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Romans 8:26-28

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to God’s purpose.

Don’t tell me it can’t be done

I’ll say: Hold my beer...

Don’t tell me there’s only one way

I’ll show you another five...

Don’t tell me my anatomy 

inhibits my leadership

and the ability

for others to learn from 

my hard won experience

I’ll simply keep on demonstrating

that, actually, I have what it takes

Because... God

God calls

God equips

God enables

God empowers

Regardless

of gender identity

or sexual orientation

or anatomy

or authority

or rank

To dismiss me

is to dismiss

One whom God calls beloved

One on whom God bestows grace

One whom God has 

Called 

Equipped

Enabled

Empowered

One to whom God says

Hold my beer...

While I accomplish

those things

folks say

cannot be done

Because God...

(A woman with a beer in her hand)