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Be quick to do good
"Trust in the Lord and do good"
(Psalm 36:3). This Bible verse was the topic of the
miniconference organised by the EBWU for women from the countries of
the former Soviet Union in Chisinau. Moldavian women waited us with
open heart. We arrived from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Chisinau was filled all of
the beauty and taste of the automn sharing its caress sunshine. The
yards around the homes were full with heavy, smelling brunches of
grapes and the apple trees bent under their rich fruits.
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Diana Kondratejeva
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Our goal was to come closer in prayer, in God's
love, to think and talk about what does it mean to do good nowadays,
look up to Christ and stand firmly in his promises. The president of
the Moldavian Baptist Union, Valeriu Ghiletchi opened this meeting. He
draw our attention for a special woman from the Scripture: "And, behold, there was a woman
which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together,
and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called
her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine
infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made
straight, and glorified God" (Luk 13:11–13).
Jesus set us free, we are called to glorify his name. The seeds of his
teaching were placed in every heart.
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We continued our meeting acquainting the members of
EBWU Committee. Than Ewa Gutkowska gave us a teaching in topic "Do
good". She had some questions: What is the goal of doing good? Why does
God wait for us to do good? What kind of good fruits may we bring to
the Lord? For these questions we can find the answer in the Bible.
"For we are
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Eph 2:10).
So here is the answer: we are created in his own image to do good. To
do good is God's law. The fruits of doing good are our relationships
with sorrounding people, our acts and thoughts. But the most important
fruits are the results of Holy Spirit in our heart.
Livija Lame from Latvia mentioned in her Bible study many Bible verses
which are the principals to build up our life in Christ. She called us
to put our faith deeply in the Lord. To trust means we put ourselves to
his hand. She shared with us her own experience how God led her through
the time of her husband's passing away. As we trust in the Lord we may
have got his love towards other people. Livija emphasized: don't judge
one another, but ask yourselves: What can I do for others? As we trust
in the Lord in difficulties we'll get peace what we have to appreciate
very much.
Aniko Ujvari from Hungary led a workshop. Are women today similar to
their fellow sister whom the Proverbs 31 writes? To work on the texts
easily we were divided into groups, sisters thought about their text,
analysed it and adopted for their own life.
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Than the sisters from the above mentioned countries
shared their testimonies and experiences on women's work. And from
these testimonies came out the love of the sisters to our Lord, and
their wishes to trust in Him and do good. We prayed in our own language
and the Heavenly Father heard and understood our prayers.
Our special guest was Nadezda Komendant from Ukrain, in her testimony
she said to do good means not to do bad. She told it is the elderly
sisters' task to teach the younger ones. (Tit 2,3–5)
We felt through this meeting peace from God, his blessings upon us and
the unity of the Spirit. Special thanks to Olga Mokan and the Moldavian
sisters for their many kind of services. May God bless each sister who
worked for this conference.
Diana Kondratejeva,
Russia
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