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CityViewNC.com | 15 you?). She's a prayer warrior... praying from the time we were in the womb for our salvation and for our wives. While not perfect, her love and devotion for God magnified her love and devotion to Dad. at made home a place of love centered around God. Mom strived to be that Proverbs 31 woman. As I'm reading that scripture now, I'm humbled and marvel at how God made women to be able to multi- task and handle stress so much better than men. Verses 28 through 31 read: "Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also and he praises her. Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned and let her works bring her praise at the city gate." While the "Proverbs 31" woman has no specific name, we all know your fac- es and names. Bless you! Pastors, where would the Lord's church be without women like Phoebe in our congregations? She's called a deacon in scripture as a result of her be- ing a faithful servant of the church in Cenchreae. Paul wrote in Romans 16 that the church should receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints and to assist her in whatever she needed because she helped many, including him. Okay, back to Saint Tish for a min- ute. Mom, like many women you know, would never seek to be voted on to be a "deacon" in her church. Don't wor- ry, I'm not going there... My point is, while she isn't an Elizabethtown Baptist Church Deacon, she IS a deacon. She has a significant rwole in the church as a servant who helps her pastor meet the needs of the congregation. Be it teach- ing, visiting, praying, shuttling folks or encouraging… she is a servant. I can name several churches we attended in my younger years, where the dea- cons didn't "deac" and were it not for the women, needs in the congregation would have gone unmet. Bless ye wom- en who "deac". Eunice and Lois seem to be mentioned in the Bible as an aerthought, but why they are mentioned is remarkable. ey are Timothy's mom and grandma...who FDIC INSURED

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