With that in mind, any time she heard of another director being offered an opportunity or equipment, she submitted a request for the same thing.
“It never hurts to ask,” she said.
As a leadership coach, Dubs encourages people to study their pasts, find their passions, their God-given strengths, and their niche.
“Know your heart. If your heart is right with God, He can work through you,” she said. “He can move mountains.”
And He has. When people didn’t believe she could find resources to serve communities in need, she believed God would provide through the women He called to serve with her. Again and again, women would join the God in Shoes ministry, bringing suitcases full of clothing, shoes and more to share. As someone who is a meticulous strategist and arranger, she’s learned that everything cannot be planned down to the last detail. She knows she has to leave room for God. She learned to tell people when they asked about what seemed like missing points in the program that “God hasn’t revealed that to me yet.”
“I don’t want people to underestimate the power of God when you submit to Him,” she said.
Her team members have learned from her experience. She loves to hear them tell others to allow God room to work when new people come to work alongside them.
“He’s already planned a good work for all of us to do in advance,” Dubs said. “Part of our lives here on earth is partnering with God. I love partnering with God in ministry because I like to think outside of the box.”
— Michele Joseph, managing editor, Adventist Women Leaders newsletter
