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Check your CalendarSince 1942 the LWML has had:
"I don't have time" probably more often than not covers for "I don't want to." We have time-twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Demands on our time differ, of course, and it is in that difference we must refer to Jesus. There were endless demands on Jesus' time. People pressed on Him with their needs to the point that He and His disciples did not have time to eat. Then He would go away into the hills to pray and be alone. Still, He was able to make that amazing claim, I have finished the work You (God the Father) have given me to do (John 17:4). This was not saying He did everything He could think of to do or that He had done everything others had asked. The claim was that He had done what had been given.
Women in leadership roles today depend on the guidance and inspiration of the Lord as promised in Joel 2:28 - I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. Their goal as they hold office and serve in LWML is to exhibit the qualities of the woman in Proverbs 31:26 - She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Women will be elected and appointed to fill leadership positions in the 2006 district conventions. Check your calendar and answer His call for service in the LWML. |
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The leadership opportunities
offered by the LWML are numerous and endless. And yet, we seem
to often lack leaders stepping forward to fulfill those positions.
This is an important clue for any one of us called
to a leadership position. There is always enough time to do
the will of God. When we find ourselves frantic, frustrated
and harried, it is a sign we are running on our own schedule,
not on God's. LWML leaders have and continue to depend on God's
guidance through prayer.