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"Dear Lord we thank you for making us women! And we thank you for the trials of this day and teaching us your goodness. Thank you Jesus for covering our sins when we fail one another. And in this Christmas season, may we strive to be more like you and experience the love of your Son in which we can pour out to others. We praise you because we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Amen."
We know that living as a woman is hard. We know this because we are two college women, desperately trying to figure out who we are in Christ while dealing with that awful thing called flesh. We deal with emotions, trials, dreams, failures, and if you're a woman, you know the rest. But as Christian women, we are grateful to have the grace of our Lord when we have to deal with all of these things. We also have to recognize that we are in a battle that goes way beyond our understanding. A spiritual battle against The Enemy. (Ephesians 6) That Enemy who we fight against will sneak up and attack the very core of who we are both in our flesh and in our Spirit, using the very things that we previously mentioned as tools against us as woman in order to "seek, kill, and destroy." So together, our prayer is that we would be used by our Savior, and be victors and not victims in our daily struggles of our flesh and sin.
Recently, we have realized the pain of bitterness, and how it does nothing but steal the joy and peace that only God gives us through Jesus Christ. Have you ever experienced being hurt or misunderstood by a Sister? We will quickly judge, harden, and close up. Exactly, what the enemy wants. After a while, we're so hard, that we're numb to when and how it all began. We get in a trap, thinking that we are incapable of falling into the same sin as our Sister and we judge. But the fact is that we all fall short, and what we need is Jesus. We need to ask Him to humble our hearts, break us, and set us free from the trap and captivity of bitterness. Next, we need Him to soften our hearts and show us how to love those who hurt us even when it's the last thing we want to do. Finally, we need to go to our Sister and make it right. Because if we are Sisters, then we share the same Father who desperately wants His children to experience love toward one another. And when we finally make things right, wasn't it all a waste to let the Enemy creep bitterness into us?
Sisters, let go! Love! This is a trap, and it does nothing but hinder us. Love one another because Love covers a multitude of sins. Forgive one another seventy seven times seven. And know, that WE cannot do any of this without the power of the Holy Spirit. We may know what to do, but we can do nothing unless we are on our face asking that Jesus do it through us.
So today, if you are hurting or struggling. If you feel bitter, or if you have been betrayed, crawl into the lap of your Daddy and let Him wash your tears away. Tell Him about it! He wants you to pour your heart out like water before Him. Don't be caught in the trap of bitterness. He has given you a heart of beauty and only He can restore a broken heart. And through this He will be glorified! May His name and His Renown be the desires of our hearts. We love you Sisters.
We know that living as a woman is hard. We know this because we are two college women, desperately trying to figure out who we are in Christ while dealing with that awful thing called flesh. We deal with emotions, trials, dreams, failures, and if you're a woman, you know the rest. But as Christian women, we are grateful to have the grace of our Lord when we have to deal with all of these things. We also have to recognize that we are in a battle that goes way beyond our understanding. A spiritual battle against The Enemy. (Ephesians 6) That Enemy who we fight against will sneak up and attack the very core of who we are both in our flesh and in our Spirit, using the very things that we previously mentioned as tools against us as woman in order to "seek, kill, and destroy." So together, our prayer is that we would be used by our Savior, and be victors and not victims in our daily struggles of our flesh and sin.
Recently, we have realized the pain of bitterness, and how it does nothing but steal the joy and peace that only God gives us through Jesus Christ. Have you ever experienced being hurt or misunderstood by a Sister? We will quickly judge, harden, and close up. Exactly, what the enemy wants. After a while, we're so hard, that we're numb to when and how it all began. We get in a trap, thinking that we are incapable of falling into the same sin as our Sister and we judge. But the fact is that we all fall short, and what we need is Jesus. We need to ask Him to humble our hearts, break us, and set us free from the trap and captivity of bitterness. Next, we need Him to soften our hearts and show us how to love those who hurt us even when it's the last thing we want to do. Finally, we need to go to our Sister and make it right. Because if we are Sisters, then we share the same Father who desperately wants His children to experience love toward one another. And when we finally make things right, wasn't it all a waste to let the Enemy creep bitterness into us?
Sisters, let go! Love! This is a trap, and it does nothing but hinder us. Love one another because Love covers a multitude of sins. Forgive one another seventy seven times seven. And know, that WE cannot do any of this without the power of the Holy Spirit. We may know what to do, but we can do nothing unless we are on our face asking that Jesus do it through us.
So today, if you are hurting or struggling. If you feel bitter, or if you have been betrayed, crawl into the lap of your Daddy and let Him wash your tears away. Tell Him about it! He wants you to pour your heart out like water before Him. Don't be caught in the trap of bitterness. He has given you a heart of beauty and only He can restore a broken heart. And through this He will be glorified! May His name and His Renown be the desires of our hearts. We love you Sisters.
