Welcome Letter

Dear Woman of Purpose,

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     We also want to hear from you. Are you a stay at home mom? We want to hear tips on how you mange to keep up with all your responsibilities and hold on to your sanity. Are you a professional woman? How do you handle the demands of the day and not lose yourself in the process? Does your life consists of volunteer work? How do you prevent burnout when everything you do is for someone else? Have you encountered any type of abuse, illness or has devastation knocked on your front door? How do you cope in the midst of these unbearable trials? If you're interested in sharing your story, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at: womenforapurpose@gmail.com

     Maybe we have different cultures, beliefs, family dynamics or socioeconomic status. But the one thing we all have in common is the need for one another; that's the heart of this blog, supporting each other during the various stages of life.We so look forward to journeying with you, talk soon!☺️

2 Corinthians 10:17-18
¹⁷ But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^{[a] 18} For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Today let us say a prayer for the families of the victims of 9/11, may they be comforted...

Romans 15:13

¹³ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 12:9-10

Love in Action

⁹ Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. ¹⁰ Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Psalm 97:10New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰ Let those who love the Lord hate evil,
    for he guards the lives of his faithful ones
    and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Jeremiah 31:3

³ The Lord appeared to us in the past,^[a] saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Psalm 16:11

¹¹ You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Leviticus 19:18
¹⁸ “‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Matthew 11:28
²⁸ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Psalm 46:10

¹⁰ Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!

 

Romans 14:11
¹¹ For it is written:

“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”^[a]

Hebrews 12:14
¹⁴ Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

Psalm 119:143

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have overtaken me,
Yet Your commandments are my delights.

Psalm 55:22

²² Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

1 Corinthians 3:16
¹⁶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Psalm 27:7
⁷ Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Isaiah 26:3
³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

2 Thessalonians 3:3
³ But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Proverbs 16:24
²⁴ Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Ecclesiastes 7:9
⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.