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Saturday, February 6th, 10am-3pm - Community Health Fair in Tacoma, WA. Visit Tacoma Christian Center on the first Saturday in Feb. for their "SoundHearts 2010" Community Health Fair. CLICK FOR FULL INFO Tuesday, February 16th, KBWomen
Chapter Meetings: Omaha, NE,
Renton, WA,
Mt. Vernon, WA,
Olympia, WA. Pre-Registration Online - $5, At-the-Door - $10. More
chapter locations coming soon! KBWomen Membership Opens March 1st, 2010. Stay tuned for announcements, benefits and special deals for early sign-ups. MORE INFO Friday, March 5th, 4:00-8:00 - Total Networking For Women. KBWomen has been invited to bring members to the Northwest Women Show's "Total Networking Event for Women." Cost is $58, includes NW Women's Show admission! During registration, please select Koinonia Business Women as the group you are with.
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, 'Your God reigns!'" -Isaiah 52:7 Ah yes, good news. How inspiring and helpful it is to receive it, and how thankful I feel towards the people who offer it. Recently, I was reading in Numbers about when God sent out the 12 (one man from each tribe) to survey, spy and report on the Promise Land that the Israelites were to inherit. Here is one section of it:
"Then Caleb
silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take
possession of the land, for we can certainly do
it. But the men who had gone up with him said, 'We can't attack
those people; they are stronger than we are.' And they spread among the
Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored." In this Biblical account, it is interesting to see the human tendency towards negativity in action. Only 2 out of the 12 "spies" came back with encouragement (filling others with courage), and could "see" victory for the Israelites. After reading this, I decided to do the math. It ends up being a whopping 83% negative report. Negative reports say things like, "We'll never make it. It will never work. It's too hard. Shrink back. We are too weak. Have fear." Think about the nightly news. I bet it's not outrageous to claim that 83% are negative reports. Magazines and ads tell us we don't measure up and to be "catty" and competitive. Think about the general population that you come in contact with daily. Are only 17% positive and encouraging, giving you messages of support and peace? Could be. I'm not even sure I can trust my own mind to give me good news 100% of the time! Women in business, here is my word of advice for all of us; Be in the 17%. Be RARE! Encouragement is rare. A positive perspective is rare. A, "You can do it" message is rare. There is just too little of it, and we all so desperately need it. You have the opportunity to be very attractive and valuable by shining your light - the light of God within. I am not necessarily talking about evangelizing or preaching; I'm talking about being a source of strength and hope for a world that is tired, beat-down and dry inside. Be authentically hopeful and helpful to others, and then see what happens! Your network and business will grow. People will be drawn to you, and will be inspired by you. When we can be salt and light in the world, we will refresh others. They will see a difference and wonder what we've got. We have our hope in the Lord!
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Volume 29, 1-10 Inspiration Station "Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act." -Proverbs 3:27
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"Warning - Steep Drop Off" A thought-provoking sign I saw in Hawaii. If only
every pitfall in life had a sign like
this!