Monday, January 21, 2008

Food For Thought

I received the story below in an email. If I knew who to give credit, I would. I think it's pretty though provoking.

There comes a time in every woman's life when she has to take a close look at herself.

Not at her circumstance, not at what she did, not how unfair life is, or at who made you do it.

She has to just look at herself in all her glory and imperfection. Have you ever admired a woman who has been through changes in her life?

Or have you made up in your mind that she is just messed up. Before you make this mistake, take a closer look.

A woman who has endured the most unusual life is someone of wisdom, someone who has been chosen by God to go through things that have made her stronger. Think of all the great women in the Bible: Mary Magdalene, Ruth and Naomi, the woman with an issue of blood, and Esther, to name a few. Mary was a prostitute, a very uneasy woman. But by the time Jesus was done with her, she was His closest follower. Esther was unfortunate in marrying an abusive man, but by the time God was done with her, she had married one of the wealthiest men in the land. We are so quick to beat the next one down instead of trying to hold her up....

Before you wonder, 'What's up with her?' ask yourself, 'What's up with me?' That woman could be my mother, sister, aunt, in-law, stepmother, niece, grandmother, great-grandmother, neighbor,friend, or co-worker, etc. That woman could be ME.

Women are the carriers of life, not the channels of death. Let's build and encourage each other, as did Ruth and Naomi.

3 comments:

Debbi January 21, 2008 at 12:46:00 PM CST  

I love this post, thanks for sharing it. I think we as women are so influencial - we can do amazing things and most of the time we spend so much time tearing ourselve and others down. If we could be more positive it would be wonderful!

K.T. is Mommatude January 21, 2008 at 1:04:00 PM CST  

Yeah I have never understood the tearing each other down thing,but nonetheless I am sometimes guilty of such.

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