Oh sweet ladies. As I have been praying, I have been thinking of all the women in my life. Women God Himself has brought into my life. How we are all different. Different ideas, different opinions, different beliefs...but do you know what we ALL have 100% in common? We are women in need of support from other women. Period.
Can I make a confession? I am super judgmental. Seriously. I find myself looking at other women, and how they do things, or don't do things, and think to myself: "Wow. That's dumb. They shouldn't do it that way. Man, too bad they don't know MY way-the better way!" etc, etc, etc.
Can I make a confession? I am super judgmental. Seriously. I find myself looking at other women, and how they do things, or don't do things, and think to myself: "Wow. That's dumb. They shouldn't do it that way. Man, too bad they don't know MY way-the better way!" etc, etc, etc.
Example: I recently had a friend tell me that she went to a MOPS meeting and one of the moms sitting at the table began to pour out her challenges to the rest of the group. When she got up and walked away, the response from the other moms was, "What was that about?" along with the silent judgment (ladies, you know what I am talking about!!). This woman was in desperate need of compassion and maybe a hug or two...what she got was worse than a slap in the face. And my friend, in turn, also learned that she was not in a place to receive the comfort she was needing also. Ladies, we can do better than this!!!!!
Well, here it is plane and simple: God has slowly been bringing me to a new place. As I have struggled this last year with a circle of friends God called to move on to other areas, Post Partum Depression (more about that in another blog), and finding my "niche" in our church and it's ministries, God has laid a burden on my heart. To encourage women and in turn, empower them to encourage other women. We need a WAVE of love, encouragement, and empowerment. We ALL have something to offer other women.
This is what my new blog will be about. Our stories. ALL stories. Whether you had a near death experience, or just God's voice bringing you comfort when that third bowl of mac-n-cheese hit the floor and you thought you couldn't take one more thing, we all need your stories and encouragement.
Let us break down the judgmental barriers...whether you have kids or don't have kids, you are a homeschool mom or public school mom, you breast feed or formula feed, you cook from scratch or order out, you eat organic or buy Bar-S, you clean your house or hire out, you have boys or girls, or both, you are single or married, you are older or younger...we can all be united for the same purpose: To envelop one another in love, and empower each other, each and every day, on this journey through life and it's challenges. As a beautiful mom friend of mine put it one day while I was preparing her and her children a non-organic lunch :
Well, here it is plane and simple: God has slowly been bringing me to a new place. As I have struggled this last year with a circle of friends God called to move on to other areas, Post Partum Depression (more about that in another blog), and finding my "niche" in our church and it's ministries, God has laid a burden on my heart. To encourage women and in turn, empower them to encourage other women. We need a WAVE of love, encouragement, and empowerment. We ALL have something to offer other women.
This is what my new blog will be about. Our stories. ALL stories. Whether you had a near death experience, or just God's voice bringing you comfort when that third bowl of mac-n-cheese hit the floor and you thought you couldn't take one more thing, we all need your stories and encouragement.
Let us break down the judgmental barriers...whether you have kids or don't have kids, you are a homeschool mom or public school mom, you breast feed or formula feed, you cook from scratch or order out, you eat organic or buy Bar-S, you clean your house or hire out, you have boys or girls, or both, you are single or married, you are older or younger...we can all be united for the same purpose: To envelop one another in love, and empower each other, each and every day, on this journey through life and it's challenges. As a beautiful mom friend of mine put it one day while I was preparing her and her children a non-organic lunch :
"I am on a journey, but I don't expect anyone else to follow it." -Camden Carr-Bearden
This is a beautiful example of what I believe our goals need to be, that our desire to have loving and empowering relationships exceeds our need to be right.
"Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God's favor) to those who hear it. " - Eph. 4:29 AMP
Dare I also add our thought life? Here is my challenge to myself and all of you: that we begin to confront and seriously pray over the judgmental barriers that cause disunity.
This is a beautiful example of what I believe our goals need to be, that our desire to have loving and empowering relationships exceeds our need to be right.
"Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God's favor) to those who hear it. " - Eph. 4:29 AMP
Dare I also add our thought life? Here is my challenge to myself and all of you: that we begin to confront and seriously pray over the judgmental barriers that cause disunity.
We are one in the bond of love
We are one in the bond of love
We have joined our spirit with the Spirit of God
