Friday 7 December 2012

Significant

Women of all ethnicity need to feel beautiful. I have seen photos of women in Africa who have had their faces mutilated, lips & noses cut off. Women from all walks of life taken from their family & sold on the streets. Women staying in abusive relationships because they think they can't meet anyone better.

There are so many charities that focus on building up women & there is no surprise as to why. One thing that is clear is that these charities are very obscure. Not highly publicised.

There are so many women in need of support, who have seemingly "normal" lives. It is so easy to wear a mask, walk around as though everything is alright, even when it is not. As women we need to be aware that there are places to go for support & comfort.



It is hard to trust, especially Jesus. He is not here to see, to speak, to hug, but trusting him is all you have. There is a story in the Bible about a woman Jesus cured. She was seen by all as a nothing. This woman was to become a world famous name, known by many. Her name was Mary Magdalene, she was the first person Jesus appeared to when he rose (Mark 16:9/10; John 20:1; John 20:11-18). The honour of being the first to see the risen king was given to woman, in the time of the Bible this was clearly significant, as women were & still are in some places deemed lesser beings than men, but The Lord & Saviour of mankind gave a privilege this great to a woman.



Women need to start building each other up. Show support to one another. Love is so easy to expect, but so hard to give. Show love to another women in your life that you don't particularly want to, it will be hard, but if you can do that, then you can expect to receive love.

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