Christian Working Mom Interview January
2008
Welcome/Prayer Partners
CWM Coaching Tips
Blog/Online Bible Study
Interview
Welcome
Hello everyone. I hope you are having
a blessed 2008. If you are new to Christian Working
Mom, welcome. I love how women all over the world
are joining together to support one another. If you
want to read previous issues of Pearls of Encouragement
for CWMs or past CWM Interviews, you can find them
here: http://www.kimberlychastain.com/newsletters/archives.htm.
I continue to hear many women share
how wonderful their prayer partners are and how they
are sharing one another’s burdens. My heart
is overflowing with joy in how we are reaching out
to one another. I have one CWM wanting a prayer partner
right now and I don’t have a match. So, if you
want a prayer partner, send me an email to Kimberly@kimberlychastain.com
and put prayer partner in the subject heading. I want
to be able to match everyone who requests a prayer
partner.
CWM Coaching Tips
CWM Coaching Tips is now available.
CWM Coaching Tips is a daily email that you can receive
that will encourage you in your faith. To find out
more about CWM Coaching Tips go to: http://www.kimberlychastain.com/cwmtips.htm.
Blog/Online Bible Study
The CWM blog is a great place to share
your concerns and questions with other CWMs. Come
visit the CWM blog at http://christianworkingmoms.blogspot.com.
The Online Bible Study can be found at http://cwmbiblestudy.blogspot.com.
I plan to add another Bible Study soon.
Interview
Today Darcie has graciously accepted
the invitation to be interviewed and share her thoughts.
Thanks Darcie for taking time to share. Darcie is
a married 42 year old CWM with two children, a son
age 10 and a daughter age 6. Darcie is Director of
Compliance for a national residential mortgage lending
corporation.
Darcie’s greatest joy in being
a CWM is being surrounded in her workplace with other
CWMs (and some Christian women who are not yet moms!).
These women bring a sense of sisterhood and support
to the office, and we are always there for each other
with just the right Scripture verse or reflection
on a particular passage. I am also blessed with a
challenging role within my organization that allows
me to continually grow and learn.
Some of Darcie’s struggle as a
CWM is feeling like I must bear the weight of responsibility
for my family. Our household is largely depending
on my income and employment, but I must always be
mindful it is the Lord who provides for all our needs
and He will never let us down!
Having enough time to devote the necessary
attention to the children is also a struggle, as my
evening hours are spent with juggling dinner, mail,
bills, laundry, and the like with the children’s
activities. I find it hard to spend time on my husband
and on myself!
Darcie’s favorite Bible Verse
is: And I am sure of this, that he who began a good
work in you will bring it to completion at the day
of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6.
God is teaching Darcie a valuable lesson
right now. The housing and mortgage market is in one
of the most severe downturns since the Great Depression,
and my continued employment is uncertain and unlikely.
Through this very difficult time, I have come to depend
more and more on my faith in Jesus, to trust him for
His provision for our needs – financial and
other, and to be thankful for every circumstance.
I have been drawn deeper into the Word daily for strength
and encouragement.
Darcie shares the following words of
encouragement for other Christian Working Moms: Being
in the workforce can be a blessing, both to us and
to others. We should look at our places of business
as an opportunity to share the love of Jesus through
our service to our employers and coworkers. We are
in a mission field – even if we use only our
conduct and work ethic as witnessing tools! What a
privilege to serve our Lord in this way!
We also have a terrific opening each
day to teach our children by our example of heading
off to work without complaining and with an attitude
of joy in our hearts!
Darcie we pray that your job will remain
stable and thank you for reminding us that we need
to trust in God to meet out needs not our jobs or
ourselves.
Till next time,
Kimberly M. Chastain
