Women's Day - Good vs Bad Women in the Bible

Ladies in leadership or wild women?

Since it's 'Women's Day', let's look at a few ladies &  women who made a difference...

To the good:

* Queen Esther was used to save her people from wicked Haman who desires to kill them all. 

* Jael who killed Sisera to save her people from his army

* Ruth whose humble heart was granted a new beginning with Boaz 

* Mary, mother of Jesus. 

* Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist

* Mary, friend of Jesus

* Those of virtue- Proverbs 31

To the bad... 

* Eve, fell for the serpent's lies and ate the forbidden fruit then gave it to Adam

* Delilah, seduced Sampson into revealing his secret of strength 

* Jezebel, Baal worshiper who slaughtered the prophets of God. 

Moral of these lives once lived is that WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY! 

Ladies, do you know who or which you are? 

Fellas, do you know which you truly prefer?

Are we living to please ourselves or the Living God? Are we serving Him by loving others?

Learning leadership

"Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice."
1 Kings 10:8-9

Many of us are familiar with the wisdom and prosperity of king Solomon. Over and over he was told the LORD was pleased to place him over His people. It's TRUE, He was too! They traveled from all over to see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears. Here the queen of Sheba was quite impressed, his stature far exceeded the rumors told to her in her land!

I've read this account many times the last couple weeks. Today, this passage leaped off the pages! The Lord has placed me in leadership too, but my own "wisdom and prosperity" is minimal at best!

I've sought the Lord diligently in recent months regarding this placement and positioning. Though I don't oversee a nation, I'm still in need of His leading! How I desire to 1st please Him and as a result those under me are *HAPPY to be there and HAPPY to hear*!

I know I have a ways to go, but I know the more I'm teachable and maintain a humble spirit before my God,  I'll be able to build up my team and lead by example. Anyone can be a grumbling boss but the aftermath is a busted down team, and often those you need choose to leave.

The journey begins within and the outflow affects all who are near. I may not be where I want to be, but I'm thankful to be God's work in progress.

If you've been placed in leadership (whether in a business, a job or within your family), are you willing to learn from king Solomon too and many other great biblical leaders or are you destructively destroying what the Lord desires to build and create?