Feb
20
Written by:
Shaunti Feldhahn
2/20/2007 8:00 AM
I was delighted to be able to do this women’s night out-type event and not have to get on an airplane! This was a terrific church up near the Mall of Georgia, which made for interesting driving in rush hour traffic,
as anyone who knows Atlanta traffic might guess! But once I actually got there, what a fun group of ladies! There were probably about 350 women packed into the old sanctuary, and they had brought friends, neighbors, co-workers, and so on. The organizers had told me that they were hoping this would be a good event for church members to invite their friends to, and that is exactly what happened. I had at least three women stop me in the bathroom and tell me privately that they had brought a neighbor who was really struggling with her marriage, or had invited a co-worker who wasn’t as interested in hearing about men but wanted to hear me speak because she read my column in the paper every week, or so on.
In the end, the pastor’s wife asked me if I would give a little of my story of how I came to know the Lord, which I was delighted to do. I always tell the women that it seems so challenging to hear all these things about what our men really wish we knew about them - but feel completely stymied as to how on earth we can overcome so many years of assumptions that were wrong, or bad habits we’d built up, or just our exhaustion with life. I love a chance to tell women that I personally don’t know how anyone does life or relationships without Jesus in their life and I know that I need the power of God to give me the strength and the grace to do what is beyond me. So I invited anyone who wanted to know God personally to pray with me and make a note on their program so that the women at the church could follow up with them later - and seven women prayed there and then to invite God to transform their life or to recommit themselves to Him. I was so, so thrilled to see these women who were willing to be humble and realize they can’t do life on their own. We all need Jesus!
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