These last 2 weeks have been a busy stretch for me. I have taught at 3 events – from Fairfax VA, to Charlotte NC, and then back again to Gaithersburg MD.
Even though public speaking is not my normal or primary job description, CJ and I agreed that these 3 teaching opportunities were right for me to do. And what a privilege it was to serve all the women who led and participated in these events! But for now, I have declined all speaking requests for the remainder of this year. Why? Because being at home – caring for my husband and family – is where God has called me and is where I love to be!
I can’t end this brief season though, without sending out a huge thank you and expressing my deep respect to the following women who made these events happen. My heartfelt thanks to:
• Lesley Mullery, Lisa Gallo, and Nicole Whitacre for the 3-part series: “Femininity: God’s Way in a Wrong Way World.”
• Jenny Detwiler and the conference staff for Encounter ’06.
• Carolyn McCulley for speaking at Encounter ’06.
• Shannon Harris, Valori Maresco, and Karin Layman for Titus2Tuesdays with the theme “7 Habits of the Highly Effective Woman”
All of these women have a passion for biblical womanhood and have worked tirelessly to serve women of all ages by promoting a biblical understanding and application of femininity through these different venues.
We live in a culture that clearly does not prize the virtues that comprise biblical womanhood. And what’s even more challenging is that many in the church at large consider these virtues of little value and minimal relevance as well. So, it is for this reason I wanted to communicate my gratitude to the aforementioned women. Even though each of them already has a full schedule “living out” biblical womanhood, they have sacrificially taken on even more responsibility to create contexts whereby many can be encouraged to embrace God’s high calling to us as women.
And finally, thank you to all who prayed for me. I’m convinced that your kindness helped carry me through!
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