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This is a very special day for me personally. I’m recording program number 10,000. Each program is 3 minutes long so that’s 30,000 minutes this Monday to Friday daily has been broadcast on many stations. I am humbled to see how God has allowed us to continue the purpose for which I began this program in 1984—to equip, encourage and empower women in the workplace to see their calling as God’s ambassador wherever their career takes them.
Having had a long-time corporate career myself, I understood the need for more resources based on God’s Word to help us navigate the many challenges of living out our faith on our jobs, particularly in secular environments. I remember recording the first programs, and believe me, I was as green as it gets. I had stepped out on faith, believing this kind of program was needed, and trusted God as I walked through each open door.
We began on one station in Chicago, and honestly that was the limit of my vision at the time. I never dreamed God would make it possible to reach many other cities and even other countries through radio and now the internet.
I am pausing today to say thanks and to celebrate God’s faithfulness. Thanks that God can use anybody, even a woman with few qualifications and virtually no experience. Thanks that so many others have come around me through the years, helping me, teaching me, and encouraging me. Thanks to so many thousands of listeners who have supported this ministry.
I would encourage you to take seriously any passion God has laid on your heart and ask God what the next step is. It will be a step of faith, and you probably won’t be really qualified, but when he calls you, he will open the doors and empower you to flourish by his grace.
One verse comes to mind: The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it (1 Thessalonians 5:24).
I testify that God is faithful, and what he calls you to do, he will equip you to do—for his glory and your good.
