read Ruth's story from the book of Ruth.)

There are several parallels to Ruth coming to know and trust the ways of the Lord that we can apply to our own walk with Him:

Ruth was born into a heathen culture and knew nothing about the ways of God. She had to make a conscious choice to follow Naomi (her mother-in-law) back to Bethlehem-Judah. This decision included leaving specific things behind. In Ruth 1:16-17 we read Ruth's plea: "Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." She was choosing to leave behind everything she knew - her people, her gods, where she lived, even where she would be buried - and in turn, chose to 'fully embrace' Naomi, her people, and her God. As she continued to live in Bethlehem-Judah, she learned to follow the commandments the children of Israel were given, and to live according to their ways. It took a lot of humility to defer to this new people and new way of life, but it brought Ruth to her redemption by the kinsman redeemer, and her place in the lineage of Christ. (Ruth 4)

Likewise, in our lives as women, we have some choices to make. Remember, before we come to know Christ we are enemies of His. We are born separated from God, walking in the world according to the ways of the world. We have to come to a time when we make a conscious choice to accept Jesus and His death on the cross as our way of salvation. Accepting Jesus makes us a new creation. We are no longer of this world. As we grow after salvation, by reading the Word of God and learning about Him and his ways for us, we learn about the way wherein we should walk, and have to make the choice to walk in those ways. Those ways are contrary to the world and culture we live in, but they are perfect, because they are God's. Little by little we learn to trust the Lord, and our faith (trust in the Lord) grows. While it might take a lot of humility to follow the Lord, we can be confident that the work started at salvation will be completed when we get to Heaven. (Philippians 1:6)

This story and the parallels are the background for why I wanted to use "Fully Embraced" as our women's ministry theme.

There are three goals for this ministry:
1. To fully embrace an intimate walk with the Lord, and as a result, when times are tough, be able to be fully embraced by Jesus. (Ruth 2:12 plays into this thought.)

2. To fully embrace the purpose God has given us as women according to what the scripture says.

3. To fully embrace each other, creating a sisterhood that creates an environment of encouragement and grace rather than judgment.

I am excited to see how the Lord will grow each of us individually and corporately as we seek Him and His ways together as sisters.

Throughout the year we will try to create times where we can come together to accomplish these goals, and by God's grace this page will be a help to that pursuit as well.