A Christian Woman's Service
A reader in Barbados asks that I include suggestions in the Newsletter for opportunities for women to serve outside the confines of the church. I like the list she herself gave:
- mixing with the poor or elderly within their environment;
- assisting with community projects-even if it's no more than toting a Red Cross or Poppy Day collection tin;
- sharing oneself and one's resources with neighbors, e.g., stop at the bus pole and give a lift to as many as the car will hold "I'm not talking about casual hitchhikers and strangers," she adds),
- giving aid to non-Christian neighbors after the birth of a baby.
Thank you, Ann Gale. These seem to be in harmony with the list of women's work found in Titus 2:3-5, a passage largely forgotten now that even Christian churches are joining the world's pressure to get women into careers, as though women have no special, God-given responsibilities and are quite free to pursue money, status, prestige, fulfillment in any way they like. I'm afraid we're sowing the wind, and will one day reap the whirlwind.
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