womens stuff and stuff

I just came back from Women's Katoomba Convention (WKC). It's a Christian conference for women and this year the topic was called "Designer Women." When I first heard the title I wasn't too sure exactly what it would about. I thought... "gosh that could be about a lot of things!" And man oh man it was about a lot of things. I gotta say I was very satisfied with it. One thing that I thought that was really good about WKC this year was that the speakers weren't afraid to put down the hard biblical word on tough topics like:

• abortion
• submitting to husbands
• submitting to men
• women preachers
• roles of men and women
• feminism
  
• womens magazines, culture and advertising

It was huge and awesome! I was particularly encouraged to hear at the end of the weekend a woman share that:

I would have considered myself to be a feminist before, but now I can see that God's order and design is the best way for us as women. (paraphrased... I didn't write down her exact words but this is pretty much what she said).

The big thing that I was reminded of at WKC was that God is our designer, and he has designed us for specific purposes. And God's ways are perfect - he works for the good of those whom he has called for his purposes (Rom 8:28). So we should live a life of dependence on him and delight to read his word and pray to him.

Another good thing about WKC was being able to fellowship with the ladies from my previous church. I especially enjoyed catching up with the older women and talking with them about things we had heard and learned. They are so encouraging and full of wisdom, yet they also can learn from us which is an amazing thing.

Today I was back to work as usual. It's still going pretty alright. You always have your good and bad days. I recently got a hair cut and all the art (all female) teachers absolutely love it. It's pretty funny. My new hair is quite arty so I guess that's why they like it. Even though I've only been there for a few weeks they've held nothing back from me. I've got reports due very soon and I've done lots of assessing in the past two weeks. I've also had to write exams, upload info to the school intranet and create worksheets and lots of other stuff. It's nice to feel like a real proper teacher again.

Yay for Rob... he's been a good husband to me. Although I have been finding this passage to be very true:

"I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband." - 1 Corinthians 32-34.

Often I am occupied about thoughts of Rob and marriage stuff that I forget about my relationship with God which also needs to grow and be nurtured. An encouragement to the single: it truly is a blessing to be single and be able to have undivided attention to the Lord. But for me God has led me to marriage and I'm sure he is working his purposes out in me, even though I get lazy and forget about God. Thank God that Rob is there to remind me to not be lazy!

Anways I better go and leave you with this food for thought.

From Car-O-Line