Ladies' Night Out Recap

A couple of pictures from our last Ladies' Night Out...

Poppy Smith
One of the beautifully decorated tables.

If you were at Ladies' Night Out a couple of weeks ago, then you were lucky enough to hear what Poppy Smith shared with us! We had a wonderful evening singing praise songs, eating a delicious dessert, and hearing from Poppy. Isn't it so easy to get wrapped up in the daily grind of being a mom, a wife, or a working woman, and all who have lots of duties?! And when we're busy, what so easily gets pushed to the side? Spending time with God and in His Word. Poppy shared if you want more time in your life to spend with God, you need to have an attitude of that and make it a priority. She says to pray the Holy Spirit would help you to have the desire in your heart. Pray about it and live it out in obedience. Poppy says, "Until we have a hunger for what God wants to do in us, we have to do the work-not God. A passion for God is what causes us to read and make the time to spend with Him. Until you seek Him with all your heart, you won't experience His power in your life." Matthew 4:4 says, "But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" Are you "eating" the Bible and digesting it? Are you taking the time to let God's Word nourish and feed you?

If you're interested in making the dessert we had at Ladies' Night Out, here is the recipe:

Butterscotch Delight - January 2011 LNO
From the Kitchen of Amanda Acker
Crust
1/2 cup + 2 TBS butter
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
Dash of salt
Spray 9X13 pan with cooking spray. Mix crust ingredients and press into the bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees until lightly browned.

Cream Cheese Filling
8 ounce cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup cool whip
Mix cream cheese and sugar, beat well. Fold in cool whip. Spread on cooled crust.

Butterscotch Layer
2 pkgs instant butterscotch pudding
3 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
Beat well and pour over cream cheese layer.

Topping
2 cups cool whip spread over top. Refrigerate. Prepare this dessert the day ahead of serving.

Mark your calendars for our next Ladies' Night Out: Febrary 21, 2011 at 6:45pm!