Use our voices.

Facebook rants.
Devastating news reports.
Ouchy comments at playdates.
Wars. Famine. Sex trafficking.
Arguments over precious family holidays.

Monday our nation experienced yet another seriously hard blow by way of catastrophe. Whether it's an explosion, a shooting, a political event or a natural one - hard words and horrible events seem to be getting closer together by the day.

This is a crazy, broken fallen world we live in and we have an almost constant choice to respond. When you see the offensive article, the uninformed comment, hear the hurtful statement or receive the harsh email - how will you respond? As you watch the news on the heart breaking day or sit across from the friend in a completely broken state - how will you respond?

I suggest we speak life. Be life. Grieve for those who grieve and mourn with those who mourn.
Then stand ready to give hope. To be women of influence, we may need to occasionally lay down our rights to fight back in a fallen way and instead just love back hard.

We're sincerely grieving and mourning the loss of life and the pain caused in Boston this week as a community of women. Join us in praying for the runners of the Boston Marathon, the families + friends who have lost, and the leaders who help us make sense and move forward. We also invite you to join our community as we beg the Lord for direction and vision about how He wants to use us to bring light and life to dark places.

Father, use our voices. 
Help us not to waste our words or stories or influence as the world around us seems to need them increasingly more and more.