Full transparency... I have not been a fan of women’s events for a long time.
Yes, I’ve always loved small groups and one-on-ones, but the larger events stopped being my thing when I began submitting to my process of sanctification.
As time went on, I became even more hidden and more submissive, fighting to remain in my hidden season because somehow I knew it was necessary to my journey.
I became a voracious reader of the Word of God, eagerly listening to teacher after teacher the Holy Spirit would send my way. I studied, learned and became so content and satisfied in my intimacy with Jesus, that I turned into the classic introvert.
Something began happening to me along the way, though. A slow burn began building inside of me. I began to feel as if I would burst or catch on fire and suddenly the life I was living was no longer satisfying.
I had to move; I had to DO something!
I had to teach; I had to preach; I had to serve; I had to find others like me; I had to build; I had to call women higher; I had to be around people!!
I had to share with anyone who would listen about the Truth I now knew—that Jesus is enough and there’s a life of freedom, healing, overcoming, and fruitfulness available to anyone who wants it.
I have changed; I have transformed.
That introvert, who was not a fan of women’s events, is no longer my dominant personality. It turns out that in Christ, I am actually CALLED to women’s events!
It turns out that I am actually called to host, to lead, to facilitate, and to speak at women’s gatherings.
It turns out that I am actually called to align with my fellow sisters in their events, ministries, and movements.
It turns out that I am FOR women in this hour!
It turns out that I have a message for women for such a time as this and I am going to continue to say YES and step out of my comfort zone.
I have to, or else I burn for, “His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” (Jer. 20:9)
It’s time to GATHER, GET HEALED, GET EQUIPPED, & GET RELEASED!
Mandi Windsor
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