WOW! Celebrate Women of Worth
I
want women who have been abused
to learn to dream again.
- Judi
Noble
Every woman is a woman of worth. God made her that way. Unfortunately, not every woman recognizes her worth to God. For a woman caught up in the violence and the cycle of domestic abuse, that vision of herself as a person of value is even more distant.
The idea for WOW, Women of Worth, came to Eagle's Wings founder, Judi Noble, a few weeks before Valentine's Day 2008. She wanted to create an event for women that was just a time of fun.
Dream Books: In Dreams Begin Our Possibilities
How could she help women whose trust had been so broken begin to dream again? Dream Books. Based on an experience she had had recently, Judi developed the idea of having each woman design her own Dream Book during the celebration.As she visited local merchants and began to explain the idea for what she was trying to accomplish, something wonderful happened. They got it! More, they couldn't do enough to bless and support WOW and all the local Women of Worth.
What Are Your Egypts?
Leave
this place, you and the
people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on
oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
saying, "I will give it to your descendants."
It's not enough for women to create their Dream Books; they must
release the "Egypts"
that prevent them from walking confidently into
their dreams. The WOW program helps participants identify their
individual Egypts: fear, rejection, condemnation, shame, unforgiveness,
and others. Then, we ask for a commitment, "Are you ready to leave
Egypt?" It's important that they make the choice—and that they know
they can. When they're ready, we invite them to cross over the river
into their inheritance through a ceremony that is both beautiful and
life-changing for attendees.- Exodus 33:1
Choose Life
This
day I call heaven and earth
as witnesses against you that I have
set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life,
so that you and your children may live.
WOW programs end with the encouragement to participants to "Choose
Life," to choose to go up to the land of their dreams. We end the day
by ministering to everyone who attends. - Deut 30:19