them away. Many of us think that
talking about our problems will
make them go away, but nothing
is further from the truth. When
this widow talked about her
woes, they only increased. The
solution came when she talked
about her gift, the pot of oil, and
focused on it.
family out of debt.
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9. Great
women
understand the importance of
working in silence. She shut the
meet the challenges that face
their families. They do not back
down from the challenges. This
woman did not sit and wait for
the creditor to take her boys. She
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Sometimes great women
need someone to help them see
their gifts. Elisha had to help
the widow see what was already
available to her. Until he did, she
did not see it for what it was, and
she assumed she had nothing!
5
The things we look down
on and which seem useless are
usually the things that are used
to raise us. The widow didn’t
think much of the jar of oil but
therein lay her breakthrough.
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our gifts are for the
benefit of others. As you pour
it into others, it creates wealth
for you. And that wealth not
only brings you out of debts but
sustains you throughout your
lifetime.
7
Great women do not
create problems; rather they solve
them. This woman’s husband
took a loan and mortgaged the
future of his children; that was
a serious problem. She rose to
solve that problem.
8
Great women are great
followers. This woman followed
the counsel of Elisha and got her
door upon herself and poured
out her oil. She didn’t do it in
public and before others who
would talk her out of it with
their negativity. She borrowed
vessels from her neighbour,
but she didn’t use the vessels in
front of them, and neither did
she tell them why she needed
the vessels. Talk less about your
plans and work more on them.
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Great women rise to
rose to do something about it.
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Great
women
are
deliverers. This woman delivered
her children from being
bondmen; this is something her
husband had been unable to do
before his death.
In conclusion, if we want a
change in our circumstances,
we must accept responsibility to
trade with the gifts deposited in
us.
DOZ Magazine September 2017
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