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I’ve been thinking about women using our voices. It is part of what we are called to do as Christians. We commit to continue in the covenant God made with us in holy baptism by:
“Proclaiming the good news of God in Christ through word and deed, and
striving for justice and peace in all the earth.” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, page 236)
Sometimes it’s reassuring to look to other women using their voices, role models for us when our response to the baptismal call is tentative. Mary, Jesus’ mother, used her voice to sing God’s praises and describe God’s commonwealth, where the proud are brought down and the lowly are lifted up, where the hungry are filled with good things and the rich are sent away empty.
The Canaanite woman asked Jesus to help her demon-tormented daughter using her voice to seek help for her daughter. The Samaritan woman at the well who encountered Jesus in the noonday heat used her voice as the first evangelist, telling others about Jesus and what he had said and done.
As author Kathy Khang has said, “our voice is meant to be and bring good news.”
This message is excerpted from “Use your voice to become part of the solution” by Linda Post Bushkofsky from the October 5, 2020, blog of the Women of the ELCA. Today is the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.