our everywoman stories...
One Woman's Journey....
Posted by Jan Overton on September 18, 2008 at 10:30am
One of the most impactful doors into C3, for me, was Everywoman. I just don’t have the words to express how HUGE it has been in my life to be surrounded by these amazing women of God and to be honored by having them speak into my life. It is totally biblical and truly transforming.
First, and I’ll be short here, I have been attending Everywoman events and conferences now for
over six years. I got really, really excited about writing down my dreams… and went kind of nuts with it! The result, today, is that my life looks nothing like it did six years ago… it is amazingly better and more full. One dream I wrote down early on that has come true is that I have attended law school, passed the bar, and am now an attorney. And the beauty of that, in all seriousness, is that there is no way I could have done it without the love, support, encouragement, and amazing relationships at C3. It’s pretty incredible, being on the “other side” of that part of my journey, to look back and know that it’s now about me, but first to God and then to all of you amazing people who supported me on that part of my journey. So… law school – check – bar exam – check – now moving on!
This past year has been kind of a transition and waiting time for me – to decompress from school and download the vision God has for me to build my law practice. And patience is not an easy thing for me, so I have had a few little temper tantrums while waiting, but I knew better (from past experience) than to step out into some dream I conjured up rather than waiting to hear from God. After all, it is God’s dream and not mine. It’s about Him, not me.
So, of course, God comes through! I have been praying for the perfect location for my law office… and found it! My business plan has developed in all aspects… physical appearance, practice areas, and perfect people to work with! And a vision for future development and marketing my practice. I am so very excited to see this part of the dream come to fruition… to see how God might use me in my law practice… and to see people come into C3 through the law practice… and to build our Church! And I am ready for the hard hard work that goes along with it, too!
But the best part of this journey, as always, is that there is an amazing group of comrades… men and women alike, standing with me, believing in my dream (and continuing to believe in it when I have a tough day), and once again pushing me forward with faith!
It is totally a team effort when we pursue our dreams, and this is a House where God has placed amazing people around us to help propel us directly into our dreams!! Go for it!