Who are Women of ELCA
As a
community of women created in the image of God, called to
discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we
commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts support one another
in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing
and wholeness in the church, the society, and the world.
The Plan
“All my days were
written in Your book and panned before a single one of them began” (Psalm
139:16)
Life hurts. So why
dose God allow plan? He doesn’t give us a complete explanation or a direct
answer in Scripture as to why He allows it, but He tell us two important truths
that stand faithful sure in the midst of the pain: I am here. I am working for
good. God doesn’t give us full answer or an explanation about our pain because
He knows we need more than answer. We need Him.
Before God made the first man out of dust, He knew what was
going to happen through the course of history. He knew that evil would enter His
creation through Satan and spread through an angel rebellion. He knew that the
first man and women would choose to believe Satan’s lies and succumb t0 his
dominion of darkness. He knew that the universe would fall and that would be
centuries of great pain.
God knew that He would have to come to earth Himself to
suffer, die, and rise to life again to rescue us. He knew, and He chose to do
it anyway. God sees the future with the same fixed certainty that we see the
past. That’s why in Scripture Jesus is called “the lamb who was slaughtered” (Revelation
13:8 NLT). The rescue was in place before the fall- evil was going to lose from
the very beginning.
In the mind of our completely sovereign God, the course of
human history – and eternity - is ready completely figured out. The end of the
story is just as must of a reality to Him as the present. He knows every bit of
pain that you will experience (Psalm139:16). He knows how it’s going to cause Him
pain, too. But even knowing all that, He saw that all of the pain and heartache
would be worth it, So, He set the events of human history in motion.
May we always be reminded of our Father’s loving presence,
which He knows everything we are going through, and that He walks with us
through all of it.
