Mothers Union World Wide
The Philippians lived amid the bustling of traders and travellers
passing through between ‘Italy’ and ‘Turkey’.
It was probably like any large shopping centre: noisy, full of cheap/expense stuff, tempting.
It’s a big and ever-present task to be blameless and innocent in the midst of consumer envy,
promotional ladders – for the Philippians – and us.
Mothers Union as an organisation is as subject to perversions as any other so it behoves
each member to hold fast to the Word of Life,
to honestly examine their motives and thus to shine like a star.
May you be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst
of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.
It is by your holding fast to the word of life
that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labour in vain.
Philippians 2: 15-16
Vicoba is a Credit and Savings programme in Tanzania. All Mothers Union
Vicoba groups report that members are primarily using their loans
to start small businesses that benefit their families.
We give thanks for this initiative and pray that those participating
remain blameless and innocent in their deals; shining like stars.