By HIS Grace

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day; and aside from sharing about what the Lord was doing in our lives, we also talked about; how we as a people, especially women, run from the things that could help us in life.  How many times have you been invited somewhere or to an event, and it was something positive and uplifting, and it could change your situation or life, and you didn't accept the invitation? Not because you had other arrangements, or you had to work or something came up with family; I mean you just didn't go.  Did you ever think about why you didn't go? I have done that. I have been invited out to something and either didn't respond at all to the invitation or just didn't go. I can remember countless times when I would spend hours on end, talking with one of my closest friends about a problem that I had, or a bad situation that had taken place in my life. I would talk about that problem forever (or until it was resolved). I put so much time