Bicycle Girls

The menu for my brunch today-

Chinese Chicken Salad

·        Grilled chicken breast strips

·        Red cabbage, green cabbage, romaine lettuce

·        Toasted slivered almonds

·        Mandarin oranges

·        Green onions

·        Chinese chicken salad dressing

Veggie Egg Dish – Swiss cheese with green onions and green squash (right from my own garden)

Ham and Cheddar Cheese Egg Dish

Cranberry and Orange Scones- with marmalade and Mascarpone cream cheese

Fresh Whole Strawberries (from the truck down the street/right from the farm)

French Bread and Butter

And of course Brownies

Recently I was invited to a ladies luncheon as part of a women’s ministry called “His Flower Girls”. The purpose of the ministry is to bless women with inspiration on incorporating our faith into the warm, loving atmosphere of our homes. I was one of seven ladies in attendance. I left the afternoon inspired to open my home and bless some of my friends.

So, today’s luncheon was a result of that inspiration. As I was putting my list together I prayed that God would put on my mind the women He desired to be there. My final list included eleven women. A couple could not make it because they were out of town. One friend called to cancel the evening before and one friend called to accept the invitation the morning of the brunch. God knew exactly how many women would fit perfectly at my table, including me. There were nine of us in all.  We all sat around the big table enjoying our meal, visiting and getting to know each other. You see the women I invited were not well acquainted with each other. It was kind of a random group. We all have our Bible study group in common which meets every Wednesday, but there are usually 150-200 in attendance, so it is easy to not know everyone. This group was specially put together by God. He knew of some common denominators among the ladies. He knew they would be able to share, encourage and bless each other in amazing ways. As I was hurrying around in preparation this morning I stopped to take a moment with God. I asked Him to bless each woman, that they would feel welcome, that the food would be yummy and that He would attend too. Party planning (and all planning) goes so much better when God is invited.

Revelation 3:20, Jesus said, Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

 As you see in the picture, each place setting has a card with a bicycle on it. I love bicycles and all the fun and carefree-ness they represent. I gave each friend a card and had them write down some of the summer words that bring happy thoughts and memories for them. They each took this home to be a reminder. We named ourselves the Bicycle Girls Club, or the Biker Chicks (not sure yet). J