"The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." - Jennifer Anniston
"Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future." - Audrey Hepburn
"When it comes to relationships, maybe we're all in glass houses, and shouldn't throw stones. Because you can never really know. Some people are settling down, some are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than Butterflies..." - Sarah Jessica Parker
“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.” - Marilyn Monroe
All of these quotes are ones that hold certain significance for me for certain reasons. Let me get one thing straight... I am no extreme feminist. Boys, you can open my doors and buy my dinner anytime!! :) But the magic of women... It's incredible.
Centuries of research and experience depict men as the bread winners. They work so hard. They get up early and they come home late. They are the bug-killers. The picture hangers. The car fixers. Atleast they always have been in my life. But what about the women that are all of those things for their families? The women that get up early and stay out late doing a job to provide for their families without a man. Or maybe they are just helping their man to create a better life for themselves. The women that stay at home with children. To make sure that they are eating what they need. Staying safe. They have a 24-hour job making sure that their child is growing up in the way that they need to have a firm foundation. Making sure their sweet babies are becoming God-loving, kind, productive citizens.
If you walk into the universities across the country, you will see strong, beautiful, intelligent women that are striving to make something of themselves. The ones that are becoming doctors. Lawyers. Engineers. Teachers. Psychologists. These women are making changes. These women rule the world, people. The compassion that they hold. The beauty. The intelligence.
I saw the movie, Courageous, this weekend. It was earth-shattering for me! It was such a wonderful film. It really hit on the importance of a father figure in the lives of their children. That father figure must stand up to show their kids the Word and way that they should grow in the faith! I can't help but think of the importance that women have in raising their children as well. Not only their children but the little girls at church. Or where they work. Or their peers. We, as women, have a duty to be a walking and living example of a godly woman. It is the most important task that we have.
I saw the movie, Courageous, this weekend. It was earth-shattering for me! It was such a wonderful film. It really hit on the importance of a father figure in the lives of their children. That father figure must stand up to show their kids the Word and way that they should grow in the faith! I can't help but think of the importance that women have in raising their children as well. Not only their children but the little girls at church. Or where they work. Or their peers. We, as women, have a duty to be a walking and living example of a godly woman. It is the most important task that we have.
Being that example does not mean being passive. We have to follow our passions, live out our desires and stand out from the crowd. We have to live a life that not just says 'Jesus' but SCREAMS it with bright, flashing radiance.
I have to let my lifesong sing. Not just a quiet instrumental. I have to sing the melody with every ounce of enthusiasm I hold in my body.
Women have a unique opportunity to do so, and we can't do that lightly.
