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There are probably things that happen on an almost daily basis that are God-incidences but we aren’t always aware of them.

Last Thursday I was down at my church, helping with a mailout and when it was time to go, went to say goodbye to Pastor Georgina but saw she was in the Senior Pastor’s office so decided not to interrupt her. I turned to go and both of them called out to me to come back. Both had been reading my articles online and wanted to encourage me as they felt the articles were good. We began chatting and I shared about some recent publishing successes I’d had - writing is one of my passions.

Recently Ps Georgina and I have been discussing which connect group my husband and I might lead this year and we still haven’t settled on anything yet but then Ps Rob said ‘why not a writer’s group?’ and Ps Georgina agreed. The three of us talked excitedly about it for a few minutes before I had to move on but my heart had quickened and the idea is indeed exciting. But the amazing thing is just that morning I was reading about setting up a Christian Writer’s Group at the FaithWriters.com website - I’d never looked at that before and I was wondering about it. So to have Ps Rob suggest it and Ps Georgina agree on the very same day I’d been considering it seemed to be another one of those God-incidents for me and I expect it is something that will now happen.

It might not seem a lot to you, but it is to me. You see, I’ve had a bit of a stressful day and have had to deal with some authorities about an ‘issue’ that has been troubling this household. It seemed like no-one wanted to help us at all, we’re kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. Then I was given one tiny little bit of advice today that I’ve acted upon and hopefully, over time it will bear fruit. But it left me feeling exhausted, teary, stressed and not able to focus as well as I normally do during my work day.

And then I got word late this afternoon that I have been nominated Member of the Month with the Christian Business Women’s Network online. Of course, the tears started again, but this time it was because God knew I needed lifting up and what a wonderful way for that to happen. So, I just thought I’d share it with you here.

Business Networking for Christian Women

The Christian Business Women’s Network is a faith filled business group hosted on Ryze. Our main focus is to pray, share, teach, learn and encourage one another in our business ventures. Read more of the CBWN Vision and Purpose here.

As Christian Business Women, we should be outshining the entire business community. We have the favor of God! As we build a successful business we are more and more able to build the Kingdom of God! Let’s stand by one another and seek the very best always. Submit your profile for the CBWN Directory now!

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If you are eligible (female) I encourage you to visit the Christian Business Women’s Network and see what is on offer there for you personally. Bless you, KMT

I received in the post not long ago a copy of a book by Steve & Kathi Rose with the title of this post. I’d come across their website and had told them about this blog. They sent me a copy of their book, which was really nice of them, and I’ve been enjoying reading the stories within. It is so touching to read stories of how God has touched the lives of others in a way that you know without a doubt is His special touch, His incidence in lives that might have missed the connection if they weren’t tuned into the fact that God does touch lives on a daily basis.

I encourage you to get a copy of this book for yourself. The stories are all short reads so it is a book you can pick up and put down again easily when busy. You can read a short story before retiring for the night, or whilst waiting for something or someone on a busy day. Or perhaps you’re just looking for a quick pick-me-up on a day that is ‘one of those days’ and you need some positive input just to help you through whatever is happening. It really is worth getting and who knows, it may just lead you to think back on the God-incidences in your own life - things you might not have thought about much before and suddenly realise what might have taken place. KMT

Further to the post immediately below this, on the weekend I decided to set up a blog that is dedicated to Workplace Ministry and I hope you will go visit and add your thoughts and comments. The more I read and research about this aspect of ministry the more I know I have found my purpose. And I suspect many others are finding that too - amazing that you can be blind to something for a long time and then when someone points you in the right direction you can start joining up all the dots and see the picture clearly.

My sincere thanks to Sophia who placed a comment at my post Going Full Circle awhile back as that provided the missing link to join up the dots for me. KMT

It’s been good to see there have been a lot of readers of this new blog and I welcome you all and hope you enjoyed the read and got something out of it. I would love to hear your stories - I know that some have a story or two to share, but I’m still waiting to receive them!

In the meantime, I was chatting with a good friend from our old church and she told me of a God-Incidence that happened to her just last week - Joy will be faxing it through to me for this blog and I look forward to posting it! So, make sure you come back again soon to read Joy’s story. KMT