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Title: God want us to Win!   Send to a Friend
Date: 05/31/2007    
 
Friends,

Welcome to another addition of Women of Wisdom's (W.O.W) e-letter! W.O.W's mission is to encourage you to live the divine purpose for your life! Expect to see a W.O.W. e-letter monthly and be sure to pass them on to your friends.

3rd Edition, Volume 3, Demi #38

 I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.  (Philippians 3:14)

 It’s pageant season at my house.  As many of my friends will attest, I have resisted becoming a “pageant mom” from the beginning.  Why?  Because I thought it was synonymous with “cheerleader mom” or “soccer mom” – I had visions of women going off the deep end when their kid didn’t win.  So I wasn’t going to let these pageants get to me.  But I must admit after my daughter won her first crown, suddenly winning the next crown became a magnificent obsession!  Who can resist the planning that goes into a competition?  Selecting the competition wardrobe, going to photo shoots for the perfect picture, getting fitted in the evening gown that is sure to ‘wow’ the judges, soliciting sponsors, checking out the other competition and on and on.  The truth is I don’t have much time for my life right now because I am officially “PAGEANT MOM”!

 It all came to a head the other day while having quiet time with the Lord.  I was telling Him for the 100th time all the reasons I thought my girl deserved to win her next big pageant.  Then suddenly I felt ridiculous bothering God with such a trivial matter when I knew He had more complicated, important issues like world peace to deal with.  Just as that thought went through my head, another thought came to me with greater force and caused me to stop and reflect on who God is.  In His still, quiet voice, God seemed to say to me, “I love the way you love your girl and will do everything you can to help her.  It is exactly the way I feel about my children.  It is exactly the way I feel about you.”

 Whoa!  Here I was being tempted to think that my concerns and desires as a mother weren’t important to God, when I realized that simply wasn’t true.  In fact the more I thought about my behavior over these past few weeks, the more I realized that God’s desire for His children is exactly the same – He wants us to win!  Obviously we’re not competing in a pageant but we are in the greatest battle that ever existed.  The one that started in the Garden of Eden.  The battle between right and wrong, good and evil, death and life.  And God wants us to win!  He says in Philippians 1:7, “It is right for me to feel this way about you because I have you in my heart…”  What way does God feel about us?  The way you feel about anyone you love with your entire being.  A feeling that says, ‘I want the best for you, I want you to succeed, I want your future to be bright because I want you to have victory in your life!’

 What a thought!  And isn’t it true?  God says, “I will not forget you.  Behold, I have indelibly imprinted (tattooed a picture of) you on the palm of each of My hands…” (Isaiah 49:16)  Our faces are constantly before Him.  God is constantly thinking about us.  He continually has us on His mind.  In fact He has so many thoughts about us, they outnumber the sand (Psalm 139:17-18).  We are His magnificent obsession!

 So if you see me behaving a bit like a ‘pageant mom’ with my daughter these days - don’t worry, I have it under control.  It just serves as a tiny reminder to me of the way God feels about me and you.  


Be Blessed!

Mary

Mary Banks

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Mary_Banks@wowconsultinggroup.com

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