I’ve been wanting to this for quite awhile now, but it’s just been a matter of time (still not sure if I actually do have the time to write this, but here I am).
I want to go ahead and do this now, since it’s still fresh and very “alive” for me, I think it’s always better for me to write that way, while it’s first hand instead of second thoughts ( actually I like doing things that way as well) and while something is “real” to me.
Anyway, what I had been wanting to write about for like about a month and a half or so is : leadership.
Honestly this started with me considering what was going on with the whole Todd Bentley situation. Then came a message I heard at a woman’s meeting about continuing to go forward & grow- how God wants to and has to stretch you., if you are going to reach your potential and really be who you are designed to be.
Then came revelation from the Holy Spirit about my own (our) situation. Actually last month a word came to me for my hubby & myself about us really getting serious about preparing ourselves for a new position. That God desired to promote us into like a leadership position, but first we had to get with it and allow our selves to be fully prepared. And like He had been holding back some things because we weren’t ready- but it was time to get it right, since He wants to strategically position us.
Anyway, after these revelations came finding out about an opportunity for me to step into ministry again, and possibly a leadership position.
And now (though not necessarily lastly) has come the revealing of Sarah Palin for the VP position.
I think this is where I’ll start (kind of like going about it backwards, yet it seems most fitting).
Yes, I am on the Sarah Palin “bandwagon.” I remember quite sometime ago glancing at something about her on the Internet, and thinking “Hmm that seems like an interesting woman, there seems something special about her…Then the night before she was revealed by John McCain I read something about her again online, thinking the same thing.
Well I must say I am inspired! (even as I sit here listening to Greta’s special on Gov. Sarah Palin, of which I’ll have to watch again so I can catch the beginning and tape it).
For me she does embody the American Dream for a woman- particularly me: A solid conservative Christian, active and youthful for her age, cute & masculine husband, brood of kids around her, worked her way up, well balanced person, strong personality stands up and fights for what they believe- but yet still being attractive & feminine and not coming across like a ruthless butch like Hillary like ( she doesn’t seem to feel like she has to wear her hair short & do the pants suit thing like a guy). Tough but feminine enough to say about herself “barracuda” and “a pit bull with lipstick”… also a strong speaker but not with a voice and manner that sounds like a sheep bleating or (to me) with a voice that sounds/grates on you like nails on a chalkboard. She speaks and a ton of people listen & are inspired… (and a “Hockey Mom”- Hockey Moms Rule!)
She seems to balance those things (among other things), which are important to me… being tough strong and a fighter with staying feminine & attractive and not appearing to want to be a man- but just a strong woman. Admit I’m amazed.
Hmm I guess it reminds me of my mother at her best, however my mother could also be mean and her goals and ideals were not so honorable. I wish she was fighting for higher ideals such as Sarah Palin. I wish my mother had Sarah Palin’s belief system, I wish she could have spoken & stood up for the kind of things this woman has, and what she represents….
She really does seem like she has been gifted by God, for such a time as this…
On the news after her speech, someone was mentioning how someone had said that previous to her speech night , back in her hometown, about the biggest crowd she had spoken before was maybe 700 people.
Yet there she was at the convention and before millions on TV, not appearing nervous or tense- not missing a beat. The newscasters were a bit amazed like how could this be- and one of them came out and said the Biblical truth- not everyone can do that- because it’s a gift.
