A Word to Women
April 9th, 2006 by natalie
A dear friend of mine who is now married and serving with her husband in Ukraine has written A Word to Women, describing her role as a keeper at home on the foreign mission field. Not only does she write eloquently on this subject, but her words overflow with the sweet presence of the Word of God written upon her heart and exemplified in her life. Kelsie has been an inspiration to me for many years; her love for the Lord Jesus radiates from her in so many ways! I was going to copy several key excerpts here for you to read, but the whole article is so good that I would have ended up copying it in its entirety! I will include here her opening and closing statements, but you should definitely read the whole thing for yourselves!
“Before I came to the foreign mission field full time, I tried to take various measures to win the lost both at home and in other countries, such as handing out tracts or befriending lost people and witnessing to them. But since being married, the Lord has revolutionized my view of ministry. Because I am now a wife, my role is one of support. It is my job to back up my husband and help him in his calling as a missionary, not necessarily to be the missionary… …Each one of us as women can have an important impact in changing this world by fulfilling our God-given roles and serving under the direction of our authority.â€
I confess, even a year ago, I might not have found myself agreeing so readily with the sentiments expressed by Kelsie. But the Lord has ever so patiently been at work on my mind and heart, transforming and conforming me according to His powerful Word by which is “given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:3-4) Oh that we might increasingly experience the precious promises of God in our lives as we recognize and embrace the unique roles to which He has called us and which He has revealed to us in His Word!
