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I am blogging at Take Root and Write today... Feminine Fire... this week's column is called, "Go Ahead...Rock the Boat!" Stop by and check it out!

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I am blogging over at Take Root and Write today for the Feminine Fire column... in celebration of Christmas, I wrote a sassy Christmas poem, my own knock off of of The Night Before Christmas... Check it out HERE

Everybody Needs AT LEAST Four Crazy Friends!

I wrote this a couple months back for Take Root and Write... and by request, I am posting it here... enjoy!

One of my favorite movies in the world is Sweet Home Alabama. I am a southern girl at heart and though you can take the girl out of the South, you can't take the South out of the girl! The same was true of Melanie Smooter, she may have been all "Mary Tyler Moore" in the city but at her core, she bled "Sweet Home Alabama." If I had to choose a favorite scene in the movie I would focus on the wedding that wasn't. Melanie (Reese Witherspoon) had just told Andrew that she could not marry him. Being a stand up guy, he accepted her news gracefully. However, his mother, a politician in NY (played by Candace Bergan) was not nearly as graceful. She said some choice words to Melanie, and Melanie's mama stood up for her baby girl. Candace Bergan turned and replied, "Oh why don't you go back to your doublewide and fry something." Then Candace Bergan found out what happens when somebody messes with the mama of a southern girl. Melanie, in her wedding gown and high heels planted a perfectly executed sucker punch right in the middle of Candace's face. Then in true southern form, she says, "Nobody talks like that to my mama!" I love it every time I watch it.

I can identify with Melanie. It takes a lot to get me riled up, okay well sometimes it doesn't, but generally, I am a glass half full kind of gal! But mess with my family, or mess with my friends, and in particular , my sistas... and it is on. As one of my best friends, Deanna and I have been known to say, "Uh-uh, I am taking off my high heels and my earrings and it is on!"

Lately, as my family and I have been encountering a bit of a "mess," (or "wreck" as Deanna likes to call it) my family, friends and sistas have come out in droves! As I look over my life, even today, during one of the most difficult times in my life, I feel so incredibly blessed! When I couldn't pray for myself, my sistas were praying. When I couldn't encourage myself, EVERY time I opened my email or answered the phone, there was one of my sistas or family or friends encouraging me. When Craig and I didn't know where to start looking... someone was one step ahead of us. And as always, in true Madea fashion (minus the gun and rap sheet!), Deanna was in the wings, high heels and earrings in her hands, ready to throw down if necessary! And if I did a little checking around, I am certain she actually had an army of our sistas yanking off their hoops and wobbling as they pulled off their stillettos! That is just the way we are... all of us. So, to answer your immediate thought, "Wow, this chick has some crazy friends!" Yes, I do, and in my opinion, every woman needs at least four!

Where do I get this incredible revelation? Why the Bible of course! In Luke chapter 5, beginning in verse 18,we find a person with some crazy friends!

Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house and set him before Jesus. When they couldn't find a way in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof, removed some tiles, and let him down in the middle of everyone, right in front of Jesus. Luke 5:18-20

Imagine the look on the face of this man! He was probably saying, "You know guys, I do want to get healed, but really, let's not get too crazy here." But his friends would not hear of it. Their friend needed a touch from Jesus and they were going to see that he got it!

We all need at least four crazy friends like that! Friends who will fast and pray with you, friends who will move heaven and earth on your behalf, friends who desire God's best for you even when you don't feel like you are worthy of it. Friends who are crazy enough to yank off their high heels, pull off their hoop earrings and ruin their mascara as they beat the heck out of the devil through prayer and declarations.

I thank God for my sistas. He brought us together and although we're crazy... at least we're all crazy for the same thing... Jesus!

If you have not found a friend or friends like mine yet, keep praying. God will open the door to develop covenant relationships with women you will one day call, your crazy sistas!

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What Does Pastor Deanna Have in Common with Madea and Sweet Home Alabama?

Want to know what Sweet Home Alabama, Madea and my friends have in common???

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Connect with Women LIKE YOU!!!!!

A few months ago I was contacted by Noelle Mena of Central Florida. Noelle inspired me by sharing the vision God had given her for an online ministry to women. She asked if I would take part and I answered with a resounding YES! Noelle has spearheaded Christian Women Take Root, a online community for women by women!

In addition to CWTR being an online community, there are over 20 groups ranging from every topic imaineable. These groups are mirrored by columns written by women who felt impressed to encourage other women. My weekly column, Feminine Fire will be published every Tuesday here. I will be blogging there every Tuesday going forward.

The Feminine Fire group where we can all talk and encourage one another can be found here.
My own personal page is right here... and to learn a little more about me, go here...
What a lot of linkage, huh???? Seriously though, you will love this ministry, and don't just join Feminine Fire... check out some of the other great topics and groups that have been created with YOU in mind!

Here's the official release:

It's Official! Time to open our doors. We at Take Root and Write invite you to join us on, Monday, July 14th. Our site will be polished up and our first articles posted. If you are signed up through email/RSS by Wednesday July 9th, you will receive an intro to all the columns/categories. If you are visiting the site before Open House, please excuse any confusion as I am putting all in it's place for you from now till then! Be sure to go ahead and join us over at our Member's Area- http://www.ChristianWomenTakeRoot.com

We are already getting rooted together over there! The Take Root and Write Team are all so excited to get to share with each of you. If you have any questions, please feel to email, upper right corner.

Blessings to each of you, come be a part of our Groundbreaking. Come, Take Root with us. There is something here for every woman. Come for one reason, and I think you will find many more reasons for staying.

Noelle Mena, Founder

Check it out... you won't be sorry!