The Women's Empowerment Group

Our inner self is much like an orchestra, with different parts of us strumming a tune. Each part has its own strength in the orchestra, sometimes some stand out more than others.It is an amazing collaboration if we allow each part to do what it does best. Sometimes the instruments oppose each other because they are attempting to find their part in the whole of our orchestra. That is why we must allow our inner song to rise to the surface --so that we can hear its tune and give it a voice. So that our song can make sense to us and we can begin seeing and hearing what needs to be tuned in or tuned out. Confusion enters our life when we have tunes in us that we are trying to make sense of prematurely. Our inner players have not yet learned their parts, we are forcing them to play while they are struggling to make sense of where they fit. I also like to think of confusion as the cubby holes that we once had in pre-school; where we placed our coats and galoshes before beginning our da...

The Euphrates River is one of the most important rivers in the world.  Along with the Tigris, it provided much of the water that supported the development of ancient Mesopotamian culture. I love the story of the fall of Babylon, as it tells us what happens, when we take for granted what God has so graciously provided for us.  In the city of Babylon, the king, thought that the walls around Babylon were invincible. He became so full of himself that he neglected to see the weaknesses around his fort.  So the gifts and resources that God so graciously gave the king and his followers --were used against them. The enemy was able to observe that the one flaw; that the wall around Babylon had, was the water that so freely flowed in and around it. The enemy observed that the water flowed under the huge wall, so they dug trenches under the wall to get inside and eventually topple Babylon. God predicted that this would happen years before-- in the Old Testament, but the king never...