Pieces of pieces of paper and change

Today I got to experience and hear from Dr. Janice Thompson who is a Pastor of River of Life Church in Prov. and also a founder of prison/Life-line ministry. She was so inspiring to say the least. I have a couple of things here, please excuse the fact that they are so jumbled and in bullet form, they were just so great coming from her lips i have to write them somewhere before I forget them. 


* Men and women are equal before God but we're not independent of each other--men and women have his and her own purpose but they must work together to make up the body..you can't have too much internal conflict, the body systems, tissues and cells work as one entity. 
* To live is to have a living story-- what kind of legacy will you leave? Each life is a story and we're writing our story everyday. And with that, we need to live with purpose and on purpose. and as we do, we cannot fear because fear and faith cannot operate in the same space. She told us a funny story about her fear of dogs (since being bitten from one in high school)and how one time she was getting out of her car to get into the house and she saw a dog walking her way. She could not make herself get out of the car because of this lingering dog and she felt so helpless she had to stay in her car for 30 minutes until she got the courage to walk past the dog, 5 feet to her doorstep. Long story short, she got over her fear and even had a dog of her own for some time:) She was really cute telling that story. 
* Everyone has a purpose in this life, everyone has a purpose and role in the battle and often times the front line of the battle are made of those who are the prayers and the praisers because they bring strength to the army and to the people and fear to the enemies. It's not just our turn to the bat it is our time, its our season. 
* Love is the sign of the cross. You love vertically, you love God and if you love God, you love yourself and then you love horizontally to your friends and neighbors and family and just everyone you meet. This means loving everyone, loving those who hurt us, criminals, people of all walks of life, visions and views. Not every one group has the 'skinny' on God, he's too big for that. We might have a piece and others have another piece and others have yet another piece. Why can't we just come together to enlighten each other?