Today is Wednesday, August 24th, 2005; Karen's Korner #618
Today is a day I have been looking forward to; making plans for!!
As most of you know, I am involved with a group of gals from here in Clarion known as the Marys and Marthas (M & Ms for short). We meet for about one hour each month with a mission purpose "to be hearts and hands for Jesus".
For a fourth year, we are participating in the national "Make a Difference Day" program, organizing volunteers from across America to volunteer to do something to make a difference. The actual day is October 22. Last year the national event attracted 3.5 volunteers. Each of the three years, Clarion and the M & Ms have done something different. Year #4 is no exception. I am the chairperson this year; my good friend Pam Winter is co-chair.
This morning at our monthly M & Ms meeting, we are kicking off "60 Days to Make a Difference" in our community, as we work to attract lots of people doing lots of simple tasks over the next 60 days to make a difference in people's lives and our community as a whole. We are going to use a racing theme, as we "make a lap around the track" each day.....60 laps around the track before we conclude on October 22.
Because we are Marys and Marthas, quite often we refer to Mary and her sister Martha from the Bible. The verse we look at sometimes is found in Luke 10:38 - 42, where one sister is sitting at Jesus' feet and the other is hurrying around serving her guest.
I recently received a new "Women of Destiny" Bible as a gift from two friends: Kim Lee and Judy Watne. In this Bible, there are all kinds of letters to women or short comments by some writer. These comments, stories, and letters touch the heart and soul of its readers. And today I am going to share with the M & Ms what is written near Luke 10.
It is a note which could be written to any of us:
"God is calling the Marys and Marthas today
all over our land to work in various places
of the vineyard of the Lord;
God grant that they may respond and say,
"Lord, here am I,
send me."
~~ Maria Woodworth-Etter
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