Alabaster Girls Blog!

letter from Guido...

2009-07-22T22:54:00.003-05:00

What an amazing story.... you'll enjoy this letter from a strip club owner's perspective...

http://donniemiller.blogspot.com/search/label/love%20wins

Love Wins!!! :)

Alabaster Girls is EXPANDING!!

2009-07-08T02:13:00.003-05:00

Biker Rally Outreach in September:

Alabaster Girls will be reaching out and loving women in our community in September through the "Keepin' the Faith" Motorcycle Rally hosted by Chariots of Light at Pig Trail Harley Davidson in Rogers, AR. I'm really excited about this since I'm a biker chic myself!!

Dallas/Ft. Worth Outreach in October:

We are also excited to announce that in October, we will also be kicking off our expansion into the Dallas/Fort Worth area with our first outreach there!! Eventually, the Ward family will be moving to Texas as God leads us in this call, but we are getting started now as a step of faith! Our NW Arkansas team will be traveling to Dallas for a weekend in October to visit the 40-50 strip clubs in the metro area to deliver gifts, love, and prayers to the women working.

If anyone has contacts for donations, please let us know. We will need 2000 gifts for these two extra outreaches. We are looking for fun girl stuff like make-up, jewelry, fragrances, lotions, shower gels, candles, tea bags, chocolates, mints, etc. Or if you would like to donate finances, you are welcome to do that via mailing a check or using PayPal on our website.

THANKS EVERYONE!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

{{{hugs}}}

Christi

Dust Off Your Tiara ~ Alabaster Girls
P.O. Box 774, Bentonville, AR 72712
Website: www.dustoffyourtiara.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dustoffyourtiara
Blog: www.doyt.blogspot.com
Email: dustoffyourtiara@cox.net

CRAZY LOVE, CRAZY POWER

2009-07-01T03:54:00.003-05:00

Shelley's story is such an amazing testimony of God's love and power!

Shelley is SCANDALUST

April Outreach!

2009-04-25T13:57:00.003-05:00

Another wonderful night!

Gifts and God's love made it into the hands of each precious woman. We were able to bless them with new devotionals and a special Easter devotion, Starburst and Tootsie Rolls (gotta have Easter candy!), cute little toe rings (since SUMMER seems to be on it's way!!!), good smelling tea light candles, and homemade cookies (made by Alabaster Girl Tara!) this month! Mmmmmmmmm.

Blessings & {{{hugs}}}

Christi

God smiles...

2009-04-07T15:31:00.003-05:00

This is so good....and SO TRUE!

God Smiles When We Use Our Abilities by Rick Warren
He has shaped each person in turn; now he watches everything we do. Psalm 33:15 (MSG)

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After the flood, God gave Noah these simple instructions: ‘‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything” (Genesis 9:1, 3 NIV).
God said, “It’s time to get on with your life! Do the things I designed humans to do. Make love to your spouse. Have babies. Raise families. Plant crops and eat meals. Be humans! This is what I made you to be!”
You may feel that the only time God is pleased with you is when you’re doing “spiritual” activities like reading the Bible, attending church, praying, or sharing your faith. And you may think God is unconcerned about the other parts of your life. Actually, God enjoys watching every detail of your life, whether you are working, playing, resting, or eating. He doesn’t miss a single move you make. The Bible tells us, “The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives” (Psalm 37:23 NLT).
Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God’s pleasure if you do it with the attitude of praise. You can wash dishes, repair a machine, sell a product, write a computer program, grow a crop, and raise a family for the glory of God. Like a proud parent, God especially enjoys watching you use the talents and abilities he has given you. God intentionally gifted us differently for his enjoyment. He has made some to be athletic and some to be analytical. You may be gifted at mechanics or mathematics or music or a thousand other skills. All of these activities can bring a smile to God’s face.
You don’t bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you. Anytime you reject any part of yourself, you are rejecting God’s wisdom and sovereignty in creating you. God says, “You have no right to argue with your Creator. You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn’t ask, ‘Why did you make me this way?’” (Isaiah 45:9 CEV).
In the film Chariots of Fire, Olympic runner Eric Liddell says, “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast, and when I run, I feel God’s pleasure.” Later he says, “To give up running would be to hold him in contempt.” There are no unspiritual abilities, just misused ones. Start using yours for God’s pleasure.
God also gains pleasure in watching you enjoy his creation. He gave you eyes to enjoy beauty, ears to enjoy sounds and music, your nose and taste buds to enjoy smells and tastes, and the nerves under your skin to enjoy touch. Every act of enjoyment becomes an act of worship when you thank God for it. In fact, the Bible says, “God generously gives us everything for our enjoyment” (1 Timothy 6:17 TEV).
God even enjoys watching you sleep! When my children were small, I remember the deep satisfaction of watching them sleep. Sometimes the day had been filled with problems and disobedience, but asleep they looked contented, secure, and peaceful, and I was reminded of how much I loved them.
My children didn’t have to do anything for me to enjoy them. I was happy to just watch them breathing. As their little chests would rise and fall, I’d smile, and sometimes tears of joy filled my eyes. When you are sleeping, God gazes at you with love, because you were his idea. He loves each one of us as if there were only one of us.
Parents do not require their children to be perfect, or even mature, in order to enjoy them. They enjoy them at every stage of development. In the same way, God doesn’t wait for you to reach maturity before he starts liking you. He loves and enjoys you at every stage of your spiritual development.
You may have had unpleasable teachers or parents as you were growing up. Please don’t assume God feels that way about you. He knows you are incapable of being perfect or sinless (1 John 1:8). The Bible says, “He certainly knows what we are made of. He bears in mind that we are dust” (Psalm 103:14 GW).
What God looks at is the attitude of your heart: Is pleasing him your deepest desire? This was Paul’s life goal: “More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there” (2 Corinthians 5:9 TEV).
When you live in light of eternity, your focus changes from “How much pleasure am I getting out of life?” to “How much pleasure is God getting out of my life?”
God is looking for people like Noah in the 21st century – people willing to live for the pleasure of God. The Bible says, “The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who are wise, who want to please God” (Psalm 14:2 LB).
Will you make pleasing God the goal of your life? There is nothing that God won’t do for the person totally absorbed with this goal.

March Outreach!

2009-03-15T00:35:00.016-05:00

Friday the 13th of March, 2009

What a wonderful night we had!! We are always so excited when outreach night comes around and we get to go out to the clubs and see our girls!

I got to meet a special lady tonight in particular that really blessed me with the warmth I felt from her. It's really indescribable the relationships we have and the friendships that have formed from this simple thing God called us to do last May. We set out to be a blessing to women, particularly those that are usually forgotten or just flat out avoided by most people, and look what we've been blessed with ourselves. What an amazing God He is! Every one of us on the team would say the same thing...... WE are the ones being blessed each night we go out and see our friends and show 'em some love. :)

We chat, hear what's going on in their lives, and how we can pray for them and just be there for them in whatever way we can. Thank you to those of you that pray for us. We appreciate you so much. When you pray, pray for our girls (and the guys!) too..... that God bless them and answer the many prayer requests they share with us. Thank you!

Much love & {{{hugs}}}

Christi

Alabaster Girls

Hurt. Heal. Help.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
(Isa 61:1-3)

Kisses from the King....

2009-03-09T02:14:00.002-05:00

Your love letter from God.....

My Child ~
You may not know me, but I know everything about you ~ Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up ~ Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways ~ Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered ~ Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image ~ Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being ~ Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring ~ Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived ~ Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation ~ Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book ~ Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live ~ Acts 17:26 You are fearfully and wonderfully made ~ Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb ~ Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born ~ Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me ~ John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love ~ 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you ~ 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your father ~ 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could ~ Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father ~ Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand ~ James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs ~ Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope ~ Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love ~ Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore ~ Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing ~ Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you ~ Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession ~ Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul ~ Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things ~ Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me ~ Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart ~ Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires ~ Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine ~ Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you ~ Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart ~ Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes ~ Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth ~ Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus ~ John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed ~ John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being ~ Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you ~ Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you ~ 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love ~ Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me ~ 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again ~ Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen ~ Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father ~ Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is ~ Will you be my child? ~ John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you ~ Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad, Almighty God

If you are ready to have a loving relationship with your Daddy God, He is waiting for you....

A ~ Admit you are a sinner.
B ~ Believe that Jesus Christ is the LIVING Son of God, who died for your sins and rose again.
C ~ Confess Jesus Christ as your Savior and the Lord over your life.

Congratulations!
Let us celebrate with you! Email us at dustoffyourtiara.cox.net!

You're invited!

2009-03-09T01:46:00.003-05:00

Alabaster Girls Coffee Break

Fellowship & Support Group for Women

"Sharing, caring, laughing, talking, praying together through life!"

JOIN US!

7:00 PM @ SKIA ~ the last MONDAY night of each month

71B, just off Rainbow Curve in Bentonville!

(Check calendar for scheduling updates.)

http://www.dustoffyourtiara.com/index.php?p=1_16_CALENDAR-OF-EVENTS

How to get involved....

2009-03-09T02:04:00.003-05:00

If you would like to donate or get involved with any of the following, please contact us at dustoffyourtiara@cox.net.

*Items for Alabaster Girls Outreach gift bags (small gift items, gift cards, promotional coupons, lip gloss, nail polish, earrings, candy, mints, hot cocoa/tea, etc.)

*Inspirational items for Alabaster Girls' care packages (books, cds, teaching materials, etc.)

*Resources or services for women on their healing journey (pro-bono legal assistance, health care, counseling, etc.)

*Sponsorship of tickets to the Dust Off Your Tiara Signature Event for women in need.

Click HERE to make a donation to Dust Off Your Tiara using PayPal or mail to Dust Off Your Tiara, P.O. Box 774, Bentonville, AR 72712.

Thank you for your support! We cannot do this work without you!

Dust Off Your Tiara is registered as a nonprofit corporation with the State of Arkansas, Tax ID: 26-2610360. Upon completion and approval of federal tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status from the IRS, all donations are tax deductible, retroactive to the date of incorporation on May 14, 2008. Please consult with your attorney on all questions regarding charitable contributions.

About us.....

2009-03-09T01:58:00.001-05:00

We too have HURT, have HEALED, and want to HELP.

Dust Off Your Tiara began in 2004 as a ministry for hurting women~ which includes all of us at some time or another. I wanted to do something to bless and encourage women and bring refreshing, renewal, and restoration to their lives........and PAMPER THEM! Like the ministry name says, the focus is for us to discover the princess within, that we are truly daughters of the Most High King. We do a yearly "Signature Event" in December, when all of us girls are typically doing everything for others and little for ourselves. We pamper God's daughters with a gourmet meal, goodie bags, doorprizes, inspirational speakers, their very own tiara, and lots of girl time fun! We started with 56 women our first year and have grown to 440 women for this year's event. We've been multiplying! And this year we also began an outreach called Alabaster Girls which is based on the story in Luke 7 of the Bible where the sinful woman that the religious were judging, but who had been forgiven of much, loved much by washing Jesus' feet with her tears, drying them with her hair, and using the very expensive perfume in her alabaster box (her life's savings) to anoint Jesus' feet. She gave all she had and loved big because of what God had done for her. We want to give and love big like that as well. In May this year, Alabaster Girls began taking gifts filled with fun girly stuff to women working in our area strip clubs as well as other women God has put on our hearts to bless with the message that they are "loved beyond measure, daughters of the Most High King." It's a simple way of letting them know that they are loved unconditionally and that we are here for them should they need our prayers and support. It has been an amazing journey! We are truly the ones being blessed! :) We also visit "safe homes" and transitional living facilities for abused women or those coming out of crisis situations and bless them with gifts as well. Again, what a blessing for us. It's been overwhelming. Doors are opening for us continually with more opportunities to share hope with hurting women and we are so thankful for each opportunity to share the true love of Christ. We are also so grateful to have the support of our churches and a wonderful prayer and mentoring team backing us up. We say a huge thank you and God bless you to them! God bless you as well and thanks for taking the time to learn more about us!

Christi Ward, Founder