Women of Promise

Reading this week and meditating on the challenges before us, I can't help but think that it truly is a High Calling God has placed on us! And it is easy to stay in the "I just can't do it" mode. I don't know if you have struggled with that these past two weeks. So I want us to think about something..."He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world" 1 John 4:4. So as we have looked at how we represent the good news of the Gospel and as we asked our husbands what traits they want to see more in us, it is easy to feel inadequate. But take care that you don't forget with Christ all things are possible!
The women in Scripture are shown to us in all their frailty, sinfulness, fear, and disobedience. Yet God fulfilled His purpose for them...they obeyed Him and their lives where transformed and many around them were blessed.
From Dr. Barnett's book "The Joy of a word-filled family" he talks about women in Scripture who were not women of hope. Women with a mark against them, yet God lifted each one up as an example of fathomless Grace. He explains:
"No pain is too great to be healed.
No past is too bad to be forgiven.
No problem is too big to be solved through Christ.
No stain is too deep to be cleansed through Christ's blood and no task is too great for God's enablement"

Can I encourage you to remember you are a Woman of Promise...and He will finish the task He not only began in you but also has given you to do!
Don't grow weary, we are just beginning and the journey is joy-filled as we look for Him to stregthen and direct every step.

This weekend, we will start chapter two on "Loving our Husbands". Let me know your thoughts.