Seeing myself from God's perspective has always been an uphill climb for me. Growing up, it was an issue that my mom had to work to stay on top of. Whether I was displaying arrogance or insecurity the response was the same, "Mercy, you need to see yourself as God sees you!" It is a quest that I still have to conscientiously work at to keep a proper perspective. The enemy of our souls works overtime to blind us to the truth, but as the Scripture promises in Proverbs 4:18, "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more

Tips for A woman going on a job interview

A big job interview is coming up and you are feeling very confident. You have anticipated the questions they might ask and have prepared some great answers. Fresh copies of your resume are sitting in your backpack. When it comes to job interviews, what you look like counts! As shallow as it sounds, your appearance is one aspect of your overall person that can make or break an interviewer's decision of whether or not they should hire you.

Women working from home benefit their employers, themselves and their families!

According to the Center for Women and Work, "In 1900 women made up 18.4 percent of the working population. Today, women make up 46.4 percent of the labor force." Nearly 72 percent of women with children younger than 18 are in the workforce, many of whom do not have a choice about whether or not to work.

President Obama signed an executive order creating the first-ever White House Council on Women and Girls. The Council will be charged with creating among all federal agencies a coordinated approach to the challenges faced by women and girls. In its first year, the Council will focus on women's economic security, work-family policies, preventing violence against women and improving access to healthcare for women and their families.

The creation of this council is deeply significant. It is an important acknowledgment

The Benefits of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is one of the most natural and beneficial acts a mother can do for her child. Dramatic health benefits have been proven to pass from mother to child through breast- milk From antibodies which protect an infant at birth...to the exclusive nutrients in a mother's milk which have been shown to prevent a number of childhood diseases. The benefits are incalculable. There is no other single action by which a mother can so impact the present and future

Women have only fully entered the world of business in the last fifty years. The first women were pioneers, entering uncharted territory and gradually breaking down barriers for everyone who followed in their footsteps. Women not only proved their worth, but they achieved extraordinary success and now hold some of the top positions in corporate America. These women, such as Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, and Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO of Avon,

Up until relatively recently, conventional medicine has had little to offer women suffering from symptoms of hormonal change. Until a woman was deemed to be officially in menopause and could be prescribed synthetic hormone therapy, she was often told that her symptoms were all in her head. Even today, women struggling with hormonal imbalance are frequently sent home with a prescription for antidepressants, rather than being offered real solutions for a very real condition.

"Tapping the Bounty of the Sun … it is Free Energy!"

OK - It is a fact! We Women are the primary decision makers on energy and we want the country to move towards cleaner energy sources. Check this out! Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research firm's Women's Survey on Energy; the Environment study reveals that: 77 % of women take primary or equal responsibility for paying their electricity bills; 91 % of married women take dominant or equal responsibility for using less electricity at home.

There once was a time in American history when the thought of women working for complex, multi-national technology companies, giant advertising firms, and massive publishing houses was snickered at behind closed boardroom doors.

Today, women are running those companies-from some of those very same boardrooms.

But although women make up over half of America's labor force, as of 2009, only 12 Fortune 500 companies and 25 Fortune 1000

This is not another diet guide. It will not show you how to lose ten pounds by Thanksgiving. It will not introduce you to a new set of "miracle ab crunches" or rave about the latest liposuction advances. And there will be no butt pads, silicone, or fat-free recipes to share.

I'm writing this because I, like many women, used to diet until I was dizzy. I looked at my body and hated the parts that stuck out, and the ones that didn't stick out far enough. And I believed that having the so-called "perfect"