this endows the Christian woman with
an amazing power, not to mention an
immense responsibility to shape our
own generation and the generations
after us. These unique roles and gifts
provide us with the opportunity to be
influencers. How we use that power is
up to us.
Will you be a woman of legacy? There
are many who have gone before us that
have left beautiful examples of living a
life of legacy – women from scripture,
from history, and women today. Some
are women you may know, like Queen
Elizabeth II, Esther from the Bible, or
Ruth Bell Graham, and there are many
others whose stories you’ve likely
never heard. These women lived with
intention and integrity, and as a result,
left legacies that still live on in our day.
As we each consider our own legacy,
let’s hold ourselves to God’s standards
of value and be encouraged by the
women who’ve gone before us. Men
have done, and are doing, amazing
things, but I believe women are uniquely
poised for Kingdom impact, and our
eternal investments will yield far more
rewarding legacies than any monument
or amount of worldly recognition.
Lauren
McAfee
Lauren McAfee is author of Only One
Life: How a Woman’s Every Day Shapes
An Eternal Legacy. She is also Corporate
Ambassador for Hobby Lobby and PhD
student studying Ethics and Public
Policy. You can find her on twitter at
@laurenamcafee.
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