Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A New Perspective
Over the weekend at the Women’s Meeting, I found myself silently stewing that some guy (the beloved Mark Prater) was going to teach me and a bunch of other women about women’s ministry. I was appalled and sat there in silence (arms folded of course, you know me) as he went on about some of my favorite topics, like submission and duties in the home. Well, my dear friend who we’ll call “Joyce” just for the purposes of this story gently reminded me that someday Mark will stand before the Lord and be held accountable for the teaching given to us. That changed my perspective entirely! In fact, now I am very grateful and cannot wait to review the material again with a softened heart! Apparently, I missed this recent Sunday teaching, but at least someone I knew did not! Thanks “Joyce” (you know who you are!)
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Well, first of all, if you ever make a NEGATIVE comment about me in a post, I hope you will do a better job of disguising my identity :)
I also want to say how much I appreciate your humility in first of all listening to and evaluating something that appears unappealing to you at first sight, and then sharing what you learned with everyone. I also appreciated this attitude of humility in someone else that I sat with at the meeting (we'll call her "Janine") as she eagerly listened and took notes during the message and immediately began to see applications in her own life. It is so encouraging to see you both respond in this way!
Prov. 13:20 "Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise"
Keep it up!
Look at this! Activity without me even getting to my instructions email... :)
Mandy - Thank you so much for that post. I am excited to see this working to encourage each other!
Joyce - Great verse!
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