Secondly,
we wish to inform our readers that the winter edition will now be
available in Jan-uary and not December as previously and the summer
edition will be available in July.
One
of the highlights for us this past year was to visit Hawaii in the
summer as we attended the BWAWD Women‘s Leadership Conference in
Honolulu. That was a truly wonderful experience and we are still
enjoying its blessings. To be with sisters (and brothers) from all
around the world was a foretaste of heaven.
Another
highlight was our EBWU Leadership Conference in Budapest, Hungary in
November. That too, was a time of much blessing and changed lives as
God moved and ministered to us all through each other.
Our theme for the next five years is "In Step with the Spirit" (Galatians 5:25). I like the verses which refer to Enoch, "Enoch
walked with God; then he was no more, be-cause God took him away."
(Genesis 5:24); "By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he
did not experience death; he could not be found because God had taken
him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased
God." (Hebrews 11:5). Imagine just walking home with God! Enoch
did not die as we do but God took him away home, so indicating that
death is not the end; each be-liever has the promise of eternal life.
In Enoch‘s day people lived for hundreds of years and were still active
and fit, but these verses from Genesis and Hebrews prove that long life
is not the greatest blessing we can experience. To be taken up into
God‘s presence is greater and much better. It is an undeserved
privilege to walk with God, but we must be careful to maintain that
walk as far as it depends on us. Once we begin the journey of walking
with Him we are encouraged to keep "in step with the Spirit (of God)",
and He enables us to do this. Wouldn‘t it be wonderful to walk home
with God?
The
return of Jesus is drawing ever more imminent. The signs of the times
bear wit-ness to it. It‘s imperative that we prepare others for His
coming and are ready our-selves. As we continue to serve the Lord let
us endeavour to walk "in step with the Spirit‟ just as some of the
women you will read about in this copy of News and Views are doing and
have done. There are those whom God has taken home to be with Him.
There are those who are working hard for Him, some under difficult
cir-cumstances, yet all have the privilege of walking with the Lord,
keeping in step with the Spirit, all bringing glory to Jesus.
Margaret Brown
"Let
us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap
a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore as we have opportunity, let
us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family
of believers"
Galatians 6:9.
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