Missed Opportunities

I received a call today from the library on campus. The person on the line said that a student had come in and said that her life had been threatened last night and that she needed to use the computer real quick. Since I oversee the Student Affairs department, I was called to see if the student could come and speak with me (I assumed that the student wanted to file a complaint - maybe the person doing the threatening was also a student - and in this case we have to get involved). I agreed of course and within a few minutes, this young lady was sitting in front of me in tears explaining to me the telephone call that she had received last night.

After she explained to me that the person never used her name and just said they were going to kill her and gave her the date, I told her that my hope is that this is just a simple Halloween prank and that someone randomly dialed her number and made the threat. I told her that I have heard of this happening quite often around this time of year (as I'm sure many of you have too). I gave her my recommendation for what to do with the telephone company/police, and then I had the opportunity to tell her that I wanted to pray for her and her safety in case this was actually someone that was trying to hurt her.

I tell you this story because it reminds me of the opportunities that God places in our lives every day to share with others about Him and His love for them. Some days we may have the opportunity to share the gospel and other days it may be a simple word of encouragement or an offer to pray for someone in need. But whatever the case, we must make sure that we are open to the moving of the Spirit and willing to say "yes" to Him when He pushes us in a certain direction.

I wonder how many opportunities we've missed because we were too busy with our own lives to realize that there was someone right in front of us who was screaming out for something that we could have shared with them??

Daily RX

I had a dream last night that got me to thinking about the Bible and the influence that it has on my life and on the flip side...the influence that it may not have on my life if I fail to use it!

Those of you who know me well know that I suffer from severe migraines and that I am on daily medication to prevent the migraines. My dream was me explaining the medicine to someone and how I have been free from the migraines for an extended period of time because I've been taking this medication twice a day for a couple of years now. Because I have a constant level of the medicine in my system, the nerves in my brain are dulled and when the migraines do strike I don't feel the full effect of them.

Now I know that this was just a dream about medication, but I am one who tries to find a spiritual insight in everything...so I started thinking about how I could relate this dream to my walk with the Lord. I'm sure you can see where this is headed.

If we will take the word of God and infuse it into our lives daily, then when the trials of the world or tough times come our way I'm confident that we will not "feel the full effect of them". Through His word, God gives us everything that we need to face the obstacles that will come...we can face them with boldness knowing that we will come out on the other side as wiser and stronger women in Him.

So next time you go to the medicine cabinet to take your daily vitamins or other medications, remember the most important prescription of all!!

Psalm 119:16 I DELIGHT IN YOUR DECREES; I WILL NOT NEGLECT YOUR WORD.

Welcome to The Ladies Room!

Have you ever been in one of those situations when you needed to tell one of your girlfriends something really important or maybe personal and you needed a place to go to do so? Did you ever slip away real quick to "the ladies room" to share those thoughts?

Well, the purpose of this blog is just that...a place for women to come together and share our thought and feelings about things that may not be shared in more corporate settings. I hope that this blog will serve as a ministry to many women. Hopefully we can be an encouragement to each other as we share life experiences and things that we have learned from them.

I know that the Lord can (and does) work in all situations, and I'm sure that we all have things to share that will benefit each other. Join me on this ministry journey as we strive to enrich the lives of women!