How you live your life today will determine what you leave behind. The time you take to develop relationships, and how you influence those relationships for good, will determine much. For we can decide to live largely for ourselves, or in pursuing that which will have a greater impact. The choice is ours alone. When we choose people over things, our impact can never be underestimated, and while we might never imagine how far reaching our influence will be, the evidence will one day speak for itself.
Women who understand the importance of speaking into the lives of their children, as well as other women, understand the legacy of generational blessings to change the lives of so many. They are the ones who are quietly working behind the scenes to set a standard of excellence, even as they gently push those that they love to make choices that will have overriding significance for them in future days. There is really no price that can be put on such wisdom, and for many women this obvious fruit will not be realized until they are gone. It then becomes those who are left behind to choose what has been spoken and demonstrated, making the conscious decision to take what is good, and to pass it on to others.
This perpetual cycle of wisdom is priceless, without which we could find ourselves faltering in our attempt to choose what feeds eternal blessings, and waste much time concentrating on what is merely temporal and fleeting.
Yesterday I witnessed the outpouring of love and concern for a family that has lost an ever present matriarch. A woman who has carried herself with a quiet dignity and an overriding love for her family. What was so obvious to me was the respect her family has among friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and all who know them. Clearly many of these individuals did not know the woman personally, but her hand of influence has shaped the character of this family, and that was unmistakable.
Proverbs 31:28 NIV says, " Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her."
Believing Women.. In Conversation is a ministry tool based on what I have been doing all of my life, that of having conversations with women.
Moved by the Holy Spirit, I am now expanding the vision of what I know is needed; meaningful conversation between women that will foster an atmosphere of self-worth and healing.